Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320

Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320Great Britain 1911 1 Deep Green, SG320 Somerset House Printing A magnificent high value King Edward VII issue in premium condition. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example, with full original gum, of the 1 deep green, printed at Somerset House. This most distinctive and memorable stamp design caused controversy at the time because of its unusual shape and size. It is now argued by some as being the most attractive definitive stamp issue of King

Hong Kong British Post Offices in China 1862 Hong Kong 12c pale greenish blue

This requirement further became necessary because of a Revision of Fees Ordinance in Gibraltar

Hong Kong 1921-37 5c violet

Churchill & Troops 1940 7x5”

Signed just two months after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation

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well centred and fresh unused original gum example of this scarce experimental printing

Cyprus 1925 (24 Aug to 2 Sep) duty die proofs for the new 1½pi and 2½pi plates (each with HORIZONTAL fraction bar)

its beauty rests in its classic simplicity and fine engraving

each stamp with a BPMA (British Postal Museum Archives) handstamp on reverse and showing sheet dividing arrow in margin

in spite of a lifelong commitment to pacifism

fairly inconsequential as it is such a scarce set to assemble as first day covers