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Britain 1938 2s Booklet (Edition 422), SGBD12.
An exceptionally fine and fresh example.
A scarce King George VI stamp booklet.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £1,100.
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Starting at £ 700
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Britain 1938 2s Booklet (Edition No. 469), SG BD12.
Blue cover printed in black with advert pane "BOVRIL MAKES A STRONG DEFENCE'. A very fine and fresh example of this difficult to find booklet with good perforations on all panes, containing advert
pane QB23(11).
A scarce booklet in such fine condition.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price is £1,100. (Image)
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Starting at £ 250
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Britain 1939 5s Red 'Arms' High Value. Very fine unmounted original gum bottom right hand corner marginal horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs, each with a 'British Postal Museum and Archives' handstamp on reverse. Scarce. SG 477var (Image)
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Starting at £ 4,500
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Britain 1941 King George VI 1941-42 ½d-3d definitives (pale colours), SG485/90var. A superb unmounted original gum set of six imperforate imprimaturs with "N.P.M. Imprimatur" handstamp on reverse. Very scarce, only one of six sets released from the
National Postal Museum archive sales in 1984-85. (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,500
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Britain 1944 ½d "Silver Jubilee" Nazi propaganda forgery, SG453VAR.
A very fine block of nine inscribed "This War is a Jewish War" and depicting Stalin instead of King George V. Printed on wavy lined watermarked paper.
A scarce and high quality
block.
These fascinating and historically interesting forgeries were printed by the Third Reich in 1944 in Germany as Hitler's Third Reich started to crumble. The designs from the GB 1935 King George V ½d Silver Jubilee stamps were altered to
promote anti Russian and anti Jewish propaganda.
These forgeries have a broad appeal to collectors including those interested in overprints, the interesting and the unusual, Judaica and Word War II history. A very worthwhile addition to any
collection. (Image)
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Starting at £ 375
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Britain 1949 2s6d Booklet (Edition June 1949), SG488b. A very fine example containing a 2d pale orange pane incorrectly inserted and spectacularly miscut to the extent that it includes elements of three horizontal tête-bêche pairs. Two 1d stamps
removed from 1st pane (probably used before the error was discovered), nevertheless a stunning variety and great rarity which is in all probability unique. (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,250
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Britain 1951 1s Ochre (Wmk. Sideways-inverted). SGD39wi. Superb unmounted o.g. top marginal example of this rare watermark variety, this being the original discovery and is accompanied by a copy of the letter from Stanley Gibbons confirming its
inclusion in the 1994 concise catalogue. (Image)
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Starting at £ 675
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Britain 1951 2s6d-£1 "Festival" High values, SG509/12.
Very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of four.
This beautifully designed set of King George VI high value stamps was issued on 3 May 1951 to celebrate the centenary of the Great
Exhibition of 1851.
The Festival of Britain in 1951 aimed to illustrate the British contribution to civilisation past, present and future in the arts, science and technology, and industrial design.
Pressure was put on the Post Office to issue a
special set of stamps to celebrate the event.
12 artists were invited to submit their ideas for the designs. The four stamps finally chosen depicted HMS Victory (2s6d), White Cliffs of Dover (5s), St. George and the Dragon (10s) and the Royal Court
of Arms (£1).
They are a lovely set of stamps. It is not surprising they have become one of the most popular sets of British commemorative stamps ever issued.
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Starting at £ 25
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Britain 1955 11d Brown-purple (watermark St Edward's Crown) imprimaturs, SG553var.
A superb Post Office fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate bottom marginal horizontal pair of imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse,
showing central sheet ornament in margin.
A scarce philatelic piece.
Provenance: Ex. British Postal Museum Archives (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,000
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Britain 1958 1s6d grey-blue (Wales, cream paper) imprimaturs, SGW6var.
A superb unmounted mint with full original gum bottom marginal horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, showing central sheet diving
arrow in margin.
A scarce Queen Elizabeth II imperforate pair of imprimaturs.
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 £ 950
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Britain 1958 3d Deep lilac (Isle of Man, Cream paper). SG2var
Superb unmounted o.g left hand marginal vertical pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, showing central sheet dividing arrow in margin. Scarce. (Image)
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Starting at £ 950
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Britain 1959 3s Deep Violet "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial", SG575var.
Very fine perforated horizontal pair on gummed crowns watermarked (upright) paper, with a 4mm blue phosphor band printed over the ink between the two stamps, resulting in one stamp
with a 2mm right band and a second with a 2mm left band. Scarce. (Image)
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Starting at £ 150
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Britain 1961 3d Post Office Savings Bank (Timson Printing). Superb unmounted original gum example with orange-brown omitted, offered with normal example for comparison. Scarce. SG624Aa (Image)
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Starting at £ 125
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Britain 1963 2 ½d Ninth International Lifeboat Conference (Ordinary), SG639var.
Superb unmounted original gum bottom left hand corner marginal 3A, 2B, 1C cylinder block of six imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a 'British Postal Museum and
Archives' handstamp on reverse. Some light gum disturbance in lower margin from original mounting of the sheet by the Post Office, nevertheless a unique positional piece.
From the very first approved printed sheet of this classic stamp issue, the
equivalent to a "first edition", and with the highest possible provenance originating from the British Postal Museum Archives. (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,750
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Britain 1963 6d Paris Postal Conference Centenary (Ordinary) SG636var. Superb unmounted o.g. top right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse. Spec. (Image)
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Starting at £ 550
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Britain 1964 20th International Geographical Conference (Ordinary), SG651/4var.
Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate set of imprimaturs with N.P.M handstamp on reverse.
Very rare with only 10 sets being released by the
National Postal Museum in 1984/5. (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,125
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Britain 1964 20th International Geographical Congress (Ordinary). SG651/4var
Very fine unmounted o.g. set of four imperforate imprimaturs with NPM handstamp on reverse. Rare only ten sets released from the National Postal Museum archive. (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,125
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Britain 1964 2½d 20th International Geographical Congress (Ordinary) imprimaturs, SG651var.
Superb Post Office fresh unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate left hand marginal horizontal pair of imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on
reverse, showing variety "Retouched lawn" in position R11/1.
A unique and remarkable item.
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.
The first International Geographical Congress was held in 1871; since then one has normally been held at four-yearly intervals. London was chosen in 1964
and the Congress lasted from 20 to 28 July.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: W46c (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,225
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Britain 1964 2½d 20th International Geographical Congress (Phosphor). Superb unmounted original gum imperforate bottom left hand corer marginal cylinder block of four imprimaturs 'Cyl.3D-1C-1B-1A' with 'British Postal Museum and Archives' handstamps
on reverse. Unique. SG 651p var (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,625
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Britain 1964 3d Botanical congress essay, SG655var.
A very fine essay depicting ferns, printed in bluish grey and black, perforated 15 x 14 on gummed unwatermarked paper, mounted on a Harrison & Sons presentation card. Typed on reverse "Design
No.7b./4099".
A unique essay.
Provenance: ex Michael Goaman archive, the famous designer of classic postage stamps for 30 years with his wife. (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,300
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