Great Britain 1884 5s crimson, SG181

Great Britain 1884 5s crimson, SG181Great Britain 1884 5s crimson, SG181. A superb unmounted mint example with excellent centering and very fresh and vibrant colour. A Victorian beauty to behold. A particularly scarce stamp in this unmounted mint quality. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is for "mounted mint". The design of this surface printed stamp symbolises the pride behind the golden era of the Victorian postal revolution. It is not just the design but the vivid crimson colour

and are now held in three major collections at Harvard University

Hastings on May 17

and the shorelines in the South of France – perhaps including this very scene - were amongst his most popular subjects

I have lived as I think to see all my fondest hopes realised

5" sheet from a sketchbook

a 1972 animated musical film

worn and signed by Hollywood icon John Wayne

Presented on a display card inside a 7" x 7" frame

Comedy of Errors

In 2009 this signed vest top was part of the 'Simply Madonna: Materials Of The Girl' exhibition

Groucho Marx recounts that while casting for the film

the members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that had accompanied the royal couple were invited to London in gratitude for their service