Philatelic Consultant
Welcome to
WGB's Web Space
...featuring things
that interest me
From here, you will have access to each site in my growing portfolio.
You will find links to sites which focus on Admirals or Small Queens.
There is a BLog reporting my recent Admiral finds and more.
Enjoy!
Small Queen
Admiral
WGB (...well, maybe a few days ago...;-)
I'm a Professional Philatelic Consultant
I retired from full time work as the Mail Auction Manager for Eastern Auctions in Bathurst, NB a few years ago.
For a couple of weeks before the move to Bathurst, I was a retired classroom teacher of Chemistry, Computer Science, Science and Journalism in Truro, NS.
A Professional Philatelic Consultant is someone who enjoys looking at stamp collections and who can help with the sale or purchase of Philatelic material.
My Mission
Helping discover and identfy CPVs
While I enjoy several areas of philately, my primary focus is on the study and collecting of Constant Plate Varieties (CPVs) of steel engraved stamps. For many years my primary area was The Small Queens of Canada, but for the last several years, my efforts have been directed at a much larger field of study: The 1911 Canada Admiral issue of KGV.
marlerandbeyond.com
VisitThe initial goal for this site was to provide clear images of the stamps Marler described in his 1982 book "The Admiral Issue of Canada".
The scope has enlarged considerably from that early goal and now includes data from additional authors and new many new discoveries.
As of January, 2026, there are over 4,450 posts with more added frequently.
The site's search features have been significantly enhanced and the data delivery time is noticeably reduced.
canadasqvarieties.ca
VisitThe 2026 version of the Small Queen Constant Plate Varieties site has all the data previously offered and much more.
It is very fast and very easy to use.
The site can be edited and modified via a web browser
Guy Jeffery has agreed to continue to update the site with new CPVs, additinal data and newsletters. Expect regular updates.
cartier17cent.com
VisitMany of my honours Computer Science students will remember that I have had a longstanding interest in plating the Upper and Lower Canadian 17¢ Cartier stamp of 1859.
When the opportunity to work with an expert in the area arose, I jumped at it. This site is the result of my ongoing collaboration with Gilles Morel of Ottawa, Ontario.
The site has images of stamps for all 100 plate positions. In addition to images of the stamps, there are also scans of both early and late plate proofs for each position.
The site is bilingual and references work by earlier students as well as Gilles’ research.
isitconstant.ca
VisitThere is very little information on the flaws of the Admiral issue. With tens of thousands of plate positions to consider, determining the actual number of Admiral CPVs may be too much for one collector. An organized group effort might be helpful. I hope that this site will allow for easy communication of information.
This site is also soon to be deprecated.
Plans include addition of this data into "MarlerandBeyond.com"
sqiic.wgburden.ca
VisitThe purpose of the "Small Queens Is It Constant" site is to provide a forum to offer CPV candidates to the Small Queen community for consideration.
An organized group effort might be helpful in establishing proof that multiple examples of a given variety exist.
marlertypes.wgburden.ca
VisitDeprecated.
All information has been incorporated into "MarlerandBeyond.com" under the "Help & Misc." menu at the far right.