Canada 114 Varieties

Canada 114 has drawn my attention lately. I've noticed that Unitrade lists a few varieties, and then I find that I actually have some of them.

The first is one that I sent to Ralph at Re-entries.com. You can see some lines in the number blocks and across the bottom of the stamp. It is very similar to his stamp at http://www.re-entries.com/admirals8...d_brown.html, but I see an added line at the upper left corner. Ralph is researching this item.



You can see doubling along the entire bottom, and into the circular part of the design.





But I also found some interesting items not noted by Ralph in the Upper Left corner.



The next two are Unitrade 114v, a hairline in the N of Cents. Not much of a premium, but pretty interesting. The first one is a nice MNH stamp that I just picked up.



The mark is shown below. There are some other marks in the "E's" and a small re-entry in the top of the "N", but these are minor.



What I also found interesting, is that I picked up an item not listed in Unitrade, but entirely possible. This is a pre-canceled version of 114v. I am positive that it is quite common, so I assume the correct number would be 114vxx.

They are some great scans that you've uploaded. I was struggling at first to see the re-entry lines on the first scan bit the labelled scans made it very clear. Well Done. Stephen

Thanks for the comment Stephen. I've learned in my many posts that some things obvious to me are completely missed by others. I try to take care in my latest posts to explain what I am showing. I've got a few more 114's coming my way, so we'll see what's in that group.

Very nice indeed partime...I think you will get a positive reply from Ralph..Good find.

Robert

Hi Partime,
Some interesting stamps nicely presented here. There are a variety of constant marks on this issue due to some unerased guidelines and issues with the transfer roll used to produce the two plates of this stamp.

Marler's Admiral book discusses these to some degree and there have been a few articles in BNA topics over the years. I refer you to the May 1955 issue where Hans Reiche discusses many of the marks seen on your copies here. Link: http://bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20T...o.%20124.pdf

The parallel lines that you are seeing at the top of your re-entry are mentioned (indicating that you must have a different position of the re-entry than that at re-entries.com) as are the line in N. You will notice that your first line in N stamp also shows two small lines below the top of the stroke of the left 7 in the value tablet. These are typical of many constant strokes that appear in the LVT, although these are probably more rare than the line in the N. Notice that your second precancelled line in N stamp copy does not have the lines by the 7.

Really interesting post. Thanks for sharing!

Scottamer. Thanks so much for the excellent link. It will definitely help me ID this and others.

On a whim, I bought a block of MNH Canada 114. The top left stamp is the "line in N" variety.





Now I just have to read that article...