Canada #134 (SG#218a) 3c Very Deep Brown 1911-27 Admiral Perf. 12 Horizontally VF-80 LH

A well centered and very fine mint OG LH single of the 3c very deep brown (brown in Unitrade) wet printing Admiral coil from the 1911-1928 Admiral issue, perforated 12 horizontally. Printed on vertical wove paper measuring 0.004" thick with no visible mesh. The gum is a smooth, shiny cream, characteristic of the late wet printings made after 1918. Unitrade values a VF-75 OG single at $20. 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