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**Small Queen Issue - Scott #34-47 continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	Cat No.	Lot Description
121	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Blue, on India paper, with large and even margins, very fine and scarce, as there was only one sheet of 25 printed in this colour. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 250 SOLD for C$225.00 Will close during Public Auction
122	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Olive Green, on India paper, from upper left corner of sheet. A crease at upper right confined entirely to the sheet margin is mentioned for the record, still very fine and scarce, as there was only one sheet of 25 printed in this colour. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 250 SOLD for C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction
123	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Deep Blue, on blue wove paper, with large and even margins and part of (IMP)RESSION handstamp from the CBNEP on reverse, very fine appearance but with various faults including large tear at top. A rare essay with only five examples having been recorded. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company. Ex Bill Simpson and "Lindemann".	Estimate $ 200 SOLD for C$140.00 Will close during Public Auction
124	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essays in Orange Red and Deep Green, on very thin Japanese laid paper, with clear to full margins, fine-very fine and in good state of preservation for this very fragile paper. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company. The 2c orange red is ex-"Lindemann"	Estimate $ 350 SOLD for C$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
125	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Deep Green, on India paper, with large margins all around, mounted on larger cardboard (likely cut out of a BABNCo presentation booklet), very fine. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company. Ex "Lindemann".	Estimate $ 200 SOLD for C$180.00 Will close during Public Auction
126	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Brown, on India paper with large margins all around, very fine. A scarce essay as it comes from a single sheet from the small plate of 25, from which 10 examples are still contained in an intact block. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company. Ex "Lindemann".	Estimate $ 250 SOLD for C$225.00 Will close during Public Auction
127	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Orange Red, on thin Japanese laid paper with full margins, mounted on larger piece, very fine. Ex-"Lindemann" and Brigham, and illustrated in Hillson & Nixon's book (p.75, figure 7.10) where it is described as a die essay. We feel it is a plate essay and offer it as such. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 250 SOLD for C$130.00 Will close during Public Auction
128	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Deep Orange Red, on thin faint blue-green quadrilled paper, gummed over the printing, horizontal pair with full margins, left stamp with a hinge-sealed crack at top (these are prone to cracking due to the drying of the gummed surface and fragility of the thin paper), overall very fine and, despite the fault, about as nice as one can expect for this rare essay (with only one sheet of 25 reaching the philatelic market). Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 350 SOLD for C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction
129	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Black, on thin transparent handmade paper, gummed under the printing, very fine. A scarce essay as it comes from a single sheet from the small plate of 25, from which 14 examples are still contained in intact blocks of 4 and 10. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 300 SOLD for C$160.00 Will close during Public Auction
130	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Deep Green, a lower right corner block of four on card-mounted India paper, pristine in all aspects, extremely fine. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 1,000 SOLD for C$550.00 Will close during Public Auction
131	E/P	36E	c1891 2c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Orange Red, a block of four on thin Japanese laid paper, with full margins, tiny nick in margin at upper right mentioned for the record, otherwise in surprisingly good condition for this fragile paper and very fine. Believed to be the last remaining block of this essay. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company. Ex Bill Simpson and Ron Brigham collections.	Estimate $ 1,000 SOLD for C$550.00 Will close during Public Auction
132	E/P	36P	1897 2c Small Queen Defaced Proof, a horizontal pair, in black on wove paper, printed to prove destruction of the plate. Horizontal crease, else very fine appearance. Scarce, with only one sheet of 100 printed in black (plus another in green).	Unitrade $ 1,200 SOLD for C$130.00 Will close during Public Auction
133		36	1880s 2c Green Small Queen, Early Montréal Printing, with Double Perforations, a mint never hinged stamp showing a prominent positional dot at lower left, from the top of a sheet with selvedge at top, showing a complete extra row of vertical perforations. A striking variety, very fine and fresh. Accompanied by a photocopy of the original plate block of 27, from which this is from the 8th column. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)	Estimate $ 150 SOLD for C$110.00 Will close during Public Auction
134		36i	1890s 2c Green Small Queen, Perforated 12, mint with full original never hinged gum and large even margins, fresh and very fine.	Unitrade $ 300 SOLD for C$180.00 Will close during Public Auction
135	/	36i	1889-1897 2c Green Small Queen, 2nd Ottawa Printing, horizontal block of 8 with sheet margin at left, mint with six stamps never hinged (upper left and upper right stamps are hinged), fine or better. Interestingly, the upper left stamp is mis-aligned and with guide dot at upper right, and stamps #3 and #5 have strong 9 o'clock guide dots.	Unitrade $ 560 SOLD for C$170.00 Will close during Public Auction
136	/	36ii	Early 1880s 2c Pale Blue Green Small Queen, a mint block of 8 with sheet margin at top showing part of a Type VII (a.k.a. "Small Ottawa") imprint, with original gum and hinge reinforcement at upper left. The stamps are overall well centered and a few have light natural gum bends, very fine.	Estimate $ 200 SOLD for C$130.00 Will close during Public Auction
137		36iii	1890s 2c Green Small Queen Imperforate on Yellowish Paper, a mint horizontal pair with original shiny gum, lightly hinged, with large margins, very fine.	Unitrade $ 900 SOLD for C$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
138	/	36 var	1890s 2c Emerald Green Small Queen, a mint block of 16 with sheet margin at bottom, full original gum with a few stamps never hinged (reinforcement in several places), showing a full offset of the design on back. Interestingly, all of the stamps show a "pitted 2" at left, and several stamps also show a weak doubling under the word CENTS. Light vertical crease at left, else fine.	Estimate $ 350 SOLD for C$170.00 Will close during Public Auction
139	E/P	37E	c1891 3c Queen Victoria Engraved Essay in Orange Red, on card-mounted India paper, fresh with nice margins all around, very fine. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 250 SOLD for C$180.00 Will close during Public Auction
140	E/P	37E	c1891 3c Queen Victoria Lithographed Essay in Neutral Grey, on smooth coated thick white wove paper, nice margins all around, very fine. Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Engraving and Printing Company.	Estimate $ 200 SOLD for C$170.00 Will close during Public Auction