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The 15¢ Large Queen Major Re-entry
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The following six photos show close-ups of Horace Harrison’s finest copy of the Major Re-entry on the 15¢ Large Queen, Scott #29. Mr. Harrison also had a second copy, but the details were not as sharp and prominent as the one you see below. Both of these, I believe, were sold recently by Robert A. Lee, BC, Canada. Following Mr. Harrison’s copy, I present photos of other copies of this re-entry that I am aware of. This re-entry has a blurred ‘kiss print’ type of appearance, and this may be the reason more of them have not surfaced. Perhaps the owners believe them to be simply kiss prints. (See the diagram at the bottom of the page.) While not 100% confirmed, it is believed that this re-entry was a fresh entry and occurred in Position #1 on the plate of 100. See Mr. Harrison’s explanation of this in Duckworth’s “THE LARGE QUEEN STAMPS OF CANADA AND THEIR USE 1868-1872” page 126. If any other collectors reading this own a copy of this re-entry and would like theirs to be shown here, please email a jpg scan of it to me at <retrimble@rogers.com>. I would be happy to place it on this page. |
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Here are two photos of a recent find by Jim Hennok. This is undoubtedly the clearest, sharpest copy of the 15¢ Major Re-entry I have ever seen. This stamp was sold in Jim’s Auction. My thanks to Kimmo Salonen for providing these photos.
Here is a scan of the 15¢ Major that just sold in John Talman’s Auction on Feb. 26, 2002. Note the large horizontal tear on the lower left side near the top of the numeral box. It sold for $600CDN. Thanks, John, for sending me the photo.
Bill Burden recently sent me these photos of a copy of the 15¢ Large Queen Major he found.
Astounding! OK, who’s next?
A correspondent of mine, Glenn Archer, emailed me in the middle of July to tell me about his latest discovery... "Thought you might like to see the attached stamp, which I picked up by "accident" in a small lot of Large Queens. I am certain it is the major re-entry. What is further interesting (actually amazing to me) is that the stamp is on Bothwell paper (no watermark of course, makes sense for Position 1), in what I would describe as similar to the muddy brownish purple shade, and perfed 11 1/2 X 12. I'll let the pictures speak for themself, I am still pinching myself. Let me know if you need clearer pictures. Best regards, Glenn Archer."
Isn't this a beauty? And to think Glenn stumbled across it by accident!
In response to those who still have difficulty 'seeing' the re-entry, below is a scan taken from Duckworth's book, THE LARGE QUEEN STAMPS OF CANADA AND THEIR USE 1868-1872, page 126, showing the re-entry details as drawn by Horace Harrison.
A second page has been added to discuss the possibility of later worn states versus a completely new plate position. Find it HERE. Click HERE to go to a possible worn state of the Major Re-entry. Comments would be welcome.
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Ralph E. Trimble Specialist
in BNA Re-entries
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