Description
Machin U028a Missing Colour Single
SCARCE MISSING COLOUR.
Pre-decimal 1s.6p. with two phosphor bands.
Printed by Harrison & Sons in photogravure and on chalky paper. There are two 9.5mm phosphor bands.
Issued 28th August 1968.
Greenish blue and deep blue.
This issue has PVA gum and no watermark.
Specialised Volume 3 catalogue number U28a.
Concise catalogue number 743Eva.
Missing greenish blue.
You are buying ONE single example of this error. Note that care is needed to ensure the greenish blue is completely missing. Partials and weak printings exist. The genuine error has the value in pure white.
This example also has an additional error. There is a very thin deep blue (?) line running vertically. This runs from top to bottom of the stamp just to the left of the Queen’s earring. We cannot find any mention of this anomaly in either catalogue.
Machin U028a Missing Colour Single
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, Royal Mail will handle your order, Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging. Postage
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. Compensation for loss or damage can be claimed if this option is taken.
We mention Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers where it is possible. These numbers are either from the “Concise Stamp Catalogue” or from the “Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 4 Part 1”. We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, Smilers sheets, booklets, miniature sheets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
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Machin U028a Missing Colour Single
