Canada #C4var 6c On 5c Olive Brown Mercury & Globe, 1932 Ottawa Economic Conference Issue, 2 Fine NH Singles Showing Extra Island Off Greenland & One Without, Both With Semi-Gloss Cream Gum

2 fine NH singles of the 6c on 5c olive brown Mercury & Globe from the 1932 Ottawa Economic Conference Issue showing extra island off Greenland & one without, both with semi-gloss cream gum. This variety reappears on very many stamps as well as the variation without the extra island. The extra island, when it does appear , is always in more or less the same place. So what this might actually be are two types of this stamp. It is not resulting from separate dies, as Lot 335 shows that both varieties occur on the same sheet.

Unitrade values this at $60 for normal examples without the variety. Our estimate of the value in condition offered is $65. The stamps offered here grade 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 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.