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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84286| Title: | Canada : the twelve-penny black |
| Keywords: | Postage stamps -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Postage stamp design -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- On postage stamps Postage stamp designers -- Canada -- History |
| Issue Date: | 1978 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Cutajar, N. A. (ed.) (1978). Canada : the twelve-penny black. The Philatelic Society of Malta magazine, 8(2), 4-7. |
| Abstract: | On 6 April, 1851 Great Britain transferred the responsibility for the operation of the Post Office to the Province of Canada. Canada's first postage stamp was issued shortly thereafter, on 23 April, 1851 It was a red three-penny stamp designed by Sir Sandford Fleming of Toronto for the Postmaster General, the Hon. James Morris, and depicted a beaver in its natural environment. The second denomination, a six-penny stamp printed in slate-violet, was distributed to post offices sometime between 2 and 17 May, 1851. This stamp depicts a vignette of Albert, the Prince Consort, from an engraving by W.H. Egleton after a portrait drawn by W. Drummond. The highest denomination in this series was a Twelve-Penny stamp issued on 14 June, 1851. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84286 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 1978 - 8(2) |
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