Lot 339 Canada #35ivar 1c Yellow Queen Victoria, 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue, A VG Used Single Mid Montreal Printing On Hard Medium White Wove With Fine Vertical Mesh (MM-F), Perf. 12 x 12.1, Extensive Dry Inking Flaw Under "CANADA POSTAGE"

A VG used single of the 1c yellow Queen Victoria from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue mid Montreal printing on hard medium white wove with fine vertical mesh (mm-f), perf. 12 x 12.1, extensive dry inking flaw under "canada postage" . Flaws like this are much less common on these stamps that you would expect. The dozen or so lots offered in this sale with printing flaws came from several hundred used 1c stamps that I went through thoroughly.

Unitrade values this at $8. The stamp offered here grades 61 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10

Cancellation: 6/10