Description
Prestige Pane UHP32 Merchant Navy DY8
“The Merchant Navy”.
Issued 19th September 2013. This issue salutes the heritage of the UK’s trading fleet of ships.
From the Premium Sponsored Booklet Dy8, pane number 1. This pane was printed in lithography by Enschede. Source and date codes are MPIL and M13L.
The DY series of Prestige Stamp Books are called ‘Premium Sponsored Booklets’. The selling price is greater than the face value!
Specialised catalogue pane number UHP32 with four 5p Machin stamps (UG203), and four 50p Machin stamps (UG205), all also with two phosphor bands.
Concise (2016) catalogue number 3012da valued at £10.00, face value £2.25. Contains four 5p Machin stamp (3012d), and four 50p Machin stamps (3017).
This pane is the only source of these two Machin stamps that have a perforation of 15 x 14 (E inverted). This anomaly was caused by the sheets being fed the wrong way round through the perforator. This resulted in the elongated perforation hole being at the top, instead of the bottom, of the vertical edge. Also this error was not corrected at the time of the issue.
Unmounted mint and in pristine condition.
Prestige Pane UHP32 Merchant Navy DY8.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
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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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Prestige Pane UHP32 Merchant Navy DY8.
