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Looking for help identifying these 15c large Queens. I think the one on the left is simply SC #30, 15c gray, perf 12. The one on the right is clearly a different color, but I don't know if it is the "gray violet" of SC #29. I would call it a blue gray (SC 30b), but the interesting thing is that it is perforated 11-1/2 by 12. If the color really is gray violet, that makes it 29a, in the Scott catalog there is no 11-1/2X12 version of the blue gray #30. Neither have watermarks.
Appreciate input from anyone who really knows these early Canadian stamps.
thanks
John
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Hi John,
As often is mentioned in this area of the discussion board, colours can vary from monitor to monitor. As I see your two large queens, I would judge both are varieties of #30. My guess is the stamp on the left is Unitrade 30i (slate grey) and the one on the right appears to be 30b (blue grey). Unitrade 30a is perf. 11 1/2x12 but is greenish grey, which your stamp does not appear to be, and my copy so identified is a very different colour than your stamp. Are you certain the stamp on the right is perf. 11 1/2x12? To me (and this is really going out on a limb) the perforations appear to be the same, but at best this is just a guesstimate. The other possibility is that it is an unlisted colour variety, as the early Canadian issues have a range of shades beyond those given a formal catalogue number in Unitrade.
This opinion may (or may not) help you--until a member of greater expertise weighs in on this identification question.
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Thanks for the input, helpful on the color question. The stamp is definitely not perf 12 all around, the sides are definitely 12, the top/bottom isn't. I was just reading about the different perf varieties for early Canadian stamps after a Google search, and found the system generated by Kiusalas. On my gauge it is not quite a perfect 11.5 either, but it sounds like none of these stamps are exactly 12 or 11.5. I saw mention of an 11.75 with other denominations of large Queens, and one article noted 11.6 (and 12s as being actually 12.1). But the one you ID as Unitrade 30a is pretty squarely in the 12 slot on my gauge all around, and I bet the color variant I have is 11.6 X 12.
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They appear to me to be Scott #'s 30a and 30e respectively.
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06:32:54pm
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Looking for help identifying these 15c large Queens. I think the one on the left is simply SC #30, 15c gray, perf 12. The one on the right is clearly a different color, but I don't know if it is the "gray violet" of SC #29. I would call it a blue gray (SC 30b), but the interesting thing is that it is perforated 11-1/2 by 12. If the color really is gray violet, that makes it 29a, in the Scott catalog there is no 11-1/2X12 version of the blue gray #30. Neither have watermarks.
Appreciate input from anyone who really knows these early Canadian stamps.
thanks
John
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07:10:45pm
re: Canada large Queens SC #29 or #30 ID
Hi John,
As often is mentioned in this area of the discussion board, colours can vary from monitor to monitor. As I see your two large queens, I would judge both are varieties of #30. My guess is the stamp on the left is Unitrade 30i (slate grey) and the one on the right appears to be 30b (blue grey). Unitrade 30a is perf. 11 1/2x12 but is greenish grey, which your stamp does not appear to be, and my copy so identified is a very different colour than your stamp. Are you certain the stamp on the right is perf. 11 1/2x12? To me (and this is really going out on a limb) the perforations appear to be the same, but at best this is just a guesstimate. The other possibility is that it is an unlisted colour variety, as the early Canadian issues have a range of shades beyond those given a formal catalogue number in Unitrade.
This opinion may (or may not) help you--until a member of greater expertise weighs in on this identification question.
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09:18:27pm
re: Canada large Queens SC #29 or #30 ID
Thanks for the input, helpful on the color question. The stamp is definitely not perf 12 all around, the sides are definitely 12, the top/bottom isn't. I was just reading about the different perf varieties for early Canadian stamps after a Google search, and found the system generated by Kiusalas. On my gauge it is not quite a perfect 11.5 either, but it sounds like none of these stamps are exactly 12 or 11.5. I saw mention of an 11.75 with other denominations of large Queens, and one article noted 11.6 (and 12s as being actually 12.1). But the one you ID as Unitrade 30a is pretty squarely in the 12 slot on my gauge all around, and I bet the color variant I have is 11.6 X 12.
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re: Canada large Queens SC #29 or #30 ID
They appear to me to be Scott #'s 30a and 30e respectively.
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