Beaver

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Stamp Info

Name	Value
Date of Issue	July 1, 1859
Year	1859
Quantity	39,792,172
Denomination	5¢
Perforation or Dimension	11.75, 12 x 11.75, 11.75 x 12, 12
Printer	American Bank Note Company, New York.
Postal Administration	Canada

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Condition	Name	Avg Value
M-NH-VF	Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine	View price
M-NH-F	Mint - Never Hinged - Fine	View price
M-NH-VG	Mint - Never Hinged - Very Good	View price
M-H-VF	Mint - Hinged - Very Fine	View price
M-H-F	Mint - Hinged - Fine	View price
M-H-VG	Mint - Hinged - Very Good	View price
M-NG-VF	Mint - No Gum - Very Fine	View price
M-NG-F	Mint - No Gum - Fine	View price
U-VF	Used - Very Fine	View price
U-F	Used - Fine	View price
U-VG	Used - Very Good	View price

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About Stamp

The 5-cent denomination featuring a beaver building a dam was symbolic of the people in the young country of Canada building their towns, cities, and communities. The secondary purpose of choosing the beaver centred in the original meaning of the beaver skin; it represented a medium of exchange in trade.

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Reference

Patrick, Douglas and Mary Patrick. Canada's Postage Stamps. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964, p. 8, 19.

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