Great Britain Specialist Stamps.
The newsletter from Ian Lasok-Smith (Philatelist). May 9th 2024
This Newsletter replaces the newsletters previously sent via Mailchimp.
These new format newsletters in addition to providing stock updates across my specialist GB retail websites will also provide information and articles of interest to those who collect GB Postage Stamps and related material. As such the news letters are closely associated with my evolving philatelic archive, “The Philatelic Register”.
The following article added to The Philatelic Register a few months ago will be of interest to many QEII collectors.
The “Castles” High Values
It was over 2 years after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II that the first of the “Castles” series of high values appeared. They have become a “classic” issue and with numerous different printers and watermarks being employed they have become a rich source for study. In 1979 a very comprehensive work on the issue by R.F. Allen was serialised in Stamp Collecting Weekly. At the time it was the most comprehensive review of the issue yet published. Covering everything from production (printers, papers, inks, perforation….) to errors and varieties, it is a work of interest and importance to any serious GB QEII specialist.
The complete series can be downloaded from the link below:
The “Castle” High Values by R. F. Allen
Items from stock
From my GBPhilately.co.uk website.
1959 2/6 Castle, “classic” OFFSET variety
Just added
The 1964 Forth Road Bridge 6d (ordinary issue). Variety Black Double Printed. SG660 var. I am able to offer, if not unique, at least a rare and key positional piece.
An unmounted mint cylinder block of four exhibiting the variety and with a BPA certificate.
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