The stamp shows us Ned Hanlan in a wooden single scull. Wikipedia has more on him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Hanlan
. The Canadian Post gives the following information by the stamp.
Just a little over 5'8" and never more than 155 lbs. at his prime, Edward "Ned" Hanlan became the world's premier oarsman and in 1880 the first Canadian ever to win a world championship. He was born in 1855 on Toronto Island and grew up there. In 1873 he won the rowing championship of Toronto Bay and in 1875 the Ontario championship. In 1876 twenty prominent men formed the Hanlan Club, which gave him respectability with the rowing establishment and bought him a better boat and a sliding seat. That same year Hanlan entered the United States Centennial race at Philadelphia. Hanlan won the race and returned home to a hero's welcome. Devotees described him as "unreserved, gracious, kindly, clean, humorous, honest and sporting... with... friendliness and cleanliness of mind." In 1879 Hanlan gained the English championship and in 1880 contested the world championship against Edward Trickett, a 6'4" Australian. Hanlan impressed the crowd of 100,000 with his technique, amused them with his antics, and thrashed Trickett convincingly Unlucky Australian bettors dropped thousands. Hanlan remained world champion until 1884 and died in 1908. The Ned Hanlan stamp was designed by Toronto photographer Clive Webster. Based on a contemporary photograph of Hanlan in his racing shell, the coloration and layout of the design are in keeping with the feeling of late 19th Century hand-tinted photographs.
Canada. Post Office Department. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1980.
A single scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand.
Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag to a minimum. They usually have a fin towards the rear, to help prevent roll and yaw. Originally made from wood, shells are now almost always made from a composite material (usually carbon-fibre reinforced plastic) for strength and weight advantages.
The riggers in sculling apply the forces symmetrically to each side of the boat. It is the 2nd slowest category of racing boat (faster than the coxed pair), and competitors are recognised by other rowers as among the toughest, both physically and mentally: single sculling is sometimes known as 'king's class'.[citation needed]
The single scull is one of the classes recognized by the International Rowing Federation and the Olympics, who set the minimum weight of the hull at 14 kg (30.8lbs): the average length is around 8.2m (27ft).
Single sculls are also used for the training of team rowers, serving primarily to enhance the rowers' technique. The main reason for this is that in a single scull a single person in the boat is responsible for all movement in the boat and therefore has direct feedback on the effect of their movements on balance and speed.
Single sculling time trials and races are sometimes used to measure individuals' rowing ability for selection into larger boats, since each rower's ability can be measured directly and there is no contribution from other crew members. However sculling ability and sweep-oar rowing ability are not the same. Powerful and accomplished sweep-oar rowers may not be able to demonstrate their ability in a single scull, where balance and technique are more critical.
A single scull Thames skiff has a similar layout but is clinker-built with fixed seats and tholes instead of outriggers and can be skiffed for leisure outings or in competitive races.
Canada 1980 17c sg?, scott862
Yugoslavia 1966 1d sg?, scott?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_scull