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 Great Britain 1941-42 2½d light ultramarine (Pale colours, Watermark upright)
imprimatur, SG489var
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate right hand vertical marginal strip of five imprimaturs from the endways coil printing with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse, showing manuscript annotations " taken for registration 6/5/42 Cyl
11." in margin.
A very rare King George VI philatelic display 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 for £13,000 in 2015.
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Starting at £ 800
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| 398 |
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 Great Britain 1948 2½d ultramarine Channel Islands Liberation imperforate
imprimatur pair, SG C2avar.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal horizontal pair, each with “BPMA†handstamps on reverse, showing the “Broken Wheel†variety on the right-hand stamp from position R.20/5.
A unique and exceptional positional rarity of great importance.
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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Starting at £ 400
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| 400 |
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 Great Britain 1950-52 ½d-4d (New colours) imprimaturs, SG503/508var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate set of six left hand marginal (except for the 4d value) King George VI imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A rare set from the first approved printing sheet.
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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Starting at £ 800
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| 401 |
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 Great Britain 1951 1d pale ultramarine (watermark inverted), SG504var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate marginal imprimatur booklet pane of three stamps and three printed labels “MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d." (setting 1., 17mm) 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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| 402 |
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 Great Britain 1951 1d light ultramarine (Watermark Inverted), imprimaturs
SG505var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs with "NPM IMPRIMATUR" handstamp on reverse.
A very rare pair of exceptional quality from the first approved printing sheet of this King George VI stamp issue.
Provenance Ex. National Postal Museum Archive sales 1984/5.
SG catalogue value: £5,500.
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| 403 |
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 Great Britain 1951 2½d-4d Festival of Britain, SG513/4var.
A very fine unmounted mint, full original gum, set of two bottom marginal horizontal pairs of imperforate Imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse showing central sheet ornament at foot.
A scarce set of the first approved printing sheet from this attractive stamp issue.
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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Starting at £ 800
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| 404 |
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 Great Britain 1951 2½d-4d Festival of Britain imprimaturs, SG513/4var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of two right hand marginal imperforate imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A scarce set from the first approved printing sheet.
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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Starting at £ 480
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| 405 |
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 Great Britain 1952–54 2d–1s6d Wildings (Watermark Tudor Crown) imperforate
imprimatur set, SG515/31var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of seventeen, all left-hand marginal examples with "NPM" handstamps on reverse.
Very rare, with only ten sets released from the National Postal Museum Archive sales in 1984/5.
A remarkable survival from the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Starting at £ 1,280
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| 406 |
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 Great Britain 1955 2s6d–£1 “Castles†(Waterlow printing) imperforate
imprimatur set of four, SG 536/9var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right-hand marginal set in horizontal pairs, each with a “BPMA†handstamp on reverse.
A scarce and attractive imprimatur set, seldom available outside institutional holdings.
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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Starting at £ 800
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| 407 |
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 Great Britain 1956 5d brown-ochre (Watermark St Edwards Crown), SGD52var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate imprimatur with "N.P.M. Imprimatur" handstamp on reverse.
Very scarce, one of only five examples released from the National Postal Museum archive sales.
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Starting at £ 160
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| 408 |
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 Great Britain 1958 2d red brown "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial", SG573var.
A very fine perforated horizontal strip of four on gummed crowns watermarked (Sideways to left) paper, with all over green phosphor showing a strong phosphor reaction.
A scarce QEII specialised philatelic piece.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: ST4(3)b.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1959 3d deep violet "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial", SG575var.
A very fine perforated bottom marginal block of four on gummed crowns watermarked (upright) paper, with a 4mm blue phosphor band printed over the ink between the two stamps, resulting in two stamps with a 2mm right band and two stamps with a 2mm left
band.
A scarce exceptional quality piece of Queen Elizabeth II philately.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: ST7(3)b.
