Canada #CE1 (SG#S13) 16c Bright Ultramarine 1942-43 War Issue Airmail Special Delivery VF-81 NH

A very well centered and post office fresh NH single. Soft wove paper with cream coloured gum. Small natural paper inclusion to the right of the airplane fuselage. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single at $5.25. The stamp offered here grades 81 as follows:

Centering/margins: 54/70

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 2/5

Perforations: 8/10