Our illustration (No. 34 on Plate II) shows a sample of the whole set, the only variation, outside of the color, being the denomination in the label at the bottom. This is in each case expressed in words. The stamps are beautifully engraved on steel as usual, and are printed on stout wove paper and perforated 12. The values from 1/2 cent through 5 cents were printed in sheets of 100, ten rows of ten. Above the 5 cent, that is from 6 cents through 5 dollars, they were printed in sheets of 50, ten horizontal rows of five stamps each. The marginal inscriptions are very meagre, consisting merely of "OTTAWA--No--1" (or some other plate number) in hair-line Roman capitals 2-1/2 mm. high, at the top of the sheet only. The inscription is 40 mm. long, being centered over stamps 5 and 6 of the top row in the sheets of 100, and over stamp number 3 in the sheets of 50. This is the first time that plate numbers appear on the sheets of Canadian postage stamps, and it is well to record them. Taking them serially we find the plates of the various values were made as follows:-- Plate 1 3 cents 2 3 " 3 3 " 4 3 " 5 1 " 6 1 " 7 2 " 8 2 " 9 1/2 " 10 5 " 11 3 " 12 3 " 13 3 " 14 3 " 15 1 " 16 1 " 17 6 cents 18 15 " 19 10 " 20 8 " 21 20 " 22 4 dollars 23 50 cents 24 3 dollars 25 5 " 26 2 " 27 1 " 28 3 cents 29 3 " 30 3 " 31 3 " The colors, which will be found in the Reference List, are quite constant, as would be expected. The principal variation is only one of tone in a few values. A newspaper despatch from Ottawa tells us that "A return brought down to-day shows that the cost of printing the jubilee stamp was 20 cents per thousand."[130] [130] =Post Office=, IX: 37. Considerable criticism was naturally aroused by the inclusion of the values from one to five dollars, and outside of the palpable attempt to "make capital" from stamp collectors and others, it was claimed that the four and five dollar values were useless, as the "highest amount that can _possibly_ be required on a parcel sent by mail from Canada is $3.59 (including registration). This owing to limitations of weight, etc., and the highest amount that can be required on a letter is $1.65".[131] An "official" replied[132] that "very frequently parcels leave the Toronto Post Office with $15 and $20 postage on them, and in some cases the postage has reached the amount of $63. There is another way in which the $4 and $5 stamps may be used, viz.:--in second class rate books. Canada does not issue Newspaper or Periodical stamps so these two high values can be used in this way." [131] =Weekly Philatelic Era=, XI: 383. [132] =ibid.=, XI: 406.