Postage Stamps

Great Britain 6th May 1840 (first day of issue) hand coloured 1d Mulready envelope Stereo A179, SGME2b to Ipswich cancelled by a red Maltese Cross,...

Great Britain 1878 2½d rosy mauve Plate 10 imprimatur, SG141var. A very fine unused imperforate top marginal imprimatur, with original gum, lettere...

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 11 (Dickinson silk thread paper trial), SG16. A superb unused four margin top marginal example lettered 'AD',...

Great Britain 1862 3d rose Plate 3 (with white dots), SG78a. A very fine and fresh unused imperforate example with original gum of this rare "abnor...

Great Britain 1878 £1 brown-lilac Plate 1, SG129. A very fine used example lettered 'HD', neatly cancelled by a Glasgow circular date stamp for 'JA...

Great Britain 1856 1d red brown Plate 28 imprimatur, SG29var. A superb unused top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AA', s...

Great Britain 1877 £5 Telegraphs colour trial, SGT18var. A very fine unused imperforate example with original gum printed in gold lettered 'DI', ov...

Great Britain 1855 1d orange-brown PIate 9 (Watermark Large Crown, Alphabet 2), SG33var. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full ori...

Great Britain 1872 1d Black - South Kensington Exhibition Proof (Die II, Plate 27), SGDP36. A very fine unused example printed in black on thick wh...

Great Britain 1876 4d vermilion Plate 15 imperforate top marginal imprimatur lettered 'AI', SG152var. A very fine unused imperforate top marginal i...

Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper PIate 1 (watermark Medium Garter), SG63s. A superb unmounted mint left hand wing m...

Great Britain 1883 10s ultramarine, SG183. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum, letttered 'LH', centred very slight...

Great Britain 1851 Overseas mail to India. A superb used 1d pink postal stationery envelope addressed to Bombay, pre-paid at the single rate of 1s ...

Great Britain 1882 3d on 3d lilac Plate 21 imprimatur, SG159var. A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered 'HJ'. Scarce...

Great Britain 1867 1d black Paris Exhibition Proof P1ate 103, SG DP38. A very fine unused imperforate left hand marginal example lettered 'MA' prin...

Great Britain 1865 6d lilac Plate 5 error, SG97c. A very fine used example lettered 'TA' with error of watermark (three roses and a shamrock) neatl...

Great Britain 1867 Overseas mail, SG98. A very fine cover to Pernau, Russia bearing a 9d straw (Watermark Emblems) neatly tied by a Dundee "114" du...

Great Britain 1883 3d Colour trial, SG191var. A very fine unused, with original gum, perforated example iettered 'GJ', printed in lilac on unwaterm...

Great Britain 1883 3d on 3d Lilac Plate 21, SG159. A superb unused example with original gum, lettered 'AF'. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £650....

Great Britain 1883 5d Unified issue die proof (Die 1, with "line under d"), SG193var. A superb example printed in black on white glazed card (93 x ...

Great Britain 1868 3d rose Plate 5, SG103var. A very fine unused imperforate example with original gum, lettered 'RA', printed on Dr. Perkins blued...

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 77 & 77b imprimaturs, SG8var. A superb unused matched pair of top marginal imperforate imprimaturs letter...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 5 cover, SG2. A huge four margin example lettered 'SL', neatly tied to a clean, fresh wrapper by a red Maltese Cr...

Great Britain 1874 3d rose Plate 14, SG143. An exceptionally fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal pane of twenty ...

Great Britain 1884 10s ultramarine, SG183. A very fine and fresh well centred, unmounted mint with full original gum, top marginal example lettered...

Great Britain 1890 5s rose (I.R. Official), SG09s. A very fine unused left hand marginal example with original gum, lettered 'FA', overprinted "SPE...

Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper Plate 1 (Watermark Medium Garter) specimen, SG63s. A superb unmounted mint with or...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 3, Stereo A170, SGME1. An exceptionally fine used, contemporarily hand coloured, example sent from W...

Great Britain 1862 9d bistre Plate 2 (Watermark Emblems), SG86. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum, lettered 'MC' of this very ...

Great Britain 1878 £1 colour trial, SG129var. A very fine imperforate example lettered 'BC' printed on gummed watermarked paper in orange, overprin...

Great Britain 1884 5s crimson, SG181. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint with full original gum example lettered 'NF'. Lovely deep colour. The de...

Great Britain 1883 9d die proof, SG195var. A very fine example printed by De La Rue in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm) with circles in three...

Great Britain 1841 2d blue, SGDP43. A very fine unused top marginal example from the small trial sheet of twelve without corner letters. These stam...

Great Britain 1876 1s green Plate 13, SG150. A very fine unused, with original gum, bottom marginal right hand wing margin vertical strip of three ...

Great Britain 1887 2½d purple blue imprimatur, SG201var. A superb unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur trom plate three. Most attractive...

Great Britain 1877 £1 Telegraph colour trial, SGT17var. A superb unused, with original gum, imperforate example lettered 'AH', printed in dull mauv...