(B) Closely-ribbed thin paper.
- 3d., vermilion.
Remarks.—The Twelve Pence has not been catalogued before as found upon wove paper, but undoubted used copies have been seen by members of the Society.
Issue III. 1855-57.
Three values. Engraved and printed in taille-douce by Messrs. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson on white wove or closely-ribbed paper; brownish gum. Designs: Ten Pence.—Profile bust portrait of Jacques Cartier to right, on ground of horizontal lines, within an oval, coloured border, inscribed with white Roman capitals. A cluster of leaves on the left and a beaver on the right separate the upper inscription from the lower; cross-hatched spandrels. In the upper “8d. STG.,” or sterling; in the lower “10 CY.,” or currency, in white. Outer border of two plain, coloured lines. Seven Pence Halfpenny.—The same portrait of Queen Victoria as in the Twelve Pence of the first issue, within coloured oval frame, inscribed with white block letters, the upper inscription now reading “CANADA PACKET POSTAGE.” The upper and lower left spandrels are inscribed “6d. STG.,” or sterling; and the upper and lower right spandrels “7½d. CY.,” or currency, all in white, on coloured cross-hatched ground. Outer border of two plain lines. Halfpenny.—Diademed profile of Queen Victoria to left, on ground of horizontal lines, in oval frame, lettered with white Roman capitals; reticulated spandrels; outer border of two plain lines. Shape, small upright rectangular. ([Illustrations 11, 12, 13.])
T. “CANADA POSTAGE.” B. “TEN PENCE,” “SIX PENCE STERLING,” “ONE HALF PENNY.”
(A) Wove paper.
- 1st April, 1855, 10d., Prussian-blue (shades).
- 2nd June, 1857, 7½d., grass-green ( ” ).
- 18th July, 1857, ½d., rose ( ” ).
(B) Closely-ribbed thin paper.
- ½d., rose.