Postage Stamps

Two rare letters from the 100 Years War, carried by Royal Messenger The two letters relate to an English military success at Harfleur in 1440, ...

1633 warrant regarding the postmaster of English city St Albans A fascinating piece of early postal history from Charles I's reign.  It commands ...

 A handwritten 1714 letter detailing arrangements for a gun salute at the Tower of London during Queen Anne's funeral  Queen Anne (1665-1714) re...

India Used Abroad Aden 1880 (2 Nov.) envelope to Guernsey, marked "Via Brindisi", bearing ½a. and 4a. cancelled by "B" in bars and Aden circular da...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 7, SG2. A superb used large four margin example lettered 'NA', beautifully cancelled by a crisp "PAID ABERDEEN" b...

Great Britain 1913 2s6d-£1 "Seahorses", SG400/04var. Very fine unused with original gum (10s & £1 without gum as is usual) set of four printed ...

Great Britain 1841 1d Pink envelope. A very fine example sent from Godalming to Mooltan via Kurachee, neatly cancelled by a blue Godalming circular...

Great Britain 1881 1d deep purple (Die 2, Watermark Inverted), SG173c. A very fine unmounted mint bottom marginal example with full original gum, p...

Sierra Leone 1965 Churchill (30c) on 6d Climbing Lily, error 'AIRMAIL' '30c' OMITTED SG374b. A lower right corner block of 4 with '1A' plate number...

Great Britain 1962 3d National Productivity Year, SG632a. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal example with ligh...

Great Britain 1972 3p British Polar Explorers, (Sir James Clark Ross), SG897b. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand margi...

Great Britain 1935 2½d Prussian Blue, SG456a. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal example of this key King George V...

Great Britain 2004 47p Classic Locomotives "SR West Country Class Blackmoor Vale, Bluebell Railway", error, SG2421a. A very fine unmounted mint cor...

Great Britain 1884 1½d Colour trial (no watermark, imperforate), SG188var. Very fine unused original gum bottom marginal example in lilac on buff p...

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 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 1911 7d Hentschel half tone essays (Small format). Very fine group of essays in four different colours, red, blue, mauve and green. e...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 2 stereo A151, SGME2var. Very fine used example sent from Whitely to Yarm, cancelled in error by bl...

Great Britain 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 132, SG8p. Very fine used horizontal pair lettered EA-EB, neatly tied to a small piece by a pair of red Glo...

Indian Feudatory States Bundi 1941 4r yellow-green and vermilion, inscription type H, sheet of four, SG71. A fine mint sheet, without gum as issued...

Indian Convention States Gwalior 1896 2a6p yellow-green, type long Hindi overprint, block of six with centre stamp in top row showing error 'GWALIC...

Bushire 1915 'Coronation issue of Persia' 10ch brown and deep green, type 1 overprinted, from Dadkhah setting II, position 5, SG21. A brilliant min...

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...

China 1913 London Waterlow printing, 1c blue vertical pair with interpane margin at left, error imperforation between, SGD334a. A fresh quality min...

Great Britain 1929 £1 Postal Union Congress, SG438. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum, widely regarded as one of the most s...

Great Britain 1997 £1.50 - £5 "Castles" (Enschede printing), SG1993/6. A superb Post Office fresh unmounted mint set of four with full original gu...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2. A very fine and fresh mint four margin example with original gum, lettered 'SI' clearly showing a shifte...

Great Britain 1872 6d Pale buff Plate 12, SG123. A superb unused example with original gum, lettered AB. Wonderful fresh colour and gum. A rare pri...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 3 SG2. A very fine used good to large four margin example lettered LJ, neatly tied to a small piece by a crisp re...

Great Britain 1913 4d plate proof, SG378var. A very fine unused top left hand corner marginal block of four plate proofs printed in pale ultramarin...

Great Britain 1867 1s Die proof, Plate 6, SG117var. A very fine cut to size example printed in black on white glazed card with void plate numbers a...

Great Britain 1874 3d rose Plate 15, SG143var. A very fine unused top marginal imperforate imprimatur, with original gum, lettered 'AK' showing pla...

Great Britain 1875 1s green Plate 11, SG150var. A very fine unused, original gum, top corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AL' with pla...

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (20 November 1840), State 3, SGDP20d. A very fine imperforate four margin bottom marginal example printed in dr...

Great Britain 1935 2½d Prussian Blue, SG456a. A very fine and fresh unused example, with original gum, of this famous "error of colour". Offered wi...

Great Britain 1875 2½d Rosy mauve (white paper) Plate 1, SG139. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum, lettered OF. An exceptio...

Great Britain 1854 6d violet (Watermark inverted), SG61wj. A very fine used large four margin left hand marginal horizontal pair of this rare shade...

South Africa 1949 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union 3d bright blue, horizontal pair, left stamp (R2/19) showing variety 'Lake in East...

South Africa 1949 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union 3d bright blue, left marginal horizontal pair, left stamp (R1/1) showing variety '...

South West Africa 1973-79 Succulents 5c, error BLACK OMITTED, SG245a. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Presented with the...

Sierra Leone 1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 to 1s, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type B9), SG181s/4s. A brilliant mint set with original gum. A very fine s...

Fiji 2009 Local provisional 5c on 23c 'Fruit dove', type IIIa surcharge, error SURCHARGE INVERTED, lower marginal imprint block of 4, SGF1359a A pr...

Fiji 2009 Local provisional 5c on 23c 'Fruit dove', type IIIa surcharge, error SURCHARGE INVERTED, interpane block of 8 (4x2) with gutter strip sho...

Antigua 1949 Royal Silver Wedding 5s grey-olive, lower right corner block of 4 with '1a' plate number, SG113. A very fine unmounted mint positional...

Indian Feudatory States Idar 1932-43 ½a (pale) yellow-green (thick paper), white panels, complete booklet pane of 4, SG1a. A fine and fresh exampl...

Malta 1965-70 4d ‘Knights of Malta‘, error ‘KNIGHTS OF MALTA‘ (SILVER) OMITTED, SG336a. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum....