Lot 89 Canada #BK119a, 120b 34c & 39c Multicolored Rebirth & Virgin Mary With Christ Child, 1990 Christmas Issue, 2 VFNH Booklets Of 10 With DF & LF Covers, With & Without Tag Bar Across Tab

2 VFNH booklets of 10 of the 34c & 39c multicolored Rebirth & Virgin Mary With Christ Child from the 1990 Christmas Issue with DF & LF covers, with & without tag bar across tab.

The 34c booklet is the DF cover with no tag bar on label. The 39c is LF cover, tag bar across tab.

Unitrade values these at $20. The booklets offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70

Cover Freshness: 5/5

Condition of Cover Edges: 5/5

Freshness of the Panes: 5/5

Absence of Visible Cover Flaws or Stains: 5/5

Condition of Interleaving and Contents: 10/10

The commemorative issues from 1986 to 1990 form a fascinating area of study for the collector of modern Canadian issues and are the subject of this week's blog post. You are encouraged to read the post for more information about these issues and specifically about the different papers used in production during this time. In the case of the paper varieties, many are not listed in Unitrade. So, in valuing them we take the Unitrade value of the listed variety that is closest to the actual variety we are describing.