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Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

by Clifton A. Howes

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Key to Plates

Plate I

No. 1. 6 pence, 1851.

2. 12 " "

3. 10 " 1855.

4. ½ penny, 1857.

5. 7½ pence, 1857.

6. 3 " 1851.

7. ½ penny, 1859.

8. 6 pence, "

9. 3 " "

10. 1 cent, "

11. 2 cents, "

12. 10 " "

13. 12½ " "

14. 17 " "

15. 5 “”

16. 1 cent, 1868.

17. ½ " "

18. 2 cents, "

19. 5 " 1859, variety.

20. 3 " 1868.

21. 5 " 1875.

22. 6 " 1868.

23. 12½ " "

24. 15 " "

Plate II

No. 25. 1 cent, 1870.

26. 2 cents, 1872.

27. ½ cent, 1882.

28. 3 cents, 1870.

29. 5 " 1876.

30. 6 " 1872.

31. 8 " 1893.

32. 10 cents, 1874.

33. 20 " 1893.

34. ½ cent, 1897, “Jubilee.”

35. 50 cents, 1893.

36. ½ cent, 1897, “Maple Leaf.”

37. 2 cents on 3 cents, “Port Hood Provisional.”

38. 2 cents, 1898, “Map.”

39. 1 cent on 3 cents (pair), “Port Hood Provisional.”

40. ½ cent, 1898, “Numeral.”

41. 2 cents on 3 cents, 1899, “Maple Leaf.”

42. 2 “ “3”””Numeral.”

43. 1 cent, 1903, “King’s Head.”

44. 2 cents on 3 cents, 1899, inverted, “Numeral.”

45. 2 “ “3””” “Maple Leaf.”

Plate III

No. 46. ½ cent, 1908, “Tercentenary.”

47. 1 " " "

48. 2 cents, " "

49. 5 " " "

50. 7 " " "

51. 10 " " "

52. 15 " " "

53. 20 " " "

54. 2 " 1875, Registration.

55. 5 " " "

56. 8 " " "

57. 10 " 1898, Special Delivery.

58. 1 cent, 1906, Postage Due.

59. 2 cents, " " "

60. 5 " " " "

Plate IV

No. 61. 6 pence, 1851, pair.

62. 12 " " pair from Pack collection.

63. 6 pence, 1851, pair.

64. 6 " " "

65. 12 " " from Worthington collection.

66. 6 pence, 1851, thick soft paper, from Pack collection.

67. 7½ pence, 1857, wide oval.

68. 7½ " " narrow oval.

69. 7½ " " pair.

70. 10 " 1855, pair, wide oval.

71. 10 " " " narrow oval.

72. 6 " 1859, from Pack collection.

73. 6 " 1851, strip of 3 on very thick soft paper, from Worthington collection.

74. 10 cents, 1859, black brown, from Pack collection.

Plate V

No. 75. 6 pence, 1851.

76. 6 " "

77. 3 " " pair.

78. 6 " "

79. 6 " "

80. 6 " " strip of 3 on very thick hard paper, from Pack collection.

81. 7½ pence, 1857, strip of three.

82. 12 " 1851, pair from Pack collection.

83. 12 " " " " " "

84. 12 " " from Pack collection.

85. 12 " " pair from Worthington collection.

86. 12 " 1851, wove paper, from Pack collection.

87. 6 pence, 1851, split, used on piece, from Pack collection.

88. 3 pence, 1851, ribbed paper, from Pack collection.

89. 12½ cents, small, from Worthington collection.

Plate VI

No. 90. 12 pence, 1851, on cover, from Worthington collection.

91. 12 pence, 1851, on cover, from Pack collection (originally in Seybold collection.)

Plate VII

No. 92. 6 pence, 1851, very thick soft paper, split, used on cover, from Pack collection.

93. 10 pence, 1855, pair, narrow oval.

94. 10 " " block of 4, wide oval.

95. 10 " " strip of 3, narrow oval.

96. 5 cents, 1859, block of 7, upper right corner stamp is variety. From Pack collection.

97. 5 cents, 1859, pair and split, used on piece, from Worthington collection.

Plate VIII

No. 98. 6 cents, 1868, split, used on cover, from Worthington collection.

99. 10 cents, 1859, black brown, split, used on cover, from Worthington collection.

Plate IX

No. 100. 1 cent, 1859, block of 4 imperforate.

101. 5 cents, " " " 4 "

102. 2 " " " " 4 "

103. 12½ " " " " 4 "

104. 10 " " " " 4 "

105. 17 " " " " 4 "

106. 20 " 1893, " " 4 "

107. 15 " 1868, " " 4 "

108. 50 " 1893, " " 4 "

The above blocks were selected from the Pack and Worthington collections and some in the possession of the New England Stamp Co.

Plate X

No. 109. 10 cents, 1874, block of 4 imperforate.

110. 8 " 1893, " " 4 "

111. 6 " 1872, " " 4 "

112. 5 “1897, “Maple Leaf,” block of 4, imperforate.

113. 2 “1898, “Map,” ” “4”

114. 2 " 1903, block of 4 imperforate.

115. 5 " Registered, pair imperforate.

116. “Officially Sealed” Label, 1905.

117. " " " 1879.

The above blocks of imperforates were from the same sources as noted for Plate IX.

Plate XI

No. 118. 10 cents, 1874, strip of 10, marginal imprints.

119. ½ cent, 1868, " " 3, " "

120. 3 cents, 1870, " " 3, " "

121. 1 cent, 1870, block of 8, " "

122. 3 cents, 1870, strip of 3, " "

The above are all from the Worthington collection.

Plate XII

No. 123. 1 cent, 1870, block of 12 imperforate.

124. 2 cents, 1872, " " 4 "

125. 3 " 1870, " " 4 "

126. 5 " 1876, " " 4 "

127. ½ cent, 1882, " " 12 "

Nos. 123 and 127 are from the Worthington collection and the other three from the Pack collection.

Plate XIII

No. 128. 3 pence, 1875 (?) perforated 14, pair used on cover, from Pack collection.

129. 2 cents, 1872, pair imperforate used on cover, in possession of New England Stamp Co.

Plate XIV

No. 130. Stamped Envelope, 5 cents, 1860.

131. “ ” 10 “”

Both the above were in the Seybold collection.

Plate XV. (Frontispiece)

A page of six pennies from the collection of Charles Lathrop Pack.

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