Canada #559-560ii 8c Deep Red Lilac & Red Figure Skaters & Heart, 1972 Figure Skating & UN World Health Day Issues, 5 VFNH Inscription Pairs With Different Fluorescent Sooth & Ribbed Papers

5 VFNH inscription pairs of the 8c deep red lilac & red Figure Skaters & Heart from the 1972 Figure Skating & UN World Health Day Issues with different fluorescent sooth & ribbed papers. The lot includes;
#559:
• HF9/HB11-fl with few HB12 flecks
• HF8/HB11-fl with few HB12 flecks
#560
• NH horizontal ribbed
• LF4 smooth paper
• LF3 smooth paper

Unitrade values these at $7.2. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 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 issue introduces the chalk-surfaced paper that Ashton Potter would use in various forms to print stamps throughout the early to mid 1970's.The World Health Day issue uses an uncoated paper that is either non-fluorescent and horizontally ribbed, or is fluorescent and smooth, while being crisp also. The ribbed non-fluorescent version is not seen again, but the smooth, fluorescent paper was used for a small portion of the 1973 Algonkian issue, depicting the Algonkian couple and the thunderbird. Other than that, this paper too is very short-lived.