Malta. 1885. Queen Victoria. 2 1/2p. Bright Blue. SG 25. Cancelled. S29

Malta. 1885. Queen Victoria. 2 1/2p. Bright Blue. SG 25. Cancelled. S29

Malta — Queen Victoria — 2½ Pence Bright Blue — 1885–90 — SG25

• Country: Malta
• Issue: Queen Victoria definitive issue, 1885–90
• Denomination: 2½d
• Colour: Bright Blue
• SG: SG25
• Watermark: Crown CA
• Perforation: 14
• Condition: Used
• Centering: F–VF
• Perforations: F–VF, several slightly irregular/short teeth
• Colour: good and reasonably fresh
• Cancellation: heavy, crossing the portrait and significantly reducing eye appeal
• Reverse: aged/yellowed; large old hinge/paper adhesion at top; brown staining; no definite major thin visible, but the area beneath the adhesion cannot be assessed