The Dollis Hill phosphor trials were made by the Post Office between 1958 and 1972. These trial stamps were unknown to collectors until they appeared on the market at a major London auction. These important trial stamps are now recognised as an area
of fascinating philatelic study.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1959 3d deep violet "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trialâ€, SG575var.
A very fine perforated bottom marginal block of six on gummed crowns watermarked (upright) paper, with a 4mm blue phosphor band printed over the ink between the two stamps, resulting in three stamps with a 2mm right band and three stamps with a 2mm
left band.
A scarce QEII printing variety.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: ST7(3)b.
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Starting at £ 160
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| 411 |
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 Great Britain 1962 6d deep claret (Watermark Crowns, Whiter paper) imprimatur,
SG579var.
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 dividing arrow in margin.
A scarce pair from the first approved printing sheet for the issue.
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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Starting at £ 240
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| 412 |
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 Great Britain 1963 1s6d Opening of COMPAC "Trans-Pacific Telephone Cable"
(Ordinary) imprimaturs, SG645var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum imperforate top marginal horizontal pair of imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse, showing central marginal arrow in margin.
A scarce pair from the first approved printing sheet.
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.
Last sold by Stanley Gibbons in 2015 for £4,500.
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Starting at £ 320
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 Great Britain 1963 1s6d Opening of COMPAC (Trans-Pacific Telephone Cable) error,
SG645a.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom left hand corner marginal vertical cylinder strip of eight, the top stamp with black (Cable) omitted.
A magnificent progressional and unique positional piece. Pierron records only 22 examples.
Accompanied with a 2010 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £3,500+.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1964 3d-1s6d Shakespeare Festival (Phosphor), SG646/9pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate right hand marginal set of four imprimaturs with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A scarce and attractive imprimatur set.
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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Starting at £ 240
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| 415 |
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 Great Britain 1964 4d 20th International Geographical Congress (Phosphor),
SG652pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate bottom left hand corner marginal cylinder block of four imprimaturs "Cyl. 1E-1D-1C-IB-1A" with "BPMA" handstamps on reverse.
A unique block of imprimaturs 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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Starting at £ 400
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| 416 |
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 Great Britain 1964 3d-1s3d 10th International Botanical Conference (Phosphor),
SG655/8pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, hand marginal set of four imperforate imprimaturs, each with a"BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A scarce and attractive imprimatur set.
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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| 417 |
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 Great Britain 1964 3d-6d Opening of Forth Road Bridge (Ordinary) imprimaturs,
SG659/60var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal set of two imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A scarce set from the first approved printing sheet.
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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Starting at £ 320
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| 418 |
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 Great Britain 1965 4d-1s Lister Centenary (Phosphor) imprimaturs, SG667/8pvar.
Superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of two left hand marginal imperforate imprimaturs with "NPM IMPRIMATUR" handstamp on reverse.
Very rare, only ten sets having been released by the National Postal Museum in 1984/5.
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 Great Britain 1965 4d-1s Centenary of Joseph Lister's Discovery of Antisceptic
(Phosphor), SG667/8pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal set of two "Traffic Light" imperforate imprimaturs in vertical pars, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A unique set of imprimaturs from the first approved printing sheet.
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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Starting at £ 400
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| 420 |
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 Great Britain 1965 6d-1s6d Commonwealth Arts Festival (Ordinary), SG669/70var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal set of two imperforate imprimaturs in horizontal pairs showing central sheet dividing arrow, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A scarce and attractive imprimatur set.
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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Starting at £ 240
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 Great Britain 1965 9d-1s6d I.T.U. Centenary (Phosphor) imprimaturs, SG683/4pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal set of two imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A scarce set from the first approved printing sheet.
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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Starting at £ 320
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 Great Britain 1965 1s6d I.T.U. Centenary (Phosphor), SG684pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom left hand corner marginal "2A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2E" cylinder block of six imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A unique block of imprimaturs 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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Starting at £ 400
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