Lot 182 Malta SG#210var 1/2d Black & Blue Green KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 3 VFOG Singles, Showing Vignette Plate Cracks Showing Black Hairlines Through Various Parts Of Design

3 VFOG singles of the 1/2d black & blue green KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing vignette plate cracks showing black hairlines through various parts of design.

The vignette plate flaws include 1) partially erased lines through Curfew tower & round tower, 2) pair to left of 'm' through state apartments and 3) through 'C' of Castle.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $15. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70, 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10