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A fine mint pair with original gum. R10/3 on sheet (with watermark lines at foot). Minor gum tones, still fine fresh appearance.

Very scarce and desirable in this se-tenant form.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £460+.

The Chalon Head stamps are considered one of the most beautiful stamp designs from the Victorian era. The design is based on the 1838 painting of the young Queen Victoria by Alfred Chalon.

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage. These were used until 1891.

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A fine mint pair with large part original gum. Couple of tones and left stamp with minor gum thins, but still fresh colour and appearance.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £170+.

The Chalon Head stamps are considered one of the most beautiful stamp designs from the Victorian era. The design is based on the 1838 painting of the young Queen Victoria by Alfred Chalon.

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage. These were used until 1891.

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A fresh and fine mint example with original gum. Choice quality for this rare error.

Provenance: Ex Dale-Lichtenstein.

Accompanied with a Philatelic Foundation (PF), New York certificate of authenticity (1990) as Scott No. 34a.

The Chalon Head stamps are considered one of the most beautiful stamp designs from the Victorian era. The design is based on the 1838 painting of the young Queen Victoria by Alfred Chalon.

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage. These were used until 1891.

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A fine mint strip with large part original gum. Couple of minor gum tones and typical minor wrinkling, but a scarce multiple with original green surcharge misplaced to left.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £334.

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A fine and fresh block of four with original gum. Some ragged perforations as often the case for this issue but a scarce and attractive multiple.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £280+.

The Chalon Head stamps are considered one of the most beautiful stamp designs from the Victorian era. The design is based on the 1838 painting of the young Queen Victoria by Alfred Chalon.

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage. These were used until 1891.

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A fine quality pair with large part original gum and with fresh colour. Normal with a small thin spot but rare and desirable in this se-tenant form.

Accompanied with a Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) certificate of authenticity (1967).

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £850+.

The Chalon Head stamps are considered one of the most beautiful stamp designs from the Victorian era. The design is based on the 1838 painting of the young Queen Victoria by Alfred Chalon.

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage. These were used until 1891.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional block with full original gum.

A very scarce stamp error in this positional form.

A fine unmounted mint positional block with full original gum (hinged in margin only). Toned gum, as often the case for these issues and still of fine appearance.

A very scarce piece in this proving positional form.

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A fine mint positional block with original gum.

A King George V rarity of fine appearance and an extremely scarce proving multiple.

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A fine mint positional block with original gum. Slightly dried gum with some toning as often seen for this area.

A King George V rarity of fine appearance and extremely scarce in this proving positional form.

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A fine mint positional block with part original gum. Slightly toned gum, often seen with these issues, with backing adhesion.

Very fine appearance, and extremely scarce in this proving positional form.

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A stunning unmounted mint positional block with full original gum. Lightly toned gum, which is very common for stamps from this area.

A King George V philatelic piece of fine appearance and scarce in this positional form.

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A most attractive fresh and fine mint example with large part original gum.

These definitive stamps issued during the reign of King Edward VII are commonly referred to as the "bald man's definitives" or, more simply, "the baldies" by local stamp collectors.

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A fresh and fine mint example with original gum.

These definitive stamps issued during the reign of King Edward VII are commonly referred to as the "bald man's definitives" or, more simply, "the baldies" by local stamp collectors.

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A fine used example with part Hong Kong circular date stamp, which pleasingly leaves the profile clear.

Far above average for this attractive Queen Victoria issue and very scarce.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional example with full original gum.

An attractive and popular commemorative issue.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £275.

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Very fine unmounted mint examples with full original gum.

An attractive and popular commemorative issue.

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A fine and fresh unmounted mint positional piece with full original gum and rarely seen in such fine form. Some minor marginal creasing does not detract from overall quality.

A particularly scarce positional piece of this popular King George V commemorative issue.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional block of four with full original gum (barest trace of hinge mark in margin).

A most attractive piece of this popular King George V commemorative issue and scarce in this positional form and condition.

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An unmounted mint positional block with full original gum. Lovely fresh colour and far above average for this issue. Minor separation at lower right and faintly yellowish gum barely detract from a wonderful piece.

A very scarce King George V philatelic piece and attractive in this form.

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A fine mint example with large part original gum. A few shortish perforations which are fairly inconsequential and still a fine example with fresh colours.

A handsome King Edward VII stamp.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £350.

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A very fine mint set with original gum and with brilliant colours. The 50c on 48c has very minor gum bends on reverse which does not detract from what is a very fine quality set.

A rare set as only 400 sets were originally distributed.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £850.

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A fine used example. Some trimmed perforations and a trivial corner crease, still a good example of this very scarce usage.

Amoy was one of five original Treaty Ports opened to British trade by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. A consular postal agency was established in 1844.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £275.

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A fine and commercially used example. Trace of soiling, but still fine for this very scarce usage and much better condition than normally seen.

Chefoo was opened to commercial trade in 1860. Although a consulate was established in 1863 no organised postal agency was provided until 1 January 1903 when one was opened on the premises of Curtis Brothers, a commercial firm.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £600.

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An attractive used example. Some short perforations and a minor thin spot, but still a fine quality used example of this scarce usage. but an attractive example of this scarce usage.

Amoy was one of five original Treaty Ports opened to British trade by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. A consular postal agency was established in 1844.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £225.

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