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Year SG Numbers Description Price
view larger back view image for First set of four cancelled with  duplex for DAWLISH dated JA 22 02. This cover serves no purpose other than philatelic and must have been done for the first day but sadly it was cancelled 3 weeks later!! Correctly cancelled £1250. Rare!
<br/><b>QSS
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1902 SG 215 etc First set of four cancelled with duplex for DAWLISH dated JA 22 02. This cover serves no purpose other than philatelic and must have been done for the first day but sadly it was cancelled 3 weeks later!! Correctly cancelled £1250. Rare!
QSS
£175.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add First set of four cancelled with  duplex for DAWLISH dated JA 22 02. This cover serves no purpose other than philatelic and must have been done for the first day but sadly it was cancelled 3 weeks later!! Correctly cancelled £1250. Rare!
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view larger back view image for 2d Agate POSTAGE DUE single on a small complete envelope cancelled with a bold LEIGH ON SEA - ESSEX dated 20 AP 14. The cover is endorsed ''FIRST DAY OF ISSUE''. A very rare cover.
<br/><b>QSS</b>
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1914 SG D4 2d Agate POSTAGE DUE single on a small complete envelope cancelled with a bold LEIGH ON SEA - ESSEX dated 20 AP 14. The cover is endorsed ''FIRST DAY OF ISSUE''. A very rare cover.
QSS
£600.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add 2d Agate POSTAGE DUE single on a small complete envelope cancelled with a bold LEIGH ON SEA - ESSEX dated 20 AP 14. The cover is endorsed ''FIRST DAY OF ISSUE''. A very rare cover.
<br/><b>QSS</b>
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view larger back view image for ½d Pale Green on a JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY illustrated envelope (unfolded to display for the scan) cancelled with a LONDON F.S. machine cancel dated JUN 22 11. Superb!<br/>Cat £350 
<br/><b>QQG</b>
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1911 SG 321 ½d Pale Green on a JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY illustrated envelope (unfolded to display for the scan) cancelled with a LONDON F.S. machine cancel dated JUN 22 11. Superb!
Cat £350
QQG
£165.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add ½d Pale Green on a JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY illustrated envelope (unfolded to display for the scan) cancelled with a LONDON F.S. machine cancel dated JUN 22 11. Superb!<br/>Cat £350 
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view larger back view image for The 1924 ''Wembley'' set of two with an additional stamp to make up the postage to NEW YORK cancelled with three upright strikes of the special EMPIRE EXHIBITION - WEMBLEY PARK 1924 double ring CDS dated 23 AP 1924. Rare FDC.
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1924 SG 430-431 The 1924 ''Wembley'' set of two with an additional stamp to make up the postage to NEW YORK cancelled with three upright strikes of the special EMPIRE EXHIBITION - WEMBLEY PARK 1924 double ring CDS dated 23 AP 1924. Rare FDC. £295.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The 1924 ''Wembley'' set of two with an additional stamp to make up the postage to NEW YORK cancelled with three upright strikes of the special EMPIRE EXHIBITION - WEMBLEY PARK 1924 double ring CDS dated 23 AP 1924. Rare FDC. to your basket
view larger back view image for The 1½d Brown ''Wembley'' single value from the set of two on a very fresh and lhean small hand addressed envelope crisply cancelled with the EMPIRE EXHIBITION slogan cancel dated APR 23 1924. Pretty!
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1924 SG 431 The 1½d Brown ''Wembley'' single value from the set of two on a very fresh and lhean small hand addressed envelope crisply cancelled with the EMPIRE EXHIBITION slogan cancel dated APR 23 1924. Pretty! £125.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The 1½d Brown ''Wembley'' single value from the set of two on a very fresh and lhean small hand addressed envelope crisply cancelled with the EMPIRE EXHIBITION slogan cancel dated APR 23 1924. Pretty! to your basket
view larger back view image for 1925 Wembley set of two x2 on a bright & fresh neat G. KING registered FDC dated 9 MAY 1925 with correct blue label and PALACE OF INDUSTRY handstamps with NO faults! Very rare and only 3rd handled in 44 years. The rarest standard GB FDC. A gem!<br/><b>QQN
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1925 SG 432-433 1925 Wembley set of two x2 on a bright & fresh neat G. KING registered FDC dated 9 MAY 1925 with correct blue label and PALACE OF INDUSTRY handstamps with NO faults! Very rare and only 3rd handled in 44 years. The rarest standard GB FDC. A gem!
