Lot 317 British Solomon Islands (C)SG#60-62, 64-65, 67-68 1/2d - 1/- Blue & Blue Green - Green & Black , 1939-1951 KGVI Pictorial Issue, 9 Very Fine Used Singles & Pair, 1939, 1942, 1944 & 1946-48 Printings

9 very fine used singles & pair of the 1/2d - 1/- blue & blue green - green & black from the 1939-1951 KGVI Pictorial Issue, 1939, 1942, 1944 & 1946-48 printings.

1939 printings include the 1/2d & 1/- on opaque paper with clear wmk. The 1942 printings are on opaque paper & less clear wmk and include the 1.5d & 6d. Then we have the 1944 printings which include the 1d pair, 1.5d and 6d (creased, so not counted). These are on translucent paper with clear wmks. Finally, the 1946-1948 printings of the 2.5d & 3d on opaque paper with barely visible wmk.

Gibbons values these at £14.5, so we estimate them at $12. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 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: 10/10