Lot 95 Canada #86 2c Black, Blue & Carmine Mercator's Projection, 1898 Imperial Penny Postage Issue, A Fine OG Single With Extra Islands & Scratch Through Ocean, Light Guideline In Right Margin
Lot 95 Canada #86 2c Black, Blue & Carmine Mercator's Projection, 1898 Imperial Penny Postage Issue, A Fine OG Single With Extra Islands & Scratch Through Ocean, Light Guideline In Right Margin
A fine OG single of the 2c black, blue & carmine Mercator's Projection from the 1898 Imperial Penny Postage Issue, with extra islands & scratch through ocean, light guideline in right margin.
Extra Islands around the south Atlantic ocean, along with a squiggly black scratch in the Pacifc ocean. There are also light guidelines along the right frameline. They are too fine to show up in a scan, but they are there.
Unitrade values this at $60. The stamp offered here grades 65 as follows:
Centering/Margins: 40/70
Paper Freshness: 0/5 (some mild foxing on gum)
Colour: 5/5
Impression: 5/5
Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5
Perforations: 10/10