Gambia 1935 Silver Jubilee 1s slate and purple, variety, SG146/a

Gambia 1935 Silver Jubilee 1s slate and purple, variety, SG146/aGambia 1935 Silver Jubilee 1s slate and purple, lower left corner block of 4 from vignette plate "1", showing variety "Extra flagstaff" on R9 1, SG146 a. A fine mint positional block of four with original gum. Minor bends, but most importantly the high value printing variety is very fine. A lovely looking block with very fresh appearance. A rare printing variety. The total printing was only 789 sheets, probably from six vignette plates. Stanley

font-size:11

Further printings of the 96c stamps were not required until March 1864

The serial number (1135N00960) stamped upon its side tallies exactly with the STS Orbiter Landing/Deceleration Flight Data Sheet which logs flown tyres for every space shuttle mission (a copy is included with the tyre)

5x5 inch album page featuring a dedicated autograph by US Five-Star General Omar Bradley

overseeing a renaissance period of art

2 inch 20th century wooden box

lower marginal

Printed in red and using the ¾ portrait design (Type E) from a photograph by Vandyk

A superb unused original gum right hand marginal block of four showing this rare watermark variety

lower marginal block of 4 with part centre guide

Signed across the upper right portion of the image in blue biro pen ink

Provenance: Ex Professor Albert Hamilton