Lot 187 Malta SG#210var 1/2d Black & Blue Green KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, A Fine Used Single, Showing Unlisted & Possibly Constant Diagonal Line Above Chapel

A fine used single of the 1/2d black & blue green KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing unlisted & possibly constant diagonal line above chapel.

The line is the same shade of black & as the rest of the vignette & darker than the cancel, so it does not result from the cancel.

Gibbons values this at £, so we estimate it at $15. The stamp offered here grades 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10