China 1897 Wuhu Local Post set of three to 20c pink variety, SG78/9,84var

China 1897 Wuhu Local Post set of three to 20c pink variety, SG78/9,84varChina 1897 Wuhu Local Post P. P. C. black overprint on 1895 issue, 1c dull blue, 2c green and 20c pink, each showing constant printing variety 'bisected stop after second P', SG78 9,84var. A fine mint set with large part original gum. The 1c has a corner crease and the others the odd small tone, but extremely scarce as the printing variety only occurs once per sheet. Wuhu is situated in Anhwei Province on the Yangtse River about 282 miles from the

A hugely rare and desirable pair of original vintage Sooty puppets

centrally cancelled by "INVERCARGILL" circular date stamps of "7 FE 10"

having increased in value by 373% since 2006

Also a London paquebot transit circular date stamp dated '26 JU 29' at the upper right

Great Britain 1878 10s colour trial plate 1

Only one sheet was completely affected by the error while all rows apart from the top were affected in a second sheet

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Great Britain 1883 10s Grey green Plate 1 (Watermark Anchor

This is the only marginal example we have ever handled

still fine and very scarce

Great Britain 1884 10s pale ultramarine

A scarce and striking QEII error