Postage Stamps

Great Britain 1855 4d deep carmine imprimatur Plate 1 on deeply blued paper, SG62var. A very fine and fresh unused top marginal imperforate imprima...

Great Britain 1873 4d dull vermilion Plate 12, SG93. A superb well centred unused block of six, with original gum, lettered 'OA-PC' (three stamps u...

Great Britain 1892 4½d colour trial, SG206var. A superb unused, with original gum, example with the head plate in grey-green and the duty plate in ...

Great Britain 1924 2s Booklet (Edition No.20), SGBB12. An exceptionally fine and fresh example with advertisement pane NB15a(8). A very scarce King...

Great Britain 1913 £1 deep green "Seahorses", SG403var. A very fine used example printed by Waterlow, neatly cancelled by a Guernsey circular date ...

Great Britain 1857 1d rose red Plate 65 (Die 2) imprimatur, SG36var. A superb large four margin imperforate corner marginal imprimatur, from the ve...

Niger Company Territories 1897 (22 Jul) cover from Akassa to Freetown, Sierra Leone, (with sender's name Handstamp 'J. Bubendorf' in violet on reve...

Great Britain 1883 5s die proof, SG176var. A very fine and fresh example printed by De La Rue in black on white glazed card (92x60mm) endorsed "BEF...

Malaya - Trengganu 1941 "Sultan Suleiman" 2c yellow-orange, 6c slate-grey, 8c rose, 15c ultramarine, all on ordinary paper, in left marginal blocks...

Great Britain 1989 £5 "The Scots Connection" booklet error, SGS55la. A superb unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate multi-value booklet...

Great Britain 1839 "Whiting" Treasury Essay. A superb, huge four margin example printed in red and black on thin white card by Charles Whiting usin...

Great Britain 1973 9d British Explorers (Charles Sturt) error, SG927d. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example with brown-red o...

Great Britain 1980 3p Bright Magenta Machins (FCP (Matt finish)/PVAD Type 1) error,  SGX930a. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, h...

Great Britain 1915 10s blue "Seahorses", SG412var. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, example printed by De La Rue overp...

Great Britain 1972 9p Anniversaries error, SG903b. A very fine unmounted int, with full original gum, example with brown (Facial features) omitted....

Great Britain 1988 13p Christmas error, SG1414a. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example of this rare and most desirable 13p fo...

Great Britain 1840 1d Penny Black, Plate 5, SG2. A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, four margin example lettered 'EC'. Plate 5 was pu...

China 1912 (2 Feb) 'Provisional Neutrality' overprinted in Chinese characters Postage Dues SGD176, D179/83. A fine mint set of 6 issued values of P...

Great Britain 1882 1d lilac (I.R. Official Die II), SGO3ca. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate irregular block of three formed from...

Great Britain 1912 2½d pale blue variety, SG372var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal vertical strip of five s...

China 1914-19 $10 black and green, Peking printing, 'Entrance, Hall of Classics, Peking', SG307. A fine mint example, very lightly hinged and parti...

Great Britain 1913 2s6d very deep sepia-brown (Vandyke brown), 5s rose-carmine, 10s indigo-blue, £1 green "Seahorses", SG399/403. A very fine unuse...

Great Britain 1840 (6th May) complete "Protestant Dissenters Assurance Company" insurance document sent from London to Stowmarket, Suffolk, franked...

A hugely rare 'Haste Haste Haste Post Haste with All Speed' letter from Deal Castle to Oliver Cromwell as Lord General in London.  Dated June 2,...