Before offering to the public any of the new stamps it is very desirable that the old stock he entirely sold.
R. M. Coulter,
Deputy Postmaster-General.
Reference List.
1915-16. Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Co., Ottawa. No wmk. Perf. 12.
- 100. 1c green, Scott's No. 201.
- 101. 2c+1c carmine, Scott's No. 202.
- (a) Perf. 12x8.
- 102. 2c+1c brown.
Chapter XXVI.
A Proposed Commemorative Series.
Before concluding our notes regarding the postage stamps proper of Canada it will be as well to make brief reference to a proposed commemorative series which, fortunately or unfortunately as one views these special sets, never eventuated. Early in 1914 proposals were on foot to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir George Etienne Cartier by the issue of a series of stamps of distinctive designs. Cartier was a famous Canadian premier who was born in Lower Canada in 1814. Becoming attorney-general for Lower Canada in 1856, he was called to form the Cartier-Macdonald ministry in 1858. After the fall of his ministry he again became attorney-general in 1864. A fearless and upright leader, and a good orator, he did much for the moulding of a united Canada. He is also famed as a writer of French lyrics, which were published in 1875, two years after his death. Whether the stamps ever got beyond the proposal stage is a moot point but at any rate a list of chosen subjects was published, viz.:—