Great Britain 1965 1s6d Salvation Army Centenary (Phospor) imprimaturs, SG666pvar

Great Britain 1965 1s6d Salvation Army Centenary (Phospor) imprimaturs, SG666pvarGreat Britain 1965 1s6d Salvation Army Centenary (Phospor), SG666pvar. Superb unmounted mint full original gum left hand marginal imperforate horizontal pair of imprimaturs showing "Extra Pearl" variety in position R. 17 1, each stamp with a "BPMA" handstamp on reverse. A scarce horizontal pair from the very first approved printing sheet. Exceptional provenance as they were released from the British Postal Museum Archives in 2014. Prior to this they

Very fine mint set with original gum

Bahamas King George VI 1942 (12 Oct) 450th Anniversary of Landing of Columbus in New World overprinted

leaving one of the remaining stamps with trimmed perforations) but a unique and extraordinary franking which represents the only known cover with this rare provisional

A blue rectangle

Reverse: Cruciform crowned shields

clearing of their forest habitat and over-zealous specimen collecting for overseas museums

A fantastic and difficult to assemble collection of the earliest Registration stamps from Canada (2c

Newfoundland 1897 (19 Oct) "ONE CENT" on 3c grey-purple

taken during his historic first state visit to Britain in 1996

A scarce variety with only 300 maximum possible and high degree of postal usage

but lovely fresh colour and a very attractive example

Provenance: Ex Stanley Gibbons