American Bank Note Co. Die Numbers 1882-1927

During the period from 1882 to 1927 The ABN Co, of New York engraved, and hence produced Die Proofs;
for all of the stamps of Canada, and some of the stamp for the United States.
The company also produced dies for the stamps of several South American countries.

This was the period in which the ABN Co. adopted the practise of first producing an 'unhardened' proof
with only the imprint of the company; and later adding a die number after the die had been 'hardened'.

The company followed this practise for those years in which it had the contracts to produce the dies.
It was followed for the stamps of Canada from 1897-1927; for those of the USA from 1882-1893;
and for those of Newfoundland from 1897-1908.

The die number consisted of first, a letter which seems to denote the series;
and second a number which indicated the order in which the dies were prepared.

Those dies beginning with the letters XG may have actually been produced by the Canadian Bank Note Co.
It is reasonable to assume that a new company might have some way to distinguish its own work, and so
it is possible that a new series was started for the new company.
The CBN Co. was established in 1922 and there is no known documentation that indicated the exact date
on which the new company started to engrave its own dies.

Die Number	Stamp and Issue	Issue Date of Stamp
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C 28	5c Large Bank Note - USA	Apr 1882
C 47	Essay for 5c Large Bank Note - USA	Apr 1882
C 56	10c Large Bank Note - USA	Apr 1882
C 60	6c Large Bank Note - USA	Jun 1882
C 71	Portrait of Queen Victoria	1897
C 95	2c Large Bank Note - USA	Oct 1883
C 97	4c Large Bank Note - USA	Oct 1883
C 178	1c Large Bank Note - USA	Jul 1887
C 223	1c Small Bank Note - USA	Jun 1890
C 224	2c Small Bank Note - USA	Jun 1890
C 225	3c Small Bank Note - USA	Jun 1890
C 226	4c Small Bank Note - USA	Jun 1890
C 265	5c Columbian - USA	Jan 1893
C 268	15c Columbian - USA	Jan 1893
C 303	8c Small Bank Note - USA	Mar 1892
C 275	5$ Columbian - USA	Jan 1893
C 372	3c Royal Family - Nfld	Jun 1898
C 373	5c Royal Family - Nfld	1899
C 374	1/2c Royal Family - Nfld	Aug 1898
C 377	1c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 379	3c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 380	4c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 381	5c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 382	6c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 383	8c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 389	30c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 381	35c Cabot - Nfld	Jun 1897
C 394	1c Royal Family - Nfld	Dec 1897
C 395	2c Royal Family - Nfld	Dec 1897
C 502	4c Royal Family - Nfld	Oct 1901
C 629	Officially Sealed - Nfld	1905
C 822	2c Map - Nfld	Sep 1908
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F 10	1c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 11	2c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 12	23c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 13	5c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 14	6c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 15	8c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 16	10c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 17	15c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 18	25c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 19	50c Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 20	1$ Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 21	2$ Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 22	3$ Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 23	4$ Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 24	5$ Jubilee	Jun 1897
F 51	1/2c Jubilee	Jun 1897
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F 102	1/2c Leaf	Nov 1897
F 103	1c Leaf	Dec 1897
F 104	2c Leaf	Dec 1897
F 105	3c Leaf	Jan 1898
F 106	5c Leaf	Dec 1897
F 107	6c Leaf	Nov 1897
F 108	8c Leaf	Dec 1897
F 109	10c Leaf	Dec 1897
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F 113	3c Numeral	Jun 1898
F 114	1/2c Numeral	Sep 1898
F 115	1c Numeral	Jun 1898
F 116	2c Numeral	Aug 1899
F 117	5c Numeral	Jul 1899
F 118	6c Numeral	Aug 1898
F 119	8c Numeral	Sep 1898
F 120	10c Numeral	Nov 1898
F 121	15c Numeral	Unissued
F 122	20c Numeral	Dec 1900
F 123	50c Numeral	Unissued
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F 131	5c Weights and Measures	1897
F 132	15c Weights and Measures	1897
F 135	75c Weights and Measures	1897
F 136	1$ Weights and Measures	1897
F 137	1.50$ Weights and Measures	1897
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F 147	10c Blue Yukon Law	1902
F 149	50c Blue Yukon Law	1902
F 150	1$ Blue Yukon Law	1902
F 152	3$ Blue Yukon Law	1902
F 154	10c Vermillion Yukon Law	1902
F 156	50c Vermillion Yukon Law	1902
F 157	1$ Vermillion Yukon Law	1902
F 158	2$ Vermillion Yukon Law	1902
F 159	3$ Vermillion Yukon Law	1902
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F 166	1c Edward	Jul 1903
F 167	2c Edward	Jul 1903
F 168	5c Edward	Jul 1903
F 169	7c Edward	Jul 1903
F 170	10c Edward	Jul 1903
F 178	20c Edward	Sep 1904
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F 191	1c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 192	1/2c Quebec	Essay with Prince in civilian dress
F 193	5c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 194	2c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 195	10c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 196	15c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 197	7c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 198	20c Quebec	Jul 1908
F 199	1/2c Quebec	Jul 1908
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F 211	2c Admiral	Dec 1911
F 212	1c Admiral	Dec 1911
F 213	5c Admiral	Jan 1912
F 214	7c Admiral	Jan 1912
F 217	20c Admiral	Jan 1912
F 218	10c Admiral	Jan 1912
F 219	50c Admiral	Jan 1912
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O G 66	1c Admiral War Tax	Apr 1915
O G 67	2c Admiral War Tax	Apr 1915
O G 100	2+1c Admiral War Tax	Jan 1916
O G 106	2+1c Admiral War Tax	Aug 1916
O G 106 1/2	2+1c Admiral War Tax	Aug 1916
O G 194	3c Confederation	Sep 1917
O G 266	3c Admiral Die II	May 1918
O G 421	6c Admiral Essay
O G 426	4c Admiral	Jul 1922
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X G 8	1$ Admiral	Jul 1923
X G 86	1c Admiral Die II	1924
X G 87	3c Admiral Die II	1924
X G 91	8c Admiral	Sep 1925
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G O 50	2c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927
G O 51	5c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927
G O 52	10c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927
G O 56	1c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927
G O 57	7c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927
G O 58	20c Proposed Macdonald-Cartier	1927

It appears that dies given an "O" number were engraved a substantial time after the main issue.

Die Number	Stamp and Issue	Issue Date
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O 9	4c Numeral	Unissued
O 10	7c Numeral	Dec 1902
O 25	50c Edward	Nov 1908

Dies of central vignettes.
It appears that the "V" in the die number may stand for vignette.

Die Number	Contents of vignette	Used for catalogue number
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X V 114	George V	149-154 and 1$ bill
X V 117	Laurier	144