NEWFOUNDLAND 97 1910 15c GRAY BLACK KING GEORGE V JOHN GUY ISSUE USED VF CV$165
Fifteen cent, gray black, King George V stamp from the John Guy issue of 1910, lithographed, no watermark*, perf. 12.0x12.0. Good color and appearance, well centered. Used with contemporary bar grid obliterator cancel. Sound, fault-free used example of this iconic Newfoundland stamp. Listed as 105 in the 2020 edition of the Stanley Gibbons catalogue with a retail selling price in used condition of 130pds - approximately $165.00 USD. Although Stanley Gibbons retail prices are frequently higher than values given in other stamp catalogues (that don't make a market in stamps), in my opinion, Newfoundland stamps in good used condition are undervalued in the current marketplace.
Whitehead, Morris and Company Limited of London printed the 1910 Guy issue stamps using lithographic plates provided by MacDonald and Sons, Limited of London. MacDonald and Sons, made the final lithographic plate by using multiple paper transfers of each design from ETCHED dies. This may account in large part for the overall poor quality of the images seen in this issue. Stamps were printed on medium weight and relatively soft, white wove paper with horizontal mesh, white (almost colorless) gum. This issue was produced to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the establishment at Cupers Cove (Cupids) in Conception Bay in 1610 of the second (after Jamestown in 1607) British "Plantation" in North America. Sponsored by the London and Bristol Company of England The actual "planting" of the new colony was supervised by John Guy.
* MONCKTON BASTED MILLS KENT or WHITEHEAD MORRIS & Co LTD LONDON SOUTH AFRICA & EGYPT watermarks have been reported on some proofs and stamps (re. 2023 Walsh Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue)
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