Great Britain 1955-58 2d Light Red Brown "Wilding" (wmk Edward's Crown)
Dickens association with Gads Hill is well documented
The serial number (1135N00960) stamped upon its side tallies exactly with the STS Orbiter Landing/Deceleration Flight Data Sheet which logs flown tyres for every space shuttle mission (a copy is included with the tyre)
Very fine wrapper sent from London to Hedon
The imperforate penny red covered the standard letter rate in Great Britain until the arrival of perforated stamps in 1854 and consequently was the stamp most used during the Victorian Communication Revolution which changed the world
Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 10, SG7 Jamaica stamps Great Britain 1955-58 2d LightExhibition quality block of the highest pedigree Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Plate 10, SG7. A superb unused, with original gum, four margin right hand marginal block of sixteen lettered 'II LL', with full deckle edge selvedge and sheet marginal inscription. A magnificent exhibition quality block of the highest pedigree, lightly mounted on four stamps only. GB Specialised Catalogue No: AS69. Accompanied with a 2013 British Philatelic Association