Canada #199 (SG#323) 5c Deep Steel Blue 1932-35 Medallion Issue Mottled Gum VF-80 OG

A well centered and very fine mint OG single of the 5c deep steel blue King George V bas-relief stamp from the 1932-35 Medallion Issue. Vertical wove paper with coarse vertical mesh and mottled browish cream gum with a semi-gloss sheen, suggesting that it is from a printing made sometime between 1932-1933. Unitrade values a VF-75 OG single at $16. The stamp offered here grades VF-80 OG as follows:

Margins/centering: 54/50

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 6/10

Note any vertical or horizontal line shown in the scan is the edge of the acetate strip that the stamp was resting inside on the stockcard.