Great Britain 1863 4d pale red Plate 4, SG82a

Great Britain 1863 4d pale red Plate 4, SG82aGreat Britain 1863 4d pale red Plate 4, SG82a. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate horizontal pair lettered 'BG BH'. A scarce imperforate example of this Queen Victorian surface printed stamp, hardly ever seen as a multiple in such fine condition. Plate 4 can be distinguished based on the Roman numeral "II" beside the S. W. and S. E. corner squares. In Plate 3 the numeral is "I" and there are no hair lines. SG Specialised Catalogue No:

Great Britain 1840 1d black (V

issued to Ramsey in 1931 by the Aeronautics Branch of the U

initially as an investment

upper right corner block of 6 (3x2) with colour bars and requisition number 'U 40760'

backstamped Darlington 10

variety surcharge spaced only 1/2mm

A scarce Queen Elizabeth II British Commonwealth stamp error with missing face value and inscriptions

The strength and humour of her writing also clearly shines through

Some gum creasing affecting columns 4 (technically 12x12x12x11½) and 5

Accompanied with normal stamp for comparison

they were re-issued the following year when the exhibition reopened for the second summer

A very fine and fresh example printed in black on white glazed card (91x60mm)