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 Great Britain 1847 1s green Embossed (Die W.W.1) Specimen, SG54s.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum horizontal pair overprinted "SPECIMEN" type I in red.
Distributed for reference purposes only as a specimen, very scarce in this quality as a pair.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: H1(2)s.
SG catalogue value: £6,000+.
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 Great Britain 1850 1d Prince Consort Essay, SGDP71b.
A very fine and fresh unused, with original gum, four margin imperforate example printed in red brown lettered 'FJ'.
Very scarce and a most interesting piece of postal production history particularly in that Prince Albert did not feature on any stamps issued by Great Britain.
Based on evidence given to the 1851 House of Commons Select Committee, it is indicated the Prince Consort essays were prepared for Henry Archer in connection with his offer to produce surface-printed postage stamps and perforate them on more
favourable terms than the existing contract at the time with Perkins, Bacon.
Edwin Hill, Supervisor in the Stamp Department of Somerset House cautioned Archer's engraver, Reynolds, against use of the Queen's head. Archer took the advice and chose to use the head of the Prince Consort instead.
This finished essay remains imperforate. The perforated examples which followed were perforated on the same machine Henry Archer used for his perforation experiments.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: DP71b.
SG Catalogue Value: £2,000.
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 Great Britain 1851 1d Die Proof (Die II 16 Dots), SG172var.
A very fine proof printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 6vmin), endorsed “BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "3 JUN 81".
A scarce specialised Queen Victorian philatelic piece.
Provenance: Ex "Verus."
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1851 Overseas mail to India.
A superb used 1d pink postal stationery envelope addressed to Bombay, pre-paid at the single rate of 1s per 1/2oz as indicated in red manuscript "1/-. Beautifully cancelled by a perfectly struck blue Godalmin double-arc datestamp for 'AP 18.1851'
with a London transit circular date stamp alongside for the following day.
Overseas usage of the 1d pink envelope is rare, envelopes of this quality are exceptionally rare and desirable.
A stunning exhibition piece.
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 Great Britain 1854 1d red brown Plate R6 imprimatur, SG17var.
A very fine unused large four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered 'GL'.
Provenance: Ex. The Royal Philatelic Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Accompanied with a 2004 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £1,000.
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 Great Britain 1854 1d red-brown Plate R14 (Alphabet II) imperforate imprimatur,
SG17var.
A superb unused top marginal example, lettered 'AJ', showing part sheet inscription.
Very rare, with only 21 examples removed from the imprimatur sheet. This reserve plate was prepared but never used, making imprimaturs the only way to obtain an example.
SG catalogue value: £2,750.
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 Great Britain 1854 1d red brown Plate 191 imprimatur, SG17var.
A superb unused bottom right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'TL', showing part sheet inscription and plate number "191".
A rare imprimatur representing the first stamp from the first approved printing sheet.
Provenance: Ex. Clark (1946).
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 Great Britain 1854 6d dull lilac (Watermark Reversed), SG59.
A very fine and fresh four margin unused with original gum example. Lovely colour and typical streaky greenish gum, small cut in margin at lower right nevertheless a very presentable example of this difficult to find Embossed stamp.
Accompanied with a 1992 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: H3(2).
SG catalogue value: £12,000.
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 Great Britain 1854 10s ultramarine, SG183var.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum example lettered 'CC', overprinted “CANCELLED†type 14.
A very challenging to find Queen Victorian rarity.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: K14(2)t.
Accompanied with a 2007 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £6,000.
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 Great Britain 1855 2d blue Plate 4, SG23.
A very fine unused, with original gum, example lettered 'TI', with lovely fresh colour and gum.
Very scarce and a major rarity of the Queen Victorian line engraved early stamp issues of Great Britain.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £13,000.
Plate 4 was finished on 29 November 1849, with printing commencing the following month. For the first four years, the sheets of stamps from this plate were issued in the imperforate condition. Official perforation of the 2d blue came into operation
on 31 January 1854 and from that date the stamps were issued in perforated sheets.
Plate 4 is the only two pence plate from which stamps were issued both imperforate and perforated.
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 Great Britain 1855 1d red brown Plate 32, SG29.
A magnificent well centred unused with original gum (six stamps unmounted mint) block of nine lettered 'PG-RJ'.
Wonderful colour and a most impressive and scarce multiple.
SG catalogue value: £2,250+.
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 Great Britain 1855 1d orange-brown PIate 9 (Watermark Large Crown, Alphabet 2),
SG33var.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum of this difficult colour shade lettered 'OG'.
Accompanied with a photocopy of a 1997 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate for a strip of five from which this single was taken.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: C6(5).
SG Catalogue Value: £1,500.
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 Great Britain 1855 £5 Admiralty Court die proof.
A very fine die proof printed in brown on white glazed card (90 x 60mm), produced by De La Rue for the 1867 Paris Stamp Exhibition.
A rarely seen philatelic oddity.
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 Great Britain 1856 1d orange-red Plate 55 imprimatur (Transitional issue), SG29var.
A superb unused top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AA', showing part sheet inscription and plate number "55".
A rare imprimatur from the first approved printing sheet.
Provenance: Ex. Clark (1946).
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 Great Britain 1856 1d red brown Plate 22 (Neale's Steam press experiment), SG29a.
