The First Christmas Postage Stamp-Canada 1898-Blue Variety

Illustrated below is another variety of the first Christmas postage stamp (see "A Christmas Stamp of the British Empire. this blog). The stamp was issued on 7th of December1898 (the postmark here indicates it wasn't used until after Christmas) and the oceans were printed in 3 different colours, lavender, greenish-blue and blue. This is an example of the blue printing.

The 1898 Canadian Christmas Postage Stamp

Illustrated below is the Canadian Christmas stamp of 1898 issued on the 7th of December. The design was in black with the red of the Empire and colour in the oceans added by typo. There are three variations of the stamp due to a change of colour in the oceans, they were printed in lavender, greenish-blue and blue. The example is of the lavender printing.