(A) On yellowish-white laid paper. Flap rounded.
- 5 c., vermilion.
- 10 c., brown.
(B) On bluish-white laid paper. Flap more pointed than in Variety A.
- 5 c., vermilion.
- 10 c., brown (l)
THE DOMINION OF CANADA.
Issue I. March and April, 1868.
Seven values. Engraved and printed in taille-douce by the British-American Bank Note Company, of Montreal and Ottawa, on white wove paper, varying greatly in substance, or on white laid paper; white gum; machine perforated 12. Designs: The central design is the same in each value, and consists of a diademed profile portrait of Queen Victoria to right, on background of horizontal lines, enclosed within a narrow circular white line. The borders, the shape of the labels, and the position of the numerals, vary in each value. Shapes, small upright rectangular for the Half Cent, large upright rectangular for the other six values. ([Illustrations 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.])
T. “CANADA POSTAGE.” B. “HALF CENT,” “ONE CENT,” “TWO,” “THREE,” “SIX,” “TWELVE AND A HALF,” “FIFTEEN CENTS.”
(A) White wove paper.
- ½ c., black.
- 1 c., brown-red (shades).
- 1 c., orange-yellow (”).
- 2 c., green, yellow-green (”).
- 3 c., red (”).
- 6 c., brown (”).
- 12½ c., blue (”).
- 15 c., lilac (”).