Honour the lost sailors of the Franklin Expedition and pay tribute to the Canadian discovery that willhelp unlock the secrets of a famous Arctic mysterywith this unique collectible.

In 2014, Parks Canada and its partners located the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of two ships from Sir John Franklin's 1840's journey in search of the Northwest Passage. In the main image, the probableroute of that ill-fated expedition is marked by a red dotted line through the icy Arctic waters.
Franklin's voyage ended in tragedy when his ships became trappedin ice and the surviving sailors eventually died. The desperation of their southbound march is captured in a pictorial cancellation on the se-tenant domestic stamps in the upper right corner, above the cancellation site of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, the closestcommunity to the site where Erebus was found. One of the stamps depicts stricken Erebus encased in ice, while the second is a map of the Arctic islands where the expedition met its grisly fate.

The title text and locations on the stamp are written in Inuktut, a tribute to the stories ofInuit eyewitnesses, passed down through oral accounts which helped pinpoint the eventual discovery.

• ISSUE DATE: August 6, 2015
• CANCEL LOCATION: Gjoa Haven, NU
• STAMP DESIGNER: Roy White (Subplot, Vancouver)
• QUANTITY PRODUCED: 15,000
• DIMENSIONS: 191 mm x 113 mm

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