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Lot 97 (C) Ceylon SG#396,b, 397 2r - 5r Black & Carmine - Green & Purple 1938-1941 KGVI Pictorial & Surcharged Issues, 4 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, 5r On Chalky Paper, 2 Printings Of 2r Black & Violet, 1938 & 1947 Printings.

Lot 97 (C) Ceylon SG#396,b, 397 2r - 5r Black & Carmine - Green & Purple 1938-1941 KGVI Pictorial & Surcharged Issues, 4 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, 5r On Chalky Paper, 2 Printings Of 2r Black & Violet, 1938 & 1947 Printings.

4 fine/very fine used singles of the 2r - 5r black & carmine - green & purple Ancient Guard-Stone Anuradhapura - King George VI from the 1938-1941 KGVI Pictorial & Surcharged Issues, 5r on chalky paper, 2 printings of 2r black & violet, 1938 & 1947 printings.

Gibbons values these at £33.75, so we estimate them at $25. The stamps offered here grade between 70 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

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