SMALL QUEEN ISSUE
1870-1897
One Cent
Scott #35
The One Cent Small Queen is often ignored when searching for re-entries due to its colour. Finding lines of doubling on such a light coloured stamp is not an easy task. However, for the collector who perseveres, there are a great number of lovely re-entries to be found. I don’t have many of them myself, but you can check out Bill Burden’s site at <http://www.wgburden.com> for many more.
(To search for the re-entries yourself, try using my ‘back-lighting’ method.)
Scott #35
One Cent Orange
Major Re-entry
**Entire Stamp**
This fabulous stamp was submitted to The Greene Foundation as a "double impression," but since I have never seen a truly double-printed copy of any Small Queen, I believe this is an incredible unrecorded MAJOR RE-ENTRY, indeed, the BEST I have ever seen on this issue! A strong left shift of the transfer roll has resulted in the entire design being strongly doubled. And look at all of the horizontal lines filling the left and right sides of the formerly white portrait oval! The shift has also resulted in the normally dotted lines on the neck now appearing to be solid lines, just like on the major re-entry on the half cent small queen from pos. 1R49. Of course, ALL of the lettering and numerals and corner spandrels are prominently doubled.
This is a truly magnificent re-entry!
As for the 'double impression' theory, a true double impression means the entire sheet had to be put through the printing press a second time to pick up a second fully-inked impression. If this were the case, then EVERY SINGLE STAMP ON THE SHEET would have to be completely doubled, and in the case of the One Cent Small Queen, means that there would have to have been another 99 or 199 of these stamps in existence, as they were printed in sheets of 100 or 200 subjects! WHERE are all the others???
This is by far the best re-entry I have ever seen on ANY Small Queen stamp!
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Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
The Major Re-entry
Upper & Lower Left
Note the wide doubling of the scroll in the upper left corner, along with beautiful strong doubling in 'CANADA POSTAGE.'
In the second photo, you can see heavy doubling in the '1' and 'ONE' and the bottom of the corner scroll. There is also doubling in ONE CENT, particularly noticeable in the 'T' of CENT.
Another copy has been added,
Courtesy of John Phillips
^ From the RETrimble Collection ^
^ Courtesy of John Phillips ^
Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
A Major Re-entry
The major doubling is found in the lower portion of the design, including ONCE CENT and both 1's. Note the 'twin peaks' at the bottom of both 1's, as well as the upper areas of each '1.'
The a look at the top of the stamp shows nice sharp doubling in POSTAGE, as well as the UR corner ornament.
Most of the dots and lines on the face and neck arre also doubled.
^ The RETrimble Collection ^
^ The RETrimble Collection ^
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Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
Re-entry in L.L.
Here is a nice re-entry of the L.L. corner scrollwork.
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Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
Misplaced Entry?
Interesting marks in '1' and 'O' of ONE.
Plate damage, or misplaced entry?
Following many years of study, these are now thought to have occurred in the same manner as the 5¢ on 6¢ SQ’s - that is, over-rocking of a multi-relief transfer roll, except in this case, both reliefs were of the One Cent design. In effect then, all of the 'strand of hair' varieties are, in fact, Major Misplaced Entries!
Numerous ‘strengths’ of the strands exist, most from different plate positions on the sheet.
Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
A Major Re-entry
With Medium Strand of Hair
Plate C Right Pane Position #26
Doubling abounds throughout the design of this re-entry, especially noticeable in 'CANADA POSTAGE,' 'ONE CENT,' both 1's, and the bottom of the design. And the crowning touch is the 'Strand of Hair' variety, which is actually a Misplaced Entry due to over-rocking of the multi-image transfer roll, the same cause of the famed 5¢ on 6¢ Small Queen.
The RETrimble Collection
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Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
The Long Strand of Hair - Hurst Type 1
Position Unknown
This is the longest of the strands of hair, showing very clearly here.
The RETrimble Collection
Another remarkably clear copy of the Long Strand
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Scott #35
One Cent Yellow
Short Strand of Hair
Position Unknown
And this is likely one of the shortest strands. The leading expert in the Strand of Hair Variety is Bill Burden of N.S. (http://www.wgburden.com/start.html) and he believes this one is not Hurst’s short strand. The total number of strands has yet to be determined.
The RETrimble Collection
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Ralph E. Trimble
Specialist in BNA Re-entries