Description
A very fine mint NH plate 2 lower right block of the 15c multicoloured mountain sheep definitive from the 1972-1977 Caricature and Landscapes Issue. Type 2, with general Ottawa 4 mm OP-2 tagging, and showing the "raised rump" variety. Comb perf. 13.3, with selvage perforated through. Horizontal wove paper with smooth chalk surfacing. Smooth creamy PVA gum with a satin sheen. Under ultraviolet light, the paper gives the following readings:
- On the front: dull fluofescent greyish, with a low density concentration of low fluorescent fibres.
- On the back: dull fluorescent greyish white, with a low density concentration of low fluorescent fibres, a sparse concentration of medium fluorescent fibres and very few high fluorescent fibres being visible in the paper.
Unitrade lists this stamp as being on LF/F paper, but this is a gross over-simplification, as the above description shows. There are actually many different paper types of the type 2, comb perf. 13.3 with 4 mm GT-2 OP-2 tagging and the raised rump variety. This one is closest to what Unitrade calls the LF/F paper. Unitrade lists the most common VF-75 NH block at $20.The block offered here grades VF-75 NH as follows:
Margins/centering: 45/70
Paper freshness: 5/5
Colour: 5/5
Impression: 5/5
Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5
Perfofations: 10/10
