Lot 232 Bechuanaland Protectorate SG#111-113 1d - 3d Gray Blue & Scarlet - Yellow Brown & Deep Blue Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 9 F/VFOG Singles, All Showing Vertical Hairlines In Various Locations In The Frame Plate Colors

9 F/VFOG singles of the 1d - 3d gray blue & scarlet - yellow brown & deep blue Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, all showing vertical hairlines in various locations in the frame plate colors.

These would appear to be large confined to Bradbury Wilkinson issues like this, and likely result from cracks in the frame plates.

Gibbons values these at £19.25, so we estimate them at $25. 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