Canada – Newfoundland stamp year 1897 –  2c. Prince Edward VII

Canada – Newfoundland stamp year 1897 –  2c. Prince Edward VII MNG

The stamp is part of the 1897–1901 Royal Family Issue of Newfoundland, which was issued before it became a Canadian province in 1949.

• Subject: Prince Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales (who would ascend the throne as King Edward VII in 1901).
• Catalog Numbers:
  • Scott: #81 (Orange) or #82 (Vermilion, issued in 1898)
  • Stanley Gibbons: SG #86
• Date of Issue: December 7, 1897 (for the orange variant).
• Printer: American Bank Note Company, New York (you can see the tiny imprint text at the very bottom frame line).
• Perforation: 12