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Post by perfs12 on Aug 6, 2013 3:48:15 GMT
From Linn's Stamp News 19 August 2013... A third example of the Canada 1870 2c green Large Queen printed on laid paper has been certified genuine by Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation in Toronto, Canada. The stamp is listed as Scott 32 and Stanley Gibbons 57ac, and is priced at US$200,000 in the former and £120,000 in the latter. The finding was delivered by the Foundation on 15 July 2013 in a 10-page report. According to the Foundation the stamp was purchased earlier in the year from a sales circuit book for a "very modest" sum. With an unusually clear Hamilton CDS dated 4 March 1870, the stamp was carefully examined as the usage was later than the other examples. The stamp is not without faults, with two diagonal creases and an internal tear on the right side. The other two examples of the 2c green Large Queen printed on laid paper received good certificates from the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1935. |
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 6, 2013 4:02:38 GMT
July?
I bet who ever pasted it in a circuit book is kicking themselves...Hope they don'y know.
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 6, 2013 4:26:56 GMT
Linn's publish with forward dates. I know, it confuses me. Because the stamp was torn and creased I'm guessing it was probably bought for under $1. Better than buying lotto tickets! |
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Post by Zuzu on Aug 6, 2013 5:18:53 GMT
Better than buying lotto tickets! Yeah, but I'll still be buying a Powerball ticket this week.  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 6, 2013 5:43:48 GMT
So what happens now? do collectors browse their respective collections for HAMILTON strikes?
Were there many 2c green (in all varieties) produced?
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 6, 2013 6:12:00 GMT
10,500,000 2 cents Large Queens were printed according to John Hillson FCPS 'Large Queens of Canada for Beginners' in Gibbons' Stamp Monthly, September 1997.
Hamilton cancels are quite common on these stamps evidently.
Again from Linn's:
Fakes have been produced by re-backing or having lines impressed in the paper.
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Post by BC on Aug 6, 2013 16:13:42 GMT
While I appreciate the rarity of the 2c large queen on laid paper, I find it surprising that it sells for such a high price. By today's standard, such a paper variety would be considered a minor variety and may not even get listed in major catalogues, only specialized catalogues.
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 6, 2013 16:45:47 GMT
Such is the power of a major number. ;-)
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2013 16:47:23 GMT
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Post by therealwesty on Aug 19, 2013 20:02:58 GMT
It's fascinating that this tamp turned up in a sales circuit book. I have found a handful of varieties (not properly identified) in circuit books, but never anything so rare. Kind of does make me want to look over my 2-cent large queens again, but I've only got 2 or 3 copies, so the odds are against me.
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Post by Admin on Aug 24, 2013 16:13:41 GMT
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Post by watermark on Sept 28, 2016 21:44:18 GMT
Yes my avatar was the most exciting stamp find I have made. There is nothing like making a really significant find and I probably will never top it. It was very very exciting and a long and agonizing wait for the certification. Something I will never forget.
Mike
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