Canada #482var 5c Dark Blue & Multicolored Nonsuch, 1968 Voyage Of The Nonsuch, 5 VFNH Plate Inscription Pairs On NF, DF & Non Flecked Papers

5 VFNH plate inscription pairs of the 5c dark blue & multicolored Nonsuch from the 1968 Voyage Of The Nonsuch on NF, DF & non flecked papers. Most stamps have one or two each of LF, MF, HF & HB flecks. The wave varieties result from shifts in the dark blue engraving downward shifts result in pnk waves and large waves in which the white area around the hill of the ship is larger. Leftward shifts result in the protruding waves. Darnell used to list the large wave at $25 a stamp, but I think the large wave is more common than the small one. I think pink & protruding waves are worth $2 each, and the remainder are normal stamps. The stamp breakdown is as follows:
• NF-fl blue gray, a few each of LF, MF, HF & HB papers, small wave & pink wave
• As above, but normal small waves, showing little to no pink
• DF ivory, large waves
• NF grayish, normal waves
• DF-fl grayish, a few each of LF, MF, HF & HB flecks

Our estimate of the value is $10.10. The stamps offered here grade between 80 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70, 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

This is the first of the experimental perf 10 issues printed by BABN. The paper is generally always DF or is very moderatey flecked with a few HF or HB fibres. Greyish and greyish white are the default colours under UV, with bright cream, ivory and deep NF violet grey being the uncommon types. The so-called fluorescent paper on the Curling issue is really not much brighter than other flecked examples of any of the other perf. 10 BABN issues like this issue, George Brown, or the Lacrosse stamp. My experience is that any fluorecent paper on these issues os much, much scarcer than the dull papers, easily by a margin of 20 to 1. So, I would disagree with Unitrade's classification of the dull paper being the better stamp on the 1969 Curling issue. I have done my best to capture these differences by taking pictures with my camera under UV light, but the differences can be harder to see than in real life. That should be borne in mind if you are looking at the scans and cannot tell the difference between them.