LIMIT OF WEIGHT ½ OUNCE.
| s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| To | Adelaide | 2 | 0 |
| Antigua | 1 | 8 | |
| Australia | 2 | 1 | |
| Bermuda | 0 | 8 | |
| Brazil | 3 | 9 | |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 10 | |
| Cape of Good Hope | 2 | 0 | |
| Chili | 1 | 7 | |
| Cuba | 1 | 3 | |
| Denmark | 1 | 10 |
The following figures show the increase in the sale of postage stamps in Nova Scotia in the first four years after their introduction, viz.:
| £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | Amount sold | 325 | 2 | 6 |
| 1853 | ” | 473 | 4 | 8 |
| 1854 | ” | 898 | 0 | 6 |
| 1855 | ” | 1656 | 16 | 3 |
An increase of five hundred per cent.—The Halifax Philatelist, vol. ii., page 7.
REFERENCE LIST OF THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON.
Issue I. September 1st, 1851.
Three values. Engraved and printed in taille-douce by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., of London, upon stoutish blue wove paper; yellowish gum, imperforate. Design: The design is almost exactly similar to that of the first issue of New Brunswick, but the lower star contains a mayflower, the heraldic emblem of the Colony, instead of a rose inverted. The name of the Colony is in block type on all three values; “POSTAGE” and the value in Roman capitals on the Three Pence, and block letters on the Six Pence and One Shilling. The word “SIXPENCE” has a coloured line down the centre of each letter. Shape, lozenge. ([Illustrations 86, 87, 88.]) Upper left border, “NOVA;” upper right, “SCOTIA;” lower left border, “THREE PENCE,” “SIX PENCE,” “ONE SHILLING;” lower right, “POSTAGE.”
- 3d., blue, dark blue (shades).
- 6d., dark green, yellow-green ( ” ).
- 1s., lilac-mauve, dull violet ( ” ).
Varieties.—All three stamps are found cut in two and used for half the nominal values, although, as we see from Mr. King’s paper, the Three Pence was alone authorized to be mutilated in this manner.