1890s ½c Black Small Queen, mint never hinged, with intense colour and very nicely centered, extremely fine. A lovely stamp. (Image)

Unitrade $ 75

1890s 1c Yellow Small Queen, mint with full original gum, never hinged, fresh and extremely fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 180

1890s 2c Blue Green Small Queen, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very fresh stamp, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 450

1870 3c Copper Red Small Queen, Perforated 12½, unused (no gum) with deep rich colour and nicely centered with a few tiny black flecks on surface, fine-very fine. Accompanied by 1983 RPSL certificate and 2009 Greene Foundation certificate (“unused, genuine, but soiled and numerous black flecks across stamp” – in our opinion a harsh description). Ex. “JAL” and Vadeboncoeur. Only nine mint or unused examples of the 3c perf 12½ are recorded. Of these, several are quite poorly centered and/or have faults (thins, tears and missing perfs). Taking into consideration the overall condition of this stamp, this is arguably the second or third finest example with only the ex-Julian Smith and Daniel Cantor example (sold for $11,500+15% in our 2015 sale of the Cantor collection) and the superlative ex-Dr. Clare Jephcott and Bill Simpson example (sold for $25,000+18% in 2019) being equal or finer to the example in the “Outaouais” collection. Rsv. $7,000. (Image)

Unitrade $ 10,500

1875 5c Slate Green Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very fresh stamp which has wonderful centering and is extremely fine. A difficult stamp to find in such lovely quality. Accompanied by a 2007 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate and a photocopy of the stunning block of six from which it came. The 5c perforated 11-1/2x12 is one of the most challenging of all Small Queens to locate in premium quality. Its rarity can be traced back to the fact that only a few of the early 5c printings had this perforation measurement, and very few were saved by collectors or otherwise not used. This printing normally displays unevenly applied gum with streaks and/or bubbles, and the example contained in the “Outaouais” collection displays these characteristics. A true condition rarity for the connoisseur. (Image)

Unitrade $ 4,500

1890s 6c Red Brown Small Queen, mint with full original gum, very lightly hinged, well centered and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

1895 6c Red Brown Small Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with disturbed gum, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

1897 10c Brown Red Small Queen, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A lovely and fresh stamp, with large margins all around, extremely fine. Ex. “Okanagan” and accompanied by a 2003 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,700

1890s 10c Deep Rose Small Queen, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A very well centered stamp with intense bright colour and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 1996 Philatelic Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 800

1893 20c Vermilion Widow Weeds, mint very lightly hinged, with deep rich colour and extremely fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 600

1893 50c Deep Blue Widow Weeds, a mint block of four, with full original gum and never hinged. A fresh and very fine block, accompanied by a 2005 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 9,600

1893 50c Deep Blue Widow Weeds, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged, with four large margins, fresh and extremely fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 600

Collection of Used Small Queens, with #s 34 (x3, shades, one jumbo), 35 (three distinct shades), 36, 37 (x5, shades), 39 (x4), 40, 41 (x3), 41a, 42 (x2), 43 (x3), 44 (two shades), 45 (x3), 46 and 47 (pair and single). A nice quality group, with many very fine or better stamps, dated copies, etc. (Image)

Scott $ 906

1882 ½c Black Small Queen Imperforate, an unused (no gum, as issued) horizontal pair, very fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Rsv. $375. (Image)

Unitrade $ 800

1890s 1c Yellow Small Queen, Ottawa Printing, mint with full never hinged original gum, very nicely centered among four huge and even margins, extremely fine. An outstanding stamp. (Image)

Unitrade $ 180

Group of Mint and Unused 1c Small Queens, with 27 stamps, either mint hinged or without gum, and includes shades, noting a lemon yellow perforated 11½ x 12, etc. Overall fine with a few faults here and there. (Image)

Est $ 150

1890s 1c Yellow Small Queen, a mint block of ten, with full original gum, two upper right stamps are hinged. There is a light natural pre-printing fold affecting two vertical stamps in 4th column, still bright colour, fresh and fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 360

Old Time Collection of 3c Small Queen Postmarks, tucked away by the owner in the 1960s, this small album contains a very nice collection, mostly sorted by type of postmark, with town cancels (mostly fully dated and collected by year), a very nice Prince Arthur Street Montréal c.d.s., a March 1870 date, a lovely strike of Windsor squared circle with inverted PM, obliterators, coloured postmarks, corks (mostly segmented and starburst types), flags, a 2-ring 50, a few dated Oxbow ASSA datestamps, an Ebenezer ASSA datestamp, page of RPOs, rollers, two strikes of #16 in NB grid, etc. We estimate there to be about 475 hinged stamps plus a packet probably containing another 100 or so. See scans for an idea, inspect to better appreciate. (Image)

Est $ 250

Group of Mint and Unused 3c Small Queens, with 33 stamps, either mint hinged or without gum, and includes many early printings such as pale copper red (37b), rose shades (37a), etc. Overall fine with a few faults here and there. (Image)

Est $ 250

1875 6c Yellow Brown Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, a mint block of four, with full original dull streaky gum, lightly hinged, very fine. A fresh and scarce block, especially in this lovely condition. Accompanied by a 2019 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $1,600. (Image)

Unitrade $ 4,800

1875 6c Brown Small Queen, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged, fresh and very fine. Accompanied by a 2019 Greene Foundation certificate. A very nice stamp. Rsv. $375. (Image)

Unitrade $ 900

1877 10c Dull Rose Lilac Small Queen, Perforated 12, mint with full original gum (trace of a hinge), nice pastel-like shade and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,700

1887 10c Dull Rose Lilac Small Queen, Perforated 12, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,700

Group of Mint and Unused 10c Small Queens, with 5 early printings and 9 later printings (including a pair). A few have no gum, else an overall fine group. (Image)

Scott $ 14,525

1877 10c Pale Milky Rose Lilac Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, used with two different registration cancels (boxed and oval), very well centered but thin and pulled perf. Very fine appearance. (Image)

Unitrade $ 900