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The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £100+
'POSTAGE' 29½mm with stops
A major modern rarity with only four complete booklets known
Lower left corner mint example with interpane margin at left and large part "ASH" imprint (position R55)
Great Britain 1915 5s bright carmine "Seahorses" (watermark reversed)
Cyprus 1881 'HALF-PENNY' on 1d red Plate 218, SG7 Long Island stamps The Stanley Gibbons catalogue valueCyprus 1881 (Feb) 'HALF PENNY' on 1d red Plate 218 type 3 (18mm) surcharge, SG7. A superb mint block of 4 lettered 'DC ED' with lovely fresh colour and large part original gum. A stunning and very rare multiple from this printing plate. Provenance: Ex Mrs Richardson (Robson Lowe 6 7 60, lot 233). Postage stamps were first introduced in Cyprus in 1880. The first issues used British stamps, which were overprinted with the word "CYPRUS", marking the