BAHAMAS 1938 SG156 Mint unmounted KGVI 5s lilac and blue on thick chalk-surfaced paper digital-edition (cat £325+) - P04512078

(cat £325+) - P04512078

bottom left hand corner marginal U 22 control pair

still a fine and very scarce duo of commercial usages

Very fine used example of this difficult watermark variety neatly cancelled by a Newick cds for JY

BAHAMAS 1938 SG156 Mint unmounted KGVI 5s lilac and blue on thick chalk-surfaced paper digital-edition (cat £325+) - P045120781938 52 5s lilac and blue, thick chalk surfaced paper, upper marginal with plate number "1", unmounted o. g. (lightly hinged in margin). Characteristic streaky brown gum, still fine fresh appearance. Maximum of 205 possible in this positional form, but in practice few seem to have survived. P223014549