Scott #41? - Strange Dot On Stamp..??

Hi guys..Not sure if this is a Scott #41 or Scott #41a..??...Anyways there is a red dot on the left of the stamp half way up the edge..I have them with the dots at the bottom left side of a stamp, but not in that location...Any thoughts.







And also I have not been able to classify by perforation..As you can see below, they are 12.25 X 12.25 perfs...Any thoughts on that also..??

Maybe the red dot is ink splatter from the printing. Double check the perfs spacing by placing the marks on the gauge in the valleys.

The dot is a guide dot.

I believe the early Small Queen plates had the guide dot at lower left; later plates had it at 9 o'clock.

Unitrade, You are correct. Usually in the later printings the 9 o'clock dot is hidden in the design.

Wert, Nice find.

Thanks watermark...I can always depend on you for nice comments...haha

So Robin, this would make it a definite Scott #41 and not a Scott #37 because of the later printing..??

Nice pics wert, good stuff.

What camera and setting did you use for the pics with the gauge?

BTW I'm not into the small Queens but checking the
2014 Unitrade I do not see any #37 or # 41 with
perf 12.25 x 12.25.

Hi lithograving...I use a regular Celesltron USB microscope..BUT, I take off the plastic end piece near the camera...So I can put my hand/finger around it to control the lighting effect...Works good.

Ya, I see that in Unitrade, but as you can see, it shows 12.25 X 12.25......Cant figure it out.

Thanks wert. I bought one of those noname USB microscopes
awhile ago for less than 20 bucks and it's a piece of crap.

I guess you only get what you pay for.

wert, the 12.25x12.25 are later printings (so it's a 41).

They are not common, but have been referenced in Small Queen studies.

These printings are also found with the perf 12x12.25 and 12.25x12.

Depending on the printing (the later ones), you can also find a dot at 3:00 o'clock position on some.

I highly recommend:

CANADA'S POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE SMALL QUEEN ERA 1870-1897
(240 pages - 2008) J. Hillson, J.E. Nixon

This is one example of how the Kiusalas perforation gauge cannot account for this perforation measurement at all. The closest is Kiusalas 64-12.30

Yes jogil...I have to invest in a better gauge...The one I have been using is soooo old..Anyone know of a good one to buy..?