Postage Stamps

Antigua 1938-51 1s black and red-brown, FRAME PRINTED DOUBLE, ONE ALBINO, SG105ab. A brilliant mint example with original gum. The albino impressio...

Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper Plate 1, (Watermark Medium Garter), SG63s. A superb unmounted mint bottom margina...

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 1890 10s ultramarine (I.R. Official), SGO10. A very fine used example lettered 'GF', neatly cancelled by a crisp Dundee circular date...

Great Britain 1882 6d grey Plate 18, lettered 'OI-PL', SG161. A very fine unused right hand marginal block of eight with original gum. Four of the ...

Great Britain 1867 10d pale red brown Plate 2 imprimatur, SG113var. A very fine unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur of this rare "abnor...

Sarawak 1888-97 unissued high values $2 green and blue, $5 green and violet, $10 green and carmine, SG21a/c. These three high values were prepared ...

North Borneo Labuan 1880 '8' on 12c carmine type 2 surcharge but with '12' not obliterated, SG11b. A fine and fresh mint example with part original...

Ceylon 1857-59 8d die proof in black on India paper (30x36mm) affixed to card, SG7var. Some trivial soiling evident at left, although remains an at...

China 1953 (1 Aug) People's Republic of China Military Post $800 'Navy' issue, SGM1593/94. Only the orange-yellow, vermilion and red-orange was iss...

China 1935 $1 black on blue grey booklet with map design on back cover, containing Yat-sen and Martyr issues, SGSB8. Overall fine mint condition de...

China 1878 1ca green, 3ca brown-red and 5ca orange, 'Large Dragons', thin paper 2¼mm spacing, SG1/3. Fine mint examples with large part original gu...

China 1897 (Jan) 4c on 3c deep red, 'Large' surcharge as type 19, "Red Revenue", SG90. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. ...

China 1894 60th Birthday of Dowager Empress set of 9 to 24ca rose-carmine, each used by part to large part Shanghai seal in blue or black, SG16/24....

Hong Kong 1863-71 96c brownish grey, watermark CC, SG19. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. Minor gum wrinkles mentioned for ac...

Great Britain 1968 7d bright emerald (2 bands), SG737VAR. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal horizontal pair of imper...

Great Britain 1858 Queen Elizabeth II 2d 'Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial', SG573var. A very fine perforated horizontal pair on ungummed unwatermarked s...

Great Britain 1914 5d Postage due die proof, SGD7var. A superb uncleared example printed in black on white glazed card (58x62mm) numbered ""279"" a...

Great Britain 1877 10s colour trial Telegraphs, Plate 1, SGT16svar. A very fine imperforate unmounted mint, with full original gum, corner marginal...

Great Britain 1854 1d red brown (Die I) Plate 173, SG17. An exceptionally fine and fresh unused block of twelve with original gum, lettered 'IJ-LL'...

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 1889 10d "Jubilee" essay, SG210var. A very fine hand painted example in lilac & green with details of the design highlighted in C...

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

Great Britain 1881 1d Die proof (Die 1 & 2), SG170/2var. Very fine pair of die proofs proposed for the 1881 1d lilac, printed in black on cut d...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

Great Britain 1972 3p Christmas Angels, SG914a. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum, with red-brown (face and detailing) omit...

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

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

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 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...

Great Britain 1840 1d black matching covers to same recipient covering the non registered period and the issue with sending valuables by post durin...

Great Britain 1840 2d blue, plate 1, horizontal strip of three, lettered 'SH-SJ', cancelled with black Maltese Crosses, SG5. A very fine used strip...

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, horizontal strip of four with four margins lettered 'FF-FI', showing plate flaw double 'F', cancelle...

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 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2. A superb quality large four margin used example lettered 'BF', cancelled by a perfect strike of the red...

Bavaria 1857 (October 18th) letter from Bamberg to Frederick City, Maryland, US endorsed 'Via Aachen per Prussian Closed Mail' and 'Recommandirt/Fr...

Italy 1862 (July 30th) letter registered from Milan, Italy to London, endorsed '6/G 22½' and '14868' registration number. 3 lire postage and regist...

Great Britain 1841 2d blue Die Proof, SGDP43. A superb unused top marginal example from the small trial sheet of twelve without corner letters. Pri...