Lot 340 Canada #35i 1c Yellow & Bright Yellow, A Fine Used Single Late Montreal Printings, Stout Horizontal Non-Porous Paper With Coarse Horizontal Mesh (LM-A), Perf.12.1 & 12.1 x 12.2, Dry Inking Under "GE", "ANA" & "POSTAGE"

A fine used single of the 1c yellow & bright yellow Queen Victoria from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issue late Montreal printings, stout horizontal non-porous paper with coarse horizontal mesh (lm-a), perf.12.1 & 12.1 x 12.2, dry inking under "ge", "ana" & "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 $15. The stamp offered here grades 65-66 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 25/60, 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10 and 10/10