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Post by alanl on Aug 2, 2013 3:43:30 GMT
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Post by BC on Aug 2, 2013 14:26:41 GMT
Choice used - nice!
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Post by alanl on Aug 3, 2013 1:22:43 GMT
When you have thousands and thousands of `em you
can usually find a nice copy.
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Post by alanl on Aug 3, 2013 3:45:45 GMT
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Post by BC on Aug 3, 2013 14:10:56 GMT
Your centering is great too. I will see what I can find.
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Post by therealwesty on Aug 3, 2013 23:40:21 GMT
Those are some pretty nice examples! I have a face set of these, including the coils, tagged/untagged and perf varieties, but I haven't really delved into the endless varieties that exist. Something I might start to get into as my list of Canadian stamps that I need grows more elusive and expensive.
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Post by alanl on Aug 4, 2013 3:27:18 GMT
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Post by cjd on Aug 4, 2013 4:43:45 GMT
Are these endless varieties mentioned in Unitrade, or are we talking about truly specialist material here? (My Unitrade is a few miles away from me right now, so I can't check for myself...)
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Post by alanl on Aug 4, 2013 5:53:28 GMT
Only a hand full are listed in Unitrade. There are
about 300 known printing varieties.
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Post by BC on Aug 4, 2013 5:55:40 GMT
300? For which value? LOL!
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Post by alanl on Aug 4, 2013 6:16:11 GMT
Well lets see...
Over a hundred for the 6 cents
90 + for the 7 cents
75 + for the 8 cents
Of these I have found a dozen or so that have not
been reported(as far as I know).
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Post by therealwesty on Aug 4, 2013 13:25:46 GMT
Robin Harris, the editor of the Unitrade catalogue has this to say about the number of varieties available on his website www.adminware.com. The 2013 Unitrade does contain a pretty comprehensive listing breaking the major numbers down by the design and format issued, with a number of varieties describing paper florescence, tagging types, and gum types. There are also listings for the various printer changes on a few issues and some of the common plate flaws. I think if you collected 'by the book' the result would still be well over 100 stamps from the 18 basic designs. If you search around the web for the centennial definitives there are forums, articles, study groups etc. that have images and descriptions for varieties that aren't in the Unitrade. There seem to be a lot of smaller, but consistent, plate varieties that the catalogue has overlooked. |
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Post by Ryan on Aug 4, 2013 15:21:17 GMT
Since I now know where to find the stack of stock cards, I dug out my pile of Centennials for a quick count. This is a batch that was essentially complete for the "standard" variations as of the time when it was put together according to the Darnell catalogue (maybe 15 years ago?). It includes the basic face different stamps plus format / perforation / tagging / paper fluorescence / gum / precancel varieties. I know there have been a few more discovered in recent years. It doesn't include any of the very rare stuff (imperforates, etc) nor does it include any plate varieties.
1c - 26 different
2c - 11 different
3c - 16 different
4c - 16 different
5c - 17 different
6c orange - 13 different
6c black - 27 different
7c - 6 different
8c small - 23 different
8c large - 4 different
10c - 10 different
15c - 8 different
20c - 6 different
25c - 5 different
50c - 5 different
$1 - 5 different
Total: 198 different
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Post by alanl on Aug 6, 2013 3:23:47 GMT
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Post by alanl on Aug 7, 2013 3:30:19 GMT
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Post by alanl on Sept 17, 2013 7:02:01 GMT
Here`s the 6c orange forgery  |
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Post by Ryan on Sept 17, 2013 7:46:52 GMT
Interesting to see a scan of the 6c orange forgery. I've seen it offered in auctions before but it always seemed to be one of those wedding invitations that went out with the forged stamp.
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Post by alanl on Nov 29, 2013 4:41:43 GMT
Right now I`m going through a bag of 8-10k of small 8c stamps. I`ve found a bunch of smaller dots but only 3 or 4 big dots. This one has a dot next to her cheek. It`s not a reported variety but it`s the second one I have found so it must be a constant variety:  |
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Post by alanl on Nov 30, 2013 2:06:20 GMT
This one is called `Dot Over Eyebrow`. It`s a reported variety. It`s not too hard to find, about one in 3,000.  |
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Post by alanl on Dec 1, 2013 4:56:26 GMT
This is a new one for me! A big dot in the bottom margin just under the library steps. A reported variety.  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Dec 1, 2013 13:37:13 GMT
This set was close to my giving up on Canada stamps.As a youngster I helped Mom with her U.S. and became overwhelmed by all those Washingtons with subtle differences.I chose to pursue Canada,then this set came out.by then I was in too deep to change course.I really did lose a lot of my zeal though and to this day modern Canada is just to keep the rest up to date.I believe I have just the perf.,and tagging varieties along with a couple errors.
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Post by therealwesty on Dec 1, 2013 14:02:55 GMT
I have never really delved into the Centennials. I have a pretty basic set, the main face values, examples of each value tagged and the coils. I might get into these yet, at they are pretty easy to come by on mass which can make for a cheap hunt for varieties. As of yet, I have spent most of my time pursuing Admirals, and recently Small Queens.
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Post by alanl on Jan 9, 2014 4:57:53 GMT
I dragged an eight pound box of Centennials down from an upstairs bedroom for my xmas present and spent the holidays sorting it out. I sorted it out into six values the newest of which is the six cent orange perf ten. Now I`m looking the six cent orange over and I`ve found a few varieties. Here`s one that I found that is new for me. A dot in the lower left corner. It`s a reported variety. Row7/10...straight edge at right.  |
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Post by BC on Jan 9, 2014 5:11:30 GMT
That is a good one alanl. It reminds me of the small queen position dots.
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Post by alanl on Jan 9, 2014 6:06:33 GMT
Well...I`ve gone through a lot of stamps so far and this is the only one I have found...so I don`t think it serves a purpose.  |
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Post by alanl on Jan 11, 2014 0:10:07 GMT
Just found another interesting variety. Dots under the first and last A of Canada. It`s a reported variety. Printed with fluorescent ink.  |
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Post by BC on Jan 16, 2014 23:51:10 GMT
Are those blinkies on the 2c centennial stamp actually constant? They are on the same positions on all panes of a particular location in the press sheet?
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