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 Great Britain 1878 ½d Die proof for lighter and more fugitive colours, SGDP67.
A very fine imperforate example cut to stamp size with void corner letters printed in purple on white wove paper, watermarked “small star". Usual pin hole from being pinned in the printers/post office record book.
This proof represents an important experimental phase in the quest for lighter and more fugitive ink formulations, making it highly significant to philatelic study and exhibition.
Very rare, only a very limited number of these plate trials are known to have survived.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: DP67.
SG catalogue value: From £15,000.
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 Great Britain 1880 6d grey Plate 17, SG147.
A superb well-centred unmounted mint, with full original gum, block of four, lettered 'BB–CC'.
A lovely and scarce multiple from this difficult to find printing plate, rarely encountered in such fresh condition.
SG catalogue value: £2,600+.
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 Great Britain 1880 ½d Green Die Proof, SG164var – “Before Hardeningâ€
A superb and rare piece from the Victorian proof archive.
A superb die proof of the 1880 ½d green, printed in black on white glazed card (measuring 90 x 60mm). It bears the original endorsements “16 JUL 80†in blue and “BEFORE HARDENING†in red, marking its status as an official pre-hardening trial
from the stamp production process.
Listed as "PROOF 9.037", this is a very scarce and highly desirable item for the specialist in Victorian philately and die proofs.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1880 1½d venetian red Plate 1 (Line Perforations 14)
imprimatur, SG167var.
A very fine unused line perforated imprimatur mounted in a cardboard bevelled frame from the 1887 Stamp Committee presentation album.
Only 36 albums were originally produced, many of which are in institutional collections or simply lost and, consequently, are very rare.
Accompanied with a 2006 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1880 1½d Colour trial, SG167var.
A very fine perforated left hand marginal example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in green.
A scarce Queen Victoria printer's colour trial.
SG catalogue value: £3,000.
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 Great Britain 1880 1½d Colour Trial in Carmine Pink, SG167var
A very fine and fresh unused original gum colour trial example, printed in carmine pink on gummed watermarked paper.
Issued as a trial for the 1880 1½d denomination
Striking colour variation with sharp impression and clean perforations
Watermarked paper—typical of official trials
Scarce and highly desirable piece for the specialist Queen Victoria collector
A beautiful and rarely offered Victorian trial printing, ideal for exhibition.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3,000.
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 Great Britain 1880 1½d Colour Trial, SG167var.
A very fine perforated example printed in maroon on white gummed Crown watermarked paper.
A scarce and attractive Queen Victoria colour trial, seldom offered on the market.
SG catalogue value: £3,000.
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 Great Britain 1880 2d Plate Proof, SG168var.
A very fine imperforate example printed in black on thick white wove paper.
A scarce and attractive Queen Victoria surface printed stamp printer's plate proof.
Provenance: Ex. "Verus."
SG catalogue value: £750.
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 Great Britain 1881 1s orange brown Plate 13 imprimatur, SG163var.
A very fine unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AJ'.
Very scarce from the first approved printing sheet, one of only 22 possible examples several of which are in institutional collections.
Plate 13 was registered on 4/1/1881 and put to press in May 1881.
SG catalogue value: £3,800.
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 Great Britain 1881 5d indigo imprimatur, SG169var.
A very fine unused with original gum imperforate imprimatur.
A very scarce and most attractive Queen Victorian surface printed stamp from the first approved printing sheet.
SG catalogue value: £1,650.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d Die Proof (Die I), SG170var.
A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm), endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "6 MAY 81".
A scarce Queen Victoria specialised item.
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d lilac (Die 2) die proof, SG172var.
A very fine example in black on white glazed card mounted on a piece from the De La Rue striking book, dated 1883 with various manuscript dates.
A unique printer's die proof.
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d colour trial, SG172var.
A very fine unused perforated block of four printed in greenish slate on pink gummed Crown watermarked paper.
A scarce multiple of these early colour trials of Queen Victoria bi-coloured stamps.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £12,000+.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d lilac, SG172var.
A very fine unused with original gum bottom right-hand corner marginal pair showing control "O over N".
A scarce and most attractive Queen Victorian surface printed control pair.
Accompanied with a 1966 British Philatelic Association Certificate of Authenticity.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d lilac Colour Trial, SG172var.
A very fine unused perforated example printed in greenish slate on pink gummed "Crown" watermarked paper.
A very scarce colour trial of the first Queen Victorian bi-coloured stamps.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: from £3,000.
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 Great Britain 1881 1d lilac (Die 2), SG174a.
A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, imperforate bottom marginal control "L" example.
A wonderful Victorian rarity.
Genuine imperforate stamps have been confirmed with Control E or L and M control is known totally imperforate as a single. They are especially rare as no imperforate control examples have been removed from the imprimatur sheets of the 59 printing
plates.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: K8(4)e.
SG Catalogue Value: £4,500+.
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 Great Britain 1882 £1 brown-lilac Plate 1 (blued paper) Specimen, SG132s.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum example of this rare high value Queen Victorian surface printed stamp lettered 'GE' overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.
