Lot 496 Canada #845-846var 35c Multicoloured, 1979 Flying Boats, 4 VFNH Singles Showing Different Background Shades on NF/NF Paper

4 VFNH singles on NF/NF paper, showing drastically different background shades. The backgriound on the Consolidated Canso stamp varies from a very bright, light blue, to a deeper, duller blue, almost like the picture would appear in bright sunlight versus is the sun went behind clouds. On the Vickers Vedette stamp the sky has far more patches of blue visible on one stamp, whereas on the other, it appears as almost entirely a dull sea green, particularly to the left of the plane. Unitrade does not list any shades on modern issues, but as basic stamps they catalogue $3.40.

The stamps offered here grade 80, as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10