Great Britain 1913 5s pale rose-carmine "Seahorses", SG401var

Great Britain 1913 5s pale rose-carmine "Seahorses", SG401varGreat Britain 1913 5s pale rose carmine "Seahorses", SG401var. A very fine and fresh well centred unused, with original gum, block of four printed by Waterlow. A scarce block in this quality of a rare colour shade of the most distinctive of British King George V stamp issues. GB Specialised Catalogue No: N66(2). Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 3,000+. BUY NOW: Order online, by phone +44 (0)1534 639 998, or via email info@paulfrasercollectibles. com

Plate 2 was never put to press

The lower stamp showing the 'DRAMATIC GOLD DOCTOR BLADE FLAW' printing variety

showing variety 'stop omitted at right' on R10/4

both pairs with diaeresis over second 'E' of 'OFFISIEEL'

Includes letters of provenance from Hendrix’s former tour manager Tom Hullett and his father

He was six years old at the time

There are no known mint examples of this variety

nevertheless a very attractive example of this great rarity of British philately with less than six mint example known in private hands

on Dowager Empress third printing

Hulett states he received it as a gift from Al Hendrix in 1991

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value for a single example of the stamp showing the re-entry variety is £275

Instances of Dean's autograph where he has signed "Jim" instead of "James" are extremely rare