Canada #730T9 14c Bright Red Parliament Buildings, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, a Fine Used Coil Single Showing the G2aL and G2cR Tagging Errors, With the Top 1/3 of the G2aL Bar Missing, NF Paper and Invisible Tagging

A fine used coil single of the 14c bright red parliament buildings stamp from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environmental issue, showing the top 2/3rds of the G2aL and full G2cR tagging errors on the same stamp. Printed on NF paper and with invisible 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 $10 for fine used, and this is the exact stamp shown in the listing on the website. The stamp offered here grades 71 as follows:

Margins/centering: 35/60

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 8/10

Cancellation: 8/10