3 Cent Small Queen - Fancy Cancels

Got about 460 Small Queen 3 cent stamps at the local stamp club..Nice to see these cancels...Could not pu all 460 cancels here, but put a couple...Hope you get the itch to start collecting them.

Robert



Also one seemed a little different than the rest...I know computer screens are a problem with stamps verification of colours..But the one on the right, next to a normal one on the left...Has some characteristics of a Scott 37b and 37d...I will let you decide..
See picture below..

Holy smokes! Wish we had stamp clubs here in the Valley! Nice lot

Check it with a perf gage? Not good at judging color, but unitrade says the 37d should be perf 12 1/2.

I have a pile of small queens, but none in copper red.

Robert

Distinguishing color on these is really a challenge. I have one with a red shade to it that I can't pin down. Copper as far as I know has a brownish shade. What copper red is supposed to look like is something I can only guess at.

Looking on ebay the other day, one of the sellers had a picture of a Small Queens color chart. I've tried to google a color chart, no luck.

Any advice on where to find one?

You could try asking that seller where he found it.

Yeah, easy to say! I don't remember the sellers name. I suppose I could try "recently viewed" or something.

Hi try philatelee.

I did try philatelee, I finally looked in my recents and he was where I saw the color chart. Messaged him, but he couldn't remember where or who he got it from.

Try searching for Morris Color Guide? Used correctly, it's a useful reference.

Gettingold, one can only guess shade from a scan but yours looks to be a somewhat washed out variant of the rose carmine 41a. A scan of the back is sometimes useful, as the commoner #41 vermilions tend to bleed colour to the back.

Not sure what to make of the reverse. I've seen fugitive ink on other stamps but don't think I'm seeing it here. Stamp perf 12x12.

Looks like a 41 now, with printing ink bled through. Even an excellent scan like yours cannot be trusted to capture shades.

archerg

Thanks. Colors are tough.

Well guys
Had a good stroke of luck looking through these 460 Scott 37's and Scott 41's.....Came across a great stamp, Scott 41vii...

Looked in Ralph's re-entries.com and found he had one poor stamp, Scott 41vii...He asked if anyone out there had a second copy, well now he does...Mine.

It is in Unitrade..No picture..No price..
Lucky eh..??

Hoping it is a Scott 37iv...Ya right.

Robert

Nice find, Robert. It helps with so many to look through.