NEWFOUNDLAND - 1887 to 1898

The World's First Stamps To Picture a Dog - 

The Newfoundland Dog
    

Essay prepared and printed by BANC, Montreal,
printed on tissue paper, the company's name is in
the lower right-hand corner

Stamps Showing The Differences In The Five Printings

    

            1888                    1888                     1895                     1894                   1898

           ROSE                  DEEP              ORANGE              BLACK               GRAY
            RED              ROSE RED            RED                                                BLACK 
        

FAKE ENGRAVED 'PROOF' OF THE 1887 - 1898 SERIES

This engraved 'proof' is thought to have been created
in Montreal sometime at the end of the Nineteenth Century.
Its creator remains unknown.
            
         

BLOCK SHOWING THE NAME OF THE PRINTERS -
 BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, MONTREAL



 

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Note that the portrait of the dog is identical to that
       on the stamps suggesting that the die might have been
      reused for this coupon.