The Admiral Stamps of Canada

Summary Information - Sheets

See Formats for an explanation of the sheet types,
and Lathework for an explanation of the lathework types.

See Methods of Printing for an explanation of the Wet and Dry printing processes.

One Cent Green

Date of Issue: 22 December 1911 Quantity: 3,218,400,000 Method of Printing: Wet

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2	8 Dec 11	B	None
3-4 to 41-42	12 Jan 12 to 28 Mar 13	B	None
43-44	29 Mar 13	A	None
45-46 to 71-72	1 Apr 13 to 30 Dec 13	B	None
73-74 to 139-140	15 Jan 14 to 19 Dec 16	D	None
141-142 to 165-166	9 Jun 17 to 23 Apr 20	D	B
167-168 to 169-170	6 Oct 20 to 23 Oct 20	D	C

One Cent Yellow

Date of Issue: 7 June 1922 Quantity: 1,278,760,000 Method of Printing: Both Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
169-170	23 Oct 20	D	C
171-172	29 Mar 21	D	D
173-174	6 Apr 21	D	D
175-176	12 Aug 21	D	D
177-178	20 Oct 21	D	D
179-180	7 Feb 22	D	D
181-182	12 Aug 22	D	D
183-185	28 Nov 24	D	None
186-187	16 Dec 24	D	D
188-190	6 Mar 25	D	None
191-193	17 Jul 25	D	None
194-196	3 Sep 25	D	None
197-199	4 Nov 25	D	None

Two Cents Carmine

Date of Issue: 22 December 1911 Quantity: 3,043,450,000 Method of Printing: Wet

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-4	4 Dec 11	B	None
5-6 to 59-60	12 Feb 12 to 14 Jan 14	B	None
61-62 to 85-86	28 Jan 14 to 28 Sep 15	D	None
87	23 Sep 15	D	None
88	22 Sep 15	D	None
89-90	29 Oct 15	D	None
91-92	5 Nov 15	D	None
93-94	9 Dec 15	D	None
95-96 to 111-1126	10 Dec 15 to 23 Dec 16	D	None
113-114 to 143-144	20 Nov 17 to 21 Feb 20	D	B
145-146	8 Apr 20	D	C
147-148 to 157-158	21 Apr 20 to 26 Oct 20	D	B
157-158	26 Oct 20	D	B
159-160	11 Nov 20	D	C

Two Cents Green

Date of Issue: 6 June 1922 Quantity: 2,228,975,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
159-160	11 Nov 20	D	C
161-162	21 Jan 21	D	C
163-164	18 Jul 21	D	D
165-166	29 Aug 21	D	D
167-168	24 Oct 21	D	D
169-170	17 Apr 22	D	D
171-172	11 Aug 22	D	D
173-174	13 Sep 22	D	D
175-176	3 Jul 23	D	D
177-178	30 Oct 23	D	D
179-180	13 Dec 23	D	D
181	17 Jan 24	D	D
182-184	3-9 Apr 24	D	None
185-187	25-26 Jun 24	D	None
188-189	27 Aug 24	D	D
195-197	25 Mar 25	D	None
198-200	10 Jul 25	D	None
201-203	5 Aug 25	D	None
204-206	26 Oct 25	D	None
207-209	11 Feb 26	D	None
210-212	17 Aug 26	D	None
213-215	6-8 Oct 26	D	None
216-218	20 Oct 26	D	None
219-220	2 Feb 27	D	None
221-223	12 Sep 27	D	None
224-226	30 Sep 27	D	None
227-229	16 Nov 27	D	None

Three Cents Brown

Date of Issue: 6 August 1918 Quantity: 2,044,000,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2 to 29-30	7-10 Jun 18 to 24 Dec 18	D	B
31-32 to 62-63	3 Jan 19 to 18 Dec 19	D	B
64-65 to 70-71	5 Jan 20 to 26 Feb 20	D	B
72-73 to 76	18 Mar 20 to 6 Apr 20	D	B
77	6 Apr 20	D	Special
78	9 Apr 20	D	B
79	9 Apr 20	D	C
80	20 Apr 20	D	B
81 to 94-95	20 Apr 20 to	D	C
96-97 to 100-111	22 Nov 20 to 21 Feb 22	D	D
112-113	118 Oct 22	D	D
114-115	28 Nov 22	D	D
116-117	10 Jul 23	D	D
118-120	3 Feb 23	D	D

