Canada Scott/Unitrade #996 error...

I sent an email to Unitrade and this was there reply....

Kris:

Nice find. The Unitrade catalogue lists a "silver colour and tagging omitted" error for this stamp, but we have not listed a partial missing colour.

I am not aware if other partial missing colours, similar to your find, have been reported on this stamp.

I would suggest contacting either the VGG Foundation (who certify Canadian stamps/errors) or a prominent dealer of Canadian stamps.

www.greenefoundation.ca/

www.saskatoonstamp.com/

www.garylyon.com/

www.citystamp.ca/



Robin Harris

Editor, Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps

unitrade@adminware.ca

This is the mint block that they have.....

Greetings Mr. kacyds
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You must remember that a positive "certification of authenticity" only verifies it is an error. It does not certify a "value" on the stamp, especially if you plan to sell it. However, you do have a written estimate (even if it is by email).
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If you, or your heirs, might happen to want to sell/auction it off in the future, the certificate will definitely help justify your asking price. It definitely will not hurt. It all depends on how much you want to get rid of your forty bucks.
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The good thing about getting the error certified is the possibility of have the it listed in major stamp catalogs. It's good in that it brings awareness to stamp collectors that the error exists and is out there to be found. (Kind of like free advertising.) It is a bad thing if a whole bunch of the errors are found and tips the scale in the wrong direction for you in the Supply-Demand department.
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Personally, I'd swap forty smackers for a frame-able stamp certificate of authenticity. (It'll make a grand conversational starter.)
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

Greetings Mr. kacyds
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You better hurry. I'll be pretty close to your neck of the woods (Thibodaux and Oak Alley Plantation) early/mid next month.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

Kris, how did you come about this stamp?

This could show others that you never know what one may find out there.

A large lot of stamps can be a treasure trove of great finds with the right mind set.

But a great find for a great friend.

Kacyds, Just a stamp like any old stamp

But not this one hiding on a page waiting to be found.

I know it must feel great to find such a great find.

My day will come.

Received this email from the Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, in Toronto, Ontario today....

Hello Kris

Thank you for your enquiry and the scan of your unusual stamp.

We have not had the opportunity to examine or certify this stamp with only a portion of the silver missing. We have seen them with the silver missing entirely.

We would welcome the opportunity to examine your stamp which, from the scan, appears to be a production flaw likely caused by something sitting on the sheet and falling off with a partial impression.

If you wish to have the stamp certified, you will find the submission form and instructions on our website at www.greenefoundation.ca

Best wishes

Garfield Portch
Vice President
Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation

The latest email is the company that does the certifying of Canada stamps. I will spend the $40 without a blink of an eye.

I sent them another email, stating I was in the US and do they take personal checks. Waiting for a response. Might have to get a money order, maybe. I will wait and see.