Canada #560pvar 8c Red Heart, 1972 U.N. World Health Day Issue, A VFNH Single On MF Paper With Nearly Completely Faded Out OP4 Tag

A VFNH single of the 8c red Heart from the 1972 U.N. World Health Day Issue on MF paper with nearly completely faded out OP4 tag.

Our best estimate of the value, given the price Adminware gives to most tagging varieties, and the fact that none have been recorded on this stamp, is $5. The stamp offered here grades 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

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.