Three Cents Carmine

Date of Issue: 18 December 1923 Quantity: 1,092,000,000 Method of Printing: Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
115	28 Nov 22	D	D
116-117	10 Jul 23	D	D
121-123	5 Jul 23	D	D
124	23 Jul 23	D	D
125-127	27 Sep 23	D	D
128	27 Sep 23	D	D
129-131	10-21 Dec 23	D	None
132-134	3-12 Feb 24	D	None
135-137	8-9 May 24	D	None
138-140	19 Aug 24	D	None
141-143	29 Aug 24	D	None
144-146	29-31 Oct 24	D	None
147-149	5 Dec 24	D	None
150-152	16 Mar 25	D	None
153-155	16 Mar 25	D	None
156-158	22 Apr 25	D	None
159-161	3 Jun 25	D	None
162-164	29 Jul 25	D	None
165-167	18 Aug 25	D	None
168-170	14 Sep 25	D	None
171-173	4 Nov 25	D	None
174-176	2 Mar 26	D	None

Four Cents Bistre

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

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2	19 Jun 22	D	D
3-4	28 Oct 22	D	D
5-7	12 May 25	D	None

Five Cents Blue

Date of Issue: 29 December 1911 Quantity: 198,000,000 Method of Printing: Wet

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2	13 Dec 11	A	None
3-4	3 Apr 13	B	None
5-6	19 Feb 14	D	None
5-6	19 Feb 14	D	None
5-6	19 Feb 14	D	None
7-8	23 Apr 14	D	None
9-10	9 Oct 15	D	None
11-12	24 Mar 16	D	None
13-14	4 Apr 16	D	None

Five Cents Violet

Date of Issue: 29 December 1911 Quantity: 198,000,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
15-16	28 Nov 21	D	D
17-18	5 Jul 22	D	D
19-20	12 Oct 23	D	D
21-22	12 Feb 24	D	D
23-25	14 Apr 25	D	None

Seven Cents Bistre

Date of Issue: 27 December 1911 Quantity: 103,200,000 Method of Printing: Wet

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2	27 Dec 11	A	None
3-4	6 Sep 13	B	None
5-6	2 Apr 18	D	B

Seven Cents Red Brown

Date of Issue: 12 December 1924 Quantity: 16,280,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
7-8	14 Oct 24	D	D

Eight Cents

Date of Issue: 1 September 1925 Quantity: 24,200,000 Method of Printing: Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-3	8 Jun 25	D	None

Ten Cents Plum

Date of Issue: 12 January 1912 Quantity: 146,700,000 Method of Printing: Wet

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1-2	28 Dec 1911	A	None
3-4	11 Sep 13	B	None
5-6	9 Jan 15	D	None
7-8	16 Jan 17	D	A
9-10	21 Dec 18	D	B
11-12	29 Mar 20	D	C

Ten Cents Blue

Date of Issue: 20 February 22 Quantity: 130,000,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
13-14	26 Sep 21	D	D
15-16	4 May 22	D	D
17-18	25 Jul 22	D	D
19-20	12 Feb 24	D	D
21-22	11 Aug 24	D	D

Ten Cents Bistre Brown

Date of Issue: 1 August 25 Quantity: 89,713,000 Method of Printing: Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
21-22	11 Aug 24	D	D
23-25	30 Jul 25	D	None

Twenty Cents

Date of Issue: 23 January 1912 Quantity: 91,966,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1	8 Jan 12	A	None
2-3	22 Oct 13	B	None
4-5	9 Mar 17	D	A
6-7	22 Jul 24	D	D
8	15 May 25	D	None
9	2 Jun 25	D	None

Fifty Cents

Date of Issue: 26 January 1912 Quantity: 11,070,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1	8 Jan 12	A	None
2	1 Dec 17	C	None
3	8 Jun 23	D	D
4	10 Mar 25	D	None

One Dollar

Date of Issue: 22 July 23 Quantity: 1,865,000 Method of Printing: Wet and Dry

Plate Numbers	Approved	Type	Lathework
1	8 Jun 23	D	D

Updated: 18 May 98