Lot 197 Bahamas SG#142var 2.5d Chestnut/Reddish Brown & Deep Blue Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 3 F/VFOG Singles, Showing Plate Scratches Or Other Possibly Constant Varieties

3 F/VFOG singles of the 2.5d chestnut/reddish brown & deep blue Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing plate scratches or other possibly constant varieties.

The varieties are: 1) vertical scratch through left value tablet, 2) dash on 5 of 1935 and 3) broken flagstaff & diagonal scratch through sword hilt.

Gibbons values these at £15, so we estimate them at $30. 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