Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1a, SG2

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Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1a, SG2Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1a, SG2. A very fine and fresh unused with original gum four margin example lettered 'JI'. Accompanied by a 1968 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity. A very scarce mint example of the world's first postage stamp from the first printing plate. It is very difficult to find mint examples in such fine condition. Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 18,500. The first printing plate of the 1d black was

A chrome heart on a silver chain

Great Britain 1912 8d Eve's Pillar design proof

Mint set of 3 in fine quality

A very fine and fresh example of this difficult early King George V booklet without edition number

Die proof for the proposed design with coloured corner letters

A typed and signed letter from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

as their Man of the Year

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £45+

tied by a complete Maltese Cross cancellation and with Lombard Street Maltese Cross type "6 MY 6/1840" datestamp on reverse

and creasing in bottom margin

A brilliant quality example

signed document - such as the example offered - would have been kept in the Crown Office