Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 1a, SG2

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 1a, SG2Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a lettered 'AF', SG2. A fine used example with four good margins, crisp and neatly cancelled by a red Maltese Cross. Plate 1 of the penny black was put to press on 11 April 1840 and registered on 15 April 1840. As the plate had not been hardened in a rush to meet the target issue date it soon showed signs of wear. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 450. ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE > SELL ONE OF THESE >

signed by the England football team who were invited on stage at the London Palladium during the evening’s performance

British stamps were overprinted with "Irish Free State" in gaelic

with only the marginal line and crown visible

along with an embossed official government seal

and odd wrinkles

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The order was disbanded after the collapse of the French Empire in 1814

1½mm spacing on 'Small Dragons' set of 3 to 5c on 5ca olive-yellow tied to small piece by part Shanghai 'dollar chops'

Those that have withstood the tests of time are mostly held in institutions such as the British Library

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overprinted 'SPECIMEN' type 9

The band appear on the bill below John Leyton and Mike Sarne