Gems of Philately

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 3, SG2 mint block of 12 - known as The Black Dozen.  This mint block of 12 Penny Black stamps is the largest k...

Great Britain 1840 1d black (V.R. Official), V1. July 3, 1840 - The famous “Largentiere” cover, first recorded in 1899. Sent from London to Tetbury...

Great Britain 1840 2d. Blue from Plate 2. Block of 4 lettered OA, OB, PA, PB, cancelled by Maltese Cross in Blue.  A beautiful piece being the only...

Great Britain 1840 1d. Black (V.R. Official), V1. An exceptional unmounted mint top marginal inscription example. Accompanied by a certificate of a...

Great Britain 1840 2d Mulready Envelope (Forme 1, Stereo a202). Very fine used example uprated to the 6d per 3oz rate with four additional 1d black...

Mauritius 1848 2d. Deep Blue On Grey To Bluish Paper, Earliest Impression, SG5. An Unused example with huge margins all round and brilliant vivid c...

Great Britain 1840 1d grey “penny black”, plate 1a, SG3. A superb mint horizontal pair lettered FB-FC and a strip of three lettered FD-FF reforming...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2. A superb example lettered 'BH' used on a neat entire lettersheet from London to Birmingham on May 6th ...

Canada 1851 (June 14) 12d black on vertically laid paper, SG4, imperforate with mostly good to very large margins showing trace of adjoining stamp ...

Great Britain 1840 2d. Blue Plate 2, SG5. The superb ‘vertical’ and ‘horizontal’ ”pairs” together with the unique cover, all cancelled by the circu...

Great Britain 1878 (26 September) £1 Brown-lilac (Plate 1), Watermark Maltese Cross, Perforation 15½ x 15., SG129. Very fine unused example with la...

Great Britain 1934-35 ½d Green (Harrison printing, Watermark block cypher), SG418var. Superb unmounted original gum imperforate imprimatur top marg...

British Guiana 1850-51 ‘Cotton Reel’. 12 Cents Black on Blue Wove Paper SG5. A superb used cut square example initialled ‘EDW’ (ight) with Demerara...

Great Britain King George V ½d Green, SG351a. Double Print Variety, partial double print (half of bottom row from Control G15). The magnificent and...

South Africa Natal 1902 £20 red and green, SG145b. A superb mint example of this great British Colonial rarity. Provenance: Ex. Manus, (Plumridge, ...