Bermuda Lightning Strike.

The stamp in the centre, compared to the others either side has what I call a lightning strike. When you look at it under 10x it looks like all the engraved lines have some how gone out of alignment and caused the "lightning strike"
Has anyone else got examples of this, and is it very common.
Regards,
Horamakhet.

I have in my possession about 35 of these stamps. They all seem to have this 'lightning strike' to the left of the mast of the yacht 'Lucy', depending on the inking and any fading.

I have them separated into two shades of brown as all I had at the time of sorting was the Scott general catalogue.

Does anyone know if Stanley Gibbons shows varieties of colour or anything for the KGVI stamp?

Probably around 1938 I think.

Puzzler, I have a 1991 SG British Commonwealth catalogue and for the 1½d it lists the following varieties:deep blue and purple-brown, blue and brown and lastly,light blue and purple-brown.

Thanks mbc, I shall have to get a proper catalogue some day. Three shades hmmm. Must do this in better light.

I wonder is there a catalogue just for Bermuda that would list errors or such also? Have to limber up the old fingers and get a Googling.

The 2012 Gibbons still lists the three shades, the blue and brown being the best. It also lists an 'A' of 'CA' in watermark missing: £1600 mint, unpriced used. As the missing C is unpriced used, the error may have occurred in a sheet/sheets distributed by the Crown Agents in London, and not sent out to the colony. Still, worth a look!