Lot 81 (C) Straits Settlements SG#256var 5c Ultramarine & Gray KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 3 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, Vignette Plate Flaws, Many of Which Are Constant

3 fine/very fine used singles of the 5c ultramarine & gray KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, vignette plate flaws, many of which are constant.

The frame plate varieties include; 1) flag fully detached from flagstaff (light corner bend), 2) large hrizontal dash near Brunswick tower, similar to the clash by turret and 3) bird above state apartments.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $25. The stamps offered here grade between 65 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 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