Lot 3 Great Britain SC#127a, 143a (SG#216, 218) 1/2d Blue Green - Dull Yellowish Green King Edward VII, 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, 5 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Unusual Liverpool & London CDS Cancels Plus Circular Grid Newspaper Branch Cancel.

5 fine/very fine used singles of the 1/2d blue green - dull yellowish green King Edward VII from the 1902-1910 King Edward VII Issue, unusual Liverpool & London CDS cancels plus circular grid newspaper branch cancel.

These are unusual in the way the text appears in the center, rather than around the rim, as is most commonly seen. Only a handful of these were found in over 1,000 used stamps.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $20. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 84 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60, 44/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10