Great Britain 1880 2½d blue Plate 20 imprimatur, SG142var

Great Britain 1880 2½d blue Plate 20 imprimatur, SG142varGREAT BRITAIN 1880 2d blue Plate 20 imprimatur, SG142var. A very fine unused, with original gum, imperforate imprimatur lettered 'AG'. Very rare, one of only 22 possible examples, several of which are in institutional collections. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 2,500. Order online, by phone +44 (0)1534 639 998, or via email info@paulfrasercollectibles. com

The unique block of four has rarely changed hands or been offered for sale

A most attractive used pair of the famous Queen Victoria "Long One Pound" stamp

 --> Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II 1959 3d deep violet "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial"

minor marks and foxing common with a paper document of this age

Claire Danes started her career as Angela Chase in cult teen drama My So-Called Life (1994-1995)

Great Britain 1877 2½d rosy mauve Plate 7

"The Kangaroo and Map"

perforated "SPECIMEN" (type D21)

According to Velvet

vertical pair showing types 3 and 5 se-tenant

He later wrote "I used to look at it as a wonderful mansion (Which God knows it is not) when I was a very odd little child with the first faint shadows of all my books in my head - I suppose

An autograph from model and actress Pamela Anderson