Lot 242 Ceylon SG#145var 1.5pi Deep Blue & Scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, A VFOG Single, Showing Unlisted Diagonal Hairline Scratch In Sky Above Curfew Tower, Very Scarce

A VFOG single of the 1.5pi deep blue & scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing unlisted diagonal hairline scratch in sky above Curfew tower, very scarce.

Very scarce, as there were very few hairline varieties on the Waterlow printings.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $35. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10