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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...

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 3, SG2 mint block of 12 - known as The Black Dozen. This mint block of 12 Penny Black stamps is the largest kn...

Great Britain 1840 2d Mulready Envelope (Forme 1, Stereo a202), SGME4,2. A very fine used example uprated to the 6d per 3oz rate with four addition...

Great Britain 1840 1d black (VR official), SGV1var. Very fine and fresh unused imperforate imprimatur lettered NL from the second registration shee...

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 5, (First & Second registration sheet) imprimaturs, SG2. A superb unused matched pair of imperforate imprimat...

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

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