CANADA 1950 1c to 4c (both colours) Officials, SGO178/83

CANADA 1950 1c to 4c (both colours) Officials, SGO178/83Canada 1950 1c to 4c (both colours) Officials, range of 78 different (!) corner plate blocks of 4, comprising 1c x 14 (sets of 4 from plates 1, 2 and 5, plus upper left examples from plates 4 and 6), 2c sepia x 8 (sets of 4 from plates 1 and 2), 2c olive green x 12 (sets of 4 from plates 3, 4 and 7), 3c purple x 22 (sets of 4 from plates 3, 4, 8 and 10, plus three each from plates 6 and 7), 4c carmine lake x 14 (sets of 4 from plates 4, 8 and 9, plus

Adrian Walsh

Lovely colour

A very fine well centred unused original gum example printed by De La Rue

These presses were normally used in printing banknotes and it was the first time they were used to print stamps

the lower pair being unmounted mint

Few quality examples were produced from the printing process in the first place

as Tongan custom does not allow one to imitate the actions of the person one is honouring

members of Parliament brought their families along with them to witness the speech inside a packed Westminster Hall

where he lived from 1813 until his death in 1850

His signature reads: "Peace & Love

still fine and very scarce

South West Africa 1939 Huguenot set of 3 (½d + ½d brown and green