Lot 175 Canada #70 5c Dark Blue Queen Victoria, 1897-1898 Maple Leaf Issue, A VFOG Single On Horizontal Wove Paper

A VFOG single of the 5c dark blue Queen Victoria from the 1897-1898 Maple Leaf Issue on horizontal wove paper.

Unitrade values this at $300. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

The stamps of this issue are found printed on both horizontal and vertical wove papers. However, the scarcity of each type varies widely by value. The most common paper for all values other than the 5c is vertical wove, whereas on the 5c nearly all examples I have seen are on horizontal wove. The 2c, 10c, 8c and 3c are found about 20% of the time on horizontal wove paper, while the 1/2c, 6c, and 1c very seldom are. The standard paper is white and of a somewhat coarse texture, with clear mesh. There is a cream paper, that is thicker, with very fine mesh, that I have so far only found on the 1c, which is very scarce. The 5c also exists on a greyish paper that is not blue at all. This appears, also to be very scarce.