Canada 1870-88 10c lilac-pink "Small Queen", Montreal printing, SG89.
A very fine mint well-centred block of 4 with lovely colour and brilliant large part original gum (the lower pair very lightly hinged). Minor separation at foot but wonderful condition.
Certainly the finest 10c block we have handled in the past 20 years.
One of the most sought after colour variants of the Small Queen series of stamps and particularly pleasing to find with such vibrant colour and quite exceptional in a block.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value of a single mint example is £750. The Canadian market puts substantial premium value on the highest condition grades, with a particular focus on the quality of the centering.
