New Brunswick Stamps
Issues of 1851-1863
New Brunswick stamps first appeared in 1851.
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three maritime provinces. New Brunswick is bordered by Quebec on the North, the U.S. State of Maine on the West, and by the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the East and South.
New Brunswick is named after the German Duchy of "Braunschweig" (English: Brunswick), the ancestral home of the Hanoverian family of King George III of Great Britain. The colony of New Brunswick was created in 1784, when it and Prince Edward island were politically separated from the existing Crown Colony of Nova Scotia.
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The first New Brunswick stamps, issued during 1851, featured diamond-shaped denominations. The major denomination types are shown above. These stamps are imperforate, and they are printed on bluish-tinted paper.
Their catalog details follow:
- 3 P. (1851 - Shown Above - Scott #1) - Red.
- 3 P. (1851 - Shown Above - Scott #1a) - Dark Red.
- 6 P. (1851 - Shown Above - Scott #2) - Yellow, Orange Yellow.
- 12 P. (1851 - Shown Above - Scott #3) - Red Violet.
- 12 P. (1851 - Not Shown - Scott #4) - Violet.
Reprints exist of these first New Brunswick stamps. They are usually printed in different colors, and they are printed on hard, white paper.
- 5 C. (1860 - Scott #5) - Charles Connell.
Charles Connell (1810-1873) was a Canadian politician, remembered mainly for placing his own portrait on a 5 Cent denomination postage stamp of New Brunswick.
Connell was appointed Postmaster
General of New Brunswick in 1858, at a time when increasing trade with the United
States was forcing the British colonies to reconsider their currencies
and institute a decimal system that would be more familiar to their
American neighbors. New Brunswick adopted a decimal currency in 1859,
and in the following year, Connell issued the first postage
stamps in the new 5 Cent denomination. While few people had problems with the
new currency, they were outraged that Connell chose to depict himself, instead of Queen Victoria, on the new stamp. In an effort to stem the criticism and the charges of extreme arrogance, he
offered to buy up all the stamps, and then burned them, publicly, on the front
lawn of his house.
It is unknown how many of these unauthorized New Brunswick stamps have survived, but there are only a few dozen existing examples known. Dangerous forgeries and reprints of this stamp also exist.
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New Brunswick issued their first decimal currency stamps beginning in 1860. These new stamp designs are perforated 12, and they are all printed on white paper.
Their catalog details follow:
- 1 C. (1863 - Scott #6) - Locomotive.
- 2 C. (1860 - Scott #7) - Queen Victoria.
- 5 C. (1860 - Scott #8) - Queen Victoria.
- 10 C. (1860 - Scott #9) - Queen Victoria.
- 12 1/2 C. (1860 - Scott #10) - Steam and Sailing Ships.
- 17 C. (1860 - Scott #11) - Prince of Wales (King Edward VII).
The Colony of New Brunswick joined the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, and they became one of the four original provinces (or states) of the newly established Dominion of Canada. Since then, Dominion of Canada postage stamps have been used in New Brunswick.
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