Lot 308 Canada #789T7 17c Green And Black Queen Elizabeth II, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, With Normal Tagging and Tag Wash Over Entire Stamp, DF/DF Paper and Mottled Background

A well centered and very fine CDS used single of the 17c green, grey and black Queen Elizabeth II stamp from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environmental issue, showing a tagging error, with one normal tagging and a tag wash over the entire stamp. Printed on DF/DF paper, with mottled background.

The Queen Elizabeth stamps of this series can be found printed with background colours that appear more or less even and solid, and with colours that appear mottled. Again this is not listed in Unitrade, but in my view it is a very collectible difference.

The Adminware database values this stamp at $25 for fine used, and this is the exact example illustrated there. The stamp offered here grades 78 as follows:

Margins/centering: 40/60

Paper freshness: 5/5

Color: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 8/10