Great Britain 1840 1d Grey black Plate 1a. SG3

Great Britain 1840 1d Grey black Plate 1a. SG3Great Britain 1840 1d Grey black Plate 1a, SG3. Very fine used large four margin horizontal pair lettered LE LF showing moderate plate wear, neatly cancelled by red Maltese Crosses. A scarce and attractive multiple of the first printing plate of the world's first stamp. Plate 1 of the 1d black was first registered on 15 April 1840. As the plate had not been hardened it soon showed signs of wear. Consequently, a second sheet is recorded as having been

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Very fine unused original gum bottom left hand corner marginal 'B

odd shortish perforation but centering well above average and fresh unmounted original gum

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Omar Sharif

The vignette slightly misplaced to right

A very fine mint example of this scarce and attractive high value stamp

This beautifully designed set of King George VI high value stamps was issued on 3 May 1951 to celebrate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851

N and triskeles of crescents within a circle behind

and is mounted on an off-white sheet of paper

Makarios has signed in flowing red ink