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Queen Victoria Era -- Small Queens Scott #34-47 continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

36a

1890s 2c Green Small Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with original gum, never hinged and with sheet margin at right. There is a tiny natural gum blemish at bottom mentioned for the record, still very fine and fresh.

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Unitrade $ 2,250

SOLD for C$575.00
Will close during Public Auction

37d

1870 3c Copper Red Small Queen, Perforated 12½, used with part 2-ring numeral cancel (likely a #7), with a tiny perf crease at upper right corner, fine-very fine.

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Unitrade $ 1,325

SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction

37e, ii, iii

1873 to 1879 3c Small Queen Lot, all Perforated 11½ x 12, with 200 used stamps, all neatly displayed on double-sided black stock sheets, with shades, etc. This lot contains no dated copies, but does contain many fancy and other cancels. Perf checked by owner only, we have scanned all pages online, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 2,500

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

37e, ii, iii

1873 to 1879 3c Small Queen Lot, all Perforated 11½ x 12, with 370 used stamps, all neatly displayed on double-sided black stock sheets, with shades, etc. This lot contains no dated copies, but does contain many fancy and other cancels, some in colour. Perf checked by owner only, we have scanned all pages online, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 4,625

SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction

39, 43

Group of Used and Unused 6c Small Queens, all put aside long ago by a collector who identified them as having varieties. Includes a faulty used yellow brown with clear major re-entry (39ii), rest are 1890s printings, with 3 used singles, two unused (no gum) blocks of four (one with printer's imprint in margin at left) and a strip of 3 on piece with a 3c and 5c from Deseronto OCT.7.1895. Inspect, a good lot for the specialist.

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Est $ 100

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

39iii

1884 6c Brown Small Queen with "Semi-Major" Re-Entry, a very fine used horizontal pair (three dot state) tied to a small piece which is dated MAR.3.1884 Moncton NB. The right stamp shows doubling of the frameline at bottom, identified by owner as possibly being from positions 19 and 20 and described in Unitrade but unpriced.

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Est $ 100

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

41b

1890s 3c Bright Orange Small Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with original gum, lightly hinged, very fine and fresh.

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Unitrade $ 750

SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction

41vi

1890s 3c Vermilion Small Queen with "Vampire Bite" Variety, on a used single and the left stamp of a pair which has a MAR.1.1894 Kingston squared circle cancel. Fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Est $ 100

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

43b

1895 6c Red Brown Small Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with original gum, lightly hinged, with plate imprint in left margin, very fine and fresh.

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Unitrade $ 750

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction

44d

1895 8c Blue Grey Small Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair, with full original never hinged gum, very fine. A scarce imperforate Small Queen. Accompanied by a 2021 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Rsv. $1,400. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

45a

1890s 10c Dull Rose Small Queen, mint with original hinged gum, well centered and very fine.

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Unitrade $ 800

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

Collection of 29 Selected 20c Vermillion Widow Weeds, all used, and purchased one by one by the owner over a period of several years for their postmarks, including fully dated c.d.s., squared circles (St John NB, Deloraine MB, Halifax NS, Winnipeg MB), rollers, special handstamps such as "Enquiry / Post Office", a fancy cork cancel with screws, OTTAWA straightline handstamps, etc. Overall fresh and fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 3,625

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction

46, 47

1893 20c and 50c Widow Weeds Each with Sun Life Assurance Co. Private Perfins, both very fine centered, the 50c has a few short perfs, still uncommon. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Est $ 50

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

46, 47

1893 20c and 50c Widow Weeds, a group of 11x 20c (including a pair and a strip of three) and 9x 50c (including a pair). We noted some better postmarks such as Enquiry Office / Toronto, Dead Letter Office, Halifax squared circle, Vancouver c.d.s. Centering is fine to very fine.

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Scott $ 2,140

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

46-47

1893 20c and 50c Widow Weeds, both mint with full original hinged gum, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade $ 1,200

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

46-47

1893 20c and 50c Widow Weeds, both used with c.d.s. cancels and very fine.

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Unitrade $ 250

SOLD for C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction

Collection of 36 Selected 50c Blue Widow Weeds, all used, and purchased one by one by the owner over a period of several years for their postmarks, including fully dated c.d.s., and duplex, squared circles (Port Arthur ON), rollers, precancels, oval Port Arthur registration datestamp, Crown cancel, etc. Overall fresh and fine to very fine and includes 2 strips of three, 7 pairs and 16 singles. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 3,060

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction

34S/45S

1891 Group of Seven Different Values with Diagonal SPECIMEN Overprint in Purple, with #s 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41 and 45, prepared for the 1891 UPU Congress in Vienna. A scarce group, ranging from no gum to part original gum and overall fine. Rsv. $700. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Est $ 700

SOLD for C$850.00
Will close during Public Auction

34, 35, 43

Group of Mint Never Hinged Small Queens, includes the ½c x12 stamps which once formed a block (with sheet selvedge included), 1c x 3 stamps (used to form a strip of three with ONE CENT counter at top), and 6c (x6). These are all from a recent find of a stockbook which was put away long ago, so the colours are all fresh, unfortunately some of the stamps (not all) have small gum problems due to having lightly stuck together. Overall fine, with some very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 3,990

SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction

100

34-45

Collection of Mint Small Queens, neatly displayed on a black stock sheet, with #s 34 (with both white and greyish papers, 2 singles, a block of four and a strip of four, with some stamps identified by owner as having re-entries, includes 6 NH stamps), 35 (6 singles), 36 (4 singles and a pair), 37 (two singles, one without gum), 39b (perf 11½ x 12 brown shade with no gum and small faults), 41i (deep rose carmine with an interesting "meteor shower" effect in front of the Queen's face), 42 (two singles and a strip of three), 43 (5 singles and a block of four), 43ii (single), 44 (4 singles with shades) and 45 (4 singles). All stamps have original gum (except for a few mentioned above) usually heavily hinged (except for those NH ½c stamps mentioned above) and centering ranges from fine to very fine. Scott catalogue value given is for least expensive shades except for those specifically mentioned in the description. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 9,960

SOLD for C$525.00
Will close during Public Auction