Lot 249 Bermuda SG#96-97var 2.5d - 1/- Yellow Brown & Deep Blue - Slate & Plum Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 4 F/VFOG Singles, Plate Flaws & Varieties, Many of Which Are Likely Constant, And All Involve The Frame Plate.

4 F/VFOG singles of the 2.5d - 1/- yellow brown & deep blue - slate & plum Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, plate flaws & varieties, many of which are likely constant, and all involve the frame plate.

The varieties are; 1) Two dots in margin above the dates, 2) large blob in lwoer margin underneath 'postage', 3) extended w of Windsor and 4) small 'y' spur on oak leaves branch projecting from trees in Jacob's Meadow.

Gibbons values these at £47, so we estimate them at $40. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 40/70, 45/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10