Lot 269 Newfoundland #217-218 7c-8c Blue-Orange Red Gilbert Receiving Royal Patents - Fleet Leaving Plymouth, 1933 Sir Humphrey Gibert Issue, 2 Fine Used Singles With Perfs 13.5 On 7c & 13.4x13.6 On 8c

2 fine used singles of the 7c-8c blue-orange red Gilbert Receiving Royal Patents - Fleet Leaving Plymouth from the 1933 Sir Humphrey Gibert Issue with perfs 13.5 on 7c & 13.4x13.6 on 8c.

Unitrade values this at $22. The stamps offered here grades 68-70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 8/10-10/10

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.