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Fritz Gottschalk designed this set, released in 1972 to celebrate Canada hosting four events relating to exploration and development of the earth and man’s activities on the planet. The Geology stamp illustrates a cross-section of the crust of the earth, showing different layers of material. Geography an abstracted bird’s eye view of a village situated at the intersection of main and secondary roads. Photogrammetry is represented by an area within range of a camera lens at a high altitude. Within this area are two sun-lit mountains, simplified to two prisms. Black lines meet at a high elevation which represents the position of the aerial camera. Cartography is a simplification of mountains drawn in schematic shape by using “Siegfried” lines, used in Cartography in three-dimensional maps. The stamps are equally simple and detail rich. The colours and typography are so symbolic of the time, and perfectly exemplified.

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