Lot 438 Canada #787-xxi 15c Multicoloured Canada Violet, 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue, 9 VFNH Plate Pairs Mostly Grey Violet Background, Various DF/DF & DF/LF Papers, Smooth & Vertically Ribbed Gums, Normal & Precancelled

9 VFNH plate pairs of the 15c multicoloured Canada Violet from the 1977-1982 Floral & Environment Issue mostly grey violet background, various DF/DF & DF/LF papers, smooth & vertically ribbed gums, normal & precancelled. Includes: (1) grey violet background on DF1/DF1 vertically ribbed gum; (2) grey violet background on DF1/DF2 bluish white paper; (3-4) grey violet background on DF2/DF1-fl paper that appears DF2 overall due to a very sparse concentration of LF fibres, normal & precancelled, vertically ribbed gum; (5) grey violet background on DF2/LF3 paper, vertically ribbed gum; (6-7) grey violet background on DF2/LF3 paper,smooth ribbed gum, normal & precancelled; (8-9) grey violet background, DF2/LF4-fl paper, smooth & vertically ribbed gum.

Unitrade values this at $10.9. The pairs offered here grade 75-84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70 and 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10