Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2 Egypt stamps One shortish perf barely of

One shortish perf barely of any significance and mentioned purely for accuracy

Excellent quality used examples like this are more challenging to find than mint examples

Very fine unmounted mint with full original gum imperforate set of imprimaturs with N

Some light toning as is found on most of the 18 recorded examples

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was born in Stavropol Krai in south western Russia shortly after the October revolution

Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2 Egypt stamps One shortish perf barely ofGreat Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2. A very fine used close to large four margin vertical strip of four lettered 'OC RC', neatly cancelled by crisp black Maltese Crosses. An attractive multiple of the first printing plate (repaired) and unusual to find a vertical strip of this size. GB Specialised Catalogue No: AS5. Stanley Gibbons do not list the value of a vertical strip of four in their catalogue. They list the value of a block of four