Lot 183 Malta SG#210var 1/2d Black & Blue Green KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 2 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles Examples With Black Hairlines Through Various Parts of the Design Resulting From Vignette Plate Cracks, ,

2 fine/very fine used singles of the 1/2d black & blue green KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue examples with black hairlines through various parts of the design resulting from vignette plate cracks.

The vignette plate flaws include 1) 2 faint partially erased lines to left of Curfewtower and 2) pair of hairlines through state apartments.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $10. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10