QQN
£2750.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add 1925 Wembley set of two x2 on a bright & fresh neat G. KING registered FDC dated 9 MAY 1925 with correct blue label and PALACE OF INDUSTRY handstamps with NO faults! Very rare and only 3rd handled in 44 years. The rarest standard GB FDC. A gem!<br/><b>QQN to your basket
view larger back view image for The Silver Jubilee set of four on a cacheted FDC neatly opened at right cancelled with two bold upright strikes for WINDSOR dated 7 MAY 35. Cat £800 
<br/><b>QQG</b>
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1935 SG 453-456 The Silver Jubilee set of four on a cacheted FDC neatly opened at right cancelled with two bold upright strikes for WINDSOR dated 7 MAY 35. Cat £800
QQG
£375.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The Silver Jubilee set of four on a cacheted FDC neatly opened at right cancelled with two bold upright strikes for WINDSOR dated 7 MAY 35. Cat £800 
<br/><b>QQG</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four with bonus of each stamp clearly cancelled LONDON W.1 dated 7 MY 35 on a small envelope to OLDHAM. The envelope has a horizontal crease just below the word Oldham but is otherwise excellent. SG Cat £650<br/><b>QAQ</b>
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1935 SG 453-456 George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four with bonus of each stamp clearly cancelled LONDON W.1 dated 7 MY 35 on a small envelope to OLDHAM. The envelope has a horizontal crease just below the word Oldham but is otherwise excellent. SG Cat £650
QAQ
£160.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four with bonus of each stamp clearly cancelled LONDON W.1 dated 7 MY 35 on a small envelope to OLDHAM. The envelope has a horizontal crease just below the word Oldham but is otherwise excellent. SG Cat £650<br/><b>QAQ</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on a small manilla REGISTERED local plain FDC each stamp clearly cancelled with a small steel CDS for WEST KILBRIDE dated 7 MY 35
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1935 SG 453-456 King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on a small manilla REGISTERED local plain FDC each stamp clearly cancelled with a small steel CDS for WEST KILBRIDE dated 7 MY 35 £195.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on a small manilla REGISTERED local plain FDC each stamp clearly cancelled with a small steel CDS for WEST KILBRIDE dated 7 MY 35

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view larger back view image for King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on small envelope to NEW ZEALAND with each stamp crisply cancelled with a LONDON W.1 double ring steel CDS dated 1 MY 1935. SG Cat £650
<br/><b>ZZB</b>
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1935 SG 453-456 King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on small envelope to NEW ZEALAND with each stamp crisply cancelled with a LONDON W.1 double ring steel CDS dated 1 MY 1935. SG Cat £650
ZZB
£150.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add King George 5th Silver Jubilee set of four on small envelope to NEW ZEALAND with each stamp crisply cancelled with a LONDON W.1 double ring steel CDS dated 1 MY 1935. SG Cat £650
<br/><b>ZZB</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on Registered printed cachet FDC to BERMUDA cancelled with two crisp steel CDS's dated 1 SP 36 - QUEEN STREET - EXETER - DEVON. A royal related cancel!!
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1936 SG 457 459 460 King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on Registered printed cachet FDC to BERMUDA cancelled with two crisp steel CDS's dated 1 SP 36 - QUEEN STREET - EXETER - DEVON. A royal related cancel!! £110.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add King Edward 8th - ½d, 1½d and 2½d values on Registered printed cachet FDC to BERMUDA cancelled with two crisp steel CDS's dated 1 SP 36 - QUEEN STREET - EXETER - DEVON. A royal related cancel!! to your basket
view larger back view image for 4d Grey-Green<br/>
on a small neatly typed address envelope cancelled with a CROYDON ''wavy line'' dated 1 JAN 1936 tofether with a double ring CDS CROYDON - SURREY - AIR MAIL for 1st day of the AIR MAIL cancel.
<br/><b>QQG</b>
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1936 SG 424 4d Grey-Green
on a small neatly typed address envelope cancelled with a CROYDON ''wavy line'' dated 1 JAN 1936 tofether with a double ring CDS CROYDON - SURREY - AIR MAIL for 1st day of the AIR MAIL cancel.
QQG
£35.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add 4d Grey-Green<br/>
on a small neatly typed address envelope cancelled with a CROYDON ''wavy line'' dated 1 JAN 1936 tofether with a double ring CDS CROYDON - SURREY - AIR MAIL for 1st day of the AIR MAIL cancel.
