Lot 131 Canada #B1/B12 8c + 2c - 20c + 5c Multicoloured Various Designs 1974-1976 Montreal Olympics Semi-Postal Issues, 6 Kingswood First Day Covers Franked With Singles, HF Paper, Cat. Value $6.85

A group of 6 Kingswood First Day Covers franked with singles. Generally all VF. The paper fluorescence of the stamps HF for all issues. They look duller than this against the HB envelopes, but if they were just MF they would look much duller, and besides they all match B1, and B1 is always at least HF on the face. Unitrade catalogue value for the basic covers is $6.85. Our estimate of the value after adding appropriate premiums is $11.35.

A note about how we calculated Dickinson Catalogue values in conjunction with Unitrade. Dickinson does not list paper varieties on FDC's, nor do they price anything other than a single. FDC's are typically regarded as being similar to mint stamps in the sense that if they are unaddressed, they are still valid for postage. So, that is why the FDC price in Unitrade is typically slightly more than a mint single. That being the case, what we have done where we have a better paper variety on an FDC is we have taken the Dickinson catalogue value and added the mint value of the paper variety to the FDC price. If there is a pair or a block, we have added the Unitrade value of the extra stamps to the Dickinson cover price.