New Brunswick Cents Issue - Water Damage?

So what is the story, with how these stamps originally suffered water damaged? Have not been able to find anything online about this issue.

post some pictures...if you have some.

Robert

There's nothing in Unitrade 2016 on this subject and I don't collect New Brunswick, so I don't know what you are referring to.

I collect New Brunswick stamps as I was born in Saint John, NB.

I lived at various locations in the province for 60 years before retiring to Vancouver Island...hence my Avatar and SCF name.

Many NB "cents" issue (Scott #6-#11) show up in unused condition because they are most likely "remainders" which were water-damaged and salvaged from the 1887 fire which destroyed a major part of the city's uptown, including the old Customs House where they were stored after 1867 when the province became part of Canada.

The story goes that youngsters digging through the rubble found the stamps and later sold them to collectors.

I have bought panes of #7 and #8 that are unused as well as singles and blocks in the same condition.

I don't know if any other NB stamps were salvaged; but, most available these days in unused condition appear to be 2 cent and 5 cent stamps.

I also have a full pane of #11 which has what looks like Original Gum.

But, since that gum appears applied with a brush; it may also been a salvage item re-gummed later.

Hope this answers your question.

So would salvaged full sheets be re-gummed with a brush, and sold to the public for philatelic use, or was the re-gumming done to fool collectors that were looking for orginal gum, years after the fact.

If I could answer that one, I'd have better luck buying lottery tickets.

That's something like asking me "how far is up?".

Thanks for the feedback.