Lot 98 Canada #O8-226 50c Dull Violet Parliament, 1935 KGV Pictorial Issue, A Fine Used Single With 5 Hole OHMS Perfins, Pos. A

A fine used single of the 50c dull violet Parliament from the 1935 KGV Pictorial Issue with 5 hole OHMS perfins, pos. A.

Unitrade values this at $50. The stamp offered here grades 66 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10

Cancellation: 6/10

The 5-Hole OHMS overprints are covered in this last week's blog post. Unitrade de-listed a number of these in 2021 after findings published by the BNAPS study group suggested that a number of them were not ever issued. However, we do not agree that their findings are conclusive, for reasons explained in the detailed post. Although different dies were used for the perfin, it is reasonable to suggest that a given perfin should be genuine if it matches a known certified example. However, we do not have a certified example from the Carr collection. However we would note that Mr. Carr purchased all of his stamps from reputable dealers and it seems to us that if all of the stamps exhibit the same hole pattern that this would support the notion that they are genuine, since the chances that any two fakes would exhibit the exact same placement of holes is very small. We laid each stamp over top of the others and note that except as noted, all of these stamps had hole patterns that lined up perfectly with one another. Generally speaking, the pattern A's and D's seem to be the most common, with B, F, G and H being far less common.