on any single piece of mail became 1c. This did away for
the necessity of 1/2c stamps and, of course, discounted any further
possibility of the value being included in the King's head series.

_Reference List._

1903-8. Die engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London. Plates
prepared and stamps printed by the American Bank Note
Co., Ottawa. No wmk. Perf. 12.

78. 1c green, Scott's No. 89.
79. 2c carmine, Scott's No. 90.
80. 5c blue on blue, Scott's No. 91.
81. 7c olive-bistre, Scott's No. 92
82. 10c brown lilac. Scott's No. 93.
83. 20c olive-green. No. 94.
84. 50c purple. No. 95.

CHAPTER XXIII.--_The Quebec Tercentenary Issue._

The year 1908 marked the three hundredth anniversary of the first
permanent settlement in Canada, made by Champlain at Quebec in 1608, and
plans were formed to celebrate the event in a fitting manner by means of
fetes, historical pageants, etc. In fact, the occasion was considered of
such importance that the then Prince and Princess of Wales (now King
George V of England and his Royal Consort) were invited to be present at
the festivities, and they made a special journey in one of Britain's
most formidable battleships.

Quite early it was rumoured that the Post Office Department would mark
the event, as in Diamond Jubilee year, by the issue of a series of
special stamps, and though in March the Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux, who was
then Postmaster-General, announced that such an issue would assuredly be
made, the Department exercised the greatest reticence as to what values
would be included in the series, and what subjects would form the
designs. Naturally the Department was inundated with all sorts of
suggestions, more or less appropriate to the occasion, but, apparently,
the "powers that be" had their plans already made and it was not until a
few days before the stamps were ready for use that any information was
made public regarding the series. The _Toronto Globe_ for July 4th
printed the following despatch from its Ottawa correspondent:--

Postmaster-General Lemieux has given instructions to issue a series
of postage stamps commemorating the tercentenary. They are eight in
number. Four of them bear portraits of persons dear to Canada, or
whose names recall great events. The first represents the Prince
and Princess of Wales; the second the King and Queen. Next come
Cartier and Champlai