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Worldwide Stamps and Postal History continued...

Great Britain - Imprimaturs from British Postal Museum Archive
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2029° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1916, 2sh6p Deep Yellow Brown De La Rue "Hoe" Press Seahorse, Imprimatur (173c var; SG 405 var). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, left sheet-margin single, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB AND RARE IMPRIMATUR OF THE TWO-SHILLING SIX-PENCE DE LA RUE SEAHORSE.

Only one block of 36 was sold at the BPMA sale. The 2sh6p was the only value found from the "Hoe" Press printing (Image)

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

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2030° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1926, 2sh6p-10sh Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses, "Dry Printing" Imprimaturs (179-181 vars; SG 413a-417 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, each a right sheet-margin single, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MATCHED SET OF SHEET-MARGIN IMPRIMATUR SINGLES OF THE BRADBURY WILKINSON SEAHORSES.

Only one set of blocks of 36 was sold at the BPMA sale. That block was broken up into singles and smaller blocks. Several 10-Shilling stamps are defective. Therefore few choice quality sets such as this can exist (Image)

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 E. $ 15,000-20,000

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2031° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1924-26, -1/2p-1sh King George V, Cypher Block Wmk., Imprimaturs (187-200 vars; SG 418/429 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, each with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, set of thirteen (6p on both ordinary and chalky papers) in right sheet-margin singles, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING AND EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1924-26 KING GEORGE V DEFINITIVES.

Only a tiny number of imprimatur sets exist (Image)

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 E. $ 20,000-30,000

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2032° nhbl ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1924, -1/2p Green, Imprimatur (187 var; SG 418 var). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, right sheet-margin plate no. 19746 block of four, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND STRIKING PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1924 HALF-PENNY KING GEORGE V.

May well be unique as an imprimatur plate block (Image)

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 E. $ 7,500-10,000

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2033° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1936, -1/2p-2-1/2p King Edward VIII, Imprimaturs (230-233 vars; SG 457-460 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, set of left sheet-margin singles, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1936 KING EDWARD VIII SERIES.

At the BPMA sale, the offering of King George VIII imprimaturs consisted of a set of sheet-margin singles (the set offered here), a set of sheet-margin pairs, plus positional and tete-beche blocks. The blocks likely remain intact, leaving very few (if any) other opportunities to obtain a set of imprimatur singles (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

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2034° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1937-47, -1/2p-1sh King George VI Definitives, Imprimaturs (235-248 vars; SG 462-475 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, each with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, set of fifteen in left sheet-margin singles, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A PRISTINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1937-47 KING GEORGE VI DEFINITIVES.

Probably no more than five or six sets of imprimatur singles exist (Image)

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 E. $ 15,000-20,000

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2035° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1939-48, 2sh6p-£1 King George VI Arms, Imprimaturs (249-251A vars, 275 var; SG 476-478c vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, each with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, set of six values in bottom sheet-margin singles, £1 perforated, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A HANDSOME AND RARE SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE KING GEORGE VI HIGH VALUES.

Only a small number of imprimaturs from this series exist in any form. The BPMA sale had a set in strips of seven and a set in strips or blocks of four. These were broken up into singles and pairs. They also had the unique registration blocks which are probably still intact. (Image)

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 E. $ 10,000-15,000

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2036° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1939, 10sh Dark Blue King George VI Arms, Imprimatur (251 var; SG 478 var). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, horizontal pair with No. 40840 and central sheet cross in the wide top sheet margin, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB SHEET-MARGIN IMPRIMATUR PAIR OF THE 1939 10-SHILLING DARK BLUE KING GEORGE VI "ARMS".

This pair is unique with the sheet number in the margin (Image)

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 E. $ 10,000-15,000

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2037° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1949, 2-1/2p-1sh U.P.U., Imprimaturs (276-279 vars; SG 499-502 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, each a left sheet-margin single, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A WONDERFULLY WELL-MATCHED SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1949 U.P.U. ISSUE.

An excellent set of proof material for the United Postal Union specialist (Image)

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

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2038° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1951, 2-1/2p-4p Festival of Britain, Imprimaturs (290-291 vars; SG 513-514 vars). From the British Postal Museum & Archives, each with "BPMA" handstamp on reverse, right sheet-margin singles, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A BRILLIANT EYE-APPEALING SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN ISSUE.

We can find no record of a similar set offered (Image)

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 E. $ 2,500-3,500

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2039° nh ImageGREAT BRITAIN, 1955, 2sh6p-£1 Castles, Waterlow Printing, Imprimaturs (309-312 vars; SG 536-539 vars). From the National Postal Museum, with their handstamp on the reverse of each, left sheet-margin singles, Mint N.H.

EXTREMELY FINE. A VERY RARE AND CHOICE QUALITY SET OF IMPRIMATURS OF THE 1955 WATERLOW CASTLES.

A spectacularly beautiful set of which very few exist. Listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons (Image)

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 E. $ 6,000-8,000

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