Postage Stamps

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...

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 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 ...

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...