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 Great Britain 1884 £1 brown-Lilac (Watermark Three Crowns), SG185.
A very fine unused with original gum example, lettered 'EC', with large part original usual “off-white†gum and a fresh vibrant colour.
A beautiful example of this very rare high value Queen Victorian surface printed classic rarity.
The £1 brown-lilac stamp is a heavyweight of British philately. The Long One Pound stamp is a stunning feature of Great Britain’s postal history. They are widely adored amongst collectors, but outside the financial reach of many because they are
so rare and valuable.
The unique horizontal format caused a great stir at the time when it was first issued in 1884. These surface-printed stamps were produced by the printers, Thomas De La Rue.
It has an ornate style with corner letters which are different for each stamp in the sheet, typical of the stamps in the reign, to deter forgers.
The £1 brown-lilac was only in circulation for a very short time in 1884 as it was soon re-issued in a green colour.
It is an elusive stamp missing in most collections and thus highly desirable, particularly in mint quality condition.
Provenance: Ex “Vaduzâ€, King Carol of Romania.
Accompanied by a 2012 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £18,000.
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 Great Britain 1884 1½d Colour Trial, SG188var.
A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in red brown lettered by 'AE'.
A scarce colour trial of this fine Queen Victoria surface printed stamp.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £2,100.
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 Great Britain 1884 2d Colour Trial, SG189var.
A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in pale blue-violet lettered 'KT'.
A scarce Queen Victoria printer's colour trial.
SG catalogue value: £2,100.
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 Great Britain 1884 2d Colour trial, SG189var.
A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in purple brown lettered 'LS'.
A scarce Queen Victoria colour trial.
SG catalogue value: £1,750.
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 Great Britain 1884 4d dull green, SG192.
A very fine well centred unused with original gum block of six lettered 'DG-EI'. Corner creases to 'EG' & 'El' and a minor tone spot on 'EH', nevertheless a scarce multiple.
Provenance: Ex. "Verus".
SG catalogue value: £2,100+.
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 Great Britain 1884 4d dull green, SG192.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, example lettered 'HF'.
A rarity in unmounted mint condition condition and hardly ever seen as such.
SG catalogue value: £350.
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 Great Britain 1884 4d dull green (Line Perforations 12) Specimen, SG192var.
A superb unused with original gum left hand marginal block of nine lettered 'HA-JC' (seven stamps are unmounted mint) overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.
A scarce multiple of these specimen stamps used for reference purposes only.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: K22t.
Provenance: Ex. "Verus".
SG catalogue value: £5,400+.
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 Great Britain 1884 6d dull green, SG194.
A very fine unused with original gum left hand marginal block of four lettered 'EK-FL' (two stamps unmounted mint).
A scarce positional multiple in such fine condition.
NB. The value of this stamp is dependent on being the true dull green colour. Stamps which have been soaked, causing the colour to run, are virtually worthless.
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 Great Britain 1884 1s dull green, SG196.
A very fine unused with original gum example lettered 'NJ'. Lovely fresh colour.
SG catalogue value: £950.
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 Great Britain 1884 2½d “Jubilee†Essay, SG201var – Unique Hand-Painted Essay
on Card
A spectacular and unique hand-painted essay for the proposed 1884 2½d Jubilee issue, executed in slate lilac and affixed to a small piece of white card (31 x 27mm).
This striking design is part of the earliest group of essays submitted before the design committee had issued formal guidelines. The stamp features Queen Victoria in profile surrounded by ornamental floral borders, inscribed 'POSTAGE & REVENUE'.
The essay represents an important moment in the evolution of British stamp design, bridging the Victorian aesthetic with the emerging stylisation of the Jubilee series that would define the latter 19th century.
An exceptional and unique piece.
SG Catalogue Value: £8,500.
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 Great Britain 1885 5s rose on blued paper (I.R.Official), SG08.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum example of this rare departmental issue lettered 'EA'.
Provenance: Ex. "Kay-Jay" and Bill Gross.
Accompanied with a 1922 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate and a 1997 British Philatelic Association (BPA) certificate.
These Inland Revenue stamps were used solely by revenue officials in the provinces. Mail to and from Head Office passed without a stamp. The London Office used these stamps only for foreign mail.
One of the most desirable of all the Victorian government official overprints, especially in such clean and well-centred condition.
Was previously sold by Stanley Gibbons in 2015 for £17,000. In our view, its current catalogue value does not do its extreme rarity in catalogue quality fair justice.
SG catalogue value: £6,500.
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 Great Britain 1885 1½d "Jubilee" Essay, SG198var.
A very fine hand painted example in dull purple and blue with details of the design highlighted in Chinese white, affixed to a piece of white card (27 x 31mm).
A unique essay of this most popular Queen Victoria Jubilee stamp issue.
SG catalogue value: £9,500.
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 Great Britain 1886 4d “Jubilee†Duty Plate Die Proof, SG205var.
A very fine proof of the unadopted die 1a design with speckled background and value figures inverted.
Printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 61mm), endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated “17 MAR 86â€.
A scarce Queen Victorian printer's die proof.
Provenance: Ex. “Aurcum".
SG catalogue value: £2,200.
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 Great Britain 1886 1s "Jubilee" die proof, SG211var.
A very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm) dated "24 MAR. 86" and endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING".
