Skip to product information
1 of 3

Brixton Chrome

Lot 248 Montserrat SG #242/254c 1970-1974 Bird Definitive Issue A VFNH Complete Set of the Upright/Sideways Watermark, With Inverted Watermark on 25c and Double Inscription on 15c

Lot 248 Montserrat SG #242/254c 1970-1974 Bird Definitive Issue A VFNH Complete Set of the Upright/Sideways Watermark, With Inverted Watermark on 25c and Double Inscription on 15c

A VFNH complete set of the upright/sideways watermark, with inverted watermark on 25c and double inscription on 15c of the 1970-1974 Bird Definitive Issue. The watermark is upright on the horizontal designs and sideways on the vertical ones, except for the 4c, where it is upright. Various fuorescence levels and PVA or PVA gums as identifed on the back of the 102 card the stamps are in. The inscription on the 15c also shows kiss print doubling, and this is not listed in either Gibbons or Scott.

Gibbons values these stamps at 40 pounds = approximately $68.4. Our estimate of the value based on this is $51. The stamps offered here grade between 80 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70, 54/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations/Sheet Edges: 10/10

View full details