Lot 316 Canada #1181-1183i $1 Runnymede Library - $5 Bonsecours Market 1988-1992 Mammal and Architecture Issue, A Specialized Lot of 14 VF Used Singles

A specialized lot of 14 VF used singles of the BABN and CBN printings of the $1 Runnymede Library, $2 McAdam Railway Station and $5 Bonsecours Market. Includes the following varieties:
• $1 black inscriptions, brownish grey roof, dotted tan bricks, thin green header above door with squared ends, DF greyish white on back.
• $1 black inscriptions, brownish grey roof, dotted tan bricks, thin green header above door with squared ends, DF greyish white on back, slightly brighter blue background shade.
• $1 black inscriptions, grey black roof, dotted tan bricks, thin green header above door with squared ends, LF bluish white on back.
• $1 black inscriptions, grey black roof, dotted tan bricks, thin green header above door with rounded ends, DF greyish on back.
• $1 black inscriptions, grey black roof, solid tan bricks, thin green header above door with squared ends, DF greyish on back. This one has a small tear at the base that I didn’t see when I first pulled the lot. I will leave it in as a reference example, but won’t count it in the estimate.
• $1 dark blue inscriptions, grey black roof, solid tan bricks, thick green header above door with rounded ends.
• $1 dark blue inscriptions, jet black roof, solid tan bricks, thin green header above door with sqaured ends.
• $2 lighter orange shading, light green trim, MF reaction on back.
• $2 lighter orange shading, light green trim, DF bluish grey reaction on back.
• $2 lighter orange shading, light green trim, DF grey reaction, no ribbing visible in the paper (all other BABN printings in the lighter orange shade show some horizontal ribbing in the paper as seen from the back).
• $2 deeper orange shading and deeper green trim, 2 shades of the orange, one slightly redder than the other.
• $5 BABN and CBN printings, both on DF paper.
Unitrade values these at $23. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 80.

The Mammal and Architecture definitive issue is the subject of this week's blog post. You are encouraged to go here to find more information about the paper, shade, gum and fluorescence varieties that are described here, that are not in Unitrade. There you will find all of the information that you need in one place. That post will be published by the end of the day on Friday, December 16, 2022.