Lot 312 Canada #51i 1c Light Bright Yellow Orange , 1897 Diamond Jubilee Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, ABN-V Paper, Perf 12, Showing Plate Damage, Consisting of Two White dots Inside '3' & Below Curved Line Between 8 & 3 of 1837.

A very fine used single of the 1c light bright yellow orange from the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Issue, ABN-v paper, perf 12, showing plate damage, consisting of two white dots inside '3' & below curved line between 8 & 3 of 1837.

Lightly cancelled with a scarce cork cancellation consisting of small rectangles arranged in 4 staggered rows. Scarce, as corks were mostly all phased out by 1897.

Unitrade doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $30. The stamp offered here grades 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10