Country: Virgin Islands Clear Subject: Mint stamps Clear
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1916 heavily underlined GI with partial stop between N and I of VIRGIN ISLANDS on 1d carmine WAR STAMP (SG.78), fresh u/m, only three examples recorded to date.
War Tax specialist John Cranmer has a positional multiple from top left pane (without Plate number) showing the variety Row 3/5. This prominent variety NOT listed in the newly published War Tax Stamps of the British Empire by John G.M. Davis. £125
VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1867 1/- black & rose-carmine greyish paper (SG.20), unused without gum showing extended frame at base from sheet position 19. £750.00. Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £185
VIRGIN ISLANDS stamp: 1922 KGV ½d green MSA (SG.86), fine m.m. ovp'd SPECIMEN. £8
VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1867 1/- black & rose-carmine greyish paper (SG.20), fine mint showing extended frame at top from sheet position 5, blind horizontal perfs near base, one short perf top left. Cat.£750.00. Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £250
1887-89 1d rose-red MAJOR DOUBLING of VIRGIN ISLANDS (SG.33) without gum and some faults but currently the only known example as such on this issue. £425
VIRGIN ISLANDS ..... Ex HOPKINS long tailed "S" on 1/- black & rose-carmine/greyish (SG.20a, Cat.£2000), fine mint with full extended margin from sheet position 11. Ex Adrian HOPKINS (1936 RPS certificate). Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £1200
VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: VERTICAL DOUBLE PERFORATIONS on pair 1887-89 1d rose CA (SG.34), fresh m.m. £120