Lot 235 Newfoundland #174 3c Red Brown King George V & Queen Mary, 1931 Pictoral Issue - 3, A VF NH/OG Block Of 4 With Huge Blob On Crown With 3 Normals, Comb Perf 13.8

A VF NH/OG block of 4 of the 3c red brown King George V & Queen Mary from the 1931 Pictoral Issue - 3 with huge blob on crown with 3 normals, comb perf 13.8. UL stamp is LH others NH

Unitrade values this at $35.00+. The block offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Perforations on all Newfoundland stamps have been very carefully checked using an Instant perforation gauge, which measures accurately to the nearest .05 of a hole. Unitrade does state the number of perforation heads used by Whitehead and Morris to print the issues from the 1911 Royal Family Issue up to the Publicity Issue, but it would appear from a study of the stamps that a considerable amount of variation in the perforations on the issues printed by them does indeed exist. The later issues printed by Perkins Bacon also exhibit The Walsh and Butte Specialized Newfoundland Catalogue lists these variations, but does not price them, as far as I know. So, we have valued them using the basic Unitrade prices.