Tobago 1879 £1 mauve, SG6

Tobago 1879 £1 mauve, SG6Tobago 1879 1 mauve, watermark CC, SG6. A brilliant quality mint example with large part original gum. Typical centring for this issue but wonderfully fresh and rarely seen so fine. Choice quality for this key stamp. A key high denomination rarity from the island of Tobago. The 1 Tobago (SG6) is one of the rarest and most sought after colonial key plate high values of the British Empire. Most surviving examples are fiscally used; mint examples with

I will kiss you both good night - write often your loving Ben/ f**k it is raining hard at this time

Henry's signature is followed by a large R signifying the words

signed drawing measures 8¼" x 7¾" and is mounted to an overall size of 15" x 15"

checked her blusher

An excellent autograph from Julian Lennon

the jewel of Hong Kong philately

His work includes Thumbelina

Beginning in 2000

it featured hits such as Papa Don't Preach

He started his career as an uncredited 'In-Betweener' animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

which are considered classics of the British Empire with the Royal Crown and Heraldic flowers of Great Britain paying homage to the British Crown

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