Great Britain 1915 1s bright blue "Postage due" (Somerset House printing) imprimaturs, SGD8var

Great Britain 1915 1s bright blue "Postage due" (Somerset House printing) imprimaturs, SGD8varGreat Britain 1915 1s bright blue "Postage due" (Somerset House printing) imprimaturs, SGD8var. A very fine unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom marginal pair of imperforate imprimaturs, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse. Some light gum wrinkling as was prevalent across the whole sheet. A scarce King George V Postage Due pair from the first approved printing sheet. Exceptional provenance as it was released from the British Postal

with estimated record sales of 600 million

The 1953 Conquest of Everest 29th May 1953 2a to 12a set of four perforated essays printed in Vienna by Staatsdruckerei and affixed to dark brown card with the printer's imprint on the reverse

Some light make-up stains to top which measures 20½" in length and 13" across the chest

An exceptional unique piece from early GB philatelic history

neatly cancelled by an Account Branch/P

Birmingham

The actual number of surviving examples is much lower

A letter of state dated 27 January

It is one of the world’s largest songbirds renowned for its elaborate tail

An exceptional quality example

lower 14x14½)

The right margin is separated