A very fine unused imperforate top marginal block of four with M sheet inscription lettered 'AC-BD'. Light wrinkling as usually found on examples of this failed printing experiment, which does not detract from what is a major Victorian philatelic
rarity.
Very scarce and the first time we have handled a block from Neale's failed printing experiment.
Plate 22 was used for an experiment on Neale's steam press and was ungummed. Only one sheet, which has been cut up, survives.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: C8h.
SG catalogue value: £12,000+.
The Story of Neale’s Steam Press Experiment
Between 1854 and 1856, the Inland Revenue allowed Robert Neale, an American engineer-inventor to demonstrate a new steam-powered printing press for the 1d line-engraved stamps.
Perkins Bacon cooperated, hoping for faster output than the hand presses used at the time.
Trials began on 6 Jan 1854. The initial trial failed although a second trial on 25 Feb 1854 was judged “more successful.†The best-known run was a demonstration on 15 Aug 1855 when 2,000 sheets were printed. One intact imperforate, ungummed sheet
from plate 22 (with a manuscript margin note, “This sheet is one of 2,000 Printed by Mr Neale’s Machine for us this day August 15 1855 / Perkins Bacon & Coâ€) surfaced later and was broken for collectors.
Despite bursts of progress, four-day tests were ultimately reported “quite unsatisfactory.†Problems included sheet handling and creasing under the machine’s pressure. As a result, many surviving examples show heavy folds. The project was
dropped and normal hand-press production resumed.
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 Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper PIate 1 (watermark
Medium Garter), SG63s.
A superb unmounted mint left hand wing margin example with full original gum overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 2 vertically.
"SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J48(2)t.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,200.
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 Great Britain 1856 4d carmine on thick blued highly glazed paper Plate 1
Specimen (Watermark Medium Garter), SG63s.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal block of four showing part sheet inscription, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 2 vertically.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J48(2)t.
SG catalogue value: £4,200+.
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 Great Britain 1856 4d rose, Watermark Medium Garter, specially prepared ink, SG65s.
A very fine and fresh unused with large part original gum left hand wing margin block of four overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 4.
Light corner bend at lower left, nevertheless a wonderful multiple of this rare specimen handstamp, quite possibly unique as a block.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: J50(1)s.
SG catalogue value: £6,000+.
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 Great Britain 1856 1s green on blue glazed paper imprimatur, SG72var.
A very fine imperforate top marginal imprimatur from the first approved printing sheet.
Very scarce, being one of only 24 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections.
The 1 shilling value was introduced to replace the Embossed issue. The imprimatur sheet from Plate 1 has no corner letters and was printed in bright green on thick, highly surfaced, deeply blued paper.
SG catalogue value: £6,500.
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 Great Britain 1857 1d rose red Plate 43, SG40.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum right hand marginal vertical block of fifteen lettered 'GJ-KL', with full sheet margin at right showing marginal inscription and centre sheet ornament.
A most attractive and scarce block.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: C10(5).
Last sold by Stanley Gibbons in 2011 for £825.
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 Great Britain 1858 2d blue Plate 7, SG45.
An exceptionally fine and fresh unused with original gum block of four lettered 'IG-JH'. The 'IG' showing a prominent re-entry at top.
A very rare multiple.
Blocks from Plate 7 are rarely encountered in this quality. An important multiple from this rare printing plate.
A premium-quality piece worthy of a top-tier collection.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: G2f.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £8,500.
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 Great Britain 1860 1½d rosy mauve Plate 1 (blued paper), SG53a.
An exceptionally fine and fresh unused with original gum example lettered 'QJ'. Superb colour and very rarely seen so fine.
Owing to a proposed change in postal rate, 1½d stamps were first printed in 1860 in rosy mauve, but the change was not approved and the greater part of the stock was destroyed. Despite this, there are three or four postally used examples which have
been recorded.
Accompanied by a 2005 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £4,500.
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 Great Britain 1860 1½d rosy mauve Plate 1, SG53a.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum example lettered 'LB'
A lovely example of this rare stamp that was prepared for use but never issued.
Owing to a proposed change in postal rate, 1½d stamps were first printed in 1860 in rosy mauve, but the change was not approved and the greater part of the stock was destroyed. Despite this, there are three or four postally used examples which have
been recorded.
SG catalogue value: £4,500.
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 Great Britain 1862 3d pale carmine-rose Plate 2, SG77.
A very fine and fresh unused with original gum top marginal block of four, lettered 'FG–GH', showing part marginal inscription.
A Queen Victorian surface printed block of considerable rarity and great visual appeal.
SG catalogue value: £4,800+.
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 Great Britain 1862 9d bistre Plate 2 (Watermark Emblems), SG86.
A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum, lettered 'MC' of this very difficult adhesive. Small tone spots on perforations at top right, which does not detract from what is a very scarce stamp in this condition grade.
The 9d value in 1862 was the rare at the time for postage to India, Australia and Brazil. The first printing plate (plate 1) was not registered or put to press. Plate 2 consisted of 240 stamps arranged in 12 panes, each pane of stamps in five
horizontal rows of four.
One of the hardest Queen Victorian surface printed stamps to find and the current SG catalogue value does not do justice to its level of rarity.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £3,500.
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