Postage Stamps

Great Britain 1813 Entire Ship Letter to London headed "Flying Fish off the Isle of Wight on Wednesday 19th May at 7pm 1813". Showing a very fine o...

Great Britain 1840 1d black matching covers to same recipient covering the non registered period and the issue with sending valuables by post durin...

Great Britain 1840 2d blue, plate 1, horizontal strip of three, lettered 'SH-SJ', cancelled with black Maltese Crosses, SG5. A very fine used strip...

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, horizontal strip of four with four margins lettered 'FF-FI', showing plate flaw double 'F', cancelle...

Great Britain 1841 (3 Feb) wrapper to Bakewell bearing 1d black, plate 9, horizontal pair, lettered 'AH-AI', (deep shade small to large margins jus...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2. A superb quality large four margin used example lettered 'BF', cancelled by a perfect strike of the red...

Great Britain 1841 (13 Feb) large part wrapper to Bakewell bearing pair of 2d dark blue, plate 1, initialled 'CB-CC', SGDS5. A fine cover with clos...

Bavaria 1857 (October 18th) letter from Bamberg to Frederick City, Maryland, US endorsed 'Via Aachen per Prussian Closed Mail' and 'Recommandirt/Fr...

Italy 1862 (July 30th) letter registered from Milan, Italy to London, endorsed '6/G 22½' and '14868' registration number. 3 lire postage and regist...

Great Britain 1841 2d blue Die Proof, SGDP43. A superb unused top marginal example from the small trial sheet of twelve without corner letters. Pri...

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...

Great Britain 1868 1d rose red Plate 22 imprimatur, SG43var. A very fine unused four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AJ'. Very rare as only...

China 1866 (Shanghai) 12ca terracotta Antique/Roman numerals, 'Candareens' in the plural, wove paper, SG24 (Chan: LS24). A very fine unused example...

Great Britain 1915 2s6d Sepia (Seal brown) "Seahorses", SG408. An exceptionally fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right...

Great Britain 1971 7½p Christmas "Ride of the Magi" error, SG896b. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, top marginal example with lilac...

Great Britain 1924 2d orange (No Watermark), SG421a. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, example printed by Waterlow. A scarce King Ge...

Great Britain 1935 5s Booklet (Edition No.7,) SGBB35. A very fine and fresh example of this difficult to find King George V booklet with advertisem...

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 1939 10s. dark blue, SG478. A fine unmounted mint bottom marginal block of four. A scarce and most attractive King George VI position...

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 ...

Falkland Islands 1938 (3 Jan) set of 18 to £1 black and violet, SG146/63. A fine quality mounted mint complete set of this stunning King George VI ...

Dominica 1938-47 King George VI ½d to 10s black and brown-orange set of 14 SG99/108a A fine quality mint set with lovely fresh colours. The high va...

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 1911 1d plate proof, SG327var. A very fine example in red from the stage 5 die on gummed Crown watermarked paper. A scarce and attrac...

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 1991 22p Ninth World Congress of Roses. SG1568a Superb unmounted o.g. top left hand corner marginal example wit silver (Queen's head)...