firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 27, 2014 2:10:08 GMT
I have been concentrating on early issues and this one seems of interest. I believe there is a publication dealing with these which I don't have. It is still early enough that printing is a bit crude. I seem to have found a few varieties fly-specking some and then realized I should probably inspect the pages in my stuff as well for comparison specimens.
Of keen interest is the five cent which seems to be the most with noted sub-numbers. As usual I seem to find some not noted in Catalog and at the moment am leaning toward spending some bucks to purchase information others have gleamed. If anyone has a copy of this book, is it worth owning??
A couple books I bought were truly not worth the ink and I am a cheap miser about publications. I love the comment made to me "if you plan on collecting early classic Canada you should purchase publications" Maybe I should sell them off and use the funds to buy books 'cause I'm way past the planning stage. Well, each to their own and PLEASE never dictate how someone SHOULD collect even if you deem yourself above the average collector. No wonder people are turned off. The more letters you add after your name will never make you right. Oh my, am I rambling again?? Better go take my meds. Peace All.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Oct 27, 2014 5:50:11 GMT
I have a copy of George Marler's book on the Edward VII stamps, and it has quite a bit of detail in it. The book is over 200 pages and is about as large in size as a Unitrade catalogue (full-sized pages). The type is nice and large, and I suppose they could have just printed it scaled down for a smaller page, but it's nice to read something that's easy on the eyes (unlike those crazy Michel catalogues, I need my flip-down visor to read those things). The 5 cent issue has over 20 pages dedicated to it, but the 2 cent stamp is the star of the show - there are over 80 pages for that issue.
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Post by rod222 on Oct 27, 2014 7:04:45 GMT
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Post by irishjack on Oct 27, 2014 13:07:46 GMT
Frog try your local library for a copy of the book. If they don't have it they should be able to do a inter-library loan. This way you can have the book at home at no charge for a few weeks.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 28, 2014 2:59:55 GMT
Jack my local library is so small three people is a crowd.Availability of anything so specialized is minimum at larger book depots small ones like mine are lucky to have five year old scotts.I'll watch for a used copy for sale haven't really great NEED just a want it thing,but then I have a few want it things.Top on my list for some time is a Paul Reed Smith custom 24 but I'd settle for another Les Paul custom.
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Post by jamesw on Dec 4, 2014 1:46:51 GMT
Almost finished reading Courtney's 'The Queens Stamps'.
One of the more interesting tidbits of information is that this King Eddie stamp was designed by The Prince of Wales (future King George V) and the keeper of his stamp collection, J.A. Tilliard.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 19, 2016 19:52:07 GMT
Common 1 cent green #89.Notice missing top frameline in numeral box and worn left side there as well.  |
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Post by jimjung on Nov 20, 2016 16:20:32 GMT
frog, remember that plate flaws and re-entries are the addition of color and not the omission of color. If color is missing, you are likely looking at an inking error. In this case, could be a dry print which is common in this era.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 27, 2016 20:27:19 GMT
#90 the only one I've found with this extension line left numeral box to outer frame if you could check your copies I'd like to know if this is a engravers slip or unique.  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 27, 2016 23:35:04 GMT
#91 an interesting observation notice the line above numeral box is slightly slanted?  This one appears normal.Plate wear/damage?  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 28, 2016 16:26:25 GMT
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 28, 2016 16:32:04 GMT
#93 is this the start of a scratch more copies needed to determine if it progresses Just above the "E" in the inner oval  I'm going to assume normal plate wear erased the inner oval frame here.  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 28, 2016 17:29:53 GMT
#94 Is this a guide line or ?? Sorry forgot to use pointer outside frameline behind smudge cancel is a vertical line  This one is strange is it misplaced stray ink or slight mis-register. That line in between inner and outer oval should not be there  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Feb 23, 2018 22:32:54 GMT
Well we looked at the forged seven so let's add the forged fifty cent #95  |
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Post by jimjung on Feb 25, 2018 19:22:12 GMT
Here is the Misplaced Entry on the 2c Edward. You can see the marks in the upper frameline area and also at the bottom of the design. In the lower right margin you can see the corner of the Misplaced Design. There is more info on this Misplaced Entry on re-entries.com - this one being the 2nd stamp down from the top of this web page.  |
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Post by hdm1950 on Oct 19, 2022 22:23:35 GMT
Another recent arrival was finally getting a mint .20 Edward VII. It is very lightly hinged with no remnants so I am good with that. This one came with a 2011 American Philatelic Expertizing. In scanning it would appear that my used copy on the right may be the deep olive green variety so it will stay in the album with the rest of the set. A mint .50 is still on my want list.  |
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Feb 14, 2023 22:23:38 GMT
I have 4 used copies of the Unitrade 92 including an Ottawa precancel but was missing a mint copy. This mint unhinged one joined the collection today. It went well below catalogue due to the spot above the head. I suspect it would have been due to a printing flaw and does not look too offensive unless magnified. I like the centering and salvage edge.  |
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Post by hdm1950 on Jun 24, 2023 23:38:14 GMT
I continue with my Edward VII upgrading. The most recent was finally adding a mint never hinged .10 Unitrade 93. My hinged copy had some soiling on the top edge that always bothered me. Once I have the 2 together I am thinking that the new arrival could actually be the dull lilac 93i shade (on the left in the photo) and the one I had being the brown lilac 93 shade. Rather than selling the hinged copy I will keep it now. This seems to happen to me a lot.   |
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Post by dgdecker on Jun 25, 2023 2:46:52 GMT
I continue with my Edward VII upgrading. The most recent was finally adding a mint never hinged .10 Unitrade 93. My hinged copy had some soiling on the top edge that always bothered me. Once I have the 2 together I am thinking that the new arrival could actually be the dull lilac 93i shade (on the left in the photo) and the one I had being the brown lilac 93 shade. Rather than selling the hinged copy I will keep it now. This seems to happen to me a lot. To my eyes I see two different shades. I do not know what a dull lilac and brown lilac are supposed to look like. So I will now have to look at mine ans see if I can find any colour difference. David. |
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Post by paul1 on Jun 25, 2023 7:39:40 GMT
quote from dgdecker (David) ... "I do not know what a dull lilac and brown lilac are supposed to look like." Join the club, neither do I, unfortunately, though there is a light/dark and/or shade difference in the two stamps hdm1950 has shown. So I thought, this can be settled easily, and turned to my two copies of the SG Colour Guide ........... but no, enlightenment is denied us.
Sadly, and very annoyingly, SG do not show either 'dull lilac or 'brown lilac' in their colour guides (1938 and 1969), though in their mammoth 'Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840 - 1970' catalogue, they do provide a line of text for both shades for this 10c. value, plus a third shade they call 'pale dull purple' - all three appear to be allotted an identical purchase value. This all strikes me as 'colour semantics'.;-)
Are there colour guides produced by other cataloguers that might include pictures of these shades ??
As has been said many times previously, assessing colour on the screen alone is perhaps unreliable.
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Post by renden on Jun 25, 2023 14:59:01 GMT
I have a copy of George Marler's book on the Edward VII stamps, and it has quite a bit of detail in it. The book is over 200 pages and is about as large in size as a Unitrade catalogue (full-sized pages). The type is nice and large, and I suppose they could have just printed it scaled down for a smaller page, but it's nice to read something that's easy on the eyes (unlike those crazy Michel catalogues, I need my flip-down visor to read those things). The 5 cent issue has over 20 pages dedicated to it, but the 2 cent stamp is the star of the show - there are over 80 pages for that issue. Ryan This is a 2014 post from Ryan - Since I do not own that book, I wonder if there are many pages dedicated to the Unitrade # 93 and 93i, brown lilac and dull lilac for this 10 cents stamp (s) ? René |
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Post by renden on Jun 25, 2023 20:24:47 GMT
I have a copy of George Marler's book on the Edward VII stamps, and it has quite a bit of detail in it. The book is over 200 pages and is about as large in size as a Unitrade catalogue (full-sized pages). The type is nice and large, and I suppose they could have just printed it scaled down for a smaller page, but it's nice to read something that's easy on the eyes (unlike those crazy Michel catalogues, I need my flip-down visor to read those things). The 5 cent issue has over 20 pages dedicated to it, but the 2 cent stamp is the star of the show - there are over 80 pages for that issue. Ryan This is a 2014 post from Ryan - Since I do not own that book, I wonder if there are many pages dedicated to the Unitrade # 93 and 93i, brown lilac and dull lilac for this 10 cents stamp (s) ? René If Ryan Ryan is on line....he will certainly give us his take of this wonderful book (by Marler....who wrote on the Admirals) - René Sorry my scan of the book was deleted but I do have a copy (shared with WERT.....late Robert) - do not find it so I guess WERT got a surprise a few years ago !! |
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Post by Ryan on Jun 29, 2023 3:04:26 GMT
If Ryan Ryan is on line....he will certainly give us his take of this wonderful book (by Marler....who wrote on the Admirals) - René Marler's book has a very short section on shades for the 10c with no illustrations of the shades - here it is in its entirety: Ryan |
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Post by johnamichael on Jul 20, 2023 10:33:55 GMT
I just started some work on the Edward's yesterday. It is interesting how once you have a number of stamps that the colour variations seem more obvious. I wish there was a better way to to distinguish them especially the 10¢.
I wonder if some has or can point me to some good images of the difference between the wet and dry printing variations of the 2¢. Neither Unitrade or SG are that helpful.
Some very nice mint stamps by the way. Mine are all used, the mints are quite dear and a little out of my league at the moment.
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Post by hdm1950 on Aug 4, 2023 20:49:53 GMT
Another item from yesterday's arrival was finally getting a mint .50 Edward VII (Unitrade 95). It has been hinged but the rich colour and very fine centering makes up for that to me.  Here is the basic mint set I now have. I will keep my eyes open for an unhinged 2 and 5 cents that are better centered. I have some used copies of various values which are shade variations or interesting cancels.  |
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Post by johnamichael on Aug 5, 2023 13:23:27 GMT
beautiful stamps
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