Canada #604 (SG#710) 8c Royal Blue Queen Elizabeth II 1972-1978 Caricature Issue Coil Unservered Block LF Paper Type 1 VF-75 NH

A well centered and very fine NH unsevered stamp, stamps or multiple of 6 of the 8c royal blue Queen Elizabeth II coil stamp from the 1973-1977 Caricature Issue, showing a faint trace of the horizontal score line separating the stamp, stamps or multiple into pairs, and showing a tag streak running down the top left hand stamps in the stamp, stamps or multiple. Printed on horizontal wove paper with no ribbing. The paper gives a dull fluorescent greyish reaction under ultraviolet light on the front and back, with sparse concentrations of low fluorescent, medium fluorescent, and brownish woodpulp fibres visible in the paper. General OP-2 Ottawa tagging, 4 mm wide, of weak strength (barely visible to the naked eye), and glowing a bright yellow under ultraviolet light. Perforated 10.0 vertically. Smooth, cream PVA gum with a satin sheen. Unitrade lists 604 as LF paper. I have found three different variations of the LF paper, of which this is one. Unitrade values four VF-75 NH singles on the basic LF paper, with normal tagging at $1.20 and a stamp, stamps or multiple without the score line at $70. A fair price for a stamp, stamps or multiple like this, with the tagging variety would be $15. The stamp, stamps or multiple offered here grades 75 as follows: Margins/centering: 50/70 Paper freshness: 5/5 Colour: 5/5 Impression: 5/5 Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5 Perforations: 5/10 Note: the above scan is a stock photo as are all my scans for material after 1952. The stamp, stamps or multiple you will receive has 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 stamp, stamps or multiples after 1952 unless they are required to illustrate some attribute of the paper or gum.