China Taiwan 1888 ‘Horse and Dragon’ 20 cash carmine surcharged 'Shui Chuan Chiao to Taipeh Foreign 10 cents', SGC13

China Taiwan 1888 ‘Horse and Dragon’ 20 cash carmine surcharged 'Shui Chuan Chiao to Taipeh Foreign 10 cents', SGC13CHINA TAIWAN 1888 Horse and Dragon 20 cash carmine surcharged 'