Lot 250 Canada #74, 75i, 75ii, 76, 77, 79, 79b 1/2c, 1c, 2c, 5c Black - Blue On Bluish Queen Victoria, 1898-1902 Numeral Issue, 18 VF Used Singles & 1 Pair, All With Different Papers or Shades

18 VF used singles & 1 pair of the 1/2c, 1c, 2c, 5c black - blue on bluish Queen Victoria from the 1898-1902 Numeral Issue. All with different papers or shades. The 1/2c stamps are different shades of black or grey black and are printed on both horozontal or vertical wove papers. The 1c stamps are mostly blue green shades that differ slightly, and are all on vertical wove papers that also differ slightly. The 2c stamps are all vertical wove, and differ in shde also. The 5c includes both the regular bluish paper and the paler bluish paper, called in Unitrade the "whiter paper".

Unitrade values this at $40. The stamps offered here grade 76-84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/60, 44/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10 and 6/10