Canada #BK55 (SG#SB60) 25c Centennial Booklet Deep Bright Blue LF/DF Covers DF Pane VF-75 NH

A very fine NH example the 25c Centennial Issue stapled booklet containing 1 pane of 5 5c stamps, with deep bright blue Centennial cover. Both the front and back covers are printed on smooth card stock. The front cover gives a dull fluorescent greyish reaction under UV light, with a sparse concentration of low fluorescent fibres and a very sparse concentration of medium fluorescent fibres. The back cover gives a dull fluorescent reaction under UV light, with very few medium fluorescent fibres, visible in the stock. The pane is printed on horizontal wove cream paper with smooth, yellowish cream coloured dextrose gum that has a semi-gloss sheen. The pane gives a dull fluorescent greyish reaction under UV light, with no fluorescent fibres being visible in the paper. The staple is 13 mm long and the booklet contains an interleaf between the back of the pane and the back cover. In normal light, and under UV light, the ink is deep blue. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH booklet with the regular DF covers at $8.00, While McCann values the same booklet at $8.00 also. This booklet is listed in McCann as BK55a. Neither catalogue values these booklets with low fluorescent covers, which are scarcer than the normal dull fluoescent covers. The scans show a side-by side comparison of the dull blue, bright blue and deep bright blue covers which are found on these booklets. The booklet offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering of the panes: 45/70

Cover freshness: 10/10

Condition of cover edges: 5/5

Freshness of panes: 5/5

Absence of visible cover flaws/stains: 5/5

Condition of interleaving and contents: 5/5

Note: the above scans are a stock photos 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.