The fact that the Prince of Wales was an ardent stamp collector resulted in the presentation to him of a specially mounted set as shown by the following paragraph from the Weekly:—
As the Prince of Wales is an enthusiastic collector of stamps, His Royal Highness will no doubt be very pleased to receive the set of the special tercentenary stamps which will be presented to him at Quebec. The stamps will be held in small gold boxes, enclosed in a handsome large box of Morocco leather. A second set accompanies the gift in a special gold box, on the cover of the large box is the Prince's crest and a gold plate inscribed as follows: “Set of Canadian postage stamps issued upon the occasion of the Quebec tercentenary, 1908. Presented to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux, Postmaster-General of Canada.” Sets of these stamps, in boxes with appropriate crests and monograms, will be presented to Earl Grey, Sir Wilfred Laurier and Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux.
Reference List.
1908. Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Co., Ottawa. No wmk. Perf. 12.
- 85. ½c dark brown, Scott's No. 96.
- 86. 1c blue green, Scott's No. 97.
- 87. 2c carmine, Scott's No. 98.
- 88. 5c dark blue, Scott's No. 99.
- 89. 7c olive green, Scott's No. 100.
- 90. 10c dark violet, Scott's No. 101.
- 91. 15c red orange, Scott's No. 102.
- 92. 20c yellow brown, Scott's No. 103.
Chapter XXIV.
The King George Stamps.
On May 6th, 1910, King George V succeeded to the throne but the Dominion of Canada did not take steps towards issuing a series of stamps bearing the portrait of the new monarch until some time later. The 1c and 2c denominations were recorded in the Monthly Journal for January, 1912, so they were doubtless on sale on the 1st day of that month. The other values—5c, 7c, 10c, 20c and 50c—were placed on sale very soon afterwards and we believe the full series was in circulation before the end of January.