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Great Britain 1913 £1 Green "Seahorses", SG403. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Well centred example printed by Waterlow...

Great Britain 1902 King Edward VII 1d Scarlet, SG219var. A very fine unused, with original gum, bottom left hand corner marginal example showing va...

Great Britain 1902 £1 Dull blue green, SG266var. Superb unused original gum example printed by De La Rue, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 16. Stamps is...

Great Britain 1881 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG172var. Very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in bluish green...

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 160, SG8var. Superb unused close to large four margin top right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur l...

A limited-edition book page signed by the South African political leader and anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013). A printers’...

A rare and moving 1948 yearbook from James Dean’s junior year at Fairmount High School in rural Indiana. Signed attractively by a 17-year-old James...

Great Britain 1855 4d Carmine Plate 1, SG62var. Very fine unused top marginal imperforate imprimatur from the very first approved printing sheet. V...

Great Britain 1862 3d Rose, Plate 3 (white dots), SG78a. Very fine unused original gum good to large four margin top marginal imperforate example o...

Great Britain 1934 1½d "Photogravure" large format colour trials, SG441var. Very fine unused original gum set of four bottom left hand corner margi...

Great Britain 1847 1s pale-green Embossed essay, SG54var. Very fine and fresh essay of the head without pendant curl and with frames, printed in pa...

China 1944 (East China: Central Jiangsu) (Oct) (-) deep blue with magenta overprint, (-) reddish brown with magenta overprint and (-) red-orange wi...

Great Britain 1841 2d blue (watermark inverted), SGDP43wi. A very fine unused bottom left hand corner marginal example from the small trial sheet o...

Great Britain 1854 1d Deep red brown Plate R.13, SG17var. A superb unused top right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AL, showin...

Great Britain 1906 1d imperforate colour trial, SG219var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal example printed in dull ...

Barbados 1988 Cricket 50c error WRONG PORTRAIT showing E. Lawson Barlett, lower right corner block of 4 with '1C' (x4) plate numbers, SG856a. A sup...

Great Britain 1911 Downey Head Stage 2b Die Proof. A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card. A rare specialised piece of King Geor...

Great Britain 1887 9d dull purple & blue (watermark inverted), SG209wi. A very fine used example of this rare watermarked variety neatly cancel...

Great Britain 1964 2½d 20th International Geographical Congress (Ordinary) imprimaturs, SG651var. Superb Post Office fresh unmounted mint with full...

Great Britain 1912 1d Scarlet die proof colour trial (Stage 5), SG357var. A very fine unused example with original gum cut to stamp size and printe...

Great Britain 1911 ½d Die proof colour trial (Die 1a), SG321var. A very fine cut close example with uncleared borders printed in pale yellowish-gre...

Great Britain 1902 1d Die Proof, SG219var. A very fine and fresh example printed by De La Rue in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm) without end...

Great Britain 1909 2d Colour trial, SG225var. Very fine example printed in purple on orange tinted (white backed), gummed, unwatermarked paper. Pro...

Great Britain 1911 10s blue, SG319. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, corner marginal "date cut" example printed at Somerset House. ...

Great Britain 1911 5d Engraver's sketch die (Die 2 Head). A very fine cut close example printed in black on thin card. A very scarce proof of the u...

Great Britain 1912 1d bright scarlet (Varnish ink) variety, SG357var. A very fine unmounted mint example, with full original gum, of this very scar...

Great Britain 1918 3d Violet "Postal due" (Harrison printing) imprimaturs, SGD5var. Very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom margin...

China 1949 (Jan) $100 on $50 dark blue type II, Chung Ming printing, SG1146a. A lower right corner block of 4 with sheet number '039'. Very fine ot...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 6, SG2. Very fine and fresh unused example with large part original gum and four good to large margins, lettered ...

Cyprus 1886 (June) '1/2' on 1/2pi emerald-green, SG29 wmk CA, type 10 surcharge with 8mm space, block of 6 (3x2) with bold surcharge, o.g. (Five st...

Great Britain 1902 10d Dull purple & carmine (O.W. Official), SGO35. A very fine used example neatly tied to a small piece by a part circular ...

Great Britain 1884 5s Rose imprimatur, SG176var. A superb unused imperforate example with original gum, lettered CF. Very rare with only 49 possib...

Great Britain 1911 5d Engraver's sketch die (Die 2 Head). Very fine cut close example printed in light blue on proof paper. A very scarce proof. Fi...

Great Britain 1911 2d Engravers Sketch Die for Unissued Value (Die 1 head), without value. Very fine uncleared die proof printed in black on glazed...

Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Specimen (Blued paper), SG133. A very fine and fresh well centred example overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9. Provenance: E...

Great Britain 1967 3d Christmas, SG756b. A superb unmounted mint right hand marginal traffic light block of eight with full original gum, error "Pr...

Great Britain 1913 £1 Dull blue-green, "Seahorses", SG404var. Superb perfectly centred unmounted mint with full original gum example printed by Wa...

• A handsome handwritten note from French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French artist and lead...

Great Britain 1862 3d rose Plate 3 SG78a. A very fine and fresh unused with original gum, imperforate corner marginal example of this rare "abnorma...

Great Britain 1881 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG172var. Very fine imperforate bottom marginal example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plates 1a-11, SG2/3. A Superb used set of twelve four margin examples from all printing plates including 1a & 1b, e...

Great Britain 1915 10s Bright "Cambridge" blue. SG411var. Very fine used vertical pair printed by DLR, couple of blunt perf at right of lower stamp...

Great Britain 1940 3s booklet scarlet colour printing in black (Edition No.4), containing panes of six stamps in original dark colours (6 x 2½d, 6 ...

Great Britain 1963 2½d-1s3d Freedom from Hunger (Ordinary) SG634/5var. Very fine unmounted mint set of two imperforate imprimaturs with full origin...

Great Britain 1878 10s colour trial, SG128var. A very fine imperforate top marginal example lettered 'AC' printed on gummed watermarked paper in or...

Great Britain 1860 1½d Rosy mauve Plate 1, SG53a. Very fine and fresh unused original gum example lettered IE, lovely colour and a lovely example o...

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow colour trial (State 2a), SGDP20a. A very fine and fresh four margin example printed in dull rose red on white Wove pa...

Great Britain 1854 1d deep red brown Plate R14, SG17var. A very fine unused top right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AL, show...