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,...

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Envelopes (Forme 1, Stereo A138 & Forme 2, Stereo A151), SGME2. Two fine used examples of the Mulready Stationer...

Great Britain 1854 6d purple, SG60. A very fine used four margin horizontal pair neatly tied to a small piece by London City "30" numerals and a re...

India 1887 Queen Victoria 1a brown (Railway Postmarks) postal stationery envelope. A cover from Bombay tied by Grant Road Railway Station cancel fo...

Indian Feudatory States Kishangarh 1917-18 8a violet Official (from 1904-05 issue) type O1 handstamp in black, SGO22. A fine lightly used horizonta...

Indian Feudatory States Jaipur ½a blue, Perkins Bacon printing, complete sheet of eighty (10x8), SG6,6b. The top 6 rows are perforations 12, with b...

Indian Feudatory States Bundi 1918 12a blackish-green tablet Type D on thin wove paper, Benns setting 17, as complete sheet showing printing variet...

Great Britain 1910 7d colour trial, SG249var. A very fine example printed in red-purple on gummed, crown watermarked paper, with part original gum ...

Great Britain 1874 6d grey Plate 13, SG147. A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, bottom margin left hand wing margin block of six lette...

Great Britain 1906 1d colour trial (Perforations 14), SG219var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, top marginal example printed in...

Great Britain 1913 8d Eve's Pillar Design essay, SG390var. A very fine unused imperforate example printed in dull purple on gummed Royal Cypher wat...

Great Britain 1865 6d lilac Plate 5, SG97. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand wing margin example lettered 'G...

Great Britain 1881 3d rose Plate 21, SG158. A superb well centred unmounted mint, with full original gum, block of four lettered 'EA-FB'. Lovely co...

China 1897 'small' surcharge 2c on 3c deep red 'Red Revenue' 2c on 3c, SG93/d/f. A remarkable block of four including printing variety 'comma for s...

Great Britain 1911 1d Perkins Bacon essay. A very fine type B example printed by the printex method in blue on white glazed paper (124x86mm). A ver...

Great Britain 1892 4½d "Jubilee" head plate die proof, SG206var. A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "BEF...

Great Britain 1899 2d "Jubilee" colour trial, SG200var. A very fine and fresh unused example, with original gum, with purple head plate and scarlet...

Great Britain 1906 1d colour trial, SG219var. A very fine unused perforated example, with original gum, printed in cerise on Crown watermarked pape...

Great Britain 1911 1d die proof "The Downey Head" issue (Stage 2), SG327var. A very fine uncleared example printed in pale rose red on white proof ...

Great Britain 1879 3d rose, Plate 20 (watermark Spray), imprimatur, SG143var. A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2. A very fine used close to large four margin vertical strip of four lettered 'OC-RC', neatly cancelled b...

Great Britain 1973 7½p British Explorers 'Walter Raleigh' error, SG926b. A very fine used example on cover to California with ultramarine (Walter R...

Great Britain 1874 6d grey, Plate 17, SG147. A very fine well centered, exceptionally unmounted mint example with full original gum, lettered 'QL'....

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown, SG8m. A very fine used set of twelve four margin examples each neatly cancelled by a London numbered Maltese Cross...

Great Britain 1863 4d bright red, Plate 4 (with hair lines) imprimatur, SG81var. A very fine unused, with original gum, top marginal imperforate im...