The 4th Canadian stamp was issued on April 17, 1852. A 3 pence Beaver imperforate, and looked identical to the first Beaver stamp issued in 1851. The difference however, was that the 1851 issue was printed on laid paper and the 1852 was printed on wove paper. The 1852 Beaver stamp was reissued several times between 1852-1857. A number of different colours, and wove paper variations, were used in the printing of this stamp.
A large number of these stamps (2,850,000) were ordered, and therefore today, it is easy to find good quality mint stamps of this issue. Some stamp catalogues value this stamp at $2,000 ($1,600 US) when in very fine mint condition.
3 pence Beaver ~ 1852
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The 5th stamp issued in March of 1855 was a 6 pence imperforate stamp showing the portrait of (HRH) His Royal Highness Prince Albert. This stamp was printed on wove paper. Approximately 250,000 stamps were ordered. They were printed in shades of slate grey, brownish grey, and greenish grey.
Some stamp catalogues value this stamp up to $35,000 ($28,500 US) when in very fine mint condition.
HRH Prince Albert 6 pence ~ 1855
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This 10 pence imperforate stamp issued in 1855 was printed on wove paper and shows a portrait of Jacques Cartier the man who discovered of Canada!
In the lower corners of this stamp the number 10 represents pence and the cy represents currency, while in the upper corners, the 8d stg represents the equivalent value in Sterling. Several different variations of wove paper were used such as; Thin, crisp, transparent paper, thick, white, and opaque paper. This stamp was printed in shades of blue and dull blue.
A total of 172,000 stamps were printed, however, only 141,000 were issued. When the decimal system was introduced the 31,200 stamps still on hand were destroyed. Some stamp catalogues value this stamp at $12,000 ($9,500 US) in very fine mint condition.
Jacques Cartier 10 pence ~ 1855
Source: the Unitrade specialized catalogue of Canadian Stamps
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Love Canada!!!
Love the beaver. Those are awesome eh!
Go Canada!!!
100% Canadian!
Nice cuntry canada.. Nice post.I respect you very much because you contribute to steemit.I will do activities like you.I would like to extend the steemit.
I used to collect stamps, I gave most of them away, I still do have a couple thousands, not any rare ones though.
I was more of a collector back when I was a kid. My father is the main stamp collector in the family!
Ah man... What have you done!!! I cannot afford to get into ANOTHER HOBBY, I really don't have much time for what I'm doing now.
Aaaah
Well I guess you can settle for just looking than!
Yea for sure. I can only look...for now!
nice one. very interesting to learn about this things. I guess there are those into stamp collectors and the value of these old stuffs keep rising. do we find such in popular museums or library?
great country. thanks for sharing
It seems there are more silver collectors than stamp collectors these days!
I guess so. But which is more profitable ? Silver or stamp collectors . Which holds more value ?
Whoa...no photos? ;)
~ Kevin
Sometimes one has to diversify!
Canada is one of the country in Asia that has highest number of immigrants, Canadian government should do something to this because of over population. The country's economy is one of the best.
Gotta love beavers!
How cool to see these on Steemit! I have collected stamps since I was a little kid-- almost 50 years now! Canada isn't really my specialty, but I've had a few early Canadian stamps from time to time... from the "Large Queens" and "Small Queens" sets.
Definitely lots of Queen Elizabeth stamps! Maybe too many haha. I’ll be posting more in the days to come. Thanks for looking!