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._)