Newfoundland: Stamps

Here is a question for the Canadian experts regarding these Newfoundland stamps.

The stamp on the right is about two millimeters shorter than the one on the left. The PRINTED area of the stamps are identical, but the paper surrounding them differ.  I’m wondering if this has to do with the machine used to perforate the sheets. If the perforator is a GRID of pins, the stamps would be consistent in size throughout the sheet. If the perforations are done ROW BY ROW, then there can be variation in the size of the stamps.

Do any of our Canadian experts know if that is a plausible explanation for the variation in size or are there other possible causes? Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise!

1857 issues


Unitrade #1 1d


#2 2d


#3 3d Die II


#6 5d


#9   (OK "8.d" makes a smiley)

A few 1851 and 1860 and some 1861/90 reprints
And the usual forgeries
Maybe post later

I think that we probably discouraged a potential new member.

We went into very technical terms that will discourage any new members. Have you noticed that she has not respond to any of our comments?

To Zipper zipper, the answer to your question is #61. #80 as per Unitrade catalogue was released in 1898 and was Yellow Green versus #61 deep Green released in 1897.

Do not agree in a friendly way - she is right now too busy renovating her house and she is very knowledgeable 

Another auction win this month, which fills in a long-standing hole in my collection, the Newfoundland 1931 airmail set about the first transatlantic flights. These are the watermarked stamps, Sc #C9-C11:

Christmas has come early for me with these gifts to me that arrived today from Vance Auctions. I have bid on several of these items multiple times over the years and always coming up short so it was a bit of a happy surprise to see I filled these holes all at once. 


The February 7, 1911 John Guy Issue engraved perf. 14 set(Unitrade 98-103) has evaded me completely for years. I was surprised I have never come across even 1 from the set over the past. This set is mint and lightly hinged. 

The .12 Queen Victoria is a used Unitrade 29 brown. This stamp and Unitrade 28 continue to confuse me and this one may be a duplicate. I had one that I felt certain was a 28 pale red brown but not so sure now. 

The June 9, 1919 Alcock and Brown flight stamp is a fine mint NH Unitrade C2a with no comma after POST

The last and the stamp I really wanted was the July 24, 1933 Bablo Flight Unitrade C18 mint NH. This one came with a 2021 Greene Foundation Certificate & 2 different guarantee b/s's. Forgeries are a concern with this particular stamp but I feel comfortable with the certification. 

This comes close to filling all I plan to add to my Newfoundland collection. I have several of the early imperf stamps but they are so tricky with forgeries that I no longer even look at the offerings in auction. 

 

hdm1950 - great looking condition overall. Not sure about the 12-c Victoria at the right edge.

I viewed it enlarged and I think you are correct. It is a cancel.

The other items in the auction lots were these 2 used Newfoundland imperfs. The 8 pence (Unitrade 8)  is very lightly cancelled with rich colour and 4 good margins. The 5 pence (Unitrade 19) has closer margins but still a very nice example. As someone who had been staying clear on the imperfs from Newfoundland I find now I am cautiosly going there. It is a matter of trusting the source. 

Newfoundland had so many nice stamps and sets. I particularly like this 1923 pictorial set. The only way it could have been nicer would be if they were bigger so one could see the images better. 

Very nice block, Hugh (hdm1950 ), thanks for sharing.

In response to your comment, you should feel free to post this same image in the Blocks & Multiples thread if you like. There is nothing against posting the same material in more than one thread, as long as it fits in both places, and this item clearly does.

Anyway, thanks again for sharing.