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view larger back view image for ½d Green<br/>
On a small crisp envelope cancelled with a LUSTLEIGH - NEWTON ABBOT - DEVON double ring steel CDS dated 1 SP 36. Pristine! 
<br/><b>QHQ</b>
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1936 SG 457 ½d Green
On a small crisp envelope cancelled with a LUSTLEIGH - NEWTON ABBOT - DEVON double ring steel CDS dated 1 SP 36. Pristine!
QHQ
£30.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add ½d Green<br/>
On a small crisp envelope cancelled with a LUSTLEIGH - NEWTON ABBOT - DEVON double ring steel CDS dated 1 SP 36. Pristine! 
<br/><b>QHQ</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on small neat cover with typed address clearly cancelled LONDON SW1  - 13 MAY 1937. Buckingham Palace is also LONDON SW1
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on small neat cover with typed address clearly cancelled LONDON SW1 - 13 MAY 1937. Buckingham Palace is also LONDON SW1 £7.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on small neat cover with typed address clearly cancelled LONDON SW1  - 13 MAY 1937. Buckingham Palace is also LONDON SW1 to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a 
''wavel line'' cancel for LONDON
dated 13 MAY 1937
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a ''wavel line'' cancel for LONDON dated 13 MAY 1937 £6.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a 
''wavel line'' cancel for LONDON
dated 13 MAY 1937 to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single as a block of four on a REGISTERED cover cancelled with three REGISTERED - BUCKINGHAM GATE SW oval cancels clearly dated 13 MAY 37 with a single oval on back. BUCKINGHAM GATE post office is alongside BUCKINGHAM PALACE and was the nearest
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single as a block of four on a REGISTERED cover cancelled with three REGISTERED - BUCKINGHAM GATE SW oval cancels clearly dated 13 MAY 37 with a single oval on back. BUCKINGHAM GATE post office is alongside BUCKINGHAM PALACE and was the nearest £25.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single as a block of four on a REGISTERED cover cancelled with three REGISTERED - BUCKINGHAM GATE SW oval cancels clearly dated 13 MAY 37 with a single oval on back. BUCKINGHAM GATE post office is alongside BUCKINGHAM PALACE and was the nearest to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on a ''Dibben'' First Day Cover cancelled with a crisp KINGSTON-ON-THAMES double ring stell CDS dated 13 MY 37. Very crisp!
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on a ''Dibben'' First Day Cover cancelled with a crisp KINGSTON-ON-THAMES double ring stell CDS dated 13 MY 37. Very crisp!
QQN
£12.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on a ''Dibben'' First Day Cover cancelled with a crisp KINGSTON-ON-THAMES double ring stell CDS dated 13 MY 37. Very crisp!
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view larger back view image for Coronation single on a plain cover cancelled with a PUTNEY ''wavy lines'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on a plain cover cancelled with a PUTNEY ''wavy lines'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937 £7.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on a plain cover cancelled with a PUTNEY ''wavy lines'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937 to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on small cover cancelled with a CHICHESTER ''wavy lives'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on small cover cancelled with a CHICHESTER ''wavy lives'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937 £5.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on small cover cancelled with a CHICHESTER ''wavy lives'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937 to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a 
''wavey line'' cancel for LONDON W1
dated 13 MAY 1937
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a ''wavey line'' cancel for LONDON W1 dated 13 MAY 1937 £7.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on a small plain envelope cancelled with a 
''wavey line'' cancel for LONDON W1
dated 13 MAY 1937 to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on a reduced at left envelope with neatly typed address clearly and crisply cancelled with a LONDON W1 ''wavy line'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937.
<br/><b>QQN</b>
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on a reduced at left envelope with neatly typed address clearly and crisply cancelled with a LONDON W1 ''wavy line'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937.
QQN
£4.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on a reduced at left envelope with neatly typed address clearly and crisply cancelled with a LONDON W1 ''wavy line'' cancel dated 13 MAY 1937.
<br/><b>QQN</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for Coronation single on two colour neatly typed addressed illustrated FDC clearly cancelled with a DOVER wavy line cancel dated 13 MAY 1937<br/><b>QZC</b>
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1937 SG 461 Coronation single on two colour neatly typed addressed illustrated FDC clearly cancelled with a DOVER wavy line cancel dated 13 MAY 1937
QZC
£22.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Coronation single on two colour neatly typed addressed illustrated FDC clearly cancelled with a DOVER wavy line cancel dated 13 MAY 1937<br/><b>QZC</b>
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view larger back view image for ANGLO-AMERICAN GOODWILL CORONATION FLIGHT from New York to London and then back to New York bearing the Coronation single cancelled with (as always) a slightly indistinct CDS and the relevant USA cancels on an unaddressed airmail envelope. A famous FDC!
