Canada J10a Canada March 1985

March 1985

Series "1" proof pane

upper left imprint se-tenant pane showing impressive one-bar tagging (G2aC - shifted 8mm to left)

The original find of this one-of-a-kind irregular “block of eight”

along with red marginal WOMAN LAKE and red route inscriptions are all as the issued Style Two on greenish blue paper

Canada J10a Canada March 19851932 Ten cent dark violet Postage Due, a remarkably choice and unusually well centered mint vertical pair imperforate horizontally, full original gum. Most of the only 50 pairs known are very poorly centered with perforations cutting into the design, this unchara cteristically well centered pair really stands out from the pack,Very Fine+, Never Hinged (Unitrade J10a; catalogue value $5,000+)