Canada Qv Stamps Identifying

Hello,
I haven't started collecting Canadian stamps yet.
I have few QV stamps and I tried reading the postings on this topic to identify them. It is very difficult not having a specialized catalog.
(I saw varieties of perforation, paper, color and those re-entries from the recommended sites) ... but not having the experience I failed.
Is one of these stamps worthy of my attention or are they common stamps?
It caught my attention by the left stamp 2c which has blurred / duplicate background lines.
Thanks.

You have a nice range of shades and possibly different printings as well. The 2c green with blurred background appears to be printed on a coarser textured paper of poor quality so is probably a later printing of that denomination. The stamps are printed on a wide range of papers, plates and colors. At least two printing locations were used. The perforation gauge also varies considerably. There are people who collect and study this issue more than I so I will let them tell you more.

Mike

The two 3 cents SQs are nice, the right hand is an early Ottawa or Montreal printing, and the left stamp is a nice shade. An accurate perforation measurement would allow more specific identification. At first glance, I don't see anything too valuable. Chris

cupram

Nice stamps...Yes, perforation measurements for accuracy can add to your stamps identification{s}

Do not underestimate what you have..
Take a look at your Scott 34 compared to re-entries.com Scott 34.
Blowing up you pictures makes it hard for me to make an educated guess if you really have a re-entry.



Got to link below and check your stamps for a possible re-entry...Maybe.
https://www.re-entries.com/small_qu...alfcent.html

Wert, lets not get too excited about the 'dot in the H'. It appears in every one of the 9,000,000 half cent Small Queens. The trick is to find one without the dot.
GJP

Data Correction and Additional Info: (apologies for not getting it the first time)
The Half cent Small Queen has three constant plate markings that appear on every stamp of the issue:
1) a dot is top centre in the margin approximately 0.5 mm above the edge of the printed area between the P & O of POSTAGE
2) there is a large dot in the G of POSTAGE
3) there is a pair of dots in the H of HALF
I examined several 100's of these stamps in preparing an exhibit on the Half Cent Small Queen and never saw a single stamp without these marks (which would be a variety). Note that these marks are NOT re-entries.
GJP

I know GJP...Was trying to look deeper and just thought since it is hard to see any possible re-entries because of his scans, that maybe he should look deeper..That's all I meant...But you are the small and large Queen expert...Sorry for misleading him..

Robert

Hello,
I thank you all, for kindly not telling me directly that they are all ordinary stamps. So I learned something else.
For the 1/2 cent stamp I checked the 3 areas that are confirmed.
For very precise perforations for these stamps I applied a distance measurement over 9 perforations (to improve the reading accuracy)
Stamps 2c have a perforation of 12x12
Stamps 3c have a perforation of about 12.1x12.25.
By abstracting my measurement method, can the results from 3c be explained?
Thanks.

Hi Cupram - it looks like your 3c is a Montreal Gazette printing (1888 - Rose Carmine shade), Scott 41a. A nice example! Catalogue value VG - 8$ to VF - 22$. Chris

cupram

Check out re-entries.com and see if any of your nice stamps have a re-entry.

Here is a nice example I have of a triple re-entry...Have fun
Robert

Thanks for your advice wert and Lars 714.
I looked at "re-entries" but in most cases it is not very obvious what I look at. It is also the language problem.
Wert, your example is easy to see, but over time I hope to learn the designs of these stamps.