A very scarce Specimen example in very high quality used solely for reference purposes.
The high denomination of £1 for this stamp meant it was only used in major cities at the time. The hobby of stamp collecting was only beginning to gain popularity in 1882 and very few collectors could afford to spend £1 on a stamp at that time (the
equivalent to around £150 in today's money terms).
SG catalogue value: £11,000.
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Starting at £ 1,280
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 Great Britain 1882 £5 orange Plate 1 (blued paper) Specimen, SG133s.
A very fine well centred example lettered 'AG' overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.
Most attractive example with fine blueing to the paper making it much rarer and highly desirable.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J128s.
SG Catalogue Value: £3,000.
A very high quality Specimen example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine on blued paper from the first printings.
Because of the high face value, there was no postal need for this stamp issue.
It was first introduced as a Telegraphs stamp to account for payment of bulk telegrams and for those of individual high cost.
Telegraphs were withdrawn in 1881 and the same plate design was adapted for use as a postage stamp, but postal packages that warranted a £5 stamp were obviously going to be very few and far between.
That is why so few of these stamps exist. Dr. John Horsey’s book, aptly entitled "The £5 Orange", analysed 3,534 examples of the £5 Orange and he calculated that to be nearly half of the £5 Oranges that still exist.
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 Great Britain 1882 5s rose Plate 4, white paper, SG134.
A very fine used, well centred, example lettered 'FB', neatly cancelled by a crisp George Street/Edinburgh circular date stamp for 'JU.18.1883' with a second small part circular date stamp at right.
A most attractive example.
SG catalogue value: £2,000.
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 Great Britain 1882 5s rose (White Paper), Plate 4, SG134.
A very fine used, well-centred example, lettered 'GH', neatly cancelled by a crisp Red Lion Street circular date stamp dated January 7, 1884.
With such fresh colour and excellent eye appeal, this is a classic high-value Victorian rarity in outstanding condition.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,000.
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 Great Britain 1882 £5 orange Plate 1 overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 11, SG137s.
A very fine and fresh well-centred example, lettered 'CD'. Exceptional colour and eye appeal.
A very high quality Specimen example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine on blued paper from the first printings.
Because of the high face value, there was no postal need for this stamp issue.
It was first introduced as a Telegraphs stamp to account for payment of bulk telegrams and for those of individual high cost.
Telegraphs were withdrawn in 1881 and the same plate design was adapted for use as a postage stamp, but postal packages that warranted a £5 stamp were obviously going to be very few and far between.
That is why so few of these stamps exist. Dr. John Horsey’s book, aptly entitled "The £5 Orange", analysed 3,534 examples of the £5 Orange and he calculated that to be nearly half of the £5 Oranges that still exist.
SG catalogue value: £3,250.
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 Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137.
A very fine used example lettered 'BK', neatly cancelled by an Exeter circular date stamp for 'DE.16.1899'. Lovely colour.
A very high quality used example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine.
Because of the high face value, there was no postal need for this stamp issue.
It was first introduced as a Telegraphs stamp to account for payment of bulk telegrams and for those of individual high cost.
Telegraphs were withdrawn in 1881 and the same plate design was adapted for use as a postage stamp, but postal packages that warranted a £5 stamp were obviously going to be very few and far between.
That is why so few of these stamps exist. Dr. John Horsey’s book, aptly entitled "The £5 Orange", analysed 3,534 examples of the £5 Orange and he calculated that to be nearly half of the £5 Oranges that still exist.
SG catalogue value: £3,750.
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 Great Britain 1882 3d on 3d lilac Plate 21 imprimatur, SG159var.
A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered 'HJ'.
Scarce, one of only 24 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections.
In the early 1880s, the British government became obsessively focussed on the concern that members of the public were removing postmarks from stamps to reuse them. The solution was to use “fugitive†inks for stamps which would easily dissolve in
water. This approach reduced the available ink colours to just two – green and lilac. This ultimately led to the “lilac and green†unified issue in 1883.
The enabling Act passed on 18 August 1882 effective from 1 January 1883 resulted in an urgent need to find a solution since it was evident it would be impossible to produce the required new stamps by that date. Consequently, the current 3d and 6d
stamps were reprinted in fugitive lilac and, to help identification, were overprinted with a large red “3d†and “6dâ€.
These overprinted issues were replaced by the lilac and green set 15 months later on 1 April 1884.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £2,750.
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 Great Britain 1882 6d grey Plate 18 (Line Perforations 14) imprimatur, SG161var.
A very fine unused line perforated imprimatur lettered 'OD', mounted in a cardboard bevelled frame from the 1887 Stamp Committee presentation album.
Only 36 albums were originally produced, many of which are in institutional collections or simply lost.
Very rare.
Accompanied with a 2006 Royal Philatelic Soceity (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1882 6d grey Plate 6 imprimatur, SG161var.
A very fine and fresh imperforate imprimatur, with large part original gum, lettered 'TG'.
A very rare example from the first approved printing sheet. Only 22 examples have been removed from the imprimatur sheet of which several are in institutional collections.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £2,750.
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