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Are These Two Canada O45 Or O45A; Also O39 Vs O39A

 
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Posted 07/27/2021   3:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Oracle of Delphi to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Dug these out of my files to mount after purchasing them a while back for a few bucks. Sold as O45 but they look like O45a given the position of the "G". Would that be correct?





Similar question for the one below - sold as O39; is it O39a instead?





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Posted 07/27/2021   4:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add No1philatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
According to Unitrade Canada Specialised catalogue the "#a" is the flying "G". In the the flying G from about the bottom centre to the vertical up on the right, the line is very thin, more angular and does not have the usual roundness. Illustrations are from Unitrade catalogue.
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Posted 07/27/2021   5:19 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Oracle of Delphi to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your help. So it's the shape of the G, not the placement on the stamp which is determinative. The above stamps were therefore indeed be O45 and O39, respectively?
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Posted 07/29/2021   05:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add flip138 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, as No1philatelist posted, it is the shape of the G that matters, not its position on the stamp. Your stamps are O39 and O45.

Phil
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Posted 07/29/2021   08:43 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Stamp "G" type is important, but look for shifted "G"...Collectible.
See stamp on Deveney Stamp site below.

Robert

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Posted 08/01/2021   5:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Anthraquinone to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I could never figure out why they picked the name "Flying" it caused me endless confusion when I started to look at these

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AQ, do you know it now? If you do I'd like to know!


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