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Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

Quantity: 850 100
Issue date: December 1858
Printer: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
Paper: Wove paper
Scott: #11

Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858 prices and values

The value of a Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858 stamp depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more. Values in the section are based on the market, trends, auctions and recognized books, publications and catalogs. This section also includes information on errors and varieties and characteristics.

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Used
Mint
With gum

	VG	F	VF	Cover
Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858	$260	$530	$1,300	$1,800

	VG	F	VF
Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858	$510	$1,000	$2,600

	VG	F	VF
Queen Victoria - ½ penny 1858	$1,300	$2,600	$6,400

Description

The ½ penny stamps, popularly called newspaper stamps, were originally purchased to pay newspaper postage when the papers were mailed to the public. This denomination also charges for carriers' fees, soldiers' letters, and circulars. A Post Office circular dated July 18, 1857, announced the price reduction of ½ penny stamps for sale at 5% discount in purchases of not less than 20 stamps. These were also valid for prepaying postage on periodicals, drop or town letters.

This Canadian stamp 1858 is the first with perforation. The perforation almost always touches the design of the stamp because of the thin margins between the stamps of the sheets used.

Creators

Based on a medal by William Wyon
Based on a sketch by William Henry Griffin

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