Great Britain 1850 1d red brown Plate 98 (Archer trial perforation), SG16b

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Great Britain 1850 1d red brown Plate 98 (Archer trial perforation), SG16bGreat Britain 1850 1d red brown Plate 98 (Archer trial perforation), SG16b. A pristine unmounted mint example with full original gum, lettered ND. A magnificent example of this rare perforation trial and of huge philatelic importance marking the invention of perforated stamps. Henry Archer was an Irish born businessman. He was the first to put forward the concept of having an easy method to separate stamps from the sheet. The first two types of

but spectacular quality nonetheless

which has produced Olympic lanterns for the last 30 years

organised by the British

Regarding mamma

much above average for this issue with particularly good colour

Nyasaland 1921-33 2s6d black and carmine-red/pale blue

although still of fine fresh appearance

inscribed with the name of the new country

Typical gum wrinkling

An exceptional and very scarce positional piece

and has raised tens of millions for good causes including Comic Relief and her own children's charity Lumos

The gum is yellowish in colour as is often seen for this error