GB postage stamps

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 8, SG2. A very fine used four margin horizontal pair lettered 'EG-EH', neatly cancelled by red Maltese Crosses. A...

Great Britain 1840 1d black "VR" Official (Before Hardening) imprimatur, SGV1. A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur lettered 'TI'. Rare, one o...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 6, SG2. A very fine used close to large four margin example lettered 'RK', tied to a clean entire envelope by two...

Great Britain 1867 2d black "Paris Exhibition Proof" Plate 9, SGDP49. A very fine unused imperforate top marginal example printed on thick white ca...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 1b (watermark Inverted), SG2wi. A very fine used four margin example of this scarce watermark variety lettered 'K...

Great Britain 1840 1d black "VR Official" imprimatur, SGV1var. A superbly unused, with original gum, close to large four margin bottom marginal imp...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 1a, SG2. A very fine used close to huge four margin example lettered 'FB', neatly tied to a clean entire letter (...

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black Plate 1a, SG1. A very fine used large four margin example neatly tied to small clean cover by a red Maltese Cro...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 7 cover, SG2. A very fine used four margin example lettered 'KK' neatly tied to a clean fresh entire envelope by ...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 8, SG2. A superb used good to huge four margin example lettered 'ML', neatly cancelled by a crisp strike of a bla...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 11, SG2. A very fine unused, with original gum, four margin example lettered 'SC'. A very fine quality example of...

The largest surviving multiple of the world's first postage stamp Great Britain 1840 1d penny black plate 1b, SG2. The magnificent unused, with ori...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 8, SG2. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, four margin pair lettered 'LB-LC', beautiful deep impres...

Great Britain 1867 1d black Paris Exhibition Proof P1ate 103, SG DP38. A very fine unused imperforate left hand marginal example lettered 'MA' prin...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 5 cover, SG2. A huge four margin example lettered 'SL', neatly tied to a clean, fresh wrapper by a red Maltese Cr...

Great Britain 1872 1d Black - South Kensington Exhibition Proof (Die II, Plate 27), SGDP36. A very fine unused example printed in black on thick wh...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1b used block of four, SG2. A superb quality block of four penny blacks with full margins, lettered "IA-JB" show...

Great Britain 1840 1d grey-black (worn plate), plate 1a, SG3, May Date "10th May (Sunday)" cover. An entire letter from Darlington on first Sunday ...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2, May Date "31st May (last Sunday)" cover. An entire letter sent from Loughborough to Leicester on Sunda...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2, May Date "17th May (Sunday)" cover. An entire letter sent from Burton to Kendal on Sunday May 17th and...

Great Britain 1840 1d grey-black (worn plate), plate 1a, SG3, "May Date" 23rd May cover. A superb quality neat and clean cover bearing a four margi...

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, SG1, May Date "25th May" cover. A very fine cover bearing a four margin 1d intense black, plate 1a, ...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2, May Date "9th May" cover. A superb entire letter sent from Bristol to Stourbridge bearing a large four ...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2 - penny black second day of issue cover. May 7th, 1840, the second day of issue, lettersheet sent from K...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2 - The "Sandeman Port" penny black first day cover. May 6th, 1840, the first day of issue, "Sandeman Port...

Great Britain 1840 1d black plate 2, block of eight lettered 'QI-RL', beautifully tied to a small piece, each stamp with a crisp and perfectly stru...

Great Britain 1840 1d Penny Black, Plate 5, SG2. A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, four margin example lettered 'EC'. Plate 5 was pu...

Great Britain 1840 (6th May) complete "Protestant Dissenters Assurance Company" insurance document sent from London to Stowmarket, Suffolk, franked...

Great Britain 1867 1d Black Paris Exhibition Proof, Plate 103, SGDP38. A superb four margin horizontal pair lettered 'DI-DJ' printed on soft white ...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 10, SG2 cover. An exceptionally fine used four margin example lettered LC tied to a clean entire by a crisp red...

Great Britain 1841 (3 Feb) wrapper to Bakewell bearing 1d black, plate 9, horizontal pair, lettered 'AH-AI', (deep shade small to large margins jus...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 4, SG2. A very fine used four margin example lettered 'MK', neatly cancelled by a crisp red Maltese Cross. GB Sp...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 5, (First & Second registration sheet) imprimaturs, SG2. A superb unused matched pair of imperforate imprimat...

Great Britain 1865 1d Black "Royal reprint" Plate 66 (watermark inverted), SGDP35a. A very fine unused close to large four margin imperforate block...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 7, SG2. A superb used large four margin example lettered 'NA', beautifully cancelled by a crisp "PAID ABERDEEN" b...

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 8, SG2. A very fine used close to good four margin example lettered 'AF', cancelled neatly by a red Maltese Cross...