Lot 455 United States Of America #795-802 3c-10c Cutler & Purnam - St. Thomas, 1937 Ordinance Of 1787 - Virgin Islands Issue, 13 VFNH & SUP-NH Singles & 2 Souvenir Sheets Some Shade Variations, Different Gum Breaker & Ridge Patterns

18 VFNH singles of the 1c-5c yellow green - ultramarine Washington, Greene & Mt. Vernon - West Point from the 1936-1937 Army Issue some shade variations, different gum breaker & ridge patterns. Like the stamps of previous issues printed by rotary press, these stamps show different patterns of vertical ridges on the gum, varying from no ridges, to 14 ridges per 25 mm to 28-30 ridges per 25 mm, and then usually 2 horizontal gum breaker ridges per stamp. The stamps included in this lot show either differences in shade that are slight, or different ridge/breaker ridge patterns on the gum, or both. The souvenir sheets have very minor gum wrinkles that are commonly found on most souvenir sheets.

2016 Scott Specialized values this at $5.85. The stamps offered here grade 75-98 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70, 54/70, 70/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5 and 10/10

Colour: 5/5 and 10/10

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5 and 3/5

Perforations: 10/10