CANADA 1897-1900

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1897 60 years reign of queen Victoria, image of Victoria as a young queen and in 1897

  1/2 c black
  1 c orange
  2 c green
  3 c red
  5 c blue
  6 c brown
  8 c violet
  10 c lilac
  15 c black
  20 c orange
  50 c blue
  1 $ red
  2 $ violet
  3 $ brown
  4 $ lilac
  5 $ green

These stamps are perforated 12.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Postal Stationary in the same design:

1 c black.

Forgeries, example:

Dangerous engraved forgeries made by Oneglia?

I have also seen a 1$ of this forgery with the same cancel 'RICH STALT AM 09 11 97 TORONTO'. They might be products of Oneglia. They also exist with a barred 'NELSON' or barred 'MONTREAL - QUE' cancel (see image of the 3$ above). If my information is correct, the eyes of the young Queen are apparently different from the genuine stamps.

Other 'Facsimiles'; they were made by a company in the UK in the 1980's in a souvenir sheet containing one stamp only. Only the 4 $ and 5 $ values were made.

Other, very badly done forgeries exist:

This particular forgery also exists without the 'SPECIMEN' overprint. I've seen the values 1$, 2 $, 3$, 4$ and 5 $. Most of the fine details of the engraving have disappeared. The earrings of the Queen on the left have become white blotches. I've also seen them with a cancel consisting of bars with 'MONTREAL - QUE' in the center (see image of the 5$ above). The letters of this cancel are very badly done and sometimes even absent. Comparison with a cheaper value will immediatly reveal these forgeries.

Another set of "Facsimiles" exists of the $ values with the perforation done squarish instead of round holes. They have 'Facsimile' printed many times on the back.

1897 Queen Victoria, new design

With leaves in all the 4 corners

  1/2 c black
  1 c green
  2 c lilac
  3 c red
  5 c blue
  6 c brown
  8 c orange
  10 c lilac

Surcharged

  '2 CENTS' on 3 c red (1899)

With leaves in the upper corners and value in the lower corners 

 
  1/2 c black
  1 c green
  2 c lilac
  2 c red (1899)
  3 c red
  5 c blue
  6 c brown
  7 c olive (1901)
  8 c orange
  10 c lilac
  20 c olive (1901)

Surcharged

  '2 CENTS' on 3 c red (1899)

All these stamps have perforation 12.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Some very rare provisional bisected stamps exist (1899) with overprint "1" (on one third of a 3 c stamp, leaves only in upper corners) and "2" (on two/thirds of a 3 c stamp). I have never seen even a picture of these stamps.

A forgery of the bisected 3 c stamp with '2' overprint

I know that the (provisional) surcharges have been forged, among them inverted surcharges by Andre Frodel. An inverted surcharge has been forged by the forger Fournier (it is listed in his 1914 pricelist).

Fournier forged overprints, as taken from a Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries (reduced sizes)

I've seen an unlisted (bogus?) overprint 'Two Cents' on 3 c red.

Forged inverted overprint.

1898 Christmas stamp, inscriptio 'XMAS 1898 we hold a vaster empire than has been'

  2 c black and red

The perforation of this stamp is 12.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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