Great Britain, Scott #280 (Stanley Gibbons #503), used(o), 1951 Definitive Issue Booklet Stamp, Inverted Watermark, King George VI, British Classic Stamp, image designed by Edmund Dulac in a frame designed by Eric Gill, ½ pence, watermarked: inverted Tudor crown and GviR in alternating, image offset, reverse print rows (Scott watermark #251; Stanley Gibbons watermark #127), perforated 14½x14 with scissor cut perforations bottom and right side, customer torn perforations at left and top {note: it is possible that the stamp is from a booklet (SG 503de Wi) with guillotine cut edges, but the slant on the cuts indicates they are more likely cut by the customer with a scissors}, photogravure printed, light orange, Scott 2022 catalog value: 25¢, Stanley Gibbons 2022 inverted watermark premium x2. Nicely centered which would be unusual for a booklet stamp, light, black-inked, broken-up, horizontal wavy line cancellation over the lower half of the stamp and into the central image, sound back, penciled watermark remark on the back, good perforations; centering, largely image clear cancel, and inverted watermark warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch' offer. The stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.50 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.66 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
