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Canada #594avar, aiivar 10c Multicoloured Forests, 1972-1979 Landscape Definitive Issue, 2 Fine & VF Used Singles Type 2, Perf. 13.3, DF/DF and DF/LF Papers, Showing Creeping Vegetation Variety

Canada #594avar, aiivar 10c Multicoloured Forests, 1972-1979 Landscape Definitive Issue, 2 Fine & VF Used Singles Type 2, Perf. 13.3, DF/DF and DF/LF Papers, Showing Creeping Vegetation Variety

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2 Fine & VF used singles of the 10c multicoloured Forests from the 1972-1979 Landscape Definitive Issue type 2, perf. 13.3, DF/DF and DF/LF papers, showing creeping vegetation variety. Includes (1) DF1/DF1 paper; (2) DF1/LF3 paper. The creeping vegetation variety results from a leftward shift of the green photogravure, which causes it to poke out past the dark green frameline at left - something rarely seen on this design.

Unitrade values this at $5. The stamps offered here grade 75-80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60 and 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10

The landscape definitives of 1972-1979 are a particularly complex area, with many of the compexities not being listed in Unitrade. Unitrade's description of paper fluorescence is very oversimplified. We have described all the differences we see on these stamps, and in ascribing fluorescence levels we cross -referenced the stamps back to stamps of the Caricature issue that we had sorted into the various fluorescence levels earlier. As a result of this, some of my earlier descriptons have changed slightly, as I have made the determination of fluorescence more accurate. Another aspect that isn't covered in Unitrade, but which clearly differs is the appearance of the photogravure printed background on the 10c, 15c and 50c values. I have described them as "screened background", "semi-solid background", "nearly solid background" and solid background. Screened background, means that all the individual screening dots that make up the coloured area can all be clearly seen as individual dots. Semi-sold background refers to one where some dots are visible, but they are clearly merging into ine another. Nearly sold background means very few, individual dots are visible. Finally on stamps with solid background, the individual screening dots that make up the printing are not individually visible as dots.

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