Canada #538 (SG#680) 7c Multicoloured Winter 1971 Maple Leaf In Four Seasons Issue MF-fl/LF Horizontal Wove VF-84 NH

A very well centered and very fine NH single of the 7c maple leaf in winter from the 1971 Maple Leaf in Seasons Issue. Printed on horizontal wove paper showing no ribbing or mesh and giving a medium fluorescent bluish white reaction under ultraviolet light on the face, and a low fluorescent bluish white reaction on the back, with a high density concentration of medium fluorescent fibres visible in the paper. Comb perforated 10.8 x 11.0. Smooth, colourless PVA gum with an eggshell sheen. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single at $0.40. It does not list any variations in paper fluorescence, even though there are several. The stamp offered here grades 84 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