Lot 198 Bahamas SG#143var 6d Light Blue & Olive Green Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, A VFOG Single, Showing Diagonal Scratches Resulting From Cracks In Both The Frame & Vignette Plate

A VFOG single of the 6d light blue & olive green Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing diagonal scratches resulting from cracks in both the frame & vignette plate.

The stamp shows 1) diagonal scratch in olive green through 'm' of Bahamas & diagonal scratch in right margin and 2) blue scratch through water & '3' of postage.

Gibbons values this at £7, so we estimate it at $20. The stamp offered here grades 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10