Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 20 imprimatur, SG8var Long Island stamps First official perforated issue

First official perforated issue

A fine used pair with large part Christchurch circular date stamp dated "23 MY 01"

which is mentioned purely for accuracy and immaterial to overall quality

Very fine and fresh imperforate horizontal pair lettered MC-MD printed on white wove

lower right corner block of 6 (3x2) with '1A' (x6) plate numbers

Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 20 imprimatur, SG8var Long Island stamps First official perforated issueGreat Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 20, SG8var. A superb unused top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AA, showing part sheet inscription and plate number "20". This imperforate imprimatur from the very first approved printing sheet is very rare. Provenance: Ex. Clark (1946). ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE > SELL ONE OF THESE >