Lot 94 Great Britain SG#157 2.5d Blue, 1880-1883 Queen Victoria Surface Printed Issue, A Fine Used Single, Plate 22, Octagonal London Squared Circle Cancel, Dated Sept 8 1882.

A fine used single of the 2.5d blue from the 1880-1883 Queen Victoria Surface Printed Issue, plate 22, octagonal London squared circle cancel, dated Sept 8 1882.

Gibbons values this at £43, so we estimate it at $22. The stamp offered here grades 73 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 8/10