{"product_id":"lot-397-canada-bk39ce-mccann-as-lot-394-but-panes-are-on-cbn-ooooooo-paper-front-cover-shows-pine-cone-seed-variety","title":"Lot 397 Canada #BK39cE (McCann) As Lot 394 But Panes Are On CBN-OOOOOOO Paper \u0026 Front Cover Shows Pine Cone Seed Variety","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete $1 English booklet from the 1942-1947 War Issue with 3c rosy purple \u0026amp; 4c dark carmine panes of 4 \u0026amp; 2 panes of 4 of 7c blue. Combination gift booklet. 12mm staple, English text. 404,500 issued. The panes are all printed on CBN-OOOOOOO paper. The front cover shows a different pine cone seed variety, which is likely also constant. This time it is between the third and fourth bunch of pine needles at the top of the branch.  Unitrade values this booklet at $66 without the variety. With the variety we estimate the value at $75. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe booklet offered here grades 75 as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentering\/Margins: 40\/70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover Freshness: 10\/10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition of Cover Edges: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFreshness of the Panes: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbsence of Visible Cover Flaws or Stains: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition of Interleaving and Contents: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the booklets from this issue, the quantities issued refer to the total number of booklets issued for all rate page types, all staple sizes and all Harris front and back cover types for a particular denomination of booklet in English or French. They come from the McCann catalogue, which does not break the quantity down into the individual varieties. Consequently, depending on how many listed types there are, many of these booklets are much, much scarcer than the overall issue quantities would suggest. For example, according to McCann, there were 699,000 English 25c booklets containing four panes of 6 1c green stamps issued. However, there were seven different basic rate-page and cover type combinations, not counting the Harris sub-types. If they were more or less evenly distributed among these types, that is just under 100,000 of each type, and then this gets broken down further into between 2 and 8 Harris sub-types each. So, this places these issue quantities into a more accurate perspective. This is even more acute in the case of the chewing gum booklets for both issues, as for the English booklets there were 16 possible cover combinations, while for the french there were 64, and still for the bilingual there were 225 possible combinations of front and back covers. Some of these are so rare that they have yet to be reported.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brixton Chrome","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58576831086752,"sku":"Lot-397 August 12 2026","price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0029\/7716\/9506\/files\/20230808_63_1b4e851e-2825-41a8-87fe-8f2de776583e.jpg?v=1708761011","url":"https:\/\/brixtonchrome.com\/products\/lot-397-canada-bk39ce-mccann-as-lot-394-but-panes-are-on-cbn-ooooooo-paper-front-cover-shows-pine-cone-seed-variety","provider":"Brixton Chrome","version":"1.0","type":"link"}