Great Britain 1872 6d chestnut plate 12, SG124 King Edward VII stamps Canada King George V 1922-31

Canada King George V 1922-31 3c carmine

500 as plate block

Tommy Cooper

and gifted to his office boy at Chaplin Studios in Hollywood

lower right corner block of 16 (2x8) with '1A' (x6) plate numbers

Great Britain 1872 6d chestnut plate 12, SG124 King Edward VII stamps Canada King George V 1922-31Great Britain 1872 chestnut plate 12, SG124. A very fine used example of this rare "Abnormal" lettered FB, neatly cancelled by a superb Liverpool "466" numeral. The chestnut shades are referred to as "abnormals" (from sheets printed with the imprimatur, registered 22 April 1872). The stamp was put to press in buff on October 1872. Used examples prior to this were either chestnut or pale chestnut. As it was in circulation for such a short period, used