Lot 223 Canada #41 3c Vermilion Queen Victoria, 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue, 15 VF Used Singles, All With Full to Partial, Dated Squared Circle Cancels, 2nd Ottawa Printings

14 fine & VF used singles of the 3c vermilion Queen Victoria from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue. all with full to partial, dated squared circle cancels, 2nd Ottawa printings. Most of the towns are different, though there is some duplication of the larger cities. They are different from the other, similar lots of town cancels offered in the sale however. Where there is duplication of cities, either the paper, or the shade of the stamp will be different in some way. The papers are generally the opaque, soft poor quality wove paper, and the better quality paper introduced in 1895, though I did see a few of the translucent papers as well. Shades range from deep vermilion, to orange vermilion to pinky vermilion.

Unitrade values this at $15. The stamps offered here grade 75-84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60, 40/60 and 44/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10 and 8/10