Reiche & Sendbuehler has been the most detailed listing of Small Queen CPVs for some time now, and it is quite unusual to find a clear example of one that has been missing.
Enter Guy Jeffery, who has uncovered an example of R&S 2-11 (AKA 1F16.8).
The line in the hair is not as prominent as some of the other 1¢ CPVs, but it is well worth attempting to find.
There is also a faint re-entry in the bottom left, which was not reported.
Guy Jeffery has just found a new Three Cent CPV with 14 dots along the left side of the margin. It is now listed as 3F9.4 and, amazingly, Guy can date both copies from August and September 1879.
The variety was likely from a very brief period, which explains the delay in discovery.
Perhaps all the stamps with the dots just got put in a pile in a hoard somewhere, and are just waiting to be found.
Who else but Guillaume would start my Saturday morning with an email containing an image of an amazing, almost unbelievable stamp?
'We' now have an example of one of the least common Small Queen varieties in very fine, mint condition. Guillaume confirms perf. 11.5 x 12, and his example more clearly shows the additional markings in and around the 'CA' of Canada