Lot 366 Canada #1226-1127var 37c Canoe Manned By Voyagers & Inglis & Church, 1988 Inglis & Francis Ann Hopkins Issues, 3 VF Canada Post FDC's, DF2 and DF1 Cream Envelopes Franked With Inscription Blocks Showing Potentially Tertiary Varieties

3 VF official Canada Post FDC's, DF2 and DF1 cream envelopes of the 37c multicoloured Canoe Manned By Voyagers & Inglis & Church from the 1988 Charles Inglis & Francis Ann Hopkins Issues franked with inscription blocks showing potentially tertiary varieties. The envelopes used for the Charles Inglis issue are DF2, while the Francis Ann Hopkins Issue is on DF1 envelope. The LL Inglis block shows a small horizontal dash above the first A of Canada (pos. 42), while the UR block shows a pink horseshoe shaped flaw on the mountain of the LL stamp (pos. 9), and a small pink flaw on the grass in front of the church on the UR stamp (pos. 5). The Frances Ann Hopkins block shows a small blue dot in the clouds above the two people near the centre of their canoe, on the UL stamp (pos. 41). These varieties may or may not be tertiary, or even constant. More studies of full sheets will be required to derermine if this is the case. The envelopes used in 1988 exist in a wide variety of fluorescences ranging from DF to HF. Generally the lower grades, DF, LF and F are far more common than the MF and HF grades. 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.

Unitrade does not list these varieties, but based on what similar varieties sell for, we estimate the value at $18.