A F/VF OG imperforate pair of the wet printing, die 1, with retouched frameline and security punch holes. Unitrade makes no mention of the existence of punched examples, but it is well known that several of the archives of printers often punched samples retained on file to prevent their usage. There is a shallow hinge thin that reduces the grade of the left stamp to fine, but the right stamp is VF. 2023 Unitrade catalog for a normal pair would be $42.50. We are estimating the value of this pair at $40. The pair offered here grades between 74 and 84 as follows:
Centering/Margins: 54/70
Paper Freshness: 10/10
Colour: 10/10
Impression: 5/5
Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5
Adjustment for shallow hinge thin on left stamp: -10 points
