Canada Dominion of Canada 1 Dollar Pick 18a (DC-8e) variety with value numerals in the corners dated 1st June 1878 Payable at Montreal blue serial number 255590 plate B manuscript signature at left Taylor and printed signature Harrington at right, about VG. Black on green underprint featuring a portrait of Countess of Dufferin on obverse and seal of Queen Victoria on reverse. Printed by the British American Banknote Company, Montreal. Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava VA CI DBE (1843 - 1936) was a British peeress and the great-granddaughter of both United Irishmen patriot and hero Archibald Hamilton Rowan as well as the political writer, activist, and Irish nationalist General George Cockburn. She was known for her success in the role of "diplomatic wife", and for leading an initiative to improve medical care for women in British India. For an example with red serial number and payable at Toronto see next lot