Canada #719 25c Multicoloured Sugar Maple, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, VFNH UL and LR Plate Blocks on NF/DF Paper With Mottled Background

Very fine NH upper left and lower right plate blocks of the 25c multicoloured Sugar Maple stamp from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environmental issue, printed on NF/DF paper. The stamps have a mottled background.

The paper is NF/DF.

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 values these blocks at $6.50. There is a very minor gum blemish on one stamp in the lower right block, but they are both NH.

The blocks offered here grade 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