Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 5, (First & Second registration sheet) imprimaturs, SG2 New Zealand stamps A fine lightly used example

A fine lightly used example

Only 112 possible and extremely scarce in this se-tenant form

neatly tied to a small piece by a Hammersmith Broadway circular date stamp for MR

A most attractive mint example of the world's first postage stamp and scarce in such fine mint condition

On the reverse there is a typed certificate

Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 5, (First & Second registration sheet) imprimaturs, SG2 New Zealand stamps A fine lightly used exampleGreat Britain 1840 1d black Plate 5, (First & Second registration sheet) imprimaturs, SG2. A superb unused matched pair of imperforate imprimaturs lettered 'TD' taken from the first registration sheet "Before hardening" & second registration sheet "After hardening". The examples from the second registration sheet with close margin, but still clear at top left. Very rare, one of only 23 possible examples removed from either sheet many of which are in