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Canada/Stamps : CANADA QV Small Queens

 

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Rich

01 Oct 2022
06:51:36pm
Decided to build my Canadian collection starting with the QV Small Queens so now already I have a major problem trying to decide how to identify the different printings and colours any suggestions?
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01 Oct 2022
06:59:25pm
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

A very very good color guide and lots and lots of patience!! I've been a serious Canada collector for more than 50 years and am still confused by the colors and the different printings!! Of course you need a copy of the Unitrade Canada Specialized catalog.

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02 Oct 2022
09:04:44am
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Please recommend a "Very, very good color guide". I have SG's, but many early stamp colors are not in it. Color ID may be the hardest part of IDing postage stamps.

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02 Oct 2022
11:24:15am
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

I always used the SG colour guide but I was never happy with it. I picked up another one called the Wonder Color Gauge distributed by Meghrig Coin & Stamp Supplies, LA, Calif. 90036 They seem to do more shades and makes things a little easier. The problem is that a "carmine rose" on one guide might not be exactly the same as a "carmine rose" on another guide. And also color guides oxidize and fade just the same as stamps do. There is nothing harder than determining color shades on early US and Canadian stamps. It's part of the challenge, just as watermarks are, so we have to take them in stride and deal with them.

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Rich

02 Oct 2022
12:28:06pm
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Is anyone aware of a collector of the Small Queens that has determine the correct colors and printings or is that wish full thinking?
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02 Oct 2022
02:42:11pm
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

You really have to get a copy of The Unitrade Specialized Canada Catalog. They have a chart that explains quite clearly all the colors and paper varieties for the stamps and list huge numbers of varieties for each stamp. Looking at all of it and thinking you'll collect all of it is daunting to say the least. I started collecting Canada about 50 years ago and the first thing I did was eventually locate one copy of each basic stamp using my Harris album as a guide. The album also showed quite a few of the basic varieties. So I tried to fill these spaces first, some are a bit pricey and I have all the ones they show except 37d. That took a long time!! Every once in a while I would find one that was a slightly different color or perforation, add that to my collection and move forward. I would occasionally find one that was supposed to be a different variety from ones I already had, pick it up, do the research and add it to the collection. This is a process that has taken about 50 years so far - you can't expect to do it quickly!! I am not even close to finished and probably never will be. You need to get in touch with a few of the Canada collectors here, or they will get in touch with you. I've picked up some hard to find varieties from a couple people on this site and even though my basic Canada collection is fairly complete you could be collecting varieties of the large and small queens for hundreds of years and not have them all. Start small, keep adding material as you find it and things will eventually come together. Here are the varieties of the large and small queens I have managed to accumulate so far: Have: ( large and small Queens ) 21a, 22a,b 24a,b, 25b,viii, 26iv, 27a,b,c,f, 28ii,b, 29a,b, 30a, 35a,d, 36d,e, 37a,b,c,e, 38a, 39b, 40c, 43a, 44a,b,c As you can see I still have a very long way to go!!! I am not even trying to get them all, I just add them as I find them!!! I doubt if this really helps much, but take your time and good luck!

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Rich

02 Oct 2022
03:45:37pm
re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Great information thank you I do have the right catalog I also realize the different color changes can be daunting its the challenge that drives me forward plus these issues are extremely fine and beautiful. Have found one option the color reference by Richard Morris Pittsboro Philatelic does this ring any bells. You certainly have a fantastic collection.

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02 Oct 2022
06:07:08pm
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"You certainly have a fantastic collection."


Thank you, greatly appreciated. It has taken much time and much $$$$$ but I have had a lot of fun with it and my other areas. My cut off is 1988 and counting the provinces and basic BOB I am missing 45 stamps, of which only 17 are remotely affordable. I get asked by people on a regular basis to look at their father's or grandfather's stamp collection - it seems like very few women collected stamps back then. I always say "yes, there might be a hidden treasure but if a lot of money or time wasn't spent on the collection there is probably very little there." It really does take time and money. I was only proved wrong once so far - he had a complete MNH collection of the Victoria Jubilee series that he had salvaged from an old post office safe!! Quite a treasure!!! Good luck with you collecting, the large and small queen variations are fun to look for. Of the basic numbers I am missing #31 and #32 - one is possible but the other isn't!!

