Lot 253 Nigeria SG#33var 1/- Slate & Purple KGV & Windsor Castle, 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, 2 VFOG Singles, Two Different Slate Shades, Showing Potentially Constant Varieties Of The Vignette Plates

2 VFOG singles of the 1/- slate & purple KGV & Windsor Castle from the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, two different slate shades, showing potentially constant varieties of the vignette plates.

The varieties are; 1) bird above round tower and 2) dash in sky above state apartments to left of 'N'.

Gibbons values these at £20, so we estimate them at $40. The stamps offered here grade between 75 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 45/70, 50/70

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10