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evidently was considered of greater importance forpicturing on a postage stamp than the ruling monarch.Indeed, there were three stamps in this first series ofCanada and the portrait of the Queen occupied thehighest denomination, that of her consort, Albert, oc-cupying the intermediate denomination of the trio. Per-haps it was felt that the Queen by occupying the highestdenomination had received the place of honor.
 Figure 13. Canada marked her 1851 stamps' centenary with a reproduction of the "Three Penny Beaver."
Whatever the reason for Canada's break away fromthe tradition, the idea of pictorial stamps found wideexpression so that by the turn of the century countrieseverywhere were picturing the scenic spots of their land,products that were of importance or statuary of promi-nent people. So far so good. A postage stamp was stilla postage stamp whatever picture it carried. In 1876an entirely new idea was introduced, and by no less anation than the United States when, to commemoratethe Centennial Exposition, the Government caused tobe issued a special stamped envelope. Thus was bornthe commemorative stamp, an idea that was eventuallyto capture the imagination of nations throughout the |
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