Remarks.—The Two Cents was not issued until two or three years after the other values.
Issue IX. Early in 1888.
Six values. Engraved and printed in taille-douce by the British-American Bank Note Co., of Montreal, on white wove paper; yellowish gum; machine-perforated 12. The entire sheet of the Ten Cents contains fifty stamps, arranged in five vertical rows of ten; while those of the other five values are composed of one hundred stamps each, in ten rows of ten. Designs: Half Cent.—A plain upright shield, with ground of horizontal lines, shaded at either side; bears in the centre, the head of a Newfoundland dog enclosed within a pearled circle, surrounded by a circular band of solid colour, inscribed in white Roman capitals with the name of the Colony at the top, and the value “HALF CENT” at the bottom, the two last words being separated by a small upright tablet, with rounded top and pearl border, containing “½” in white Arabic numerals. Ten Cents.—Brig in full sail, to right; curved label of solid colour above, inscribed with the name of the Colony; similar straight label below with the value in full, both inscriptions being in white Roman capitals; small scroll-like ornaments at either end of the bottom label; circle of solid colour, with Arabic numerals of value at each side of the stamp. Scroll-like ornaments complete the design, which is evidently copied to some extent from the Thirteen Cents of Issue IV. The One Cent, Two, Three, and Five Cents are the same designs as the preceding issue, but with the colours changed. Shapes: Small square for the Half Cent, upright rectangular for the One and Three Cents, oblong rectangular for the other three values. ([Illustrations 80, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81.])
- ½ c., rose-red.
- 1 c., bright green.
- 2 c., orange.
- 3 c., brown.
- 5 c., dark blue.
- 10 c., black.
POST CARDS.
Issue I. April 1st, 1873.
One value. Designed and printed by the American Bank Note Co., of New York, upon medium white card; size, 4⁹⁄₂₀ × 2⅕ inches. The left upper corner contains an irregular upright fancy label, with pendant. The label bears a large capital coloured Roman letter “N” upon ground of coloured horizontal lines. The pendant is broken in the centre by an ornamental circle, containing the word “TO” in coloured early English characters. At the top of the card, in the centre, is an ornamental scroll, the left end of which is wound round the right side of the label just described. The scroll bears “EWFOUNDLAND” in coloured fancy capitals. Below the scroll there is a straight ornamental label, inscribed “POST CARD” in white fancy capitals, upon ground of coloured horizontal lines. Beneath the label is “THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE,” in coloured slanting capitals, in a straight line; lower down three ruled lines for the address, each one of which is shorter than the one above it. The stamp is in the right upper corner of the card, and is of the same type as the One Cent adhesive, issue 1871. The groundwork of the card is filled in with innumerable interlaced circles, and crossing these are a number of straight lines which converge towards the left bottom corner. The design of the card is completed by an ornamental border, with rounded corners. The border is broken at the bottom, in the centre, by a small label with rounded ends inscribed “AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO., N.Y.,” in white Roman capitals, and the corners contain large fancy white crosses. Size of border, 4½ × 2½ inches. ([Illustration 82.])
- 1 c., green (shades).
Issue II. June, 1879.
One value. Designed and printed by the American Bank Note Co., of New York, upon thick white card. Size, 5¹⁄₁₀ × 3³⁄₂₀ inches. At the top of the card is the inscription in three lines: 1st, Universal Postal Union in coloured fancy letters, the word Universal being curved, with ornamental lines above and below; 2nd, “NEWFOUNDLAND. TERRE-NEUVE,” in coloured slanting block letters; 3rd, “POST CARD,” in white fancy capitals on a coloured ornamental label, the ground of which is filled in with horizontal lines. Lower down three ruled lines for the address, each one of which is slightly longer than the one above it. The stamp, which is similar in type to the Three Cents adhesive (issue July, 1870), but with the value changed to Two Cents, is in the right-upper corner. The design of the cards is completed by a fancy border, with large ornaments at the four corners. Size, 4⁹⁄₁₀ × 2⁹⁄₁₀ inches. Outside the border, at the bottom of the card, and in the centre, is the name of the makers in small coloured Roman capitals. ([Illustration 83.])