Canada #262 (SG#388) $1 Deep Blue Destroyer 1942-46 War Issue Plate 1 LR Block VF-77 NH
A wonderfully well centered plate block from the lower right position of plate 1. Translucent vertical wove paper with clear mesh and colourless gum, identifying this as a pre-1945 printing. There is a very small natural paper inclusion on the D of "Canada", which does not show to the front of the stamp. Unitrade values a VF-75 block at $900. The block offered here grades 77 as follows:
Centering/margins: 50/70
Paper freshness: 5/5
Colour: 5/5
Impression: 5/5
Absence of visible paper flaws: 2/5
Perforations: 10/10