Great Britain 1881 2½d blue Plate 23 imprimatur, SG157var

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Great Britain 1881 2½d blue Plate 23 imprimatur, SG157varGreat Britain 1881 2d blue Plate 23 imprimatur, SG157var. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AL'. A very rare Queen Victoria surface printed stamp from the first approved printing sheet. One of only 23 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections. Order online, by phone +44 (0)1534 639 998, or via email info@paulfrasercollectibles. com

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He started signing with a thumbprint dipped in ink and placed on the page

presently unlisted but to be included in the next GB Specialised Volume 2 catalogue

Ceylon 1861-64 6d olive-sepia

Alongside is a brief inscription that reads: “Thumbprint of SW Hawking

A very rare and difficult stamp to find on cover

when Mr Churchill wrote to the Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal to describe the circumstances under which he had sent the cover to himself

one of the original directors of the Crystal Palace

From 1982 until 1992 he was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation Inc

The first stamp of the Turks Islands was issued on 4 April 1867

A brilliant quality mint vertical pair with original gum

although his views vacillated for the remainder of his life