Lot 436 Canada SC#41var 3c Deep Orange Vermillion & Pale Dull Orange Vermillion Queen Victoria, 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, 2 Very Good/Fine Used Singles, Mid to Late Second Ottawa Printings, Papers 2O-K & 2O-N, Perfs 12x12.1 & 12, Unusual Cancels

2 very good/fine used singles of the 3c deep orange vermillion & pale dull orange vermillion Queen Victoria from the 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, mid to late second ottawa printings, papers 2O-K & 2O-N, perfs 12x12.1 & 12, unusual cancels.

The first stamp appears at first to be a circular dumb cancel, but oncloser examination is a flat bottomed hollow circle with a vertical bar protruding inside, not quite to the top. The second looks like an oval parcel cancel from Ontario with a 'W' in the middle.

Unitrade doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $3. The stamps offered here grade 56 and 68 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 20/60, 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10