Great Britain 1870 1½d rose red Plate 3 imprimatur, SG51

Great Britain 1870 1½d rose red Plate 3 imprimatur, SG51Great Britain 1870 1d rose red Plate 3 imprimatur, SG51. A superb unused right hand marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BL'. Very rare, one of only 23 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections. Plate 3 was registered on 13 April 1874 and put to press on 10 August 1874. These imprimaturs represent the first sheet printed of a stamp issue from the approved and finished printing plate, the equivalent to the first edition of

China People's Republic Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area: 1938 (Feb) 'Full White Sun' 5c brown

showing two impressions of the 12x10 setting

Printed for distribution to postmasters announcing the new forthcoming issue

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hardly ever seen

The right stamp includes the error "Zanzidar" (with second "z" and "d" both normal)

right marginal vertical strip of 3

One of the all-time greats of British Commonwealth philately

beautifully fresh

Abraham Lincoln successfully led the country through its greatest constitutional

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