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1963 Lifeboats 1/6 (phos). PHOSPHOR BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE.
Unmounted mint top marginal single with phosphor bands on gummed side. Bands on reverse with good strong reaction to UV light when viewed in appropriate conditions of d...
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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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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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1966 Technology 1/3. SHIFT OF RED & BLACK. Block of six SG 703 var.
A fine unmounted mint block of six with small upward shift of orange-red colour and larger downward shift of black. Illustrated with normal block of six below.
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1966 Technology 1/3. SHIFT OF RED & BLACK. Vertical pair SG 703 var.
A fine unmounted mint vertical pair with small upward shift of orange-red colour and larger downward shift of black. Illustrated with normal at right.
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1966 Technology 1/3. SHIFT OF RED & BLACK. SG 703 var.
A fine unmounted mint single with small upward shift of orange-red colour and larger downward shift of black. Illustrated with normal at right.
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1963 Lifeboats 4d (ord). Shift of blue downwards plus unlisted minor constant flaw. SG 640p var
Unmounted mint single with minor shift of blue downwards plus unlisted minor constant flaw "red dot below H of NINTH". Illustrated and supplied with normal at r...
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1963 Lifeboats 4d (ord). Shift of blue downwards. SG 640 var
Unmounted mint single with nice shift of blue downwards. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1963 Lifeboats 4d (ord). "Floating Sails" plus good minor constant flaw. SG 640 var
Unmounted mint single with nice example of "floating sails" variety plus unlisted minor constrant flaw "blue spot above rail" in middle of boat in lin...
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1964 FRB 6d (phos). Dramatic Paperfold error and Phosphor error. SG 660p var.
A fine unmounted mint traffic light block of ten. PHOSPHOR OMITTED from front of most of lower six stamps due to a PAPER FOLD before the application of phosphor. The miss...
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1965 Arts 6d (phos). BANDS PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE. Cyl. block
Unmounted mint cylinder block of nine (a small adherence on back of top left stamp) PHOSPHOR BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE as well as front. BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE REACT TO UV LIG...
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1966 Christmas 3d (phos). ERROR CYLINDER WITH HORIZONTAL PHOSPHOR BAND. SG Spec. WP109 foot note
A fine unmounted mint cylinder block of six with BROAD HORIZONTAL PHOSPHOR BAND across tops of all stamps in upper row. It is stated in footnote in Gibbon's Spec. Vo...
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1967 Christmas 3d MISSING GOLD Col. 1. MISSING VALUE ONLY Col.2. David Brandon Certificate
Unmounted mint cylinder block of four with MISSING GOLD (Queen's head and value) both stamps col. 1. MISSING GOLD (Value only) both stamps col. 2. Unique positional ...
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1969 Anniversaries 1/9. UNCOATED PAPER. SG 795a
A fine unmounted mint traffic light block of eight with error UNCOATED PAPER. Characteristic rough printing impression lacking the clear definition of the normal and no r...
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SG 770y. 1968 Anniversaries 1/9. Missing Phosphor.
UM single MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1965 Battle of Britain 4d (phos).PHOSPHOR BANDS PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE
A fine unmounted mint se-tenant block with phosphor bands printed on gummed side as well as front. Affects all stamps in block. Good reaction of bands on gummed side to U...
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1967 Christmas 4d MISSING GOLD (Head & Value) / MISSING VALUE ONLY David Brandon Certificate. SG 757b
Unmounted mint pair (folded along perfs) with MISSING GOLD (Queen's head and value) left hand stamp and MISSING VALUE ONLY on right hand stamp. Slight blunting of pe...
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1966 Birds (phos) MISSING EMERALD GREEN . SG 696-698pf
An unmounted mint marginal se-tenant block of four with MISSING EMERALD GREEN. (affects water under gull, grub in blue tit's beak and robin's branch). Illustrat...
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1966 Hastings 4d (ord). MISSING GREY. SG 705-10j
Unmounted mint folded se-tenant strip of six with MISSING GREY. This affectsStamp 1. Axe and shading of fallen horseStamp 2. Soldier at left and one of slain soldiers at ...
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1967 EFTA 9d (phos). SHIFT OF BROWN.
A fine unmounted mint single with downward shift of brown (trucks, cargo) Illustrated with normal at right.
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1969 Christmas 5d. MISSING GREEN. SG 813d
Unmounted mint single with MISSING GREEN (border and middle shepherd's tunic). Illustrated with normal at right.
