Lot 296 Canada #251, 251i 4c on 5c Violet Blue Queen Elizabeth & King George VI, 1939 Royal Visit Surcharge, A VFNH Block Of 6 With 'CENTL" Variety In Upper Left Stamp

A VFNH block of 6 of the 4c on 5c violet blue Queen Elizabeth & King George VI from the 1939 Royal Visit Surcharge with 'centl" variety in upper left stamp.

Unitrade values this at $56.25. The block offered here grades 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.