The Admiral Stamps of Canada

Four Cents

Date of Issue: 7 July 1922
Quantity: 75,900,000
Method of Printing: Both Wet and Dry processes.

Introduction

The four-cents value was introduced to pay the rate for letters bound for Newfoundland, the United Kingdom, and other British possessions. It was produced from a total of seven plates (see Summary for details).

Shades

The earlier printings from the Wet process ranged from olive, to golden yellow, while those printed from the Dry method were almost uniformly of a yellow ochre shade.

FOUR CENTS OLIVE BISTRE
Olive Bistre		 FOUR CENTS OLIVE YELLOW
Olive Yellow		 FOUR CENTS GOLDEN YELLOW
Golden Yellow		 FOUR CENTS YELLOW OCHRE
Yellow Ochre

Note: Colours in this electronic medium are very difficult to reproduce with accuracy and what is seen is often dependent on individual colour settings and monitor capabilities. For a more accurate depiction of colours, readers are advised to consult catalogues or works such as Hans Reiche's Admiral Colour Identification. (See References.)

Lathework

Type D on Plates 1 to 4. (See Lathework for an explanation of types.)

Updated: 16 Oct 97