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1970 Anniversaries 1/-. MISSING GREEN AND EMBOSSING. SG 821Eb
Unmounted mint single with MISSING GREEN (table cloth) and MISSING EMBOSSING. Illustrated with normal at right.
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1969 Cathedrals 9d MISSING PHOSPHOR. SG 800y
Unmounted mint single. MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1969 1Cathedrals /6 MISSING PHOSPHOR. SG 801y
Unmounted mint single. MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1961 CEPT 10d. SHIFT OF TURQUOISE. SG 628 var.
Unmounted mint single with shift of turquoise to left.. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1963 Lifeboats 1/6 (phos). PHOSPHOR BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE.
Unmounted mint single with phosphor bands on gummed side. Bands on reverse react to UV light when viewed in appropriate conditions of darkness.
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1968 Bridges 4d. PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE. Block of four
Unmounted mint positional block of four. PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE. Contains listed minor constant varieties on:R 11/1 lack of screening dots in pale green patch left of T...
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1965 Arts 6d (phos). BANDS PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE.
Unmounted mint single with PHOSPHOR BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE as well as front. BANDS ON GUMMED SIDE REACT TO UV LIGHT
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1966 Christmas 3d (phos). ERROR PAIR WITH AND WITHOUT PHOSPHOR BAND. SG Spec. WP109ac
A fine unmounted mint upper right corner block of eight. Four se-tenant pairs. Each pair left stamp with ONE BROAD PHOSPHOR BAND, right stamp NO PHOSPHOR BAND.
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1965 Battle of Britain 9d (phos). TWO DIAGONAL BROAD BANDS ERROR.
A fine unmounted mint marginal block of four with very attractive phosphor band error. Each stamp with two broad diagonal bands plus diagonal band in left margin. Positio...
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1966 World Cup "Winners" 4d. SHIFT OF BLUE & FLESH colours Cylinder block
A fine unmounted mint cylinder blck of six with SHIFT OF BLUE DOWNWARDS AND FLESH COLOUR TO LEFT. Shift affects all stamps. Although shifts are small they are emphasise...
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1968 Paintings 4d. MISSING EMBOSSING. SG 771c
Fine unmounted mint positional single MISSING EMBOSSING.
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1965 Parliament 2/6 (ord). Watermark Inverted. SG 664Wi
Unmounted mint right marginal single.
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1964 Geographical Congress 1/6 (ord). WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 654Wi.
Unmounted mint marginal single.
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1970 Philympia 1/6. MISSING PHOSPOR with listed constant variety 837y var.
Fine UM positional single MISSING PHOSPHOR with "missing dot over i" listed variety SG Spec. W197b
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1970 Philympia 5d. MISSING PHOSPOR with listed constant variety 835y var.
Fine UM positional single MISSING PHOSPHOR with "weak entry to frame of star top left corner" listed variety SG Spec. W195e
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1966 Birds (ord) MISSING BRIGHT BLUE. SG 696/697g.
An unmounted mint se-tenant positional block of four with MISSING BRIGHT BLUE. The bright blue registration cross in lower margin also missing. Illustrated and supplied w...
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1970 Anniversaries 1/-. MISSING GREEN. SG 821c
Unmounted mint single with MISSING GREEN (tablecloth). Illustrated with normal at right.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of nine. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of nine INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Flowers 9d (ord). INVERTED WATERMARK. Block of twelve. SG 721Wi
Unmounted mint positional block of twelve INVERTED WATERMARK. As illustrated.
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1967 Discovery & Invention. UM marginal single WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 754Wi.
1967 Discovery & Invention. UM left marginal single WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 754Wi.
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1970 Anniversaries 9d. MISSING OCHRE. SG 820a
Unmounted mint single MISSING OCHRE (bed sheet, table, crutches). Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1967 Paintings 9d. SHIFT OF BLACK to right. SG 749 var
Fine unmounted mint single with large SHIFT OF BLACK to right. Results in trasposition of Queen's head and value. Illustrated and supplied with normal at right.
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1966 Battle of Hastings 6d (phos). MINOR GOLD SHIFT. SG 711p var
Unmounted mint block of four with minor shift of gold top right. Yellowish shade of gold head.
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1971 Christmas 7½p. SHIFT OF EMBOSSING. SG 896 var.
Unmounted mint single with 3mm SHIFT OF EMBOSSING downward to right. As illustrated.
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1965 Battle of Britain. PHOSPHOR SHIFT Variety. SG 671 var
Unmounted mint single as illustrated with SHIFT OF PHOSPHOR BANDS to right resulting in TWO BROAD BANDS to naked eye. Under UV in dark room minor encroachment on perf tip...
