Lot 123 Canada #120a 50c Grey Black (Black) King George V, 1925-1928 Admiral Issue, A Fine Appearing, But VGOG Single, Wet Printing

A fine appearing, but VGOG single of the 50c agate black (black) King George V from the 1925-1928 Admiral Issue, from one of the very early wet printings. A lateral shearing off and crease of the top layer of a lower perf, reduces the grade from fine to VG.
Unitrade values this at $160 for the normal stamp. The stamp offered here grades 60 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Adjustment for above mentioned fault: -10 points

Unitrade's treatment of the Admiral issue is quite simplified in the sense that only the broad shade groups are listed, and the retouched frameline is only listed on a few values, even though most of the first colours of each value can be found with both retouched frame and normal frame in the upper right spandrel of the design. In terms of shades, what we have done is to sort the stamps into each identifiable shade, name them using the Gibbons Stamp Colour Key and then attempt to assign each shade to one of the groups listed in Unitrade. This is fairly easy to do when you have all the shades identified and laid next to one another. The difference between the retouched and redrawn frameline is another source of confusion for many collectors. Basically, the normal frame, from the early printings has horizontal shading lines that terminate in a uniform straight line, with no vertical line connecting them. The retouched frameline is a light vertical line which has been added to join all the horizontal shading lines. It is generally only found on wet printings. The re-drawn frameline on the other hand is a thicker, heavier line and is only found on dry printings.