Postage Stamps

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...