Canada 9 John Cabot and Royal Family exceptionally fresh and with full

exceptionally fresh and with full original gum

1978 Fourteen cent Parliament

others with pristine never hinged original gum

Side margin inscriptions are noticeably weak and the "-PAL-" printed letters on both sides are thinner than those on the issued sheets

a very attractive plate proof pair from the top left corner of the sheet

Canada 9 John Cabot and Royal Family exceptionally fresh and with full1857 Seven and one half pence green on medium wove paper, imperforate, an attractive used single with ample to large margins, tied by a partially legible four ring '37' (Quebec) cancel to small piece, neat Paid London JY 6 59 postmark in red at left; pencil signed by expert Peter Holcombe on reverse. An exceptional example mailed during the last days of the Pence era, arriving in the United Kingdom the week Province of Canada adopted decimal currency,