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l L‘l'fiTaT'i Adee‘t'; o 7) Sta neffFa y’siposi‘ Office: ‘rlL'led‘h 4774 1:0er 4;”? r Canada’s First Postage Stamp Found in Ottawa Monday, February 2-1, 18.31. By CENTRAL PRESS CANADIAN Ottawa. Feb. â€"The first Cana- dian postage stamp. In fact. the first proof ot the first stamp deSIgned by the late Sir Sandie-rd Fleming. has come into the possession of H. Borden Clarke. wL-ll known Ottawa philnielist. after having been lost [or many years, Known as the three-penny Beav- er. the stamp wns fuund mounted on a page at Sir Sandturd's diary, dated Monday. Feb. 24. 1851. which bore the words, in his handwriting. "Had bruakiast at the hutcl‘with Mr. Rulien and Hon. James Mor- ris, postmaster-general. designing pnstagc stamp for him." The stamp is an oblung, bearing the inscription "Canada Postage. V.R. Three Pence." with a beaver surmounted by a crown in the centre. Valued at 510.000 Mr. Clarke has placed a value 0!. 510.000 upon his acquisition based on the equal value price paid for first stamps oi uther colonies, In time he intends to lend or give the stamp to the Duminion archives for public examination. sir Sandmrd. after receiving the first prim! at his design, attached the stamp in his diary as a souve- nir. It was last tor a lung time un- til 3 pralanged search brought it to light.