Lot 5 Canada #34-35, 36i, 37, 41, 44a 1/2c - 8c Black - Blue Gray Queen Victoria, 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue, 9 Very Good/Fine Used Singles, Cancellations On Mostly Second Ottawa Printings & One Late 1886 Montreal Printing

9 very good/fine used singles of the 1/2c - 8c black - blue gray Queen Victoria from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue, cancellations on mostly second Ottawa printings & one late 1886 Montreal printing.

Includes St. Au Recollet, Quebec Gradtrunk Railway, Halifax Squared Circle Precursor cancel, Winnipeg Squared Circle, Brockville, on the 8c there is a Wolsely & Cardinal squared circle.

Unitrade doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $17. The stamps offered here grade between 56 and 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/70, 35/70, 40/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10, 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10, 10/10