Tagging search  Checklists  Books  Album pages      Study tips  Elizabethan Glossary Study Notes  Modern stamp paper  Fluorescence  Phosphor tagging  Postal rates Checklists Karsh/Wilding/Cameo:  Karsh  Wilding  Cameo Centennial:  Centennial Caricature & Landscape:  Caricature  Landscape  Cityscapes Environment:  Flowers  Trees  Street Scenes  National Parks  QE II  Parliament  Maple Leaf Artifact & Parliament:  Low-value  Medium-value  Parliament (bklt/coil)  Parliament (1st class) Mammals & Architecture:  Low-value  Medium-value  Architecture  QE II Berries, Fruit & Flag:  Low-value  Medium-value  Flag (first class)  Flag (vending bklt)  Flag (self-adhesive)  Flag (coil) Trade, Leaf & Wildlife:  Low-value Trades  Medium-value Trades  1st class/Medium-value Maple Leaf  1st class Leaf Coil  Medium-value Wildlife  High-value Wildlife Insect, Flag, Leaf & Flower:  Insects 2007-  Flag (vert) 2004-  Maple Leaf 2003-2004  Flowers Other  Stamp programs  Study Tips  Books  Stamp home page		Flowers (2004-) Updated Dec 16/05  Background  Checklist Background The second group of Flower stamps have appeared (Dec 2005). Hopefully this series continues for a third (or even fourth) time! Checklist   Booklet Pane of 6 Vert Coil Roll of 100 Vert Coil Roll of 50   Self-adhesive   Lowe-Martin   Die cut 8.5 horiz 7 horiz 8.5 hroiz 7 horiz Domestic First-class rate: 50c Red Calla Lily   Dec 20/04 Feb/05     51c Bergamot Blossoms     Dec 19/05     Domestic Non-standard and Oversize rate (0-100g): $1.05 Pink Fairy Slipper Dec 19/05       Dec 19/05 USA/International rate: 85c Yellow Calla Lily Dec 20/04     Dec 20/04 Feb/05 89c Yellow Lady's Slipper Dec 19/05       Dec 19/05 $1.45 Blue Iris Dec 20/04     Dec 20/04 Feb/05 $1.49 Himalayan Blue Poppies Dec 19/05       Dec 19/05 The date shown is the date of issue of that specific variety. A "blank" means the item does not exist. Booklets The 85c and $1.45 Flower booklet panes each come with TWO different widths of tagging: 4mm solid all around (passes over top of the design 3mm that cuts around the design The $1.45 booklet comes with the paper designation/colour dots in two different locations: The $1.45 booklet can also be found with dull and shiny tagging as well as being printed on Tullis Russell Coating paper (even though the paper designation says "F" in the inscription).   Booklet panes   4mm tagging 3mm tagging 85c Yellow Calla Lily x   x     F paper "C" paper Dots at right Dots at left $1.45 Blue Iris x (*) x x x * shiny and dull tagging varieties exist $1.45 Booklet Constant Plate Variety A constant variety has been found in the inscription of the $1.45 booklet with the colour dots on the left side. It is a break in the letter R of "Lacroix".   50c/85c/$1.45 Coils If you take any of the original printings of these coil stamps, you will get various die cuts, ranging from 7.9 to 8.9! (and almost every number in between). They have been reprinted with a serpentine die cut 7 horizontal - these started showing up in late February 2005. If you are counting "peaks", the original had 9 or 10 peaks, the new perf has 8 peaks. Be warned though - counting peaks is not the same as "perfing" the stamp. Top: original perf 8.6 Bottom: reprint perf 7 The boxes of 10 rolls that the coils are shipped in now have a UPC barcode handstamped on the side of the box. Coil Gutter Inscriptions TWO types of inscriptions exist on the original printings of the three Flower coil definitives (ie. the 'perf 8 1/2' version). The difference is in the location of the paper designation and colour dots compared to the inscription text. A picture is worth a thousand words... It turns out that BOTH types of inscriptions have probably been around since the stamps were first issued on Dec 20, 2004. Notice that the "F above O" seems to have a bolder text font than the "F above R" inscription. Coil Inscription Error The $1.45 Flower coil has been found where the inscription, found in the gutter every 10 stamps, has a "0" (zero) character added to the front of the printer's name. $1.45 Blue Iris Coil   Perf 8.5 Perf 7 "F over R" x   "F over O" x (*) x (*) "F over O", 0Lowe x x * very difficult to find at this time Coil Die Cut "Ski Slope" Variety A constant die cutting variety can be found on all three coil stamps: original printing (serpentine die cut 8 1/2) found on 1 out of 10 rolls between the 3rd and 4th stamps above every gutter on the roll found on both "F over R" and "F over O" inscriptions best collected in gutter strips of 6 or 2 used singles (with variety at top or bottom)
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