Lot 389 Canada #1004-1006 32c-64c Multicoloured Urban & Rural Churches & Family, 1983 Christmas Issue, 9 VFNH Singles, NF/NF and NF/DF Clark Papers

9 VFNH singles of the 32c-64c multicoloured Urban & Rural Churches & Family from the 1983 Christmas Issue. NF/NF and NF/DF Clark papers. This issue is the second commemorative issue to be printed on Clark paper, and while this paper is generally always NF on the front, the back can be either DF or NF. In this lot the 32c stamps are on NF/DF1 and NF/NF paper, the 37c stamps are on NF/DF2, NF/DF1 and NF/NF papers, and the 64c stamps are on NF/DF1 paper. Both the 64c stamps and the 37c stamps on the NF/NF paper show two distict combinations of shades.

Unitrade does not list any paper varieties on this issue, even though there are at least 2 types of Clark paper used here. Not all are equally common. Our best estimate of the value, based on what similar listed paper varieties sell for is $10. The stamps offered here grade 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10