Mr. H. A. Chapman has sent me a specimen of a re-engraved 1c Canada numeral, in which the differences from the first issue demand recognition. The re-engraved type is shorter and wider than the one preceding it. I note also that the 2c is said to exist in the same condition. In reprinting this statement the _Philatelic Record_ observed "Can this be true; or is it only another case of a slight difference caused by the shrinkage after wetting the sheets for printing purposes?" The _Monthly Journal_ for September. 1901, soon set the matter at rest as shown by the following extract:-- Miss A. L. Swift very kindly informs us that a friend of hers made enquiries at headquarters in Ottawa, and was assured that no re-engraving whatever has taken place, and that any differences that exist must be due to shrinkage or expansion of the paper during the process of printing. Our correspondent, who is a well-known American writer upon philatelic subjects and a careful philatelist, tells us that the 1/2c, 1c and 2c of the numeral type and several values of the Maple Leaf type, show these variations, and adds that in the case of the 1/2c of both issues one size is found in grey-black only, and the other in deep black only. It is possible that the amount or thickness of the ink employed may have some effect upon the varying shrinkage of the paper. The same journal refers to the matter again in the following month, viz.:-- In reference to the question of the variations in the size of the stamps of the last two issues of this Colony, a correspondent tells us that he has been studying these stamps, and has come to the conclusion, no doubt correctly, that the variations are due to differences in the quality and thickness of the paper. As in the old case of the Ceylon stamps the longer copies are on thicker paper than the short ones. All stamps that are printed on damp paper, and especially those from plates engraved in _taille-douce_, are liable to vary in this way. The above seems to be the most reasonable explanation of the differences for the measurements of the so-called long and short stamps are practically constant, which one would naturally expect to find if two sorts of paper, differing slightly in thickness and quality, were used. _Reference List._ 1898-9. Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Co., Ottawa, on white wove paper. Perf. 12. 60. 1/2c black, Scott's No. 74. 61. 1c green, Scott's No. 75. 62. 2c purple, Scott's No. 76. 63. 3c carmine, Scott's No. 77. 64. 5c dark blue on bluish, Scott's No. 78. 65. 6c brown, Scott's No. 79. 66. 8c orange, Scott's No. 80. 67. 10c brown-violet, Scott's No. 81. CHAPTER XVI.--_The "Map" Stamp of 1898._