Lot 223 Canada Walburn#B-35-D (Unitrade #35xx) 1c Yellow Queen Victoria, 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, A Good Used Single, Mid Second Ottawa Printing, Double Style B Precancel, Paper Type 2O-B (See Body)

A good used single of the 1c yellow Queen Victoria from the 1870-1893 Small Queen Issue, mid second Ottawa printing, double style b precancel, paper type 2O-B.

2O-B refers to second Ottawa printing on paper B (yellowish newsprint with horizontal mesh). One Impression on the precancel is vertical. Even with the thin and tear in the upper right corner, this is still a presentable spacefiller of this scarce type.

Walburn values this at $150. The stamp offered here grades 45 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 25/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10

Adjustment for mentioned faults: -20 points.