These 1c stamps may be found in both orange and yellow shades as well as a combination of both. So far as is known they were printed from the same plate or plates as the earlier brown-red stamps. The paper is the same as that used for the other denominations, _i.e._ wove, and the fact that this variety is not known with the watermark of the papermaker's trade mark is generally adduced as the strongest evidence in support of the theory that this watermarked paper was only of a provisional nature and was used some time during 1868. The perforation is the usual 12 and specimens are known entirely imperforate. _Reference List._ 1869. Change of color. Wove Paper. Perf. 12. 24. 1c orange, Scott's No. 31. CHAPTER IX.--_The Large 5c Stamp._ Although it somewhat interrupts the chronological sequence of our narrative, before dealing with the small "cents" stamps, first appearing in 1870, it will be as well to give the history of the large 5c stamp which, though not issued until 1875, really belongs by virtue of its type and general appearance to the series of 1868. It is known that the die for this 5c stamp was engraved in 1867 at the same time the dies for the 1/2, 1c, 2c, 3c, 6c, 12-1/2c and 15c values were prepared for, in the _American Journal of Philately_ for June, 1868, it is stated:-- The Canadian Government have had a 5 cent stamp prepared, engraved of the same type as the present set, the most noticeable difference being the circle round the head which is corded. The specimen sent us is printed in brown on India paper, bearing the Company's imprint underneath. Though the die was all ready, as amply proved by the above extract, no plate was made as there was then no postal rate which required such a denomination. In 1875, however, the single letter rate between Canada and Great Britain was reduced to 5c as stated in the Postmaster-General's Report for 1875, viz.:--