Canada: First Cent Issue

for one thing I see a flat top "C" in canada.Is it possible it is also the stitch watermark??
Moderators can we move these two posts to First cent Issue thread ..please..

Ebay vendor quotes "no hidden faults"
I think I see a rip in the paper, in the area you mentioned.
Caveat Emptor.

 Fair enough.
I see line I would consider as a rip on the back also, but as long as you are aware, Froggie.
Good Luck, I hope I am wrong.

Vendor shows excellent feedback, so looks like you are in good hands.
An ultra violet lamp would show any hidden nasties.

Looks low risk, except for your time, as the seller has good marks. (Unless the seller were to take the position that this wasn't hidden, I suppose.)

If I only saw the front, I'd say repaired tear dropping down and curving to the right. On the back, that should appear as dropping down and curving to the left. What I imagine I see on the back drops down and to the right, too, so I don't know. From the back, I thought the start of the tear was visible in the side of a perf, but now I wonder if that is a black mark, like the others on the back?

Frog, if you win it, you'll have to report back when you have it in hand.

If it makes you feel any better, the person who got it had been in since nearly the beginning, and did it manually.

Gosh. maybe I should post some Decimal Issue stamps on eBay ... that does look like a tear to me in the upper right corner - big one, too. frog, if you'd like to buy any decimal issue stamps, I can certainly do better than that. If you're interested, I have quite a few nice ones of every value for you to look at.

frog, I've seen your collection on that thread and you have a very nice and quite extensive Canada collection.

Please note that I know many of the serious Decimal Issue collectors. My own small collection of Decimal Issue stamps and covers are housed in a 2" binder for the stamps and a 4" binder for the covers.

Here's a nice 1c with plate imprint at the top - position 3. There are two plate scratches at the top left which are Constant and exist on the Proof Sheet.

I have between 5-12 stamps per page as I like to group them together in some organized fashion. Mint ones together, Imprint copies together, special cancels, paper types, etc. I'm starting to have organized pages in more and more different group types. Here is a link to my 1c Decimal Imprint copies album page that you (or anyone) can download and print.

There are a few of these Imprint positions that have Constant Plate Varieties. One being the Position 3 Plate Scratch above, then Whitworth's Plate Flaw 12 at position 71 - shaded mark in A of POSTAGE  (below), and last, position 94 with the Minor Re-entry at the lower right corner inner frameline (2nd stamp below with closeup).

Interested in opinions on this.Looks like a misplaced entry to me. #19

Thanks for that jimjung.I accept that as the answer as it definitely is a lot like your example.Wonder why it also shows in the margin,must have been early on a Monday or late on a Friday.Another interesting item added out of an ordinary bunch purchased.I love to think it makes the purchase wise.

That's a pretty strong one frog. What happened was the front of the stamp picked up ink from another sheet while it was being moved around, possibly in stacked sheets. Since the ink was still a bit wet, it smeared onto the design. Usually it shows on the back of the stamp, and less often, on the front.

The book to get here is called: "The First Decimal Issue of Canada". There is a 2nd book that concentrates only on the 5c called "The Five Cents Beaver Stamp of Canada". Both books by Geoffrey Whitworth. I recommend the 1st book. This will give you all the info you need on this stamp issue, especially the 5c Beaver. The general price is $15-$20, not expensive and fairly easy to find.

For the 5c, there were 11 different states of the plate and the "C" dot is sometimes missing. It can be used to help in plating. I've studied this issue for many years so please ask any questions you may have. The 5c is a great stamp to look for re-entries and plate flaws !

Here are a few oddities that I've found recently:

Marks left of CA of CANADA



Mark above O of POSTAGE



Re-entry all four corner framelines - I always check the framelines first !

Here is the Major Re-entry on the 12 1/2c. This stamp was used for Trans Atlantic postage to the UK via the Allan Line ships.

Another strange unlisted find.#14 with mysterious dot under the "N".