I bought a very fine No 1 MkIII this weekend with an excellent looking PH5 (pre A) target sight. How rare is the original PH5 and what were its shortcomings to result in the A improvements so soon?

I saw that one recently fetched US$400+ on ebay in February. Is that normal?
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