Canada #194, C4 13c, 6c On 5c Olive Brow, Deep Olive Brown, Green & Deep Yellow Green Mercury & Globe & Britannia, 1932 Ottawa Economic Conference Issue, 4 Fine OG Singles Cream & Yellowish Cream Semi-Gloss Gums

4 fine OG singles of the 13c, 6c on 5c olive brow, deep olive brown, green & deep yellow green Mercury & Globe & Britannia from the 1932 Ottawa Economic Conference Issue cream & yellowish cream semi-gloss gums. Both C4's have semi-gloss cream gum. The 13c green has satin cream gum, and the deep yellowish green is on paper with deep yellowish semi-gloss gum.

Unitrade values this at $54. The stamps offered here grade 65-70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/70, 40/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

This stamp, from the Arch issue, always seems to have semi-gloss or satin cream gum, which tends towards white. I have never seen any other type. Given that only 400,000 C2's were issued and 500,000 C4's, it would appear that there was only one printing of C2, or quite possibly two, one in each of the two shades, olive brown and deep olive brown, for a total of 900,000 stamps, a majority of which were overprinted. There appears to be two design types: one with no small, extra island off the coast of Greenland, and another showing an extra island. Lots 535 and 536 prove that these types both occur reqularly in the same sheet.