Great Britain 1902 5d Dull Purple & Blue (O.W. Official), SGO34

Great Britain 1902 5d Dull Purple & Blue (O.W. Official), SGO34Great Britain 1902 5d Dull Purple & Blue (O. W. Official), SGO34. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum of this rare departmental issue. A most attractive example, particularly rare in unmounted mint condition. The "O. W. Official" overprints were issued to Office of Works. The higher value issues from 2d and above were issued in 1902 for registration fees and overseas mail. Accompanied with a 1985 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS)

The coat of arms of the Pinto family portrays five red crescents

24th January Castro to Natty

400 issued of the basic stamp and hardly ever seen with the inverted variety and red surcharge

and asks him to meet with other royal councillors in Edinburgh to propose further ways of raising money to cover the costs

Accompanied with clear Royal Philatelic Society certificates (1979) for the most valuable stamps in the set

who knew the Castro family and their associates for 20+ years from circa 2000

Others include a 'trumping' Chris Rea (see image)

A rare error as only one sheet of 100 originally existed

Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Value: £17

wearing crown and holding globus cruciger

Huguenots were French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed the teachings of theologian John Calvin and were persecuted by the French Catholic government

SG & SJ (SE & SG State 2 provisional printing) all neatly cancelled by crisp black Maltese Crosses