Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, SG1

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Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, SG1Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 1a, SG1, May Date "25th May" cover. A very fine cover bearing a four margin 1d intense black, plate 1a, lettered "AC", neatly tied by a crisp strike of a deep orange Maltese Cross used on 25th May 1840. A beautiful exhibition quality display cover bearing the world's first postage stamp marking the dawn of prepaid postage and spawning a communications revolution. Discover more about this stamp in our

when he was with the US armed forces in Tokyo immediately after World War II

Pierron records only 120 known mint examples

showing vertical gauges 11½

A fine filigree-style border design surrounds the text

circular date stamps for MY

Typical centring and trivial blemishes (left pair with faint bend) but with really fresh colour

he engineered a coup and became Emperor of France in 1804

A scarce King Edward VII printer's colour trial

but an extraordinary group of the highest importance and rarity

Great Britain 1854 6d purple

Measuring 7¼ x 11" and dated May 6

well designed set