Great Britain 1909 4d colour trial, SG240var

Great Britain 1909 4d colour trial, SG240varGreat Britain 1909 4d colour trial, SG240var. A very fine example printed in carmine lake on gummed, Crown watermarked paper. Produced for the monocolour issue using the original bi coloured plates. A very rare King Edward VII printing colour trial with no more than two or three examples of each colour recorded in private hands. Provenance: Ex. Aurelius & "Minoru" collection of King Edward VII, one of the most prestigious KEVII collections ever

A very reasonably priced QEII stamp error of missing colour

His name has become interchangeable with genius

Endorsed at top "Old" & "New" in red manuscript

when the Earl of Woolton and Chairman of the British Red Cross Society asked the Postmaster General whether stamps could be issued to mark the centenary of the international conference

When this piece was sold in the 1982 Griffiths sale this block was described as "the only mint examples from this plate so far recorded"

lower right corner block of 12 (4x3 - the bottom row severed and rejoined)

This extremely rare signed document features Henry VII's clear and flourishing "H R" autograph

AUSTRALIAN NOTE AND STAMP PRINTER"

The design is a modified miner’s lamp

but a spectacular and rare multiple

The British and allied forces invaded Palestine in November 1917 capturing Gaza (7 November)

Typical rough perforations as almost always seen