1890s 1c Yellow Small Queen, mint never hinged, with sheet margin at top showing "CENT" from the counter imprint, very fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2019 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $250. (Image)

Unitrade $ 180

1890s 1c, 2c and 3c Small Queens, each in mint hinged blocks of four with original gum, from the second Ottawa printings, fresh and fine to very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 800

1880s 3c Orange Red Small Queen, from the Montréal printing, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very well centered and fresh stamp, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

Lot of About 1,800 Used 3c Small Queens, with a variety of shades and postmarks, including corks, grids, many dated copies, squared circles, etc. Apparently unchecked for varieties, overall fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 200

1870 3c Copper Red Small Queen, mint with large part original hinged gum, with a tad bit of yellowing on the top perforations (mentioned for accuracy), a scarce and very fine example of the first printing. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $850. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,500

1873 3c Orange Red Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, a mint block of four with full original, hand applied gum, fine-very fine. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $650. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,000

1873 6c Yellow Brown Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, unused (no gum), nicely centered, one pulled perf at right, else very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,200

1890s 6c Red Brown Small Queen, a mint upper marginal block of six with full original gum, never hinged and showing the complete "SIX CENTS" counter in margin. Fresh and very good. (Image)

Est $ 150

1890s 6c Red Brown Small Queen from Plate A (3-dot state) with Major Re-Entries, a mint strip of four with sheet margin at left from positions 21 to 24, with the first stamp showing a "lesser 5¢ on 6¢ re-entry" (Position 21) and the last stamp showing a major re-entry with doubling in CANADA, POS, CENTS and of the design at bottom left (Position 24). Well centered with full original gum, position 24 (major-re-entry) is never hinged, others hinge-reinforced. There is a fairly serious crease across all stamps, from the production process, breaking the paper fibers on both middle stamps, still very fine appearance and an important multiple. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,100

1890s 6c Red Brown Small Queen with 5c on 6c Major Re-Entry, on the right stamp of a used pair with a Toronto (1897?) squared circle cancel. This example of the major misplaced re-entry from position B25 is quite strong and easily seen, fine. An important multiple, as only a handful of multiples of this major variety are recorded. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,000

1890s 6c Red Brown Small Queen with Major Re-Entry, mint with full original hinged gum, showing significant doubling in CENTS, from position C81, so strong as to appear as a double print, fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

1893 8c Violet Black Small Queen, a mint horizontal pair with original hinged gum, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 700

1897 10c Brown Red Small Queen, mint with original gum, hinge remnant, fresh and fine-very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 600

Large Post-Contemporary Vignette Die Proof of Queen Victoria in Mourning, by the British American Bank Note Co, die sunk on card, with image of Queen Victoria "Widow Weeds" in an oval vignette in black. The sunk-in part measures 45 x 62 mm. Very fine and ideal for a Widow Weeds or Revenue stamp collection or exhibit. (Image)

Est $ 400

1893 20c Vermilion Widow Weeds, mint never hinged, quite fresh and extremely fine. Rarely seen this nice. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,000. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,400

Group of 1893 20c Vermilion Widow Weeds Stamps with Nice Fully Dated Town Cancels, 15 stamps, selected for their clear strikes and full dates, from a number of different towns, mostly fine centered. (Image)

Scott $ 1,875

Group of 1893 20c Vermilion Widow Weeds, with 31 used stamps, showing a variety of postmarks including squared circles, dated stamps, c.d.s., rollers, a Winnipeg registration oval, a House of Commons "C" in circle, a crown cancel, etc. Also includes a scarce "S.L.A. Co." perfin. A very nice quality lot which was purchased stamp by stamp by the owner, centering ranges from fine to very fine, rarely offered. (Image)

Scott $ 3,875

Collection of 14 Different Roller Cancels on 1893 20c and 50c Widow Weeds, with Chatham, Merrickville, Ottawa, Hamilton, Guelph (on a 50c), London, Winnipeg, Toronto 4, Toronto 6 (on a 50c), Montréal 3, 4 and 11, Union St. Toronto and Charlottetown. Each strike is clean and easily readable, and the stamps are centered from fine to very fine with a few extremely fine. A nice quality lot, ex. Dick Lamb. (Image)

Scott $ 1,670

Group of Used 20c and 50c Widow Weeds Multiples, the 20c has pairs (x3) and strips of three (x2). The 50c has pairs (x4) a strip of three and a block of 10. A good quality group, with several dated town cancels, a Montréal precancel, what appears to be a rare Sherbrooke Dead Letter Office oval, a Moosomin roller, etc. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 3,285

1893 50c Deep Blue Widow Weeds, a used vertical block of eight, with several clear strikes of the Ottawa "1" duplex dated NOV.1.1902, fine and a lovely multiple. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

1893 50c Deep Blue Widow Weeds, a group of 39 used stamps, showing a variety of postmarks including two wavy line precancels, two Montréal precancels, an imprint single, rollers, dated copies, c.d.s. postmarks, a squared circle, etc. A very nice quality lot which was purchased stamp by stamp by the owner, centering ranges from fine to very fine and rarely offered. (Image)

Scott $ 3,315

1893 50c Deep blue Widow Weeds Precancel, with Re-Entries, a Toronto Type II precancelled horizontal strip of three from positions 6, 7 and 8, each showing a re-entry, fine-very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection of ½c to 10c Small Queens in a Frank Godden Album, all neatly displayed by denomination, with singles, pairs (many), strips (many), blocks, shades (great variety, including early), jumbos, postmarks (great variety, including corks, squared circles, dated town cancels, and much more), a few varieties (noted a gash in 1 on a 10c). We counted ½c (x67), 1c (x291 all printings), 2c (x45 all printings), 3c (x295 all printings), 5c #38 (x53), 5c #42 (x98), 6c #39 (x12), 6c #43 (x15), 8c (x44 all printings), 10c #40 (x23), 10c #45 (x36). A very high quality collection, with each item meticulously collected for a specific attribute. Scans only show a portion and catalogue value is for least expensive variety within a denomination, and of course does not account for all the gorgeous postmarks. (Image)

Scott $ 8,563

Stockbook of Used Small Queens to the 10c with Emphasis on Postmarks, all sorted by denominations, and there is a predominance of fancy corks of all sorts, but also many more postmarks such as crowns, c.d.s., squared circles, precancels, flags, town cancels, RPO, dated material, noted some pairs and strips, and much more. A nice, old time unpicked lot full of interesting material, so a close inspection is recommended. All pages scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 400