Lot 95 Canada #BK35dE 1942-1947 War Issue, A Complete 25c English Booklet, 2 Panes Of 4+2 Labels 3c Rose Violet, Front Cover IIf, Back Cover Caiv, Type II, Copper Staple Variety, 7c & 5c Rates Page, 1,201,000 Issued

A complete 25c English booklet from the 1942-1947 War Issue, with 2 panes of 4+2 labels 3c rose violet. Front cover IIf, back cover caiv, type II. Copper staple variety - unusual, as most staples are steel. 7c & 5c rates page. 1,201,000 issued. Unitrade values this booklet at $16.50 for a normal steel staple. This is the first example with a copper staple we have seen, and should be worth a premium. So, our estimate for this booklet is $24.

The booklet offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70

Cover Freshness: 10/10

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: 5/5

For the booklets from this issue, the quantities issued refer to the total number of booklets issued for all rate page types, all staple sizes and all Harris front and back cover types for a particular denomination of booklet in English or French. They come from the McCann catalogue, which does not break the quantity down into the individual varieties. Consequently, depending on how many listed types there are, many of these booklets are much, much scarcer than the overall issue quantities would suggest. For example, according to McCann, there were 699,000 English 25c booklets containing four panes of 6 1c green stamps issued. However, there were seven different basic rate-page and cover type combinations, not counting the Harris sub-types. If they were more or less evenly distributed among these types, that is just under 100,000 of each type, and then this gets broken down further into between 2 and 8 Harris sub-types each. So, this places these issue quantities into a more accurate perspective.