Postage Stamps

Great Britain 1921 2s6d olive brown "Seahorses", SG413a var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal example overprint...

Great Britain 1884 3d colour trial, SG191var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in brown lettered 'TD'...

China 1949 (Oct) North West China-Xinjiang: Dihua People's Post surcharges, $1 on (-) orange and $3 on (-) rose-red in left marginal imprint blocks...

Great Britain 1911 2d Engravers Sketch Die for unissued value. A very fine fully cleared die proof printed in black on thick white proofing paper (...

China 1948 (Oct) North East Provincial Issues, Peiping Central Print, Parcel Post $500,000 on $5,000,000 grey-lilac, SGP84, Chan NEP7. A fine block...

Great Britain 1971 5p reddish-violet (Scotland, Two bands), SGS20var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal horizonta...

Great Britain 1955 9d bronze-green (watermark St Edward's Crown), SG551var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate bottom mar...

China 1912 (Mar) Shanghai Commercial Press Republican overprint, set of 15 to $5 myrtle and salmon, SG192/206. A fine and fresh mint set with large...

Great Britain 1974 10p "Medieval Warriors", SG961var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal vertical gutter pair of ...

China 1895-96 (Shanghai) Amoy Local Post: "Herons in a Marsh" 2c blue (stone I) Postage Due overprint in red, SGD8. A fine mint and fresh example w...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 4, SG2. A very fine used four margin example lettered 'MK', neatly cancelled by a crisp red Maltese Cross. GB Sp...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letterhead Forme 2, Stereo A27, ME1. A very fine used example sent within London to Ratcliff Highway, Wapping. Neatl...

Great Britain 1840 2d blue Plate 1, SG5. A superb used close to huge four margin horizontal strip of three lettered 'BJ-BL' showing double letter "...

Great Britain 1854 1d red brown Plate R6, SG17var. A superb unused top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AA' (being the fi...

Great Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorses", SG408var. A very fine well centred lightly mounted unused example, with original gum, of this v...

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...

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 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...

Act for Preventing Frauds and Abuses in His Majesty's Customs 1662. Publisher: London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to th...

Great Britain 1885 5d "Jubilee" Essay, SG207var. A very fine painted example in blue-green, deep brown and ochre with details of the design highlig...

Great Britain 1880 1s orange brown Plate 13 (Watermark Spray), SG151. A superb unmounted mint example with full original gum, lettered 'IF'. Except...

Great Britain 1883 1s dull green, SG196. An exceptionally fine and fresh unmounted mint example, with full original gum, lettered 'SA'. Wonderfully...

Great Britain 1911 1d "Downey" head die proof (Stage 1), SG327var. A very fine printer's die proof with value, inscription tablets and surround unc...

Great Britain 1879 1d Head die proof, SG166var. A very fine example of the head die used for the 1880 provisional issue, printed in black on white ...

Great Britain 1965 4d-1s Centenary of Joseph Lister Discovery of Antiseptic (Phosphor), SG667/8pvar. Superb unmounted mint, with full original gum,...

Great Britain 1901 2½d plate proof, SG230var. A very fine unused top marginal imperforate example printed in deep blue on thick white unwatermarked...

Great Britain 1884 ½d colour trial, SG187var. A very fine and fresh unused example printed in orange. A very scarce Queen Victoria colour trial. B...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Lettersheet (Forme 3, Stereo A36), SGME1. A very fine used example sent from London to Killarney neatly cancelled by...

Great Britain 1876 Overseas mail to Singapore, SG120/147. A very fine double rate cover to Singapore bearing a 2s pale blue and a 6d grey Plate 14,...

Great Britain 1911 ½d green (Die 1a perforations 14), SG322a. A very fine used example of this difficult perforation variety neatly tied to a pictu...

Malta 1965-70 5s 'HAFMED', SG346var. A very fine unmounted mint left marginal vertical pair with full original gum. The lower stamp showing the 'DR...

China 1950 (July) People's Republic of China General Issues 1950 surcharges on Sun Yat-sen North Eastern Provinces issue, basic set of 14 to $400 o...

Great Britain 1883 3d colour trial, SG191var. A very fine unused perforated example with original gum, lettered 'CG', printed in purple on green un...

China Manchukuo 1934 (Jan-Aug) set of 9 to 1y deep violet, recess printing, watermark w5, SG23/31. A fine and fresh mint set with part original gum...

China 1878-83 5ca orange 'Candarins', thin paper 2½mm spacing, SG3. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. The Chinese Empire ...

China 1949 (1 Jan) People's Republic of China Regular Issues North China surcharge on 'Ploughman' issue $5 on $1000 salmon, SGNC246. A fine mint ex...

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

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 75, SG8. A very fine unused, lightly mounted, four margin horizontal block of six lettered 'OD-PF', without a...

Great Britain 1862 6d Lilac Plate 3 imprimatur, SG84var. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BG'. Very scarce, ...

Great Britain 1913 ½d light green trial, SG351var. A very fine imperforate part unused original gum ink fastness trial by Harrison & Sons with ...

Great Britain 1867 10d pale red brown Plate 1, SG113. A very fine used left hand wing margin block of four lettered 'GI-HJ', neatly cancelled by su...

Great Britain 1878 6d grey Plate 16 imprimatur, SG147var. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'SG'. Very rare, o...

Great Britain 1941-42 pale scarlet (pale colours, watermark sideways), SG486a var. A superb fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperfora...

Great Britain 1965 4d-1s3d Churchill Commemoration (Phosphor) imprimaturs, SG661/2p var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of...

Great Britain 1966 Battle of Britain (Phosphor) imprimaturs SG677p var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, corner marginal "Traffic L...

Great Britain 1969 British Cathedrals, SG801a. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum and with black (face value) omit...

Great Britain 1855 1d red brown, Plate 20, imprimatur, SG24var. The unique unused four margin top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur ...

Great Britain 1867 1d Black Paris Exhibition Proof, Plate 103, SGDP38. A superb four margin horizontal pair lettered 'DI-DJ' printed on soft white ...