Canadian Bank Note Co. Die Numbers 1927-1928

The Canadian Bank Note Company was established as a subsidiary of the American Bank Note Company in 1922.

There is some question as to when and even if the Ottawa office of the CBN actually engraved the dies.
The Historical and Confederation issues are generally accepted to have been prepared by the ABN but
there a CBN Co. engraving department backstamp on one proof of the 12c Historical. It should be noted that there is
no imprint showing the engraving company of any of the proofs from these two issues.

It is generally accepted that the CBN Co. did produce the dies for the scroll issue. Certainly there was
something different since the proofs have the word 'CANADA' as an imprint instead of the name of the company.

The die numbers were continued from those used by the ABN co.
The die number consisted of first, the letters 'XG' which may refer to CBN prepared dies;
and second a number which indicated the order in which the dies were prepared.

Die Number	Stamp and Issue	Issue Date of Stamp
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XG 147	5c Historical	Jun 1927
XG 148	12c Historical	Jun 1927
XG 149	20c Historical	Jun 1927
XG 169	1c Confederation	Jun 1927
XG 170	5c Confederation	Jun 1927
XG 174	2c Confederation	Jun 1927
XG 175	12c Confederation	Jun 1927
XG 176	3c Confederation	Jun 1927
XG 193	20c Scroll	Jan 1929
XG 194	1$ Scroll	Jan 1929
XG 195	2c Scroll	Oct 1928
XG 196	12c Scroll	Jan 1929
XG 197	1c Scroll	Oct 1928
XG 198	3c Scroll	Dec 1928
XG 199	5c Scroll	Oct 1928
XG 200	8c Scroll	Dec 1928
XG 201	50c Scroll	Jan 1929
XG 202	10c Scroll	Dec 1928
XG 215	4c Scroll	Aug 1929