Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 2, SG2 May Date Cover A very fine used example of the Penny Black, Plate 2, lettered 'PB', with recut corner letter squares, tied neatly to an envelope by a crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation. Posted from Torquay to Exeter, with a well struck Torquay circular date stamp (cds) for May 27, 1840 at upper left, making this an especially desirable May date cover, from the first month of the worlds first postage stamp.

Great Britain 1840 (Oct) 1d Rainbow trials (State 3)

SG16/24var

POHL' and Romeko hand stamp on reverse

China 1949 (April) Hankow gold yuan surcharges on 'transport' revenue stamps

and considered currently underpriced

with both weddings leading to divorce

SG536/9var

A very rare stamp with only 1

example with brown (Facial features) omitted

but very scarce

lower right corner horizontal strip of 3 with part imprint and '1B' (x4) plate numbers

About Very Fine