Help With My Canadian Accumulation

Because I'm a beginer , so I don't quite understand them all, any opinions?












Thank you very much Pluzzer , very detailed, but the 50 cents one seems already been damaged

I would call this an accumulation, not a collection. My observation is that these are stamps that were acquired as shown, already mounted to the pages.

What would you like to know about them?

Hi orstampman
Thank you for your advice,have changed the title. any interesting ones among them?

These stamps are from the late 1800s to early 1900s. They are mostly in mixed condition (meaning some are faulty, good/bad centering). There are some interesting precancels (Manitoba, Winnipeg, Ontario). There aren't any high catalog value items, but some with CV in the $1-10 range, but actual market value much less due to condition/centering (figure 5% - 10% maybe). Many Admirals, of which some have nice centering/appearance and would look good displayed on an album page. Neat War Tax stamps (WWI).

Hello BrianLevancy, welcome to Stamp community!

CAUTION
If the 1/2c Black Queen and King stamp, the 2c brown side-faced King Medallion stamp or the Greenish 5c Registered stamps are new with no cancel and have gum or shiny on the back, do not soak these in water. That would ruin the value of them mostly.


The used, cancelled stamps DO please try to soak or float them to clean them up a bit.


Most of your stamps shown are dirty, that is, have years of dust and grime upon them, OR are infected by mold possibly also - note the black edges around the stamps' edges - this Could indicate a mold or mould problem, which is also known as rust or browning.

I understand a cleaning in only warm, slightly soapy water (mild dish soap only, not much) will help clean up the dirt or grime (Not the nice cancels and postmarks though!, they will be OK) on older stamps.

You do not have to worry about any of those stamps being of an aniline ink manufacture (the ink runs in water) as only one Canadian stamp was that way, a $1 purple one, and only some of those at that.

I like some of them personally, the colour shows good on some, the cancel on the blue 5c King George 5th (KGV) is nice from VANCOUVER / BC but the year date is hard to see.

The 3c Queen Victoria (QV) is faded a bit but looks very nice just like it is to me, with the partial Saskatchewan (I think) cancel on, a duplex type, as it has the killer or obliteration part included. Nice to see that.

The KGV Admiral (dressed in an admiral uniform) stamps are nice also.

The 12c blue Map stamp has the top straight for possibly two reasons. Hard to tell from that picture. It could be a edge-of-the-pane stamp and just come that way, or it could have had the perforations (holes around the edges or wiggly bits) cut off by accident. Get a picture of the back of it laying on a dark surface and we can see from that perhaps.


The dirt will clean but the possible mold (may be just the camera angle and lighting you choose that makes them look that way) may not come off and can infect other stamps if not separated from others and treated with care or thrown out as some here would recommend (including myself).

The album or book they are in should be changed also, as that may be dirty.


Pricing, if that is of a concern at this time, can be found in a Scott or other name catalogue, in a library most likely, or for these older stamps, from a used older catalogue.

The stamps with nicks and cuts and pieces missing please still keep them as examples of colour or perfs (perforations) or paper or even an example of a damaged higher catalogue value stamp.


I see in the second picture a very rare stamp at the right hand end of the first row. The 50c black Admiral War Tax overprint stamp. Please be very careful with that one.


Please show a better picture of it also, I haven't seen one in real life yet myself, and only a mint (post office fresh) one on Stamp Community (SCF) here. These are found in the back end of the Scott's or Unitrade catalogues by the way, under War Tax stamps, under MRxx numbers.

Possible 2005 (what I have) Unitrade catalog (cat.) value is CAD $100.00 as it is (or looks to be maybe) a Fine (F) grade stamp, not a Very Fine (VF) grade one. Neat!


The 2c brown War Tax 1Tc (1 cent tax) stamp below that one is not as valuable but there are two versions, look at the lines below the 1Tc inside the oval and the catalogue will tell you which version it is.

The Queen Victoria QV 1/2c black has a nice camcel on it and is, I consider a Very Fine grade stamp, looking only at the front of it.

All stamps should be looked at both sides to see any possible damages or pin holes or creases or whatever, as some people will not balue these as highly.

Clean 'em up and shows us again some time. I will be happy to relook at them anyway, fronts and backs.

Thar she blows . . .



Also, the bottom Map stamp 2c has an RPO (Railway Post Office) postmark (cancel I call them) on it. A nicer picture of that one would be nice to see also.

There are 4 versions of this stamp, different colours for the oceans. It also, getting very deep into details and stuff here, is known for shifting colours, which makes it more desirable usually, when that is brought to the attention of a buyer, or you even. It seems to be missing some red islands possibly, which is interesting.

Puzzler - very interesting - I didn't notice the the 50c War Tax stamp - I am not familiar with that one, and still don't think I would spot it in the scan.

Thank you Pluzzer , will try to clean them up sometime. Very detailed.,have updated the 50 cents and 2 cents stamps above

Best Regards
Brian

Kind of back in the shadows there, it was. I copied the phoyos and zomed in with Windows.

so is it still worthing anything?

Thanks for the bigger pictures. Still not soaked or scanned though, so no as clear as could be, but . . . I think that the 2c Brown 1Tc is Die II which is the cheaper one. Below the oval there are two lines, then a diagonal line and 5 dots, I think. Pic is somewhat fuzzy. Worth 20c for a nice copy.

The 50c now looks like just a regular 50c, kind of hurt along the right edge with a pulled perf, two bent perfs, the whole stamp is still dirty of course, the cancel is some kind of roller cancel, maybe even a received type of revenue cancel (less desirable perhaps).

So, worth maybe $1 or so because of damage.

But, I don't know what the fine hair lines from the bottom up and from the center outwards to the right side are. Ideally the stamp needs to have a 600 dot per inch scan on a flatbed scanner, or at least a 300, to see clearly and properly.

These maybe hairline cracks in the plate, making it worth $10 or so, again because of used and damaged. Very neat for a collector of such things though. Some folks go very detailed on one series.


Beyond that try to be careful when soaking to clean them, just water or a very little drop of mild dish soap.

The backs do make a different to some, but that cracked plate idea would be nice to have (if indeed that is what it is, check with people more expert than myself on that), listed in the Unitrade catalogue anyway, not sure of exact black or brown shade now.

You can tell I like studying stamps and details , huh?

Some of the colours are very nice to keep, even if any are damaged, just to compare with other s for sale or have a colour comparison type of real-stamp (but damaged) chart for that Admiral series.

BrianL,

Welcome to this community. Thanks for taking your time to post the stamps. As you can grasp, you will find many of the members happy to assist you with information, and perspective. This can be helpful if you are a beginner, or an expert or far away from a country (by the way, my wife is from New Zealand and we travel to North Island near Hahei frequently)

I would recommend that you try to get your hands on a Unitrade Catalog (either used on any website, or perhaps from a library). This can help you categorize, learn and organize your stamps. This is part of the fun, but also helps with the value aspect if that matters. You can also find many websites with photos and information of particular stamps.

I am curious on one thing : how did you come by these stamps? was it a collection you acquired or found? i'm curious only because Canadian stamps being in New Zealand feels like some story worth sharing.

Cheers. Go All Blacks.

That's an understatement Puzzler my friend.....haha

Thank you Pluzzer, respect!

Tommy Kia ora

Thank you for your advices!! I bought 2KG old stamps on Trademe(New Zealand ebay), the canadian stamps were in them.
But i'm not sure where did the seller get them.probably from a dealer.
Regards
Brian