Lot 253 Newfoundland #163,165,172-174 1c,3c Green - Red Brown Map - King George V & Queen Mary, 1929-1931 Pictoral Issue - 2 &3, 7 F/VF Commercial Covers With Single & Multiple Usage, All From St. John's Or Smaller Towns To Either Local Or USA

7 F/VF commercial covers of the 1c,3c green - red brown Map Of Newfoundland - King George V & Queen Mary from the 1929-1931 Pictoral Issue - 2 &3 with single & multiple usage, all from St. John's or smaller towns to either local or USA. Includes two 1c rats, one 2c rate and 4c rates. Generally indentified these as being the watermarked stamps as the designs tend to have more relief than the unwatermarked stamps and are all comb perf. Two covers are slightly reduced at left

Our estimated value is $20.

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.