Great Britain 1856 1s pale green, Plate 1, on azure paper, SG73a Australian States stamps The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value for the rare colour variety is £800 and £18 for the normal stamp

Very rare Channel Island usage - believed to be unique as the only recorded 2d Mulready used sent from Guernsey

Very fine unmounted original gum example with gold (Queens head) omitted

An astonishingly bold Napoleon “NP” signature

being the finer of just TWO examples recorded

Great Britain 1856 1s pale green, Plate 1, on azure paper, SG73a Australian States stamps The Stanley Gibbons catalogue valueGreat Britain 1856 1s pale green, plate 1, on azure paper, SG73a. A superb used right hand wing margin example, beautifully cancelled by a crisp "Rideout" number 1 experimental machine cancel. Excellent bluing of the paper. An exceptional example in all respects. An extremely rare stamp and only known to exist in used condition, with this example being one of the finest known. This value was introduced to replace the Embossed issue. This was an