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1968 Paintings 4d. "blister on hand" listed variety. SG Spec. W138f
Fine unmounted mint positional block with "blister on hand" listed variety R 2/8
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. Positional pair. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Attractive positional pair. Illustrated and supplied with normal pair. Image close ups at each level with normal ...
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1967 EFTA 9d (ord). Listed variety "Quay flaw". SG Spec. W111h.
Unmounted mint strip of three with "Quay flaw" variety, from R 8/3. Appears as a black protuberance beneath ships hull between trucks.
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1968 Anniversaries 4d. Listed variety "retouch C on forehead" SG W134b
Unmounted mint positional corner block with "retouch C on forehead" R3/2
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. Attractive progressive strip. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Attractive unmounted mint vertical strip of five. Shift pronounced on upper 4 stamps with image close ups at ...
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2003 British Museum 2nd class. SHORT PHOSPHOR BAND Cylinder block.
Unmounted mint cylinder block of six. Both stamps in bottom row with phosphor band 4mm sort at bottom of stamp.
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1969 Concorde 4d. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Cylinder block. SG 784Ey
Unmounted mint cylinder block of six. This block also demonstrates a degree of dry print of violet colour most noticeable on wing of plane on middle marginal stamp.
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2003 British Museum 2nd class. SHORT PHOSPHOR BAND GP Strip.
Unmounted mint folded gutter strip of six. Each stamp with phosphor band 4mm sort at bottom of stamp.
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1972 BBC 3p. SHIFT OF YELLOW & SLATE. SG 909 var.
Unmounted mint single with downward shift of yellow (terminals) and slate (Queen's head). As illustrated with normal at right. Stoneham Cat. C321b
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1981 Butterflies 18p. Shift of gold. SG 1152 var.
UM single with the largest of the gold shifts ( 5mm to right) on this value. Queen's head now touches butterfly's wing Illustrated and supplied with normal at r...
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1973 Cricket 7½p. SHIFT OF EMBOSSING. SG 929 var
An attractive unmounted mint marginal single with shift of embossing to left. The embossed head is now completely displaced from the gold Queen's head. An embossed h...
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SG 776y. 1968 Christmas 9d. Missing Phosphor. Block of four.
UM block of four MISSING PHOSPHOR
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1968 Bridges 4d. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Cylinder pair. SG 763y.
UM cylinder pair. Folded along vertical perfs between stamps.
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1968 Paintings. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Set of 4 values
UM set of 4 values MISSING PHOSPHOR. SG 771Ey - 774Ey
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1972 Christmas. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Set of 3 values SG 913-915y
Unmounted mint set of 3 values. MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1970 Philympia 5d. SHIFT OF GREY BLACK to right. SG 835 var
Fine unmounted mint single with shift of grey black to right. Shift results in "three margin 1d Black". As illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1973 Christmas 3½p. (PVA) SHIFT OF RED BROWN TO RIGHT. SG 948 var
UM single with shift of brown to right. Affects multiple elements of design including figure at left, King's stool and lectern, ornament held by figure at right, log...
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1965 Parliament 2/6. Watermark Inverted. SG 664Wi.
Fine unmounted mint lower marginal single, watermark inverted.
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1970 Philympia 5d. SHIFT OF GREY BLACK to right. SG 835 var
Fine unmounted mint single with shift of grey black to right. Shift results in "three margin 1d Black". As illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1971 "Ulster" Paintings. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Set 3 values SG 881-883y
Unmounted mint set of 3 values. MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1998 Queens Beasts. MISSING PHOSPHOR. FDC. SG 2026Eay
A fine clean cover with "Windsor, Griffin of Edward III" Special Handstamp with se-tenant strip of 5 values MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1969 Investiture 1/-. Error BROAD BAND RIGHT. SG Spec. W169b
A fine unmounted mint single with BROAD PHOSPHOR BAND RIGHT (very slightly diagonal but not the listed diagonal band variety SG Spec. W169c)
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1984 British Cattle 16p. PERFORATION SHIFT. SG 1240 var.
Unmounted mint marginal single with SHIFT OF HORIZONTAL PERFORATIONS. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1967 Christmas 1/6. SHIFT OF GOLD. SG 758 var
A fine unmounted mint marginal single with very visual SHIFT OF GOLD TO LEFT (Queen's head, value inscription). There is also a SHIFT OF PHOSPHOR. This results in ...
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1967 Christmas 1/6. SHIFT OF GOLD. SG 758 var
A fine unmounted mint corner marginal single with very visual SHIFT OF GOLD TO LEFT (Queen's head, value inscription). There is also a SHIFT OF PHOSPHOR. This resu...
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1969 Anniversaries 1/6. SHIFT OF GREEN UPWARD. SG 794 var
Unmounted mint single with upward SHIFT OF GREEN (Portuguese and Italian flags). Illustrated with normal at right.
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1972 Churches 9p. Cylinder block of four MISSING PHOSPHOR.
A fine unmounted mint cylinder block of four, error MISSING PHOSPHOR. SG 908Ey.
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SG 923/924h. 1973 Explorers 3p Missing All Over Phosphor
UM se-tenant pair MISSING PHOSPHOR
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1971 Literary Anniversaries. MISSING PHOSPHOR. Set of 3 values SG 884-886y
Unmounted mint set of 3 values. MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1970 Christmas 5d. SHIFT OF EMERALD GREEN DOWNWARDS. SG 839 var
EMERALD GREEN APPEARS MISSING
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1970 Cottages 1/6. SHIFT OF LILAC upward. SG 818 var.
Fine unmounted mint single with UPWARD SHIFT OF LILAC. At a first glance easy to miss but on inspection and with normal comparison quite marked effects can be seen, esp...
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1972 Churches 3p. EMERALD GREEN SHIFT. SG 904 var.
Unmounted mint single with very visual SHIFT OF EMERALD GREEN 3mm to left. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1991 Scientific Achievements 22p. PERFORATION SHIFT. SG 1546 var.
Unmounted mint single with shift of vertical perforations to right. Results in Queen's head and value being bisected. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1984 Christmas 22p. BROWNISH GREY SHIFT. SG 1269 var.
Unmounted mint single with 6mm downward shift of brownish grey. Results in Queen's head and value appearing at centre right rather than top right corner of design. I...
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1965 Battle of Britain 1/3 (phos). Cyl. 1A1B1C1D1E no dot. INVERTED WATERMARK. SG 678pWi
WATERMARK INVERTED.
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1968 Paintings 1/9. PERFORATION SHIFT. SG 774 var.
UM lower right corner single with 4mm upward shift of horizontal perforations. Results in inscription and lower part of design now appearing at top of stamp. Illustrated ...
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2002 Christrmas 2nd. IPMERFORATE GUTTER PAIR. SG 2321b
2002 Christrmas 2nd. IPMERFORATE GUTTER PAIR. SG 2321b
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