Lot 242 Canada Walburn#R-35 (Unitrade #35xx) 1c Bright Yellow & Yellow Queen Victoria, 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, 2 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Mid Second Ottawa Printings, Paper Type SO-C, Style T Precancel, Perf 12x12.2

2 fine/very fine used singles of the 1c bright yellow & yellow Queen Victoria from the 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, mid second Ottawa printings, paper type SO-C, style t precancel, perf 12x12.2.

2O-C refers to second Ottawa printing on paper C (Grayish newsprint). The brighter yellow stamp has a crisp impression from a new, post 1893 plate, while the yellow has a lesser impression and is likely an 1891 or 1892 printing.

Walburn values these at $3.25. The stamps offered here grade 70 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 0/5, 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10