oceeds derived from the sale of stamps of the two
issues were not kept separately, but treated as arising from a
common source. It is, therefore, impossible to state to what extent
the issue of the Tercentenary postage stamps may have affected the
ordinary revenue.

The fact that the Prince of Wales was an ardent stamp collector resulted
in the presentation to him of a specially mounted set as shown by the
following paragraph from the WEEKLY:--

As the Prince of Wales is an enthusiastic collector of stamps, His
Royal Highness will no doubt be very pleased to receive the set of
the special tercentenary stamps which will be presented to him at
Quebec. The stamps will be held in small gold boxes, enclosed in a
handsome large box of Morocco leather. A second set accompanies the
gift in a special gold box, on the cover of the large box is the
Prince's crest and a gold plate inscribed as follows: "Set of
Canadian postage stamps issued upon the occasion of the Quebec
tercentenary, 1908. Presented to His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales by Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux, Postmaster-General of Canada." Sets
of these stamps, in boxes with appropriate crests and monograms,
will be presented to Earl Grey, Sir Wilfred Laurier and Hon.
Rudolphe Lemieux.

_Reference List._

1908. Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Co.,
Ottawa. No wmk. Perf. 12.

85. 1/2c dark brown, Scott's No. 96.
86. 1c blue green, Scott's No. 97.
87. 2c carmine, Scott's No. 98.
88. 5c dark blue, Scott's No. 99.
89. 7c olive green, Scott's No. 100.
90. 10c dark violet, Scott's No. 101.
91. 15c red orange, Scott's No. 102.
92. 20c yellow brown, Scott's No. 103.

CHAPTER XXIV.

_The King George Stamps._

On May 6th, 1910, King George V succeeded to the throne but the Dominion
of Canada did not take steps towards issuing a series of stamps bearing
the portrait of the new monarch until some time later. The 1c and 2c
denominations were recorded in the _Monthly Journal_ for January, 1912,
so they were doubtless on sale on the 1st day of that month. The other
values--5c, 7c, 10c, 20c and 50c--were placed on sale very soon
afterwards and we believe the full series was in circulation before the
end of January.

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The new stamps form a highly attractive set and they are without
question the handso