Gift ideas under £10,000

Great Britain 1973 3p-5p "Britain's Entry into European Communities" (EEC), SG919/21var. A superb unmounted mint right hand marginal set of three i...

China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress "Mollendorf" special printing on thicker unwatermarked paper set of 9 to 24ca deep rose-red, SG16/2...

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (State 2), SGDP20. A very fine unused four margin imperforate example printed in deep red-brown on thin white w...

Great Britain 1899 1s colour trial, SG211var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in emerald. Very scarc...

Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320. A superb unmounted mint bottom interpanneau marginal example, with full original gum, printed at Somerset ...

Great Britain 1880 1½d colour trial, SG167var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in blue. A scarce col...

Great Britain 1958 2d light red brown "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial", SG573var. A very fine perforated horizontal strip of three on gummed crowns wat...

Great Britain 1911 ½d "Downey" head die proof (Accepted die without value), SG321var. A very fine and fresh example in deep carmine on proof paper ...

Great Britain 1840 1d greyish black Plate 11 cover, SG3. A very fine used close to good four margin example lettered 'CH' with rough torn margin at...

British Levant 1916 'Salonica' 4d grey-green, type S1 overprint, block of 4, all with inverted albino overprints on the gummed side, SG5var. A bril...

Great Britain 1840 1d "Houses of Lords" Envelope, SGPE6. Very fine used example of this rare envelope printed in vermillion, sent to Clifton and ne...

Estimate £625 - £725 Great Britain 1881 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG172var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked...

Great Britain 1879 2½d colour trial Plate 15, SG141var. A very fine unused imperforate colour trial with original gum, lettered 'JD' printed in dul...

Great Britain 1900 ½d "Jubilee" Colour trial (Perforations 14, without watermark), SG213var. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum...

Great Britain 1970 5d "Philympia 70" Stamp Exhibition, SG835var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal...

Great Britain 1981 3d violet "Postage due" (Harrison printing), SGD5var. A very fine unmounted mint bottom marginal pair of imperforate imprimatur...

Great Britain 1884 1½d Colour trial, SG188var. A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in bright mauve lett...

Great Britain 1862 3d rose Plate 3 (with white dots), SG78. A fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered 'BJ'. Very rare as onl...

Great Britain 1884 3d colour trial, SG191var. A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in deep olive lettere...

Great Britain 1856 1d red brown, Plate 45, SG37. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum lettered NC, Printed on white paper. Scarce...

Great Britain 1890 10d Colour trial, SG210var. A superb quality unused example with original gum of the original trials for the 10d value with the ...

China 1934 (Jan-Aug) Manchukuo 1934 15f rosine, recess printed with inscription type C, watermark w5, SG30. A fine and fresh mint example with larg...

China People's Republic general issues 1968 Directives of Mao Tse-tung se-tenant strip of 5, SG2397/2401. A fine unmounted mint strip with full ori...

China 1899 (9 Jan) (Shanghai) Wei Hai-Wei Courier Post 5c yellowish-green block of four, SG4. A fine mint block with large part original gum. The u...