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 Great Britain 1965 3d-1s3d Opening of Post Office Tower (Ordinary) imprimaturs, SG
679/80var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, 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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| 424 |
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 Great Britain 1966 1s3d Battle of Britain (Phosphor) imprimatur, SG678pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, corner marginal "Traffic Light" vertical strip of three imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A unique marginal strip from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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 £ 480
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| 425 |
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 Great Britain 1966 4d Landscapes (Phosphor) imprimaturs, SG689pvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom left hand corner marginal "2A, 1B, 1C" cylinder block of four 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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| 426 |
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 Great Britain 1966 4d British birds (Ordinary) error, SG696ad.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal block of four with greenish yellow omitted and the Black Headed Gull showing an additional printing variety "HARRISO" omitted from position R. 15/5.
Offered with an example of the normal block for comparison purposes.
A unique block in this form.
GB Specialised Catalogue Numbers: W92/5d & W92j.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,000+.
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 Great Britain 1966 4d British birds (Ordinary) error, SG696/9ag.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, block of four with bright blue (Blue tit & Black headed gull) omitted.
Offered with an example of the normal block for comparison an display purposes.
SG catalogue value: £1,600.
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Starting at £ 80
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| 428 |
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 Great Britain 1966 6d British Technology (Ordinary) imprimatur, SG702cvar.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal "Traffic Light" block on four imperforate imprimaturs with "Broken D" printing variety in position R.19/6, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse.
A unique marginal block from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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 £ 640
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 Great Britain 1966 1s6d Christmas "Snowman" (Ordinary) error, SG714a.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example with pink (hat) omitted.
Offered with an example of the normal stamp for comparison and display purposes.
Scarce, Pierron records only 36 mint examples.
Visually striking modern error made more scarce because of its popularity. Valued in the past in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue at £3,800 and representing excellent value for such an iconic QEII stamp error of missing colour.
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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Starting at £ 160
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| 430 |
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 Great Britain 1967 1s9d British Wild Flowers (Non Phosphor) imprimatur, SG722var.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate imprimatur with N.P.M. (National Postal Museum) handstamp on reverse.
Very rare as only 10 examples were released in the National Postal Museum Archive sales 1984/5.
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Starting at £ 80
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| 431 |
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 Great Britain 1967 1s6d British Paintings imprimatur, SG750var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, showing printing variety "Extra window" in position R9/1.
A unique marginal pair from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: W121f.
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 Great Britain 1967 1s6d Christmas Paintings "The Adoration of the Shepherds (Loius
le Nain)" error, SG758a.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, marginal vertical pair, the lower stamp showing the dramatic error with Queen’s head and face value omitted.
An exceedingly rare and visually appealing QEII stamp error, with Pierron recording only six mint examples.
SG catalogue value: £5,000+.
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Starting at £ 640
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| 433 |
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 Great Britain 1967 4d Wild Flowers (Phosphor) set of four with variety agate
omitted, SG 718/20pd.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of four, each showing the striking printing variety with agate omitted.
Very rare, with Pierron recording only three mint sets of four and one damaged block of four.
Accompanied by a 2013 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £8,000.
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Starting at £ 800
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| 434 |
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 Great Britain 1967–68 2s6d–£1 “Castles†(Bradbury Wilkinson printing, no
watermark) imprimatur set, SG 759/62var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of four, comprising imperforate imprimaturs except for the £1 value, which is officially perforated 11 × 12.
All bear “N.P.M. Imprimatur†handstamps on reverse.
The unique imprimatur set of this issue in private hands. These were released in the National Postal Museum Archive sales in 1984/5.
GB Specialised Catalogue Nos: T7var, T13var, T19var & T25var.
SG catalogue value: £20,000.
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Starting at £ 1,920
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 Great Britain 1968 4d British Bridges imprimatur, SG763var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, showing printing variety "O retouch†in position R20/6.
A unique marginal pair from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: W130c.
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 Great Britain 1968 9d British Bridges imprimatur, SG764var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA†handstamp on reverse, showing printing variety "HARRISON and RESTALL redrawn" in position R18/3 and R18/4.
A unique pair from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: W131f&g.
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 Great Britain 1968 4d British Paintings "Queen Elizabeth I (unknown artist)"
error, SG771Eya.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, example with gold (Queen's head and face value) and phosphor omitted.
Offered with an example of the normal stamp for comparison and display purposes.
A rare "missing head" QEII error. Pierron records only 18 mint examples.
Accompanied with a 2014 British Philatelic Association Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £2,000.
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Starting at £ 240
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| 438 |
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 Great Britain 1969 5d black, grey, red and turquoise British Ships "RMS Queen
Elizabeth 2" error, SG778b.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, top left hand corner marginal cylinder strip of nine with grey (Decks and cylinder number) omitted on the four bottom stamps and a partial omission on the centre stamp.
A lovely progressive piece.
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Starting at £ 120
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| 439 |
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 Great Britain 1969 9d British Ships error, SG779ab.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, left hand marginal horizontal strip of three with red and blue omitted from the Elizabethan Galleon.
The error which affects the paintwork surrounding the deck level, only affects the first stamp in the strip.
A scarce QEII error of missing colours. Pierron records only 40 mint strips in existence.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £2,400.
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 Great Britain 1969 4d-1s6d First Flight of the Concorde imprimaturs, SG784/86var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal set of three imperforate imprimaturs each 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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 Great Britain 1969 9d Anniversaries "Europa and CEPT emblems", SG792var.
A very fine essay of the issued design but printed in green and red, perforated 15 x 14 on gummed unwatermarked paper, mounted on a Harrison & Sons presentation card.
Typed on reverse "2 7 6/British Anniversaries/EUROPA CEPT/9d value".
A unique essay.
Provenance: ex The Michael Goaman archive. Michael Goaman was a graphic designer and illustrator responsible for designing a number of British commemorative stamps. His first was the 4d stamp in the set for the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 and
he went on to produce many more designs through into the 1960s.
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Starting at £ 800
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 Great Britain 1969 1s Notable anniversaries, SG793var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom left hand corner marginal "1A,1B,1C" cylinder block of six imperforate imprimaturs each 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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 Great Britain 1969 9d British Cathedrals (St. Paul's Cathedral) error, SG800a.
A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand quarter sheet of 30 with black (face value and traffic light) omitted. Small paper crease affects one stamp R.17/6, which is immaterial to this impressive and rare multiple.
Pierron records 360 mint examples. A sheet was first discovered in Chesterfield followed by two further sheets elsewhere.
SG catalogue value: £6,000+.
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 Great Britain 1969 British Cathedrals "Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral" error,
SG801a.
A very fine and fresh example with black (face value) omitted.
A very scarce QEII stamp error. Pierron records only 42 mint examples, many of which are damaged or soiled.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,200.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1969 1s6d Gandhi Centenary Year imprimatur, SG807var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal horizontal pair of imperforate imprimaturs each with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, showing printing variety "Tooth flaw" in position R20/3 and central marginal arrow in margin.
A unique marginal pair from the first approved printing sheet released by the British Postal Museum in 2014.
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.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: W170c.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1969 4d-1s6d Christmas, SG812/14var.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, right hand marginal set of four (including both 4d value with wide "8mm“ and narrow "3.5mm" phosphor bands) 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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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1970 8d plum "Cambridge" Colour Trial, SG738var.
A very fine unused, with original gum, example of this unadopted colour which was produced in preparation for the first decimal issue.
Offered with an example of the issued colour for comparison purposes.
Extremely rare and undervalued in our opinion. Pierron records only 2 mint examples.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,000.
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Starting at £ 160
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