Great Britain 1840 1d black cover, SG2

Great Britain 1840 1d black cover, SG2Great Britain 1841 (Jan 18) entire from Jersey to Yarmouth, Norfolk bearing 1d black "FI", plate 1a (SG2) with close to good margins, tied by Maltese Cross struck in black ink. With Jersey double arc circular datestamp in black and London transit circular date stamp in red on reverse, which also shows an offset of the black Maltese Cross. A fine and attractive cover despite some minor staining around the adhesive of the stamp. A very important and

It was the last anthology feature the studio produced

A stunning example of this most famous of GB King George V stamp issues

An original artwork by legendary cartoonist and Captain Pugwash creator John Ryan

Accompanied with a 2006 Royal Philatelic Society Certificate of Authenticity

It identifies Gates as “Chairman & Chief Executive Officer” and dates from 1987-2000

with Christopher himself at the centre of the narrative

A very scarce specialised item

Brilliant mint pairs with large part original gum to full original gum

A very fine imperforate bottom left hand corner cylinder block of six

and in her 2003 GAP campaign

A fine used example with good to large margins

It is addressed to Sir Robert Lytton