Canada Stamp Booklet - #BK74 Caricature Definitives (1974) 25¢

Booklet of 6 stamps (#586a in cover)

A superb collection of the 10 possible covers (complete set) of the 1974 Caricature definitives booklet (#583a in booklet #BK74a) where all of the panes are showing a DRASTIC 3 MM DOWNWARD PERFORATION SHIFT ERROR!

This results in some jumbo stamps of 27 mm on top and some tiny stamps of 21 mm at bottom (a regular stamp is 24 mm). The top of the hair on the #586as and the top of the crown on the two #593xxi are also strongly "nibbled" on the lower stamps!

A single example of these booklets with such a drastic error would already be a very rare item, but a complete set of all the possible covers is nothing less than a showpiece collectible!!!

Beautiful booklet of the Caricatures definitives with MAJOR INK SMEARS, especially on the Queen Elizabeth II (#593). We were only able to find half a dozen of such booklets throughout the years and each one of them has different smears, a very nice collectible!

Variety where the "1" facial value is missing on two orange stamps (#586), scarcely seen and officially listed at $150 in the catalogue (#BK74f)!

A very rare variety, where the bottom half of "Canada 8" is missing on the two blue stamps, officially listed as #BK74i in the catalogue for $350!

PS: This is the very first example we have seen, very hard to find!

Booklet pane #586a in cover with the constant variety of repeating "C" on the two centre stamps.