Canada #718 20c Multicoloured Douglas Fir, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, VFNH UL, UR and LL Plate 1 Blocks on DF/DF-fl Paper With Mottled Background

Very fine NH upper left, upper right and lower left plate blocks of the 20c multicoloured Douglas Fir stamp from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environmental issue, printed on DF/DF-fl paper. The stamps have a mottled background.

The paper is DF/DF-fl with a low density concentration of LF fibres, that reads as LF overall.

The medium value tree stamps of this issue can be found with background colours that appear solid and dotted under magnification, and with backgrounds that appear mottled. This is not mentioned in Unitrade, but I consider this to be a collectible difference.

Unitrade lists these blocks at $6.75.

The blocks offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Margins/centering: 45/70, and 50/70

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10