Lot 133 Canada #630/653 8c-15c Multicoloured Various Designs 1974 Commemoratives, 8 House of Commons First Day Covers Franked With Singles, Type A Cachets, DF, LF, HF and HB Paper, Cat. Value $24

A group of 8 House of Commons First Day Covers franked with singles. Generally all VF. The paper fluorescence of the stamps DF for the Welland Canal Issue; LF for the UPU Centenary and Winter Sports Issues; MF on the Jogging stamp; HF for the Christmas and Marconi Issues and HB for the remainder. The 8c UPU Centenary stamp is the better LF smooth paper printing. The Marconi Issue is represented by both HF and HB papers. Most all covers are addressed. Dickinson/Unitrade catalogue value for the basic covers is $24. Our estimate of the value after adding appropriate premiums is $26.

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.