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 Great Britain 1924 3s Booklet (Edition No.55), SGBB24.
A very fine and fresh example.
A scarce King George V stamp booklet.
SG catalogue value: £425.
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 Great Britain 1924 3s Booklet (Edition 97), SGBB24var.
A very fine and fresh voucher booklet with each pane cancelled by a “London Chief Office†handstamp (Type J) in violet.
A scarce King George V stamp booklet.
SG catalogue value: £425+.
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 Great Britain 1925 6d rosy-mauve (Somerset House printing, Watermark Block
cypher), SG426var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate left hand corner marginal "C.25" control block of six imprimaturs with “BPMA†handstamps on reverse, dated "17/4/25" in margin.
Some gum disturbance due to the original mounting of the sheets by the Post Office, nevertheless a unique positional piece.
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 Great Britain 1927 2s6d olive-brown “Seahorses†(Bradbury Wilkinson "Dry"
printing on Portals mixed furnish paper) imprimatur, SG413a var.
A very fine unused with original gum bottom marginal imperforate imprimatur with attached spur of additional sheet margin annotated "For Regristration Plate No 7/9, HC Harris, Control Officer 30/8/27".
"BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
An attractive and scarce imprimatur from the iconic high-value Seahorse issue.
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Starting at £ 800
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 Great Britain 1929 1½d Postal Union Congress (P.U.C.) Die Proof, SG436var.
A very fine stamp size example printed in black on glazed card overprinted "CANCELLED" (19.5 x 2.5mm) in red, affixed to piece annotated "I.P.U./C.6./Waterlows".
Provenance: Ex. The personal archive of Royal Mint Engraver H.A. Richardson presented to him upon his retirement.
A unique King George V philatelic piece.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £7,000.
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 Great Britain 1929 2½d blue Postal Union Congress (P.U.C.) with watermark
inverted, SG437wi.
A very fine unused example with original gum of this scarce watermark printing variety.
A sought-after error from the celebrated P.U.C. issue.
SG catalogue value: £2,000.
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Starting at £ 240
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 Great Britain 1929 2½d blue Postal Union Congress P.U.C. (Watermark Inverted),
SG437wi.
A very fine used example of this scarce watermark printing variety neatly cancelled by an Oldbury circular date stamp for 'MY.27.1929'.
A most appealing example of this rare watermark variety on this popular King George V stamp issue.
SG catalogue value: £950.
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 Great Britain 1929 £1 Postal Union Congress (P.U.C.) black
cover, SG438.
A very fine commercially used example on a flown cover from London to Buenos Aires neatly tied by a London rubber Air Mail datestamp with a green Merchants cachet below applied on arrival for 'SP.2.1935'.
Very attractive and scarce commercial usage.
The PUC £1 became Britain's second commemorative stamp and was issued to mark the meeting of the Universal Postal Union in London on 10 May 1929.
In determining the design for this stamp, artists proposing designs were instructed "It is desirable that any design for the £1 stamp should be either of national significance or should be symbolic of the assembly which it is intended to
commemorate."
The design selected was by Harold Nelson, a prolific "black and white" artist specialising in medieval illustrations. Normally, selected designs for stamp issues would be approved by King George V. However, due to the King's illness at the end of
1928, Queen Mary approved this stamp design.
A number of different colours were trialled during the printing process. Black was finally selected since it was felt it sharpened the contrast and accentuated the darker parts of the engraving.
The PUC £1 managed to encapsulate everything that defined English pride at the time. The elaborate design depicting the patron saint of England, Saint George, slaying the dragon is an image designed to command attention.
It was printed using the line engraved technique by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, using printing plates they also manufactured.
The watermark is unique to this stamp, comprising a large format GvR with crown over single cypher.
The print run was very low compared to most other stamps at the time. Only 61,000 were ever printed. Compare this to the 68 million stamps issued for the Penny Black!
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 Great Britain 1929 £1 Postal Union Congress (P.U.C.) Specimen, SG438s.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, example overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 32 in red.
Very scarce in such perfect condition.
These rare "SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.
The 1929 British £1 Postal Union Congress stamp is regarded as one of the most striking stamps ever to have been issued.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: NCom9s.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3,500.
The PUC £1 became Britain's second commemorative stamp and was issued to mark the meeting of the Universal Postal Union in London on 10 May 1929.
In determining the design for this stamp, artists proposing designs were instructed "It is desirable that any design for the £1 stamp should be either of national significance or should be symbolic of the assembly which it is intended to
commemorate."
The design selected was by Harold Nelson, a prolific "black and white" artist specialising in medieval illustrations. Normally, selected designs for stamp issues would be approved by King George V. However, due to the King's illness at the end of
1928, Queen Mary approved this stamp design.
