The Admiral Stamps of Canada

Seven Cents Red Brown

Date of Issue: 12 December 1924
Quantity: 16,280,000
Method of Printing: Both the Wet and Dry processes were used.

Introduction

Two new plates were prepared for the red-brown seven-cents value, numbered 7 and 8, in Type D format. (See Formats for an explanation of sheet types.) This issue was one of the ones in which thin paper was tested for a short period. See Summary for detailed information on the various plates.

Shades

As usual, the early printings, which were done using the Wet process, are darker than the later printings using the Dry. There is also a pale red-brown shade variety.

SEVEN CENTS RED BROWN WET
Wet Printing		 SEVEN CENTS RED BROWN DRY
Dry Printing		 SEVEN CENTS PALE RED BROWN
Pale Red Brown

Varieties

There are two interesting varieties associated with the seven-cents red-brown stamp. A diagonal line in the V of SEVEN appears in nearly half of the stamps printed with Plate No.7, and a diagonal line appears in the N of CENTS on most of the stamps in Rows 5 - 20 from Plate No. 8. They were caused by marks made accidentally on the roller die used to transfer the image to the printing plates.

LINE THROUGH 'V'
Line Through V		 LINE THROUGH 'N'
Line Through N

Lathework

Type D. (See Lathework for an explanation of lathework types.)

Updated: 5 Oct 97