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  • Rarities of the classical period
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  • GB, Penny Black 1840, postally unused, the the world's first adhesive postage stamp
  • GB, Penny Black 1840, a very rare block of 4 of the 1st stamp of the world
  • GB 1840, printing plate reconstruction, 240 Penny Black
  • Historically first letter sent with a stamp from Czech lands, 1840, from Carlsbad to Great Britain, where an additional franking was made
  • GB 1864, One Penny Red, block of 228, one of the largest known sets of this stamp
  • GB 1870, block of 60 1½ P, largest known set of this stamp
  • GB 1880, Victoria 2Sh "mint", one of the rarest stamps of classical England
  • Gibraltar 1889, 10C with no denomination, only few known pieces exist, ex. Ferrary
  • Tuscany 1851, 60 Crazie - unused, a significant rarity
  • Tuscany 1860, "Tuscan 3-lira", on of the rarest European stamps
  • Turkey 1892, Imprime, ex. Kuyas, Garminyan, only 2 pairs exist
  • Mauritius Post Paid 1848, earliest printing 1P + 2P on a cover cut-out, ex. Jakubek, unique!
  • British Guiana "Cotton Reel" 8C, only 3 existing pieces on cover cut-outs
  • Hawaii, 1857, Provisorium 5C/13C, eminent rarity
  • Canada 1852, 10P „J. Cartier“, unused, important rarity, a similiar piece can be found in the British Royal Collection
  • Brit. East Africa 1895, Provisorium Mombasa 1A/3A, ex. only 4 pieces exist, ex. Krieger
  • Persia 1870, 2 Chahis - double-sided printing, only 3 known pieces
  • Persia 1870, 4 Chahis - printed on embossed paper, unique!
  • Cape of Good Hope 1861, "wood-block" One Penny carmine, unused, important rarity
  • Mauritius 1848-1859, strip of 2 One Penny Red "intermediate imp.", ex. Ferrary
  • Great Britain 1841, cover with 22 One Penny Red stamps - largest franking with these stamps
  • Saxony 1850, "Saxon Three", unused with a margin of the sheet, iconic stamp of European classics
  • Niger Coast Protectorate 1894, Oil Rivers Issue, 1Sh without overprint NIGER COAST, only few specimens exists, the unique piece from the sheet - corner!
  • Mauritius 1848-1859, Two Pence Blue, "intermediate imp." one of the finest existing specimens, ex. Burrus
  • GB 1841, corner block of 20 mint ONE PENNY RED, unique in this size, discovered on Orkney Islands
  • GB 1870, block of 84 1/2 P, an important rarity of British classics, also called "Bantam Issue"; the largest known set
  • Cape of Good Hope, 1861, WOODBLOCK printing error 4 Pence carmine, "Lady Hope - Error of Colour", one of the most significant colonial rarities, ex. A.D. Stevenson
  • State of the Church, 1852, Tete-beche of a pair of number ones (1/2 Bai) on a cover. Great rarity!
  • Mauritius 1848, Post Paid Two Pence Blue, "earliest impressions", postally unused (mint), only 10 known pieces, therefore less than blue Post Office Mauritius!
  • USA 1847, St. Louis "Blue Bear", so-called "postmaster's provisional issue"; an iconic emission of US classic
  • GB 1840, Two Pence Blue, postally unusued 2. stamp of the world, very rare
  • Labuan 1901, so-called "Inverted Ship", overprint on an North Borneo 8C stamp with an inverted centre, only a few pieces exist, a significant rarity from the British colonies
  • GB 1840, Penny Black VR ("Victoria Regina"), 1st service stamp ever, called "Unissued", a British classics rarity
  • Naples, 1860 "Trinacria" postally unused (mint), one of the rarest stamps o European classics, only a few known pieces exist (cat. 600000 EUR!)
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