NAURU 1916-23 5d yellow-brown variety, SG9b

NAURU 1916-23 5d yellow-brown variety, SG9bNauru 1916 23 5d yellow brown, type 1 overprint, DOUBLE OVERPRINT ONE ALBINO (with the albino impression mm to left and 1mm below the inked overprint, very clear even from face), 'H16' printing, SG9b. A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. Couple of slightly shortish perforations, but still very fine for this rare printing variety, and plated to R4 7 of the setting by diagnostic flaws. Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28 2 2006,

A lightly used example with large part '969

Their name arises to distinguish them from the 1870 issues

Fiji 1912-13 set of 13 to £1

hung over a piano

Great Britain 1881 2½d blue plate 23

Five months after the release of the album

an extremely influential Parisian art dealer

A superb quality unmounted mint full original gum imperforate top marginal horizontal pair of imprimaturs from the sideways coil printing with "BPMA" (British Postal Museum Archives) handstamps on reverse

Provenance: Ex Mayflower Grand Prix Collection

with fine colour

overprint "SPECIMEN"

Further benefits from fresh original gum (seven stamps being unmounted)