s
were printed one at a time:--was mounted in a specially designed
portfolio and presented to the Duke of York, now His Most Gracious
Majesty King George V. An account of this presentation set, taken from
an old issue of the WEEKLY, is worthy of reproduction:

A very unique and handsome piece of work is the postal portfolio
which is to be presented to His Royal Highness, the Duke of York,
by the Dominion Government, and which is on exhibition in the
window of Kyrie Brothers, Jewelers, Toronto. The portfolio is in
the form of an album, the cover of which is of royal blue morocco
leather, handsomely decorated in gold. In the centre of the front
cover is a raised shield in white on which are the words in gold
letters, "Dominion of Canada, Diamond Jubilee Postage Stamps, 22nd
June, 1897." The corners of the portfolio are decorated with guards
of Canadian gold made from British Columbia and Raney district ore.
The right hand upper corner decoration is a design of maple leaves,
and the lower corner of English oak leaves and acorns. The
portfolio is fastened with a clasp of Canadian gold in the form of
oak leaves, while the bracket on the front holding the clasps in
position, is entwined with maple leaves with the monogram of H. R.
H. the Duke of York--G. F. E. A.--George Frederick Ernest Albert.
On the third page is the inscription, "This collection of postage
stamps issued at Ottawa by the Dominion of Canada in commemoration
of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria
is presented to H. R. H. the Duke of York, K. G., by the Government
of Canada, 1897." The last page of this unique stamp album will
contain the certificate of the destruction of the dies and plates
in the presence of Hon. Wm. Mulock, postmaster-general of
Canada.... This is probably the dearest stamp album in the world,
and contains only a single specimen of each denomination of the
Jubilee issue.

And now we conclude our history of this Jubilee issue by another extract
from the WEEKLY giving an account of the destruction of the dies and
plates from which the stamps were made:--

On Friday afternoon, September 10th, I presented myself at the
Post-Office Department and joined a party who were just leaving the
building to go over to the American Bank Note Co.'s building, a
couple of blocks