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 Great Britain 1870 ½d rose-red Plate 19 imprimatur, SG48var.
A very fine unused four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered 'TI'.
The ½d rose-red stamps, first issued on 1 October 1870, were the first halfpenny stamp. It was introduced to cover a reduction in the postal rate for newspapers and postcards. An iconic stamp, being Britain's smallest ever stamp.
SG catalogue value: £950.
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 Great Britain 1870 ½d rose red Plate 12 imprimatur, SG48var.
A very fine unused four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BG'.
Provenance: Ex. The Royal Philatelic Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Accompanied with a 2008 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
An example from the first approved printing sheet of an iconic stamp, being Britain's smallest ever stamp, with the most prestigious of provenance.
The ½d rose red stamps, first issued on 1 October 1870, were the first halfpenny stamp. It was introduced to cover a reduction in the postal rate for newspapers and postcards.
It was designed to be approximately half the size of the penny stamps and is famous for being the smallest British postage stamp ever issued at 17.5mm x 14mm. The stamps were given the nickname "Bantams" due to their small size.
Because of their size, the sheets were perforated from side to side rather than top to bottom, with the A column normally inserted first. The stamps were watermarked with the word "halfpenny" that extended across three stamps.
The ½d rose red stamps were replaced in 1880 by the surface printed halfpenny green stamps.
SG catalogue value: £950.
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 Great Britain 1870 1½d rose red Plate 3 imprimatur, SG51var.
A very fine and fresh close to large four margin imperforate top marginal imprimatur lettered 'AB', showing part sheet inscription and control number.
Scarce, one of only 22 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections.
Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Value: £6,000.
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 Great Britain 1870 1½d rose red Plate 1 (Dr. Perkins blued paper) Specimen,
SG51var.
A superb unused example with original gum lettered 'SD', overprinted "SPECIMEN".
An exceptional example of this rare first three halfpence stamp with a wonderful rich colour.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: G6(1)v.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £5,500.
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 Great Britain 1870 1½d rose red Plate 3, SG51.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum block of four lettered 'LE-MF'. Lovely colour and above average centring for this issue.
A scarce and most attractive Queen Victorian multiple.
SG catalogue value: £1,800+.
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 Great Britain 1870 6d mauve Plate 9, SG109a.
A very fine unused with part original gum imperforate horizontal pair lettered 'QE-QF', printed on Dr. Perkins "Blued safety paper".
Dr. Perkins’ Blued Security Paper was developed in an effort to combat stamp reuse and forgery. The bluish tinge, visible particularly from the reverse or in natural light, resulted from a chemical process intended to enhance paper security. Its
use was quickly discontinued, making surviving examples extremely scarce.
SG catalogue value: £5,600+.
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 Great Britain 1870 2s die proof, SG118var.
A very fine example printed in blue on white matt card (92 x 60mm), produced by De La Rue for the 1870 International Stamp Exhibition.
Very rare, only one or two examples exist in each colour in private hands.
SG catalogue value: £9,000.
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 Great Britain 1871 1d rose red Plate 146 Specimen, SG43s.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum block of eighteen lettered 'KA-MF' (eleven stamps unmounted mint), overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.
A scarce multiple of these Specimen stamps used for reference purposes only.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: G1(1)v.
Provenance: Ex. "Verus".
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 Great Britain 1871 3d deep rose, Plate 7, SG103.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand wing margin block of six lettered 'SI-TK'.
A superb Victorian multiple with lovely deep colouring.
Accompanied with a 1985 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,700+.
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 Great Britain 1871 1s green Plate 6, SG117.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example lettered 'NL'. Further benefits from lovely colour and gum.
A very high quality example of this scarce Victorian stamp, rarely seen in this condition.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £950.
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 Great Britain 1871-1935 1d Die Proof of the first (Later rejected) die, SGDP8b.
A very fine reprinted example printed in yellow green on very thin cream wove paper (67 x 70mm). Usual wrinkling associated with this thin paper.
The die in its final form for these reprints remained with Perkins, Bacon & Co. and reprints were made from time to time. These reprints have smudges below "ONE" and "NNY" which vary but are not always present.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: DP8b.
