_One value._—Designed and printed by the British-American Bank Note Company upon light buff card; size, 4½ × 3 inches. At the top are two lines of inscription. First, “CANADA POST CARD,” in Roman capitals; second, “THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE,” in block letters. Lower down are three ruled lines, diminishing in length, and the first is headed by the word “TO” in fancy script type. Between the last line and the frame at the bottom of the card, in the centre, is “British-American Bank Note Co., Montreal and Ottawa,” in small type. The stamp is in the right upper corner. Design: Diademed head of Queen Victoria to right, upon ground of horizontal lines, within a dotted circle, which is surrounded by an ornamental frame. The corners are filled in with horizontal lines, and in the centre of each is a small trilobed figure with three balls within a circle. At the bottom of the stamp is a straight label of solid colour, with rounded ends, inscribed “ONE CENT,” in Roman capitals. The card is completed by an engine-turned frame; size, 4⅓ × 2½ inches. The inscription and the label of value at the bottom of the stamp are in darker colour than the rest of the design. The cards are separated on the sheet by thin coloured lines running the whole length of the cards. (_Illustration 44._) 1 c., pale to deep blue. Issue II. 1876. _One value._ Similar to Issue I., but the inscription at the bottom of the card is altered to “British-American Bank Note Co., Montreal,” and the cards are separated on the sheet by short lines of colour at the centre of the sides of the cards. (_Illustration 44._) 1 c., pale to deep blue. Issue III. 1st January, 1877. _One value._ Designed and printed by the British-American Bank Note Company upon light buff card; size, 4⁷⁄₁₀ × 3 inches. The inscription is in four lines at the top of the card. First, “CANADA POST CARD,” in ornamental Roman capitals, arched; second, “TO;” third, “UNITED KINGDOM,” in italic Roman capitals; fourth, “THE ADDRESS ONLY,” &c., in block letters. Lower down “TO,” in fancy script type, and three dotted lines for the address. At the centre of the card at the bottom, in small type, is “British-American Bank Note Co., Montreal.” The stamp is in the right upper corner. Design: The design resembles the stamp on Issue I., but the circle containing the head is enclosed by a plain line. The corners are differently filled in, and the label of value is more ornamented. The frame of the card is composed of three-quarter discs, with larger ornaments of a different nature at the four corners; size, 1³⁄₁₀ × 2⅗ inches. (_Illustration 45._) 2 c., yellow-green (shades). Issue IV. July (?), 1879.