Lot 319 Gold Coast (C) 1876-1884 & 1884-1891 Queen Victoria Keyplate Issues - A Selection Of Cape Coast & Atlantic Mailboat Barred Numeral Cancels

Includes SG# 5, 12a, and 11a.

The B27 cancel is an Atlantic mailboat cancel. The stamp does have a vertical crease. The 556 cancels are from Cape Coast. 

Gibbons lists the basic stamps at 8.5 GBP. Based on this, the condition, and the scarcity of the SON cancel strikes, we would estimate the value of the lot at $12.  The stamps offered here grade between 56-78 as follows:

Centering/Margins:  30/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10 

Cancel: 8/10 and 6/10

Adjustment for vertical crease: -10 points