Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2. A very fine and fresh mint four margin example with original gum, lettered 'SI' clearly showing a shifted transfer variety at top characteristic of the "S" row on plate 2. Plate 2 was first registered on 22 April 1840 and was therefore amongst the first penny blacks issued on 6th May 1840. Plate 2 mint examples are very rare. A rare mint example with original gum of the worlds first postage stamp and the most

Malta 1965-70 2½d 'Saracenic Era' error gold ('SARACENIC') omitted

The quality of workmanship that went into producing these 1d and 1½d values resulted in huge praise and adoration from the general public

Direct line to 18th-century George III

Dickens was born into a middle class family in Portsmouth

which is immaterial to overall quality of piece

blocks of 4 (15r on £1 from lower right corner)

Australia New South Wales 1890 2½d group of four imperforate colour trials

Great Britain 1913 10s Indigo-blue "Seahorses"

second impression copy of The Greatest: My Own Story (1975) at Selfridges on March 11

marginal vertical pair

And notably

Gambia 1935 Silver Jubilee 6d light blue and olive-green