Canada #340p (SG#466p) 4cDull Violet 1954 Wilding Issue WCB DF GW Ribbed Paper VF-75 NH

A very fine NH example of the 4c dull violet Winnipeg Tagged Queen Elizabeth II stamp from the 1954 Wilding Issue. The stamp is printed on vertical wove paper giving a dull-fluorescent greyish white reaction under ultraviolet light and showing light vertical ribbing. The tagging is lightly applied, being almost invisible to the naked eye. Smooth, shiny cream coloured gum. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single at $5. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/margins: 45/70

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Note: the above scan is a stock photo as are all my scans for material after 1952.The item (s) you will receive has (have) been carefully checked to adhere to the above grading standards, so while it (they) may not be exactly the same, it (they) will be of the same quality. Also, I do not provide back scans of NH stamps or blocks after 1952 unless they are required to illustrate some attribute of the paper of gum.