Lot 299 Somaliland Protectorate SG#86var 1a Deep Blue & Scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, A VFOG Single, Showing Repaired Flagstaff

A VFOG single of the 1a deep blue & scarlet KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, showing repaired flagstaff.

The base is slightly out of alignment with the remainder - almost as if a break was noticed, and the remainder was re-engraved, but the engraver didn’t quite line it up with the original.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $5. The stamp offered here grades 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10