Lot 291 Canada #251 2c On 5c Violet Blue Queen Elizabeth & King George VI, 1939 Royal Visit Surcharge, 2 VFNH Pairs With The Surcharges Out of Alignment

2 VFNH pairs of the 2c on 5c violet blue Queen Elizabeth & King George VI from the 1939 Royal Visit Surcharge with surcharges that are out of alignment, with the surcharge on the left side being higher than the one on the right.

Unitrade values this at $15. The pairs offered here grade 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

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.