“[The split stamps of New Brunswick are no doubt scarce, but they are
not more so than any of the other B. N. A. Provinces. Canada seems to be
the only one which did not do this, as split stamps from there are very
scarce. The rate on a half-ounce Letter from Nova Scotia to Victoria was
one shilling and threepence, and we presume it was the same from New
Brunswick.—EDITOR of _The Halifax Philatelist_.]”
From the above letter, we can therefore add the following at the bottom
of the issue of May 13th, 1860, on page 30 of the Catalogue:
_Variety._—The Ten Cents is known cut in two diagonally, and
also vertically.