Lot 86 Newfoundland #118b,119 4c,5c Mauve, Ultramarine Beaumont Hamel, Ubique, 1919 Trail Of The Caribou Issue, 4 VFOG Singles With Various Perfs And Shades

4 VFOG singles of the 4c,5c mauve, ultramarine Beaumont Hamel, Ubique from the 1919 Trail Of The Caribou Issue with various perfs and shades. Includes:
- 4c pale mauve, perf 14.2x14.1 line
- 5c bright ultramarine, perf 14.2 line
- 5c bright ultramarine, perf 14.4x14.2 line
- 5c dull ultramarine, perf 14.4x14.1 line

Unitrade values this at $53.5. The stamps offered here grades 75-80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70-50/80

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Perforations on all Newfoundland stamps have been very carefully checked using an Instant perforation gauge, which measures accurately to the nearest .05 of a hole. Unitrade does state the number of perforation heads used by Whitehead and Morris to print the issues from the 1911 Royal Family Issue up to the Publicity Issue, but it would appear from a study of the stamps that a considerable amount of variation in the perforations on the issues printed by them does indeed exist. The Walsh and Butte Specialized Newfoundland Catalogue lists these variations, but does not price them, as far as I know. So, we have valued them using the basic Unitrade prices.