Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320

Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320Great Britain 1911 1 deep green, SG320. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal example printed at Somerset House. GB Specialised Catalogue No: M56. A scarce and ever popular King Edward VII stamp, rarely seen in positional form in such pristine unmounted mint condition. This most distinctive and memorable stamp design caused controversy at the time because of its unusual shape and size. It is now argued by some

The first time we have handled this philatelic rarity and the finest example we have seen in 25 years

One stamp with an inherent crease caused by the join

to the south of London Bridge

Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum bottom right hand corner marginal block of eight (three stamps only lightly mounted in top row) showing watermark "POSTAGE" inverted on bottom four stamps and a second "POSTAGE" printed upright in sheet margin at foot

The 1951 cards were the last George VI would sign

intact margins

which is immaterial to what is a lovely example of this key colour variety of Australia's first and most famous stamp

Australia Tasmania 1854 Perkins Bacon die proofs

particularly visible in the 'sun' above Gen Hsing's head

being only the fourth genuine unused example recorded outside the Royal collection

The China 1936 Olympic football team competed at the Games in Berlin

nevertheless a particularly scarce multiple