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1937 SG 461 ANGLO-AMERICAN GOODWILL CORONATION FLIGHT from New York to London and then back to New York bearing the Coronation single cancelled with (as always) a slightly indistinct CDS and the relevant USA cancels on an unaddressed airmail envelope. A famous FDC! £28.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add ANGLO-AMERICAN GOODWILL CORONATION FLIGHT from New York to London and then back to New York bearing the Coronation single cancelled with (as always) a slightly indistinct CDS and the relevant USA cancels on an unaddressed airmail envelope. A famous FDC! to your basket
view larger back view image for The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three plus additional ½d,on a plain hand addressed REGISTERED envelope to CANADA cancelled with four strikes of a HALL GREEN - BIRMINGHAM steel CDS  dated 10 MY 1937.
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1937 SG 462-463 466 The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three plus additional ½d,on a plain hand addressed REGISTERED envelope to CANADA cancelled with four strikes of a HALL GREEN - BIRMINGHAM steel CDS dated 10 MY 1937. £12.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three plus additional ½d,on a plain hand addressed REGISTERED envelope to CANADA cancelled with four strikes of a HALL GREEN - BIRMINGHAM steel CDS  dated 10 MY 1937. to your basket
view larger back view image for The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a ''J. SANDERS'' printed address envelope cancelled with a part SOUTHAMPTON ''wavy line'' and two steel CDSs  dated 10 MAY 1937.
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1937 SG 462-463 466 The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a ''J. SANDERS'' printed address envelope cancelled with a part SOUTHAMPTON ''wavy line'' and two steel CDSs dated 10 MAY 1937. £20.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a ''J. SANDERS'' printed address envelope cancelled with a part SOUTHAMPTON ''wavy line'' and two steel CDSs  dated 10 MAY 1937. to your basket
view larger back view image for The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a plain hand addressed envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C.
''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937.
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1937 SG 462-463 466 The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a plain hand addressed envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C. ''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937. £7.50 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The ½d, 1d and 2½d ''Dark Colours'' set of three on a plain hand addressed envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C.
''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937. to your basket
view larger back view image for The ½d Green and 1d Scarlet on a small plain FDC to USA cancelled with a LONDOPN WC ''slogan'' lightly dated 10 MAY 1937
<br/><b>QZC</b>
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1937 SG 462 463 The ½d Green and 1d Scarlet on a small plain FDC to USA cancelled with a LONDOPN WC ''slogan'' lightly dated 10 MAY 1937
QZC
£6.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add The ½d Green and 1d Scarlet on a small plain FDC to USA cancelled with a LONDOPN WC ''slogan'' lightly dated 10 MAY 1937
<br/><b>QZC</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for ½d and 1d ''Dark Colours'' on a colour unaddressed (address printed at same time as cachet) envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C. ''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937. 	

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1937 SG 462 463 ½d and 1d ''Dark Colours'' on a colour unaddressed (address printed at same time as cachet) envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C. ''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937.
QZC
£20.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add ½d and 1d ''Dark Colours'' on a colour unaddressed (address printed at same time as cachet) envelope cancelled with a LONDON E.C. ''wavy line'' cancel dated 10 MAY 1937. 	

<br/><b>QZC</b> to your basket
view larger back view image for ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on plain but neat printed address envelope cancelled with a neat SOUTHAMPTON wavy line.
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1937 SG 462 463 466 ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on plain but neat printed address envelope cancelled with a neat SOUTHAMPTON wavy line. £15.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on plain but neat printed address envelope cancelled with a neat SOUTHAMPTON wavy line. to your basket
view larger back view image for Illustrated (all words printed at same time) FDC bearing ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on a local MANCHESTER registered envelope neatly opened at top.
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1937 SG 462 463 466 Illustrated (all words printed at same time) FDC bearing ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on a local MANCHESTER registered envelope neatly opened at top. £20.00 Add British Stamps First Day Covers - to George 6th Item: Add Illustrated (all words printed at same time) FDC bearing ½d Green, 1d Red and 2½d Ultramarine on a local MANCHESTER registered envelope neatly opened at top. to your basket


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