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Some of the large Queens mint are quite pricey. I decided in most cases that used is fine, the postmark quite often gives character and history to the stamp. Of course #32 is not possible since only 3 copies exist but if you have $250 000 to spare you might get lucky, #33 is doable used and #31 is almost doable used. I haven't found one at the right price yet, most sellers ask a fortune. Finding varieties of #'s 21 to 30, colour, watermark, paper, etc can be a challenge but take your time. You really also need a copy of the Unitrade catalogue because of the information it provides.
Most of the King George V is doable mint but some are pricey. Watch out for the hundreds of varieties spelled out in Unitrade. I decided to only collect varieties for the large and small queens and leave the Admirals alone - a choice I've never regretted. If I remember right Cathotel is a good source of information! Hopefully he doesn't mind his name used in vain!!
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Cathotel is flattered that you think he is a credible source of information regarding early Canadian stamps. 
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One of my philatelic regrets is the sale of near-perfect used copies of one each of the two “Widow’s Weeds” QV stamps (Scott 46-47) the high values of the Small Queens set. However, they are large and picture the Queen and are therefore “Large Queens.”
I had purchased them for my collection. They had fresh, deep colour, were XF centred and free of damage. Their light but clear, readable CDS cancellations that framed rather than blemished the Queen’s face.
I enjoyed them for a year or so, but then, with two or three years of collecting experience, I decided to transform myself into that endangered species, the Eager Collector-Approval Dealer. Those two QV stamps were among the first that I sold. They went to an eager, young Canadian collector who was a pleasure to deal with, but how I wish those stamps were still in my collection! I’ve never since seen a pair of them that come even close to their quality.
I operate with a different rules of thumb now: I don’t buy anything I don’t like, and I don’t sell nothin’!
Bob
* When I returned to collecting as an adult, I was a committed to being an album-stuffing, completeness-oriented collector. But I began to question that approach when I shied away from spending money on stamps I didn’t like, including all of Canada’s modern postage due stamps and most of its commemoratives and definitives issued after 1947. I started removing whole, blank pages from albums, creating my own album pages, first with a typewriter and then with a succession of computers and printers. Today I only buy stamps (and covers, and postcards, and ephemera) that I like or ones that can serve as illustrations for the philatelic stories I enjoy telling.
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" I was a committed to being an album-stuffing, completeness-oriented collector. "
We all collect differently and I'm afraid that is the type of collector I am. It sounds like a terrible way to collect if you say it quickly, but it's the way I am. I like doing things that way and don't intend to change now. I do have enough common sense to realize that some stamps are unobtainable and I can live with that. The open spaces do bother me a little, but I would rather see the space than remove it and try to tell myself it doesn't resist. I remember when I was a kid starting my collection of Marvel comics. I preferred super hero stuff but picked up the westerns and war comics for completeness and actually started to enjoy them as well. I did draw the line at Millie The Model and Patsy Walker, thankfully!
Edit: Just for the heck of it I went into MyComicShop.com to check on prices for Millie the Model. It goes back to 1946 and the first issue they have is #3. It's rated 7 /10 at a value of over $500 . The ones from the era I started collecting (1963+) are only around $5 so I guess from an investment point of view it was not a great loss!!
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Just started to collect early Canadian issues looking for the QV Large Queens and KGV mint
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21 Oct 2022
04:12:26pm
re: QV large Queens
Some of the large Queens mint are quite pricey. I decided in most cases that used is fine, the postmark quite often gives character and history to the stamp. Of course #32 is not possible since only 3 copies exist but if you have $250 000 to spare you might get lucky, #33 is doable used and #31 is almost doable used. I haven't found one at the right price yet, most sellers ask a fortune. Finding varieties of #'s 21 to 30, colour, watermark, paper, etc can be a challenge but take your time. You really also need a copy of the Unitrade catalogue because of the information it provides.
Most of the King George V is doable mint but some are pricey. Watch out for the hundreds of varieties spelled out in Unitrade. I decided to only collect varieties for the large and small queens and leave the Admirals alone - a choice I've never regretted. If I remember right Cathotel is a good source of information! Hopefully he doesn't mind his name used in vain!!
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Cathotel is flattered that you think he is a credible source of information regarding early Canadian stamps.
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re: QV large Queens
One of my philatelic regrets is the sale of near-perfect used copies of one each of the two “Widow’s Weeds” QV stamps (Scott 46-47) the high values of the Small Queens set. However, they are large and picture the Queen and are therefore “Large Queens.”
I had purchased them for my collection. They had fresh, deep colour, were XF centred and free of damage. Their light but clear, readable CDS cancellations that framed rather than blemished the Queen’s face.
I enjoyed them for a year or so, but then, with two or three years of collecting experience, I decided to transform myself into that endangered species, the Eager Collector-Approval Dealer. Those two QV stamps were among the first that I sold. They went to an eager, young Canadian collector who was a pleasure to deal with, but how I wish those stamps were still in my collection! I’ve never since seen a pair of them that come even close to their quality.
I operate with a different rules of thumb now: I don’t buy anything I don’t like, and I don’t sell nothin’!
Bob
* When I returned to collecting as an adult, I was a committed to being an album-stuffing, completeness-oriented collector. But I began to question that approach when I shied away from spending money on stamps I didn’t like, including all of Canada’s modern postage due stamps and most of its commemoratives and definitives issued after 1947. I started removing whole, blank pages from albums, creating my own album pages, first with a typewriter and then with a succession of computers and printers. Today I only buy stamps (and covers, and postcards, and ephemera) that I like or ones that can serve as illustrations for the philatelic stories I enjoy telling.
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23 Oct 2022
12:30:46pm
re: QV large Queens
" I was a committed to being an album-stuffing, completeness-oriented collector. "
We all collect differently and I'm afraid that is the type of collector I am. It sounds like a terrible way to collect if you say it quickly, but it's the way I am. I like doing things that way and don't intend to change now. I do have enough common sense to realize that some stamps are unobtainable and I can live with that. The open spaces do bother me a little, but I would rather see the space than remove it and try to tell myself it doesn't resist. I remember when I was a kid starting my collection of Marvel comics. I preferred super hero stuff but picked up the westerns and war comics for completeness and actually started to enjoy them as well. I did draw the line at Millie The Model and Patsy Walker, thankfully!
Edit: Just for the heck of it I went into MyComicShop.com to check on prices for Millie the Model. It goes back to 1946 and the first issue they have is #3. It's rated 7 /10 at a value of over $500 . The ones from the era I started collecting (1963+) are only around $5 so I guess from an investment point of view it was not a great loss!!
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