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Issue of postage stamps, etc., 1906 to 1907

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Issue of postage stamps, etc., 1906 to 1907
	Issue 1906		Issue 1907¹
	number	value in dollars	number	value in dollars
1/2-cent postage stamps	422,700	2,113	372,400	1,862
1-cent postage stamps	111,417,800	1,114,178	104,491,600	1,044,916
2-cent postage stamps	233,951,100	4,679,022	189,929,000	3,798,580
5-cent postage stamps	6,426,200	321,310	5,557,800	277,890
7-cent postage stamps	2,681,350	187,695	2,046,850	143,279
10-cent postage stamps	1,125,100	112,510	1,022,200	102,220
20-cent postage stamps	255,575	51,115	275,050	55,010
50-cent postage stamps	38,625	19,313	44,050	22,025
10-cent special delivery stamps	65,300	6,530	63,815	6,381
1-cent postage due stamps	464,200	4,642	442,200	4,422
2-cent postage due stamps	616,600	12,332	783,500	15,670
5-cent postage due stamps	35,100	1,755	187,300	9,365
2-cent stamp books	937,030	234,258	914,780	228,695
1-cent post bands	447,700	5,596	357,900	4,474
1-cent post cards	23,824,700	238,247	18,574,600	185,746
1-cent advertising (16 on a sheet)	506,000	5,060	366,000	3,660
1-cent advertising (8 on a sheet)	1,789,000	17,890	1,299,000	12,990
1-cent advertising (single)	384,600	3,846	301,200	3,012
2-cent Postal Union cards	49,700	994	49,200	984
2-cent reply cards	174,050	3,481	112,150	2,243
1-cent stamped envelopes	346,600	4,159	304,400	3,653
2-cent stamped envelopes	1,949,200	42,882	1,694,100	37,270
Total	387,908,230	7,068,928	329,189,095	5,964,347
1. Nine months.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1907.