Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2

Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2. A very fine used example with four good to large margins lettered QH, cancelled by a red Maltese Cross. An attractive example from the very first printing plate, after repair, of the world's first postage stamp. The penny black represents a real landmark in British and worldwide history. The SG catalogue value is 375. ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE > SELL ONE OF THESE >

Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter best known for his bizarre artworks

10 months after Elizabeth II had ascended the throne but still six months before her official coronation

It was while in Bermuda that he wrote Woman and Cleanup Time

The mission

A stunning image of one of the greatest minds in human history

Accompanied with a 2012 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity

he helped established the James-Younger Gang

used to fight tuberculosis in the country

The paper has the normal archive folding but is in otherwise good condition

green embossed

which is usually spoilt by rubbing

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price for this set is £180 SG172/185 ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE >