Great Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorses", SG408var

Great Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorses", SG408varGreat Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorses", SG408var. A very fine well centred lightly mounted unused example, with original gum, of this very rare De La Rue colour shade. GB Specialised Catalogue No: N64(11). Accompanied with a 1989 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate of authenticity. Stanley Gibbons Specialised catalogue value: 2,250.

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Great Britain 1906 1d Colour Trial

At the base of the frame is a description of the collection and full provenance is provided within an information pack that accompanies the collection

Back stamped by a blue Belfast circular date stamp for JY

one of only 23 possible example many of which are in institutional collections

matching upper left corner blocks of 6 (3x2) with plate numbers '1' (x2)

Such letters required payment by the recipient of the letter

Australia 1937 2d scarlet "150th Anniversary of Foundation of New South Wales"

A very fine block of four printed in emerald green on gummed "GvR" watermarked

grey printed triple

A very scarce King George VI stamp in this distinctive colour shade

He believed the stamps printed in such a complicated design in two processes and several colours would be extremely difficult to forge