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1965 Lister 4d (ord). Dramatic DRY PRINT of brown-red. SG 6677 var
Unmounted mint single with dramatic DRY PRINT of red brown leaving tubing virtually omitted. Illustrated with normal at right.
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1980 London Landmarks 17½p. Virtually MISSING SILVER. SG 1124a var
Unmounted mint single with almost complete omission of silver. Illustrated with normal at right.
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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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1968 Bridges 4d. PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE. SG 7673a
Unmounted mint single PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE.
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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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1965 Battle of Britain 9d (ord) UM Cylinder block of four. WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 677Wi.
1965 Battle of Britain 9d (ord) Fine unmounted mint cylinder block of four WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 677Wi. Very scarce blck. "Woodstock" suggests no more 4 known
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1966 Battle of Hastings 1/3 (phos) UM cylinder block. WATERMARK SIDEWAYS INVERTED SG 712pWi.
1966 Battle of Hastings 1/3 (phos) Fine unmounted mint cylinder block. WATERMARK SIDEWAYS INVERTED (crowns point to right when viewed from back). SG 712pWi. As illu...
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1968 Paintings 4d. DRY PRINT VERMILION.
Unmounted mint single with very white face, hands. Under UV no loss of optical brightening agent from paper therfore unlikely to be result of light exposure and bleaching...
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Wales 5d royal blue. MISSING PHOSPHOR. SG W11y
Fine unmounted mint single MISSING PHOSPHOR.
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1994 Christmas 19p. IMPERFORATE PAIR. SG 1843a
1994 Christmas COMPLETELY IMPERFORATE HORIZONTAL pair. As 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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1966 Birds 4d (ord). Listed variety "small black dot on gull's wing" SG 696 var
Unmounted mint marginal se-tenant block of four with listed minor constant variety "small black dot on gull's wing".
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety " green flaw in large leaf above flower" SG 718p var
Unmounted mint positional block of eight with listed minor constant variety "green flaw in large leaf above flower" R 1/4
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety "small green spot to left of bluebell leaf" SG 720p var
Unmounted mint marginal block of eight with listed minor constant variety "small green spot to left of bluebell leaf"
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety "small green spot above leaf of wood anemone". SG 720p var
Unmounted mint marginal block of eight with listed minor constant variety "small green spot above leaf of wood anemone" R 10/2.
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety "yellow spot by chin". SG 720p var
Unmounted mint positional block of eight with listed minor constant variety "yellow spot by Queen's chin" R 4/6
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety "incomplete style". SG 718p var.
Unmounted mint marginal block of eight with listed minor constant variety " style on left hand flower of right hand plant incomplete".
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1967 Flowers 4d (phos). Listed variety "small green spot on wood anemone". SG 720p var
Unmounted mint positional block of four with listed minor constant variety "small green spot on lower wood anemone" R 10/2.
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1973 Royal Wedding MISCUT GUTTER PAIR. (folded)
Unmounted mint folded MISCUT GUTTER PAIR.
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1968 Anniversaries 1/9. Listed variety "tail of 9 of 1969 short" SG 770 var
Unmounted mint positional block of six with listed minor constant variety "tail of 9 of 1969 short" R 20/5. Worthy of constant variety status.
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1962 NPY 2½d Imperf pair plus green omited. Unused,
An unused horizontal pair IMPERFORATE with MYRTLE GREEN COLOUR OMITTED. Overprinted with horizontal black bars. Materil that should have been destroyed by printers. Wrink...
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1964 Geog. Congress 2½d (ord). Listed constant variety "lawn repairs" SG Spec. W46c
Unmounted mint positional block of twelve. Listed constant varieties "repaired lawn" R 11/1 & 11/6. Strip folded between columns 3/4 slight perf separation uppe...
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. UM single. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Unmounted mint single. Image close up alongside normal at right. As illustrated. Supplied with normal.
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. UM single. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Unmounted mint single. Image close up alongside normal at right. As illustrated. Supplied with normal.
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. UM single. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Unmounted mint single. Image close up alongside normal at right. As illustrated. Supplied with normal.
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. Marginal single. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Unmounted mint marginal single. Image close up alongside normal at right. As illustrated. Supplied with ...
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1969 Ships 5d. SHIFT OF RED. Marginal single. SG 778 var
1969 Ships 5d with SHIFT OF RED DOWNWARDS (Cunard logo). Unmounted mint marginal single. Image close up alongside normal at right. As illustrated. Supplied with ...
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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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