A very scarce specialised Queen Victorian philatelic piece.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,100.
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 Great Britain 1886 6d dull green (Govt Parcels) Specimen, SGO62s.
A superb unused with original gum right hand marginal block of six (three stamps are unmounted mint) overprinted “SPECIMEN" type 9.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: L19s.
A very scarce philatelic piece of Queen Victorian government department official specimens, in this form and in such fine quality.
These stamps were issued to all government departments, including Head Office, for use on parcels weighing over 3lb. Below this weight, government parcels were sent by letter post to avoid the 55% of the postage paid from accruing to the railway
companies as laid down by parcel-post regulations.
SG catalogue value: £1,800+.
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 Great Britain 1887 ½d-1s "Jubilee's" Specimens, SG197/211.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum set of the original ten values in horizontal pairs overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9.
A highly attractive assembly of these Queen Victoria Jubilee Specimen stamps used solely for reference purposes with superb colours.
SG catalogue value: £1,240+.
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 Great Britain 1887 3d purple/yellow "Jubilee" imprimatur, SG202var.
A superb unused, with original gum, right hand marginal imperforate imprimatur from printing plate 4. Endorsed sheet margin by the printer "4/ 28 Sept 86" the printing plate and the registration date.
A very rare "first edition" example of the popular Jubilee stamp issue. Only 24 examples have been removed from the imprimatur sheet, several of which are in institutional collections.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £725.
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 Great Britain 1887 5d dull purple & blue "Jubilee" (Die 1), SG207.
A superb unused, with original gum, very lightly mounted block of four. Wonderful fresh colour and gum.
A very scarce block in such fine quality.
The Jubilee stamps were issued at the end of Queen Victoria’s reign between 1887 and 1900. The fact they became known as the “Jubilee issue†coinciding with the Queen’s Jubilee was fortuitous as the set was planned to be issued from 1884.
However, this was delayed until the first issue came out on 1 January 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee.
The previous stamps in issue were the 1883-4 lilac and green series. These did not appeal to the public due to the colours being so dull. There were several different denominations at the time of the same colour and similar in design. This frustrated
post office workers as postmarks regularly covered the denomination making it difficult to establish if the correct denomination stamp had been used.
This led to a decision to replace these issues with new issues of different colour for each denomination. Some were printed in two colours and represented the first ever British bi-coloured stamps.
In terms of the conservative nature of stamp designs at the time, this was a major break from tradition. They quickly became popular with the public being more modern in design and colourful. Today, they continue to capture the hearts of stamps
collectors.
SG catalogue value: £2,000+.
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 Great Britain 1887 5d dull purple and blue "Jubilee" (Die 1), SG207.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, example.
The Jubilee stamps were issued at the end of Queen Victoria’s reign between 1887 and 1900. The fact they became known as the “Jubilee issue†coinciding with the Queen’s Jubilee was fortuitous as the set was planned to be issued from 1884.
However, this was delayed until the first issue came out on 1 January 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee.
The previous stamps in issue were the 1883-4 lilac and green series. These did not appeal to the public due to the colours being so dull. There were several different denominations at the time of the same colour and similar in design. This frustrated
post office workers as postmarks regularly covered the denomination making it difficult to establish if the correct denomination stamp had been used.
This led to a decision to replace these issues with new issues of different colour for each denomination. Some were printed in two colours and represented the first ever British bi-coloured stamps.
In terms of the conservative nature of stamp designs at the time, this was a major break from tradition. They quickly became popular with the public being more modern in design and colourful. Today, they continue to capture the hearts of stamps
collectors.
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1887 6d purple/rose red "Jubileeâ€, SG208var.
A superb unused with original gum example overprinted "CANCELLED†type 14.
A scarce Queen Victorian Jubilee stamp variety.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: K37t.
SG catalogue value: £1,250.
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 Great Britain 1887 6d "Jubilee" die proof, SG208var.
A very fine example of the Type A unadopted design with head area void. Numerous minor differences can be seen the most obvious of which is the additional line under the "d" of 6d.
A very scarce specialised Queen Victorian piece of philately tracking the selection and production process behind one of the most popular GB stamp issues.
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 Great Britain 1887 9d dull purple and blue "Jubilee" imprimatur, SG209var.
A very fine imperforate unused with original gum imprimatur.
Scarce, one of only 61 possible examples.
SG catalogue value: £850.
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 Great Britain 1888 £1 brown-Lilac (Watermark Three Orbs) overprinted
“SPECIMEN†type 11, SG185s.
A very fine and well-centred unused with original gum right-hand marginal example, lettered 'DD', with excellent colour and gum.
A rare high-value Victorian specimen of great desirability.
SG catalogue value: £6,800.
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 Great Britain 1888 4d Vermilion (I.R. Official) overprinted “CANCELLED†type
14, SGO13var.
A superb unused with original gum left-hand marginal pair.
A very rare Government Official issue and seldom encountered in such fine condition.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: L12t.
SG catalogue value: £2,000+.
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 Great Britain 1890 5s rose (I.R. Official) Specimen, SG09s.
A very fine unused left hand marginal example with original gum, lettered 'FA', overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 11.
Lovely deep shade of this beautiful government departmental stamp.
A scarce "Specimen" example used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: L7(2)t.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,750.
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