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Great Britain 1912 'Seahorse' Master Die Proof (stage 2), SG399var
£50,000.00| /Great Britain 1912 'Seahorse' Master Die Proof (stage 2), SG399var. A very fine example printed in brown on soft thick card (102 x 77mm). A very ra...
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Great Britain 1915 10s Deep blue "Seahorse", SG411
£1,000.00| /Great Britain 1915 10s Deep blue "Seahorse", SG411. A very fine used well centred left hand marginal example with excellent perforations neatly can...
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Great Britain 1903 1d Canada Head Essay Colour Trial (Die 2, large head)
£3,250.00| /Great Britain 1903 1d Canada Head Essay Colour Trial (Die 2, large head). Superb unused example printed in dull orange on thick proof card. The Can...
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Great Britain 1902 2s6d Lilac (O), SG260
£525.00| /Great Britain 1902 2s6d Lilac (O), SG260. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal example printed by De La Rue. Very di...
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Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1a, SG2
£2,800.00| /Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1a, SG2. A very fine used even four margin example lettered KE, cancelled by a neat red Maltese Cross and a crisp...
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Great Britain 1912 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG341var
£1,500.00| /Great Britain 1912 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG341var. A very fine unused original gum right hand marginal example printed in brownish-carmine, perf...
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Great Britain 1875 2½d Rosy mauve (white paper) Plate 1, SG139
£1,100.00| /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...
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Great Britain 1938 2s Booklet (Edition 422), SGBD12
£1,100.00| /Great Britain 1938 2s Booklet (Edition 422), SGBD12. An exceptionally fine and fresh example. A scarce King George VI stamp booklet. The Stanley Gi...
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Great Britain 1841 2d Pale blue Plate 4, SG13
£2,000.00| /Great Britain 1841 2d Pale blue Plate 4, SG13. Very fine used close to very large four margin block of six lettered IC-JE, each vertical pair cance...
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Great Britain 1910 3d Hentschel colour essay
£1,350.00| /Great Britain 1910 3d Hentschel colour essay. Very fine example printed in deep bright orange on white wove paper (42 x 73mm) with handstruck "SP/8...
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Great Britain 1878 £1 Colour trial, SG129var
£2,500.00| /Great Britain 1878 £1 Colour trial, SG129var. A very fine imperforate example lettered BC printed on gummed watermarked paper in mauve, overprinted...
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Great Britain 1936 5d Postage Due Imprimaturs, SGD24 var
£10,000.00| /Great Britain 1936 5d Postage Due, SGD24var. Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum top marginal block of four imperforate imprimaturs, wi...
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Great Britain 1841 2d Red Brown Die Proof on "Dickinson" Silk thread paper, SGDP44
£55,000.00| /Great Britain 1841 2d Red Brown Die Proof on "Dickinson" Silk thread paper, SGDP44. A very fine unused example, with original gum, of this extremel...
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Great Britain 1871 2d Ormond Hill die proof, SGDP46a
£45,000.00| /Great Britain 1871 2d Ormond Hill die proof, SGDP46a. Very fine example printed in deep blue on thin white wove paper on card (60x60mm) with uninke...
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Great Britain 1862 9d Bistre Plate 3 imprimatur, SG88var
£35,000.00| /Great Britain 1862 9d Bistre Plate 3 imprimatur, SG88var. Very fine unused bottom marginal imperforate imprimatur of this rare "Abnormal" plate let...
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Great Britain 1884 5d Dull Green (Die 1, Line under d), SG193var
£38,000.00| /Great Britain 1884 5d Dull Green (Die 1, Line under d), SG193var. A superb unused example, with original gum, of this very rare stamp that was prep...
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Great Britain 1855 4d Carmine Plate 1, SG62b
£36,000.00| /Great Britain 1855 4d Carmine Plate 1, (Watermark small garter, white paper), SG62b. A superb unused, with original gum, horizontal pair of this ra...
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Great Britain 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 11, SG16
£42,500.00| /Great Britain 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 1, (trial on Dickinson silk thread security paper, No Watermark), SG16. A magnificent unused left hand margin...
