- ½d., rose (shades)
- 3d., vermilion (shades)
- 6d., violet-black (shades).
Sub-variety. Perforated 13.
- 3d., vermilion.
Remarks.—The Seven Pence Halfpenny, green, and Ten Pence, blue, perforated, exist in the collection of a well-known Parisian collector. The authenticity, however, of the perforations appears to be doubtful.
Issue V. 1st July, 1859, and 1st August, 1864.
Six values. Printed by the American Bank Note Co., and consisting of the previous designs, slightly modified in order to change the currency from pence, to cents. One Cent.—The same as the One Halfpenny, save for the alteration in value. Two Cents.—Almost the same design as the One Cent, but differing somewhat in the spandrels, each of which contains an oval, with Arabic numeral of value. This stamp was not issued until 1st August, 1864. Five Cents.—Same design as the Three Pence, with substitution of the new value and numerals of value and small ornaments between the two portions of the inscriptions. Spandrels cross-hatched. Ten Cents.—Same design as the Sixpence, with substitution of the new value, and the Roman numeral “X” in each spandrel. Twelve and a Half Cents.—Same design as the Seven Pence Halfpenny of 1857, with substitution of the new value in the spandrels only. Seventeen Cents.—Same design as the Ten Pence of 1835, with substitution of the new value in the oval, and in the lower spandrels. The leaves and beaver which separate the inscription in the Ten Pence are replaced by small oval ornaments. The paper of this issue varies considerably in substance, and the perforation is 12. Shapes: small oblong rectangular for the Five Cents; small upright rectangular for the other five values. ([Illustrations 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.])
- 1 c., rose (shades).
- 2 c., ” (shades).
- 5 c., vermilion (shades).
- 10 c., brown, black-brown, brown-lilac, reddish-lilac, purple (many shades).
- 12½ c., green, emerald-green (shades).
- 17 c., Prussian-blue (shades).
Varieties.—(A) The Five Cents has been met with imperforate. (B) The Five Cents is also known cut in half and used with a Ten Cents to make up the “packet” rate of 12½ Cents.
ENVELOPES.
Two values. On paper laid obliquely, watermarked “Ca” above “P.O.D.” (Canadian Post Office Department?), in double-lined letters, repeated twice in each envelope. Size, 5½ × ¼ inches. Yellowish gum, extending nearly the length of the flap. The stamp is embossed in the right upper corner. Design: Diademed head of Queen Victoria to left in white relief, on ground of solid colour, enclosed within a narrow oval band inscribed in Roman capitals, in white relief, “CANADA POSTAGE” at the top, and the value in words at the bottom. Shape of stamp, small upright oval. ([Illustrations 20, 21.])