Great Britain 1850 1d red brown Plate 98 (Archer trial perforation), SG16b Burma stamps Great Expectations and A Christmas

Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol

The CYPRUS overprint was applied in London by De La Rue printers and is renowned for showing slight variation in letter spacing and ink density

which do not detract

the later 1½d and 3d with type D19

neatly cancelled by a ‘Bright Red’ shade Maltese Cross

Great Britain 1850 1d red brown Plate 98 (Archer trial perforation), SG16b Burma stamps Great Expectations and A ChristmasGreat 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