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Great Britain 1955 11d Brown-purple imprimaturs, SG553var
£4,000.00| /Great Britain 1955 11d Brown-purple (watermark St Edward's Crown) imprimaturs, SG553var. A superb Post Office fresh unmounted mint, with full origi...
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Great Britain 1912 1d Bright scarlet (Watermark Crown, Die 2), SG341B
£3,750.00| /Great Britain 1912 1d Bright scarlet (Watermark Crown, Die 2), SG341B. The unique unmounted mint with full original gum "B12" control block of six ...
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Great Britain 1914 2d Postage Due die proof, SGD4var
£4,500.00| /Great Britain 1914 2d Postage Due die proof, SGD4var. Superb uncleared example printed in black on white glazed card (68x78mm) numbered "123" on re...
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China Taiwan 1946-48 $100 on $20 scarlet, SG73
£1,100.00| /China Taiwan 1946-48 $100 on $20 scarlet, SG73, Sun Yat-sen seventh issue. A fine unused example and scarce as only 1,200 such stamps were surcharg...
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Great Britain 1951 1s Ochre (Watermark Sideways-inverted) Postage Due, SGD39wi
£2,800.00| /Great Britain 1951 1s Ochre (Watermark Sideways-inverted), SGD39wi. Superb unmounted mint with full original gum top marginal example of this rare ...
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Great Britain 1968 4d-1s9d British Anniversaries, SG767/770var
£9,000.00| /Great Britain 1968 4d-1s9d British Anniversaries, SG767/770var. Very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate set of four imprimatu...
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Great Britain 1912 2d Orange (Die 1), SG366var
£10,000.00| /Great Britain 1912 2d Orange (Die 1), SG366var. A very fine imperforate block of four plate proofs, printed in black from a special plate of four ...
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Great Britain 1901 4d Composite "Paste Up" essay of the Victorian "Jubilee" series, SG235var
£10,000.00| /Great Britain 1901 4d Composite "Paste Up" essay of the Victorian "Jubilee" series, SG235var. A spectacular series "B" essay with a lithographed q...
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Great Britain 1951 2 1/2d-4d Festival of Britain, SG513/4var
£7,000.00| /Great Britain 1951 2 1/2d-4d Festival of Britain, SG513/4var. Very fine unmounted mint set of two, with full original gum, left hand marginal imper...
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Great Britain 1901 10s Die proof, SG265var
£3,800.00| /Great Britain King Edward VII 1901 10s Die proof, SG265var. A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), dated "25 NOV 01" ...
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Great Britain 1862 4d Bright red plate 3, SG79
£2,100.00| /Great Britain 1862 4d Bright red Plate 3, SG79. Very fine and fresh unused example with original gum lettered SF. Lovely vibrant colour and a scarc...
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CHINA 1938 PRC REG ISSUES Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area: 5c brown, SGNC5A
£4,250.00| /China People's Republic Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area: 1938 (Feb) 'Full White Sun' 5c brown, SGNC5A. First printing on newsprint, upper right cor...
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Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper Plate 1, SG63s
£4,500.00| /Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper Plate 1, (Watermark Medium Garter), SG63s. A superb unmounted mint bottom margina...
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Great Britain 1854 1d red brown Plate 178, SG17var
£6,000.00| /Great Britain 1854 1d red brown Plate 178, SG17var. A superb unused top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AA', Showing par...
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Great Britain 1915 10s Bright "Cambridge" blue "Seahorses", SG412var
£7,000.00| /Great Britain 1915 10s Bright "Cambridge" blue "Seahorses", SG412var. A very fine and fresh mint example with original gum of this rare De La Rue c...
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Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (State 3), SGDP20b
£2,250.00| /Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (State 3), SGDP20b. A very fine four margin imperforate example printed in deep blue on white wove paper. To pr...
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China 1883 3ca brown-red 'Candarins', SG8
£400.00| /China 1883 3ca brown-red 'Candarins', 2.5mm spacing on thicker paper, clean-cut perforations 12½, SG8. A fine used example by part seal in blue. ...
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Great Britain 1902 1d Die proof, SG219var
£3,500.00| /Great Britain 1902 King Edward VII 1d Die proof, SG219var. Very fine example from the De La Rue printers striking book printed in black on white gl...
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