Lot 62 Canada #462iiivar 10c Olive Green Jack Pine, 1967-1973 Centennial Issue - The Plate Crack, State 4, In a VFNH LL Corner Block of 10, HB12 Paper, Spotty White Gum

A near perfectly centered VFNH lower left corner block of 10 of the 10c olive green Jack Pine stamp from the 1967-1973 Centennial issue, printed on the vertical ribbed HB paper (12 on the Irwin-Freeman scale), with spotty white gum, showing the plate crack in the left selvedge as described in Harris. Harris illustrates this crack in figure 773 of his book and describes it as existing in 6 states. This would appear to be state 4.

A superb showpiece item of exhibition quality: very few blocks likely still exist, especially on this paper. Net est. $350.