GB postage stamps

Great Britain 1839 "Whiting" Treasury Essay. A superb, huge four margin example printed in red and black on thin white card by Charles Whiting usin...

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

Great Britain 1906 1d colour trial (Perforations 14), SG219var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, top marginal example printed in...

Great Britain 1913 8d Eve's Pillar Design essay, SG390var. A very fine unused imperforate example printed in dull purple on gummed Royal Cypher wat...

Great Britain 1865 6d lilac Plate 5, SG97. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand wing margin example lettered 'G...

Great Britain 1881 3d rose Plate 21, SG158. A superb well centred unmounted mint, with full original gum, block of four lettered 'EA-FB'. Lovely co...

Great Britain 1892 4½d "Jubilee" head plate die proof, SG206var. A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "BEF...

Great Britain 1899 2d "Jubilee" colour trial, SG200var. A very fine and fresh unused example, with original gum, with purple head plate and scarlet...

Great Britain 1906 1d colour trial, SG219var. A very fine unused perforated example, with original gum, printed in cerise on Crown watermarked pape...

Great Britain 1911 1d die proof "The Downey Head" issue (Stage 2), SG327var. A very fine uncleared example printed in pale rose red on white proof ...

Great Britain 1879 3d rose, Plate 20 (watermark Spray), imprimatur, SG143var. A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered...

A hugely rare 'Haste Haste Haste Post Haste with All Speed' letter from Deal Castle to Oliver Cromwell as Lord General in London. Dated June 2,...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2. A very fine used close to large four margin vertical strip of four lettered 'OC-RC', neatly cancelled b...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Envelopes (Forme 1, Stereo A138 & Forme 2, Stereo A151), SGME2. Two fine used examples of the Mulready Stationer...

Great Britain 1973 7½p British Explorers 'Walter Raleigh' error, SG926b. A very fine used example on cover to California with ultramarine (Walter R...

Great Britain 1874 6d grey, Plate 17, SG147. A very fine well centered, exceptionally unmounted mint example with full original gum, lettered 'QL'....

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown, SG8m. A very fine used set of twelve four margin examples each neatly cancelled by a London numbered Maltese Cross...

Great Britain 1863 4d bright red, Plate 4 (with hair lines) imprimatur, SG81var. A very fine unused, with original gum, top marginal imperforate im...

Great Britain 1877 4d sage green, Plate 15 Specimens, SG153var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate gutter block of fou...

Great Britain 1867 4d vermillion, Plate 9 imprimatur, SG94var. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AD'. A rare ...

Great Britain 1874 5s pale rose Plate 2, SG127. An exceptionally fine used example lettered 'CF', beautifully cancelled by a crisp Leith circular d...

Great Britain 1969 British Cathedrals error, SG801a. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum, with black (face value) o...

Great Britain 1882 5s rose, Plate 4 (white paper), SG134. A very fine used well centred example lettered 'FE', beautifully cancelled by a crisp Wes...

Great Britain 1854 6d purple, SG60. A very fine used four margin horizontal pair neatly tied to a small piece by London City "30" numerals and a re...