A number of different colours were trialled during the printing process. Black was finally selected since it was felt it sharpened the contrast and accentuated the darker parts of the engraving.
The PUC £1 managed to encapsulate everything that defined English pride at the time. The elaborate design depicting the patron saint of England, Saint George, slaying the dragon is an image designed to command attention.
It was printed using the line engraved technique by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, using printing plates they also manufactured.
The watermark is unique to this stamp, comprising a large format GvR with crown over single cypher.
The print run was very low compared to most other stamps at the time. Only 61,000 were ever printed. Compare this to the 68 million stamps issued for the Penny Black!
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 Great Britain 1929 £1 Postal Union Congress (P.U.C.) Specimen, SG438s.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, example overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 32 in red.
Very scarce in such perfect condition.
These rare "SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.
The 1929 British £1 Postal Union Congress stamp is regarded as one of the most striking stamps ever to have been issued.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: NCom9s.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3,500.
The PUC £1 became Britain's second commemorative stamp and was issued to mark the meeting of the Universal Postal Union in London on 10 May 1929.
In determining the design for this stamp, artists proposing designs were instructed "It is desirable that any design for the £1 stamp should be either of national significance or should be symbolic of the assembly which it is intended to
commemorate."
The design selected was by Harold Nelson, a prolific "black and white" artist specialising in medieval illustrations. Normally, selected designs for stamp issues would be approved by King George V. However, due to the King's illness at the end of
1928, Queen Mary approved this stamp design.
A number of different colours were trialled during the printing process. Black was finally selected since it was felt it sharpened the contrast and accentuated the darker parts of the engraving.
The PUC £1 managed to encapsulate everything that defined English pride at the time. The elaborate design depicting the patron saint of England, Saint George, slaying the dragon is an image designed to command attention.
It was printed using the line engraved technique by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, using printing plates they also manufactured.
The watermark is unique to this stamp, comprising a large format GvR with crown over single cypher.
The print run was very low compared to most other stamps at the time. Only 61,000 were ever printed. Compare this to the 68 million stamps issued for the Penny Black!
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 Great Britain 1929 2s Booklet (Edition No.106), SGBB13.
A very fine and fresh example with advertisement pane NComB4a(3).
SG catalogue value: £400.
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 Great Britain 1930 2d Agate “Postage due" (3rd Waterlow printing on super
calendered paper), SGD13var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom corner marginal "M30" control block of six imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA†handstamp on reverse.
A spectacular and unique positional piece.
Exceptional provenance as it was released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this it was stored in the museum archives in climate controlled vaults since being printed and is therefore in uncirculated mint condition.
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 Great Britain 1934 2s6d-10s “Seahorses†(Waterlow re-engraved printing)
imprimaturs, SG450/2var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of three imperforate imprimaturs, each with a "BPMA†handstamp on reverse.
A scarce philatelic assembly of the first approved printing sheet from the most famous stamp issue of the reign of King George V.
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.
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 Great Britain 1935 2½d Prussian blue error, SG456a.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example of this famous "error of colour" that was accidentally issued through a few North London Post Offices.
Accompanied with a British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £12,000.
The Story
King George V (known as the “Stamp Kingâ€) was a passionate stamp collector. So, on June 6th 1934, when he was asked for his permission for a commemorative stamp issue to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his Accession to the Throne, he was
delighted to say “yesâ€.
The designers put forward 12 different design ideas but the King was not impressed by any of them. So, On October 2nd 1934 the designers were sent back to the drawing board…
On October 25th 1934, a further 22 designs were submitted. Finally, the design of Mr Barnett Freeman was accepted.
On January 7th 1935, the King approved the final design. Just one question remained… what colour did he want the stamp to be?
Given the choice of “Prussian blue†or “blueâ€, the King opted for the latter.
But, all didn’t go to plan…
Why this stamp is so rare
The printers, Harrison & Son, printed some sheets in the “Prussian blue†colour in error.
They realised their mistake and quickly destroyed the erroneous sheets, except for six sheets sent to the Post Office Stores for inspection.
The Superintendent Warehouseman was asked to destroy the six sheets apart from a block of four to be retained for reference purposes.
However, a further mistake was made and only two of the sheets were destroyed. The other four were accidentally placed with the correct colour sheets by a busy worker.
Three of these sheets were sent to the Edmonton Post Office in North London. The other sheet was issued to an unknown Post Office.
As a result, we know that only 480 of these stamps were ever issued.
This is the maximum possible number in existence. The actual number of surviving examples is much lower.
A Profitable Trip to the Post Office
On June 2nd 1935, a collector, Mr A J Stavridi, sent his secretary to buy the new Silver Jubilee stamps from the Post Office in Upper Edmonton.
