Postage Stamps 1870-1897

The stamps from my album pictured here (catalogue values of $16, $1, $3, $2, $2, $5, $16, $8) are part of a series (stamp numbers 34-45) that were issued between 1870 and 1897. There are also both 8cent and 10cent issues that I don't have. 


How boring are these stamps? Not only the same person, but the same image, for 27 years! Of course, this was standard practice for countries within the British Empire, but still... what happened to the Beaver stamp, and images of Jacques Cartier? Maybe because the French are now outnumbered (only one province out of several) and it is safer to use only British images? Whatever the reason, it doesn't make for interesting viewing (or collecting).