Canada #C1 (SG#274) 5c Olive Brown 1928 Scroll Issue Airmail Fine Mesh Paper GEM-100 OG
A perfectly centered mint OG example of the 5 cent olive brown Allegory of Flight airmail stamp from the 1928-1929 Scroll Issue. Vertical wove paper showing fine vertical mesh on the back. Unitrade values a VF-75 OG single at $20. However, perfectly centered examples like this are very scarce and worth many multiples of this modest value. The stamp offered here grades GEM-100 OG as follows:
Margins/centering: 70/70
Paper freshness: 5/5
Colour: 5/5
Impression: 5/5
Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5
Perforations: 10/10