Canada #118 (SG#254) 10c Light Bistre Brown 1911-27 Admiral Issue Paper With No Mesh VF-80 OG

A well centered and very fine mint OG example of the 10c light bistre brown (bistre brown in Unitrade), dry printing Admiral stamp from the 1911-1928 Admiral Issue. Printed on white vertical wove paper with no visible mesh and measuring 0.0045" thick. The gum is a smooth shiny and slightly streaky cream, characteristic of the late dry printings from 1925-1928. 2016 Unitrade values a VF-75 single at $60. 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