Lot 250 Rhodesia and Nyasaland SG#29-30 5/- Olive & Blackish Brown and 10/- Salmon and Yellowish Olive, 1959-1963 Waterlow, De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson Pictorial Issue, VFNH Examples

VFNH examples of the 5/- and 10/- values from the 1959-1963 Waterlow, De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson pictorial issue, from the 1/2d to 2/6d. The stamps are both on DF paper. Waterlow lost its printing contract to De La Rue in late 1961, so where an issue spans the period from 1953 to 1963, most, if not all values can and will exist printed by both printers. Generally speaking, Waterlow printings will have a thicker than normal perforation tooth at the top right, but the bigger difference is that the impression will have tiny whiskers of colour and ink spatter, making the print appear somewhat fuzzy. De La Rue printings will be printed with much cleaner lines, which causes the entire design to appear lighter and softer. The difference is most apparent in the shading of the Queen's portrait. The fluorescence of the papers is another way to distinguish the printings. Waterlow and some De La Rue Printings are on DF paper, whereas stamps on LF and MF papers are almost always De La Rue and come from printings made in the 1960's. On this set Waterlow initially printed the 1/2d, 1d, 2d and 1/- values.

Gibbons values these stamps at 44 GBP = approximately $74.80. The stamps offered here grade 75 and 84.