Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

by Clifton A. Howes

[78] Chicago Collectors' Monthly, II: 21.

[79] The Postage Stamp, VII: 6.

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CHAPTER VI
THE ISSUE OF 1859

With two valuations placed upon the cumbrous English monetary system inherited by Canada from the Mother Country—"sterling" and "currency"—and with the practical illustration of the advantages of the decimal system manifest in all the transactions with its great southern neighbor, whose currency was already legalized in the Province,[80] it was only a question of time when Canada would adopt a decimal system of its own. This was done, but all that interests us is the Decimal Postage law resulting, which is as follows:—

22^o Vict. Cap. XVII.

An Act to amend the Post Office Laws.

[Assented to 4th May, 1859.]

Whereas it is expedient to amend the Post Office Laws, in the manner hereinafter provided: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: