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Canada Unitrade 776 To 779.

 
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Posted 02/12/2024   08:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add itma to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I am having trouble with this attractive se-tenant set of four. Here is an image of the set in an Upper Left plate block.

My question is - what is the "weather balloon" variety on 778 (Northern Light - Position 6) and 779 (Labrador - Position 29)? The only things I see in Position 6 are details a and b in the following image. These are constant (though somewhat variable) on all Position 6 examples I have, and do not appear on any other of my 15 examples. Can anyone provide an image if this does not involve the "weather balloon" variety?

There are similarly constant flaws on 776 (Chief Justice Robinson) in Position 1, as pictured below. White dots in the "1" and "4" of the denomination. I realize these are quite small but I am amazed at how some Unitrade varieties are indeed small, e.g. 693iii and 693 iv from the 1976 RMC issue.

Another similarly constant flaw in 779 (Labrador), Position 7, in the next image. At first I thought this might be the "weather balloon". Then I realized I was looking at the wrong ship and/or the wrong position. A reddish blob following and slightly higher than "LABRADOR".

Should these be listed by as varieties by Unitrade? They are certainly no smaller than many listed varieties on other stamps. I certainly hope that Unitrade is not going to go the way of, for example, the Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue which, by and large, only lists the grossest of otherwise documented varieties.

So, a busy little plate block.

And finally as a reminder, if someone could post a picture of the weather balloon variety, I would be most grateful.
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Posted 02/12/2024   2:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BlackJag to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Weather-Balloon-Northern-Light


Labrador-Flagman


Labrador---Weather-balloon
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Posted 02/13/2024   06:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add itma to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
BlackJag/3Dadeo:

Thanks for the images and your time to respond. By the luck (or unluck) of the draw, the weather balloon does not appear on any of my five copies of 778 Northern Lights, position 6. And all I have are PBs, so no Labrador, position 29, either.

And my apologies also. I see now that the varieties are pictured in my 2021 Unitrade. But they are above rather than below the listing for this set, rather than below.
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