GB used abroad in MAYAGUEZ PORTO (PUERTO) RICO F85. Very rare and very attractive. 6d mauve plate 9 block of 4 – NOT PRICED in Stanley Gibbons catalogue! The 6d mauve is listed by Stanley Gibbons but is so uncommon that they are unable to give a price for it. This is probably the only 6d mauve plate 9 block from Mayaguez? It is cancelled in bright blue, which is many times rarer than the normal black cancel and is very attractive – see the scans. 2 inverted to see the F85 cancel more clearly – this is a single cancel for the 4 stamps, against GPO regulations. 3 the back of the stamp, showing how clean the stamp is, and also that the perforations are intact, with no reinforcement. According to Stanley Gibbons, blocks of 4 of the 6d plate 9 attract a premium of over 33% compared with 4 single stamps. There are some minor faults: about half of the top margin is trimmed; the bottom right perfs along the bottom perforation are blunted with some light toning; there is a small tear ear the top mof the bottom right stamp (you can see this in the scan of the back of the stamps). Packaging charges as below. The item “GB used abroad in MAYAGUEZ PORTO RICO F85 6d mauve pl 9 block of 4 NOT PRICED SG” is in sale since Monday, March 13, 2017. This item is in the category “Stamps\Great Britain\Victoria\Surface-Printed Issues”. The seller is “majikmikek” and is located in Oxfordshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• surface printed: surface printed
• GB used abroad surface printed: MAYAGUEZ PORTO (Puerto) RICO F85