Lot 227 Bermuda (C)SG#111a 1.5d Deep Blue & Deep Purple Brown - Blue & Deep Brown Purple , 1936-1952 KGVI Pictorial Issue, 2 VFOG Singles, 1940 & '44 Printings, Line Perf, Different Papers
2 VFOG singles of the 1.5d deep blue & deep purple brown - blue & deep brown purple from the 1936-1952 KGVI Pictorial Issue, 1940 & '44 printings, line perf, different papers.
The deep purple brown shade (1940) is on opaque wove paper with barely visible wmk and the 1944 printing is on translucent paper with visible wmk. Both have crackly gum with diagonal crazing.
Gibbons values these at £38, so we estimate them at $20. The stamps offered here grade 80 and 84 as follows:
