Lot 332 Canada #1133-1133i 36c Multicoloured Canadian Coat of Arms, 1987 Charter of Rights & Freedoms Issue, 3 VF Official Canada Post FDC's, DF Cream Envelopes Franked With Inscription Blocks on LF & MF Rolland Papers

3 VF official Canada Post FDC's, DF cream envelopes of the 36c multicoloured Canadian Coat of Arms from the 1987 Charter of Rights & Freedoms Issue franked with inscription blocks on LF & MF Rolland papers. The LL block is the LF paper, and the other two are MF. The DF envelopes appear to be the standard ones for these issues, with fluorescent envelopes being less common. The fluorescence of the envelopes is an important characteristic that has been ignored by all the catalogues. Why does it matter? Because the envelope is an integral component of the FDC in the same way that a cover would be to a complete booklet, or the cardboard insert would be to a pack of plate blocks. The expectation, and general observation would be that Canada Post would utilize one type of envelope for a particular issue, so that if a different one from the standard type is found, then there is a good chance that it will be scarce, and is therefore, in our opinion collectible.

Chung values this at $8.55 for the basic LF Paper. There is no listing for FDC's on the scarcer MF paper, but the stamps on MF paper are generally worth $2.50 each. So our estimate of the value for this is $20.