Canada #707var-708var 2c-3c Multicoloured Western Columbine & Canada Lily, 1977-1985 Floral & Environment Issue, 2 VF Canada Post Official FDC's Franked With LL Plate Blocks, DF Papers, LF3 Envelopes, Showing Shifts Of Engraving

2 VF Canada Post official FDC's of the 2c-3c multicoloured Western Columbine & Canada Lily from the 1977-1985 Floral & Environment Issue franked with LL plate blocks, DF papers, LF3 envelopes, showing shifts of engraving. The 3c shows a significant rightward shift of the dark brown engraving, with "Postes Postage" touching the inner frameline at right. The 2c shows a significant leftward shift of the dark red engraving, with the "2" and "C" of Canada touching the inner frameline at left. The DF envelopes appear to be the standard ones for these issues, with the fluorescent envelopes being less common. The fluorescence of the envelopes is an important characteristic that has been ignored by all the catalogues. Why does it matter? Because the envelope is an integral component of the FDC in the same way that a cover would be to a complete booklet, or the cardboard insert would be to a pack of plate blocks. The expectation, and general observation would be that Canada Post would utilize one type of envelope for a particular issue, so that if a different one from the standard type is found, then there is a good chance that it will be scarce, and is therefore, in our opinion collectible.

Unitrade does not list these varieties. Our estimate of the value is $10.