Great Britain, Scott #309 (Stanley Gibbons #S536a), used(o), 1958, British Castles, First Set, Second Printer: Carrickfergus Castle in Northern Ireland, a Norman castle in County Antrim on the northern shore of the Belfast Lough; the castle was built by conquering knight John de Courcy in 1177 as his headquarters, after he conquered eastern Ulster and ruled the area as a Norman lord until 1204; besieged in turn over the years by the Scottish, native Irish, English, and French forces, the castle played an important military role throughout history and remains one of the best preserved medieval structures in Northern Ireland, stamp shows Carrickfergus through a broken grotto window in a castle wall as a common theme for the series as designed by Lynton Lamb (1907-1977), painter, designer, and wood engraver, 1 shilling and 6 pence, engraved and second printed by DeLaRue (dull coloring, shallow perforation hollows), perforated: 11x12, watermarked: multiple Saint Edward's Crowns and E3R initials in reverse print (Scott watermark #308)(Stanley Gibbons watermark #165), color: Scott (dark brown) Stanley Gibbons (dull black brown), Scott 2022 catalog value: $1.50, Stanley Gibbons 2022 Catalog Premium for DeLaRue printing x 1.25, nicely centered, large, hollowed-out, vertical, slightly right slanted, black-inked, message box cancellation across the middle of the stamp, sound back, good perforations. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' 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 (APS) 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.
Discover the collectors' agenda!
Discover the agenda
