Lot 246 Canada #213var 3c Carmine, 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee Issue, A FNH LL Strip Of 5, CBN-WWWWW Paper, Plate 1, Perf 11.9x12, Showing Sinusoidal Wave Plate Crack Hairlines In Both Selvedge & Right Margin.

A FNH LL strip of 5 of the 3c carmine from the 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee Issue, CBN-wwwww paper, plate 1, perf 11.9x12, showing sinusoidal wave plate crack hairlines in both selvedge & right margin.

Some light poxing on the gum of the lower 3 stamps. The plate cracks show as very fine hairlines in the slope of a sinusoidal wave. A similar variety has been discovered on the 1c Centennial. An interesting & unusual item.

Unitrade doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $25. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10