Great Britain 1936 12th Nov 2½d King Edward VIII Coronation Essay, SG460var

Great Britain 1936 12th Nov 2½d King Edward VIII Coronation Essay, SG460varGreat Britain 1936 12th Nov 2d King Edward VIII Coronation Essay, SG460var. Very fine imperforate essays of the King from the Humphrey Paget effigy (Small head) with the rectangular frame by Eric Gill (Design Type R). Printed in Green, Red, Brown & Blue on gummed E8R watermarked paper. All are mounted on thin card as they were presented to the Post Office and the Royal Arts Commission on 12th November 1936. A very rare set of King Edward VIII stamp

Britain was at the very height of its wealth and power during the Victorian era

Great Britain 1882 1d Lilac (I

Some minor traces of gum toning

Widely regarded as the finest used multiple of the penny black from this plate or any other plate

Despite a vertical crease between impressions of 'KG-KH' it is a truly spectacular and scarce multiple of the two penny blue stamp

A Post Office fresh unmounted mint positional block with full original gum

A fine used example with part Bathurst circular date stamp

this being the only way to obtain an example from the reserve plate as it was prepared for issue but never released

Mint condition with original gum

lists a value of £4

A very fine cleared die proof printed in black on thin white glazed card (38x42mm)

At the time of first issue in 1913