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Britain 1914 2d Postage Due die proof, SGD4var.
A superb uncleared example printed in black on white glazed card (69 x 78mm), numbered "279" on reverse.
A rare philatelic item for the specialist collector. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,000
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Britain 1914 2d Postage due die proof. SGDvar. Superb uncleared example printed in black on white glazed card (68x78mm) numbered "123" on reverse. Very scarce.
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Starting at £ 1,000
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Britain 1915 10s Deep blue "Seahorse", SG411.
A very fine used well centred left hand marginal example with excellent perforations neatly cancelled by a light indistinct thimble circular date stamp. Beautiful deep colour and seldom ever seen so
fine.
Excellent quality used examples like this are more challenging to find than mint examples, yet command a much lower value.
Printed by De La Rue.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £1,000. (Image)
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Starting at £ 700
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Britain 1915 10s Deep blue (Worn plate). SG411var. Very fine and fresh well centred unused o.g. example printed by DLR. Spec N70(3). (Image)
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Starting at £ 700
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Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorse", SG408var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, top right hand corner marginal example, centred slightly low. A fine example of this difficult to find De La Rue printers colour shade
variety.
Accompanied with a 1987 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
Stanley Gibbons Specialised Catalogue No: N64(14).
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £2,400. (Image)
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Starting at £ 400
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Britain 1915 2s6d blackish brown "Seahorse", SG408var. A very fine and fresh unmounted original gum block of four printed by De La Rue, bearing the usual off white gum on reverse not detracting in any way from this very rare multiple of this
difficult shade to find. GB Specialised Catalogue No: N64(14). Accompanied with a 1990 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate of authenticity. (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,000
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Britain 1915 2s6d Deep yellow brown (watermark inverted). Superb unmounted original gum right hand marginal example of this difficult De La Rue watermark variety. Spec N64(5)f. SG405wi (Image)
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Starting at £ 550
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Britain 1915 2s6d Deep yellow brown. SG405var. Superb unused o.g. (Three stamps unmounted o.g.) imperforate corner marginal colour trial block of four printed by DLR. Stunning colour and a very scarce multiple. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,000
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Britain 1915 2s6d Sepia (Seal brown). SG408. Superb corner marginal block of four printed by DLR lightly mounted on the corner of one stamp only. Very scarce so fine. Spec. N64(10). (Image)
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Starting at £ 450
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Britain 1915 2s6d Very deep brown (intense shade, watermark inverted), SG405wj.
A superb unused original gum right hand marginal block of four showing this rare watermark variety, which is also dramatically misplaced and bisected between the
stamps.
GB Specialised Catalogue Number: N64(11)f. (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,000
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Britain 1915 2s6d Yellow-brown (Wmk. Reversed). SG406wj. Very fine and fresh unmounted o.g. top left hand corner marginal block of four of this difficult DLR watermark variety, light gum bend across top pair nevertheless a very scarce positional
block. Spec. N64(6)g. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,350
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Britain 1915 5s Bright carmine (Wmk. Reversed). SG409wj
Very fine, well centred unmounted o.g. example of this rare watermark variety printed by DLR. Spec. N67(1)c.
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Starting at £ 1,475
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Britain 1915 5s pale carmine "Seahorse" (Watermark Inverted), SG410wi.
A pristine unmounted mint, with full clean original gum, corner marginal example of this rare watermarked variety printed by De La Rue.
The variety clearly showing three times
in sheet margin. An exceptional example and probably the finest in existence.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: N67(3)b. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,750
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Britain 1915 5s Pale carmine (worn plate) SG410. Very fine and fresh well centred unmounted o.g. example printed by DLR. Spec. N67(3) (Image)
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Starting at £ 275
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Britain 1918 2s6d chocolate brown, SG414var. A very fine unused original gum right hand marginal block of four (three stamps unmounted original gum) printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, overprinted "CANCELLED" type 33. Very scarce. GB Specialised Catalogue
No: N65(3)zd.
Free global delivery. 28-day returns. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,650
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Britain 1918 3d Violet "Postal due" (Harrison printing) imprimaturs, SGD5var.
Very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal pair of imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse. Some light gum wrinkling
as was prevalent across the whole sheet.
A scarce philatelic piece.
Exceptional provenance as they were released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this they were stored in the museum archives in climate controlled vaults
since being printed and are therefore in uncirculated mint condition. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,300
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Britain 1919 10s Dull grey blue. SG417. Very fine fresh well centered, unmounted o.g. block of four printed by Bradbury Wilkinson. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,000
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Britain 1919 2s6d Olive-brown. SG413a var. Superb unused o.g. well centered example printed by Bradbury Wilkinson overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 32 Very rare believed to originate from the printers day book with only two examples recorded. Spec.
N65(1)va (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,450
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Britain 1920 3s6d Booklet (Edition No.28), SGBB30.
A very fine and fresh example of this difficult to find George V booklet.
Very scarce in such fine condition.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £2,200. (Image)
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Starting at £ 475
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Britain 1920 5s rose red (Watermark Multiple Cypher). Very fine well centred, unmounted mint with original gum example (226mm printing). A scarce experimental printing overprinted "CANCELLED" type 24. This stamp is very difficult to find so well
centred. SG416var.
Free global delivery. 28-day returns. (Image)
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Starting at £ 425
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