Canada #461 (SG#584) 8c Deep Brown Purple 1967-73 Centennial DF-fl Gr. Paper Smooth Gum VF-84 NH

A very well centered and very fine mint NH single of the 8c deep brown purple Alaska Highway stamp from the 1967-1973 Centennial Issue. Horizontal wove paper with no visible mesh, or ribbing and smooth creamy dextrose gum with a semi-gloss sheen. Under long-wave ultra violet light the paper gives a dull-fluorescent greyish reaction, with very, very few (i.e. fewer than 10) low fluorescent fibres visible in the paper. The ink colour under UV is also deep brown purple. The second scan shows the difference between this shade (left stamp) and the deep rose lilac (right stamp). Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single at $0.35. The stamp offered here grades VF-84 NH as follows: Margins/centering: 54/70 Paper freshness: 5/5 Colour: 5/5 Impression: 5/5 Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5 Perforations: 10/10 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.

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 or gum.