Lot 94 Canada #1107b 34c Multicolored The Vikings - John Cabot, 1986 Explorers Issue, 3 VFNH Souvenir Sheets Of 4 With DF/NF & DF/DF Papers & Different Gums

3 VFNH souvenir sheets of 4 of the 34c multicolored The Vikings - John Cabot from the 1986 Explorers Issue with DF/nf & DF/DF papers & different gums.

One sheet is DF/NF with smooth Harrison gum, another is DF/NF with highly streaky gum that show streaky under UV, and the final one is DF/DF with streaky gum that appears smooth under UV.

Unitrade values these at $12. The souvenir sheets offered here grade between 80 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70, 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 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.