SG catalogue value: From £12,500.
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 Great Britain 1872 4d vermilion Plate 8 imprimatur, SG94var.
A very fine unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AI'.
Very rare, one of only 22 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections.
SG catalogue value: £2,500.
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 Great Britain 1872 4d vermilion Plate 14 imprimatur, SG94var.
A very fine unused, with original gum, top marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AG'.
A very rare example from the first approved printing sheet. One of only 22 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections.
SG catalogue value: £2,500.
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 Great Britain 1872 4d vermilion Plate 12 overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 6, SG94var.
An exceptionally fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, interpane marginal block of twenty, lettered 'AE–EH', overprinted in horizontal pairs.
The top pair 'AE–AF' is particularly striking, the AF stamp showing the entire overprint due to a rare double application being an unusual and previously unrecorded printing variety.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J59t.
Last sold by Stanley Gibbons in 2009 for £12,000.
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 Great Britain 1872 3d Colour trial Plate 8, SG103var.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate example lettered 'BG' in red brown.
A very scarce printer's colour trial.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,500.
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Britain 1872 2s die proof, SG118var.
A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 61mm), endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "Dec 19, 1872".
The die was produced for the proposed 2s stamp with coloured corner letters that was subsequently abandoned as this value was withdrawn.
The circles for the plate numbers are in the centre of the design and the letters of the value and "POSTAGE" are of different shape from the issued stamp.
A very scarce Queen Victorian specialist philatelic piece.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3,750.
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 Great Britain 1872 1d Black - South Kensington Exhibition Proof (Die II, Plate
27), SGDP36.
A very fine unused example printed in black on thick white card.
Official permission was granted to printers, Perkins Bacon to print proofs of the penny black on thick white card specifically for display at the International Stamp Exhibition at South Kensington in 1872.
The printers were allowed to retain this sheet after the exhibition. Upon the liquidation of the firm in 1935 the sheet was broken up and sold.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: DP36.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,000.
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 Great Britain 1873 1d rose red Plate 176 (watermark reversed), SG43.
A very fine unused with original gum bottom left hand corner marginal block of twenty six lettered 'PA-TF', showing part sheet inscription & plate number "176". Reinforced perforations between 'RD-RE' as usually seen on multiples of this size and
remains a very attractive and fresh positional piece.
Provenance: Ex. Seymour (1951).
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 Great Britain 1873 6d grey Plate 12, SG125.
A very fine well centred unused with original gum example lettered 'MF'.
Accompanied with a 1985 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £1,200.
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 Great Britain 1873 3d rose Plate 12, SG143.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand wing margin block of four lettered 'QC-RD'.
A scarce printing plate of this Queen Victoria surface printed classic and a real exhibition quality piece.
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 Great Britain 1873 3d rose Plate 20, SG143.
A very fine and fresh well centred unused example with original gum, lettered 'IJ'.
A scarce printing plate of this Queen Victoria surface printed classic and rarely seen so fine.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £600.
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 Great Britain 1874 5s pale rose Plate 2 imprimatur, SG127var.
A very fine unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur lettered 'HH'.
Very scarce, one of only 21 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections.
A major Queen Victoria surface printed rarity from the first approved printing sheet.
SG catalogue value: From £18,000.
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 Great Britain 1875 1d rose red Plate 192 imprimatur, SG43var.
A very fine unused four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered 'BI'.
A scarce example from the first approved printing sheet.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £425.
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 Great Britain 1875 2½d rosy mauve Plate 1 (blued paper), SG138.
A very fine unused with original gum block of four lettered 'DD-EE' (lower pair are unmounted mint).
A very scarce multiple in such high quality.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J1a.
SG catalogue value: £3,000+.
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 Great Britain 1875 2½d rosy mauve Plate 1 (blued paper), SG138.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, top right hand corner marginal example lettered 'AL' showing plate number "1", small part sheet inscription "2½d" & a Crowned "POSTAGE 2½d" handstamp at right.
A desirable positional piece in such excellent quality.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J1a.
Provenance: Ex. Maximus.
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