🌎 Country

Canada

📅 Year

1898

💰 Denomination

2¢

📮 Issue type

Commemorative

🖼 Topic

Maps

Issued when the letter rate across the British Empire fell to one penny (two Canadian cents). The Empire is marked in red, and because it is inscribed "XMAS 1898" it is often called the world's first Christmas stamp.

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