Gift ideas under £10,000

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...

Great Britain 1915 2s6d very deep brown "Seahorses" (Watermark Inverted), SG405var. A very fine unused, with original gum, right hand marginal pair...

Great Britain 1902 10d dull purple & carmine (O.W. Official), SGO40. A superb used example of this rare government departmental issue neatly ca...

Great Britain 1876 4d vermilion Plate 5 imprimatur, SG152var. A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BJ'...

Great Britain 1973 5p British Explorers (Sir Francis Drake), SG925b. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example with grey-black (S...

Great Britain 1902 1d "Transvaal" essay (Type 1). A very fine unused example printed in red on gummed, unwatermarked paper. A scarce King Edward VI...

Great Britain 1841 2d pale blue Plate 3, SG13. A superb unused, original gum, four margin right hand marginal example with full deckle edge and ins...

Great Britain 1905 2s6d dull purple (C), SG262. A superb well centred unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal block of eight pri...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready lettersheet Forme 4, Stereo A78, SGME1. A very fine used example sent from London to Kirkcaldy and neatly cancelled ...

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

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (State 1), SGDP20. A very fine and fresh four margin unused example in reddish brown. A very scarce State 1 exa...

Turks Islands 1867 1d, 6d, 1s, set of three die proofs in black on India paper affixed to a card (1d 23x28mm, 6d and 1s each 29x33mm), SG1/3. A ver...

China Taiwan 1951 (19 July) Whistling Swans silver yuan surcharges, set of 4 to $50 on (-) blue-green, SG129/32. A fine and fresh unused set. A sca...