Newfoundland 1919 3c brown HAWKER, mounted mint SG142

Newfoundland 1919 3c brown HAWKER, mounted mint SG142Newfoundland 1919 3c. brown HAWKER overprinted "FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC AIR POST APRIL. 1919, initialled in ink "J A R" ( J A Robinson, the postmaster General) on the reverse, SG142. A fine mounted mint example of this famous stamp rarity. Just 200 examples were overprinted as franked correspondence carried by Lieutenant H. Hawker on his Atlantic flight. 18 were damaged and destroyed, 95 were used on letters, 11 given as presentation copies, and the

the method of printing and the use of silk thread paper

Great Britain 1939 10s

It took three years for the appeal against his conviction to get through the courts

An area of particular interest to collectors is the high value Official stamps issued for the sole use of essentially autonomous Government departments

the group that prefigured the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

partial double print (half of bottom row from Control G15)

This is the only signed copy of the work we have seen

Beautiful deep colour and gum from an early impression

an extremely influential Parisian art dealer

A very scarce Official stamp used by Government officials on government mail in this quality

holding lis-tipped scepter

History has given him the title “The Stamp King” by virtue of the fact he started building the Royal Philatelic Collection