Lot 136 Canada #1203var, 1203ivar 50c Multicoloured The Young Reader, 1988 Art Canada Issue, 2 VFNH Singles LF & DF Harrison Paper, Significant Leftward & Rightward Shifts of Yellow,Light Blue & Dull Red

2 VFNH singles of the 50c multicoloured The Young Reader from the 1988 Art Canada Issue LF & DF Harrison paper, significant leftward & rightward shifts of yellow,light blue & dull red. On these stamps, the dull red, light blue and yellow layers that combine together to give the taupe background colour are misaligned at the right and left sides of the frame, so that the individual colours are visble. The stamp showing the yellow at left is on the DF Harrison paper, while the other one is on the LF Harrison paper.

Unitrade does not list these varieties, but we estimate the value at $20. The stamps offered here grade 75, 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10