Postal history of New Brunswick

The Canadian province of the New Brunswick had its clean postal service until March 1868, the emission of the stamps of the Canadian Confédération taking place the next on April 1st. The postage stamps were introduced in New Brunswick in 1851.

Emission in pence (1851)

(Note: numbers according to the Catalog Scott)

Emitted on September 6th, 1851, these stamps, not notched, is printed on blue paper, in a printing works of London. They are engravings representing of the symbols of New Brunswick, laid out inside a square posed on the point.

Some were printed on blank paper.

With use, it was possible to divide the stamp in two to use it with half of its value.

no.1 : 3 pence, red,
no.2: 6 pence, yellow olive,
no.3: 1 Shilling, purple red shining,
no.4: 1 shilling with a pale nuance purple.

All the stamps of the series are rare and can be worth few hundreds to several thousands of Canadian dollars (2006), on letter, in particular used cut even more.

Emission in hundreds (1860)

Realized by the American Banknote Company of New York, this emission is illustrated.

no.6: 1 hundred, red lilac, Locomotive,
no.7: 2 hundred, orange, Queen Victoria,
no.8: 5 hundreds, green-yellow, Victoria Queen,
no.9: 10 hundreds, vermillion, Victoria Queen,
no.10: 12 hundreds and half, blue, Steamer,
no.11: 17 hundreds, black, Edouard, Prince de Galles.

The stamps with the type Reine Victoria take again the Effigie Trawl-net, already used since 1851 in the Province of Canada (Ontario and current Quebec) and 1853 in Nova Scotia.

The stamps of 1 hundred and 12 hundreds and half would be the first postage stamps of the sets of themes railway and maritime.

Charles Connell

Charles Connell is named Maître of the Stations of New Brunswick in 1859 and must the same year prepare the emission of a new series of postage stamps made out in centimes of Canadian dollars, which replace the system of books, shillings and pence. He signs contract with the American Banknote Company for stamps of 1, 5,10 and 12,5 hundreds and already chose their subject when he must add the value of 17 hundreds for the letters in direction of the the United Kingdom via New York. Finally, they is the 5 hundreds are without illustration envisaged and is delivered with the portrait of Connell to the amazement of the members of the government of the colony, without the cause being known.

The governor opposes his veto to the emission of this stamp and the Council of the colony decides to use the portrait of the Victoria queen, according to the Effigie Trawl-net with a new framework. Connell is replaced

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