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Can someone tell me if this is this Canada #38 or #42? The color looks somewhere between. Is there another way besides color to tell the difference? I am having problems with these two series. Would you grade this a VF?  |
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| Edited by jaxom100 - 12/13/2016 11:49 pm |
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Well...The colour differences in monitors hinder colour interpolation
A Scott 42 has no guide dot and is 12 X 12 perforation. (pearl/gray)
A Scott 38 has guide dots at 3 or 9 oclock on the rim. (slate//green)
A Scott 38a has guide dot lower left..Perfs 11.5 X 12.0 (olive/green)
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Is there a website that shows me those guide dots?
The color I see on my monitor is the same as the stamp.
I think it may be a #38. It is not really all gray.
Are the dots the same on the 3c, 6c and 10c?
It was advertised as a #34. I safely eliminated that possibility. lol
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| Edited by jaxom100 - 12/14/2016 09:01 am |
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Probably a #38 mid 80s printing, olive grey shade. But I hesitate to say 100 per cent as scanners vary so much in tint and tone |
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Upon close examination I do believe I see a guide dot. The dot is faint and right up against the vignette. It is right next to the vignette on the right hand side. This would make it a 38 as archerg said.
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| Edited by smauggie - 12/15/2016 9:25 pm |
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Jaxom100, check the perforations. If it is 12 x 12.25, it could be the 1988-89 Montreal Gazette printing, which is listed on the small queen chart in Unitrade, but oddly not numbered. The colour is slate green, like #38. |
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I appreciate everyone's help. I was unable to get online last night (and survived it). Here is a higher resolution on the left and the right sides. I don't have EZperf yet. I had the trial and liked it. These two series are very confusing. The Scott catalog does not list many of the color variations.  :  |
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I say it's #42. Though you haven't given us the perf count, the perforations on the top/bottom match those on the sides, so I'd guess it's a 12x12. There are no position dots, soooooo, it's 42.
And Wert is right, we can't tell the colour, all our screens are going to be different, and I doubt your scanner is really accurate (many aren't). |
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| Edited by jamesw - 12/15/2016 9:17 pm |
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If anything, I would say this is a 3 o'clock dot. They are *usually* bigger than the ones you show, and often embedded in the design.  |
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| Edited by BeeSee - 12/16/2016 12:19 am |
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