Lot 141 Trinidad & Tobago SG#239-240var 2c - 3c Ultramarine & Gray Black - Deep Blue & Scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 5 F/VFOG Singles, Frame & Vignette Varieties, Many of Which Are Constant

5 F/VFOG singles of the 2c - 3c ultramarine & gray black - deep blue & scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, frame & vignette varieties, many of which are constant.

The frame and vignette plate flaws include; 1) short, partially erased flagstaff above state apartments (this is constant), 2) pair of hairlines through dates & horizontal guideline in upper margin and 3) hairline from leaf beside 'W' of Windsor & horizontal guideline in top margin. 4) small log in water below chapel and 5) hairline through chapel.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $15. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/70, 45/70, 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10