On inspecting the stamps, Mr Stavridi noticed that some of the stamps were different from the others.
Some were blue… others were “Prussian blueâ€.
Mr Stavridi quickly returned to the Post Office and purchased the remainder of the “Prussian blue†stamps.
Of the 360 stamps at Edmonton Post Office, 41 had already been sold. Mr Stavridi bought the remaining 319 stamps.
He mailed some of the stamps to his friends as souvenirs.
Of the 41 sold copies, ten were used on magazines sent to Australia, of which one survived; two were sent to a collector in Tonbridge. One other was used on a letter sent to Holland and was discovered in 1937.
To this day, the 2½d Prussian blue remains one of the rarest and most famous stamps from Great Britain. Quite simply, it should not have been printed.
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 Great Britain 1936 (September) 1½d Edward VIII Coronation Essays, SG459var.
A very fine set of four imperforate essays depicting the King in the uniform of the Welsh Guards (Design Type D). Printed in green, red, brown and blue on gummed E8R (sideways) watermarked paper, each mounted on thin card as originally presented to
the Post Office and the Royal Arts Commission on 7 September 1936.
Very rare, with only six sets released.
SG catalogue value: £7,000.
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 Great Britain 1936 4d Edward VIII Accession essay.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, perforated example printed in blackish olive on watermarked paper, showing the King in the uniform of the Seaforth Highlanders from the photograph by Bertram Park.
Very scarce as the stamps were not issued. When Edward became king of the United Kingdom in January 1936, he made it clear he planned to marry Wallis. When he was told by Parliament this was impossible, he abdicated in December of that year. The
couple lived out the rest of their lives in a whirl of parties and foreign travel.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1937-47 ½d-1s Definitives (Dark colours), SG462/75var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of fifteen left hand marginal imperforate imprimaturs with “BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A scarce philatelic assembly of the first approved printing sheet from this attractive stamp issue from the reign of King George VI.
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.
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 Great Britain 1937-47 1½d red-brown (dark colours) imprimaturs, SG464var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate tête-bêche pair of imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A scarce philatelic piece from the first approved printing sheet.
Exceptional provenance as it was released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this it was stored in the museum archives in climate controlled vaults since being printed and is therefore in uncirculated mint condition.
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 Great Britain 1937-47 1½d red-brown (dark colours) imprimaturs, SG464var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate bottom marginal horizontal pair of imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse, without "marginal rules" from the first 1937 printing.
A very scarce King George VI marginal pair from the first approved printing sheet.
Exceptional provenance as it was released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this it was stored in the museum archives in climate controlled vaults since being printed and is therefore in uncirculated mint condition.
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 Great Britain 1937-47 2½d ultramarine (dark colours, Watermark Sideways),
SG466avar.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate bottom marginal block of four imprimaturs with "BPMA†handstamps on reverse.
A scarce philatelic piece from the first approved printing sheet.
Exceptional provenance as it was released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this it was stored in the museum archives in climate controlled vaults since being printed and is therefore in uncirculated mint condition.
Previously sold by Stanley Gibbons in 2015 for £12,000.
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Starting at £ 800
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 Great Britain 1937 2s Booklet (Edition No. 402), SGBD11.
A very fine and fresh example of this difficult booklet containing advert pane QB23(10). Also shows cylinders G18, G19 and F1.
A scarce King George VI stamp booklet in such exceptional quality.
SG catalogue value: £750+.
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 Great Britain 1938 3s Booklet (Edition No.373), SGBD22.
A very fine and fresh example of this scarce King George VI stamp booklet, rarely seen so fine.
SG catalogue value: £1,200.
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 Great Britain 1939-48 2s6d-£1 “Arms†High Values imprimaturs, SG476/8cvar.
Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum set of six imperforate (£1 Brown Perforated) marginal imprimaturs, each with a “BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A scarce philatelic assembly of the first approved printing sheet from this attractive stamp issue from the reign of King George VI.
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.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £39,000.
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 Great Britain 1940 2s6d Booklet (Edition No. 10), SGBD14.
A very fine and fresh example of this scarce George VI booklet, showing notable varieties: J3 No dot on the 2½d pane, cylinder H2 No dot on the 2d pane, and cylinder E41 No dot on the ½d pane.
A difficult and desirable King George VI stamp booklet, seldom seen in such fine quality.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,100.
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 Great Britain 1941-42 ½d-2½d (Pale colours, watermark inverted) imprimaturs,
SG485/9wivar.
Superb unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate set of three blocks of four left hand marginals with "BPMA* handstamps on reverse.
A very scarce and handsome philatelic assembly with the watermark inverted printing variety.
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.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £30,000.
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