Stamp: Map of the British Empire in 1898 (Canada(Christmas 1898 : The Worlds First Christmas Stamp) Mi:CA 74a,Sn:CA 86,Yt:CA 73a,Sg:CA 167 📮
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Stamp catalog : Stamp › Map of the British Empire in 1898
- Country:
- Canada
- Series:
- Christmas 1898 : The Worlds First Christmas Stamp
- Catalog codes:
- Michel CA 74a
Stamp Number CA 86
Yvert et Tellier CA 73a
Stanley Gibbons CA 167 - Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Has minor variants: 2
- Themes:
- Christmas | Crowns and Coronets | Maps
- Issued on:
- 1898-12-07
- Size:
- 37 x 27 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Designers:
- Charles Skinner (E) | Warren L. Green
- Printers:
- American Bank Note Company, Ottawa
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- 12
- Printing:
- Recess and Typography
- Face value:
- 2 ¢ - Canadian cent
- Print run:
- 1,927,500
- Score:
- 38% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Ocean colour = greenish blue (Gibbons) = blue (Stamp Number). British possessions in red. Forgeries of this stamp exist without horizontal lines across the continents and with a forged Montreal postmark of 24-12-98.
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Minor Variants:
Catalog codesPicturesDifferences
- Sn:CA 86a
Sg:CA 167a
- Format:
- Se-tenant
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Gum:
- Without Gum as Issued
- Face value:
- 2*2 ¢ - Canadian cent
- Description:
- Ocean color - greenish blue (Gibbons) blue (Stamp Number). imperforate pair. Must be collected in pairs or larger units to prove imperf condition due to large margins on perforated stamps.
- Buy Now:
- Sn:CA 86iii
Sg:Unlisted- Size:
- 35 x 27 mm
- Description:
- Plate flaw - doubling around CANADA and lines inside letters
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