Lot 256 Falkland Islands SG#139var, 142var 1d & 1/- Deep Dull Blue & Scarlet - Slate & Rose Purple KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 2 VFOG Singles, Both Showing Hairline Plate Cracks Through Design, Scarcer Vignette Plate Cracks

2 VFOG singles of the 1d & 1/- deep dull blue & scarlet - slate & rose purple KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, both showing hairline plate cracks through design, scarcer vignette plate cracks.

These commonly occurred with Bradbury Wilkinson's Vignette or frame plates, though it was usually the frame plate.

Gibbons values these at £18.25, so we estimate them at $30. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10