Canada #587viii (SG#694) 2c Dull Green Laurier 1972-1978 Caricature Issue Booklet Stamp Tag Streak VF-75 NH

A very fine NH top row booklet single of the 2c dull green Sir Wilfred Laurier stamp from the 1973-1977 Caricature Issue, showing a vertical tag streak. Printed on vertical wove paper showing no ribbing on either the front, or the back. The paper gives a dull fluorescent blue grey on the front, and a dull fluorescent grey blue reaction on the back, with low density concentrations of dull and low fluorescent fibres, a sparse concentration of medium fluorescent fibres and very few high fuorescent fibres, visible on the back. General OP-2 Ottawa tagging, 4 mm wide, of light strength (barely visible to the naked eye), and glowing a bright greenish yellow under ultraviolet light, and having a mottled appearance. Comb perforated 12.0 x 12.5. Smooth, white PVA gum with a satin sheen. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single, without the tagging streak at $0.25, and does not specify a paper fluorescence. I have found over 11 different paper types, of which this is one. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows: Margins/centering: 45/70 Paper freshness: 5/5 Colour: 5/5 Impression: 5/5 Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5 Perforations: 10/10 You will receive one of the pictured stamps, of your choice. 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.