Great Britain 1840 1d intense black Plate 1a, SG1

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black Plate 1a, SG1First day of issue of the penny black cover with deep black impression including letter with important philatelic historical content. Great Britain 1840 1d intense black Plate 1a, SG1. A very fine used large four margin example neatly tied to small clean cover by a red Maltese Cross with an octagonal London datestamp on reverse for the first day of issue 'MY. 6. 1840'. The cover was sent locally within London and comes complete with original contents

it had proved impracticable to change the colour of the 2d blue to another light colour

CEYLON 1859 2s dull blue

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Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) was a British naval officer famous for his victories against the French during the Napoleonic Wars

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Cosmonauts are Yuri Gagarin (first man in space)

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Sadly Lugosi became addicted to painkillers in the 1940s

a protective alias that he used when writing to his loved ones

with his memorabilia achieving outstanding prices

000 issued (a small number compared to the population of China)

In the Night Garden is a BBC children's show that is shown in 35 countries around the world and has a string of merchandise attached