ue to appear and was probably on sale some time
in January, 1870. The _Stamp Collector's Magazine_ for March 1st of that
year chronicled this new stamp as follows:--

It appears that the reduction in the size of the Dominion postage
stamps, to which reference was made some months ago, is really to
be carried out, and as an earnest of the execution of the project,
we receive the three cents red, cut down to the size of the half
cent, and with the design made to resemble that of the latter. The
numerals in the upper corners are absent; the inscription, CANADA
POSTAGE, is in almost microscopic lettering, and in lieu of the
full denomination--THREE CENTS--in the lower margin, the word CENTS
alone appears, flanked by the figure on each side. The cause of the
change is not to be sought in any desire to economise paper; it
lies in the simple fact that the smaller size is found the more
convenient. The design certainly is not improved by it, and we
might call upon these little stamps to "hide their diminished
heads," were it not that the head, and that alone, remains as large
as ever. The stamps, though in a fair way to become small by
degrees as the Canadian idea of convenience increases, are not
likely to become "_beautifully_ less." A new value, however, made
up from the parings of the old ones--an 8 cents--is said to be in
preparation, and will help to make up in quantity, for any
deterioration in the quality.

The next value to appear was the 1 cent, which was recorded in the
journal referred to above in its issue for April 1st, so that it was no
doubt on sale some time in March, 1869. In design it is similar to the
3c, the main difference being in the inscription at base. The
denomination is given in full--ONE CENT--and this follows the curve of
the medallion instead of curving in the reverse direction as CENTS does
on the 3c.

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Evidently there were large stocks on hand of some of the values of the
1868 issue for two years elapsed before any more of the small stamps
appeared. Then in the _Stamp Collector's Magazine_ for February, 1872,
we read:--"We have received by the last mail specimens of a new 6 cents
brown of the small size. It is printed of a warm tint, and is as
effective as its congeners." The design follows that of the 3c very
closely with, of course, the numerals "6" instead of "3" in the lower