Lot 298 Canada #730T4 14c Bright Red Parliament Buildings, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, a Very Fine NH Coil Single Showing the G2aL 1-Bar Tagging Error, on DF Paper With Light Tagging

A very fine NH coil single of the 14c bright red parliament buildings stamp from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environmental issue, showing the G2aL 1-bar tagging error, with a single band running down the left side. Printed on DF-fl paper and with light tagging.

Although not specifically mentioned in Unitrade, the parliament stamps are found with three distinct tagging strengths:

• invisible, where the stamp appears to be untagged.
• light tagging, where the tagging bars appear visible but not dark, being a light yellowish cream.
• dark tagging, in which the bands appear deep brownish yellow, and are very obvious on the stamps.

The Adminware database values this stamp at $20. The stamp offered here grades 84 as follows:

Margins/centering: 54/70

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10