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Rich

01 Oct 2022
06:51:36pm

Decided to build my Canadian collection starting with the QV Small Queens so now already I have a major problem trying to decide how to identify the different printings and colours any suggestions?
Rich

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
01 Oct 2022
06:59:25pm

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

A very very good color guide and lots and lots of patience!! I've been a serious Canada collector for more than 50 years and am still confused by the colors and the different printings!! Of course you need a copy of the Unitrade Canada Specialized catalog.

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""We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years." George Carlin"
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bigcreekdad

02 Oct 2022
09:04:44am

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Please recommend a "Very, very good color guide". I have SG's, but many early stamp colors are not in it. Color ID may be the hardest part of IDing postage stamps.

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
02 Oct 2022
11:24:15am

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

I always used the SG colour guide but I was never happy with it. I picked up another one called the Wonder Color Gauge distributed by Meghrig Coin & Stamp Supplies, LA, Calif. 90036 They seem to do more shades and makes things a little easier. The problem is that a "carmine rose" on one guide might not be exactly the same as a "carmine rose" on another guide. And also color guides oxidize and fade just the same as stamps do. There is nothing harder than determining color shades on early US and Canadian stamps. It's part of the challenge, just as watermarks are, so we have to take them in stride and deal with them.

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""We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years." George Carlin"
Rich

02 Oct 2022
12:28:06pm

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Is anyone aware of a collector of the Small Queens that has determine the correct colors and printings or is that wish full thinking?
Rich

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
02 Oct 2022
02:42:11pm

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

You really have to get a copy of The Unitrade Specialized Canada Catalog. They have a chart that explains quite clearly all the colors and paper varieties for the stamps and list huge numbers of varieties for each stamp. Looking at all of it and thinking you'll collect all of it is daunting to say the least. I started collecting Canada about 50 years ago and the first thing I did was eventually locate one copy of each basic stamp using my Harris album as a guide. The album also showed quite a few of the basic varieties. So I tried to fill these spaces first, some are a bit pricey and I have all the ones they show except 37d. That took a long time!! Every once in a while I would find one that was a slightly different color or perforation, add that to my collection and move forward. I would occasionally find one that was supposed to be a different variety from ones I already had, pick it up, do the research and add it to the collection. This is a process that has taken about 50 years so far - you can't expect to do it quickly!! I am not even close to finished and probably never will be. You need to get in touch with a few of the Canada collectors here, or they will get in touch with you. I've picked up some hard to find varieties from a couple people on this site and even though my basic Canada collection is fairly complete you could be collecting varieties of the large and small queens for hundreds of years and not have them all. Start small, keep adding material as you find it and things will eventually come together. Here are the varieties of the large and small queens I have managed to accumulate so far: Have: ( large and small Queens ) 21a, 22a,b 24a,b, 25b,viii, 26iv, 27a,b,c,f, 28ii,b, 29a,b, 30a, 35a,d, 36d,e, 37a,b,c,e, 38a, 39b, 40c, 43a, 44a,b,c As you can see I still have a very long way to go!!! I am not even trying to get them all, I just add them as I find them!!! I doubt if this really helps much, but take your time and good luck!

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""We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years." George Carlin"
Rich

02 Oct 2022
03:45:37pm

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

Great information thank you I do have the right catalog I also realize the different color changes can be daunting its the challenge that drives me forward plus these issues are extremely fine and beautiful. Have found one option the color reference by Richard Morris Pittsboro Philatelic does this ring any bells. You certainly have a fantastic collection.

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
02 Oct 2022
06:07:08pm

re: CANADA QV Small Queens

"You certainly have a fantastic collection."


Thank you, greatly appreciated. It has taken much time and much $$$$$ but I have had a lot of fun with it and my other areas. My cut off is 1988 and counting the provinces and basic BOB I am missing 45 stamps, of which only 17 are remotely affordable. I get asked by people on a regular basis to look at their father's or grandfather's stamp collection - it seems like very few women collected stamps back then. I always say "yes, there might be a hidden treasure but if a lot of money or time wasn't spent on the collection there is probably very little there." It really does take time and money. I was only proved wrong once so far - he had a complete MNH collection of the Victoria Jubilee series that he had salvaged from an old post office safe!! Quite a treasure!!! Good luck with you collecting, the large and small queen variations are fun to look for. Of the basic numbers I am missing #31 and #32 - one is possible but the other isn't!!

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""We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years." George Carlin"
        

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