Lot 384 Canada #BK52b, 52c, 53a-53c 1962-1967 Cameo Issue, A Selection of Complete 25c Bilingual, Booklets Containing Panes of 5 + Label of the 1c, 4c and 5c, Different "New Design" Covers

A well centered, fresh and very fine group of five 25¢ bilingual booklets from the 1962-1967 Cameo Issue, with different "New Design" cover types, as detailed below:

Paper type: Vertical ribbed paper

Printing method: Engraving

Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company

Perforation or die cut: 12 Line

Stamp colours: ultramarine, red and brown

Rate Page: no rate page, but rates on inside front cover: (1) printed "Local 4c first ounce", (2) as (1) with "Give stamps to shut ins" and (3) Printed "5c first ounce" handstamped in red "Local Letters 4c first ounce"

Gum Type: Shiny cream

The covers display the following characteristics:

Cover fluorescence: Dull Fluorescent

Cover seal type: Unsealed

Cover design: trapezoid on lined background

Cover markings or type: Type 2

Front cover: Trapezoid against lined background

Cover binding type: 12 mm Staple

Back cover: "Postal Zoning"
Interleaving inside? Yes

The Unitrade catalogue value for VF-75 mint examples of these booklets is $38. The booklets offered here grade between 71 and 80 as follows:

Cover freshness: 10/10 and 6/10

Centering of the panes: 50/70, 45/70 and 54/70

Condition of cover edges: 5/5

Freshness of the panes: 5/5

Absence of visible cover flaws or stains: 5/5 and 4/5

Condition of interleaving and contents: 5/5