Lot 28 Great Britain SC#127a, 143 (SG#216, 218) 1/2d Blue Green - Yellowish Green King Edward VII, 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Watermark Showing Border Lines.

fine/very fine used singles of the 1/2d blue green - yellowish green King Edward VII from the 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, watermark showing border lines.

The normal watermark was separate from thesheet margin postage stamp by lines running along each edge of the sheet in the sheet margins, but occasionally they appear on the stamps. The examples here include; - 1/2d blue green with the top line, both colors with left line, yellowish green with right line, yellowish green with right & bottom line and both with bottom line.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $30. The stamps offered here grade between 66 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10, 10/10