Lot 23 Great Britain SC#143-143a (SG#217-218) 1/2d Pale Yellowish Green - Yellowish Green King Edward VII, 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, Very Fine Used Singles, Single Circle CDS Cancels, S-Z Villages or Towns

very fine used singles of the 1/2d pale yellowish green - yellowish green King Edward VII from the 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, single circle CDS cancels, s-z villages or towns.

The cancels are from Salcombe, Sudbury, Selsey, Wheatham Stead, Walsingham, Sheffield, Westbourne Bournemouth, Tunbridge Wells, Sallinaslde, Wickham, Wareham, Whittlesea & South Shore Blackpool. These are much scarcer than the heavier barrell CDS'.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $25. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 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