Guadeloupe

1877 Local Pointe a Pitre cover franked with two examples of the excessively rare postage due 40 centimes together with 25c strip of three, the largest franking known. Top French Colonies rarity.

Greece - Olympic Games

The First Olympic Games issue 2 drachma stamp in an extraordinary block of four showing lack of perforations both vertical and horizontal as well having some part only of the perforations at left but displaced. Both, the renowned experts, Nicolaides and Pemberton recognised and explained this fascinating and unique item.

Greece - Olympic Games

The First Olympic Games issue 2 drachma stamp in an extraordinary block of four showing lack of perforations both vertical and horizontal as well having some part only of the perforations at left but displaced. Both, the renowned experts, Nicolaides and Pemberton recognised and explained this fascinating and unique item.

Cape of Good Hope

The mysterious four pence black from the 1855-63 Perkins, Bacon & Co. No used example is known nor is it known why it was issued. Eleven examples have been recorded. This is no. II by the William Encyclopaedia listing.

Zanzibar, French Bureau

This cover of the French Post Office of July 26, 1897 from Zanzibar is franked with a 25cents/2.5 annas of the emergency issue. In July 1897 stamps of 25c/2.5 annas to pay simple letter rate were not available and the French Consulate decided to surcharge a new value of unemployed stamps. To obtain the largest number of stamps from the sheets, the surcharges (470) were made even on the margins and borders and corners. The item here is one of the very scarce commercial usages known, franked with an emergency stamp overprinted on the 1/2 anna sheet's corner!