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==Fame and commemoration== [[File:Canada bluenose 1928 issue-50c.jpg|thumb|''Bluenose'' postage stamp of 1929]] ''Bluenose'', under full sail, is portrayed on the [[Bluenose (postage stamp)|Bluenose postage stamp]] 50-cent issued by the Canadian government on 6 January 1929.<ref>Robinson, pp. 4, 59</ref> ''Bluenose'' has been featured on a 1982 60-cent stamp that commemorated the International Philatelic Youth Exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/16193/bluenose-1929-1982-canada-postage-stamp-international-philatelic-youth-exhibition|title=Bluenose, 1929 - Canada Postage Stamp {{!}} International Philatelic Youth Exhibition|website=postagestampguide.com|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> ''Bluenose'' is featured on a 1988 37-cent issue that celebrated ''Bluenose'' skipper Angus Walters.<ref>Robinson, p. 4</ref> The ''Bluenose'' stamp is the [[MacGuffin]] of ''[[Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller]]'', a 1988 fantasy movie about young stamp collectors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osipova |first=Taisia |date=2021-10-08 |title=Stamps in the Movies - Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller |url=https://stamps.org/news/c/news/cat/stamp-movies/post/stamps-in-the-movies-tommy-trickster-and-the-stamp-traveller |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008143028/https://stamps.org/news/c/news/cat/stamp-movies/post/stamps-in-the-movies-tommy-trickster-and-the-stamp-traveller |archive-date=2021-10-08 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=American Philatelic Society}}</ref> ''Bluenose'' also appears on the current Nova Scotia [[Vehicle registration plates of Nova Scotia|license plate]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20111028005 |title=Province Redesigns Vehicle Licence Plates |publisher=Nova Scotia |date=28 October 2011 |access-date=3 October 2021 }}</ref> The fishing schooner on the [[Dime (Canadian coin)|Canadian dime]], added in 1937 at the height of fame for ''Bluenose'', was actually based on a composite image of ''Bluenose'' and two other schooners, but has for years been commonly known as ''Bluenose''. In 2002, the government of Canada declared the depiction on the dime to be ''Bluenose''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/boat-on-dime-is-bluenose/article1022195/|title=Boat on dime is Bluenose|last=Auld|first=Alison|date=16 March 2002 |agency=Canadian Press |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=3 November 2021 }}</ref> ''Bluenose'' appears on a 2021 commemorative [[Canadian silver dollar|silver dollar]] issued by the [[Royal Canadian Mint]], in honour of its centennial. The obverse of the coin depicts King George V, who was Canada's head of state in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mint.ca/store/coins/proof-silver-dollar-%E2%80%93-100th-anniversary-of-embluenoseem-2021-prod3720017 |title=Proof Silver Dollar β 100th Anniversary of Bluenose (2021) |publisher=Royal Canadian Mint |access-date=14 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115174122/https://www.mint.ca/store/coins/proof-silver-dollar-%E2%80%93-100th-anniversary-of-embluenoseem-2021-prod3720017 |archive-date=15 January 2021 }}</ref> ''Bluenose'' and her captain, Angus Walters, were included into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1955, making her the first and only non-human inductee until 1960, when she was joined by Canadian [[hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] champion ''[[Miss Supertest III]]''. That same year another honour was bestowed upon the sailing ship when a new [[Canadian National Railways]] passenger-vehicle [[ferry]] for the inaugural [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth]]β[[Bar Harbor, Maine|Bar Harbor]] service was launched as MV ''Bluenose''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/02/farewell.bluenose/|title=Last voyage of The Bluenose |date=2 November 1997|work=CNN |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Canadian folk singer [[Stan Rogers]] wrote a song entitled "Bluenose" celebrating the ship. It appears on his albums ''[[Turnaround (Stan Rogers album)|Turnaround]]'' and ''[[Home in Halifax]]'' (live).
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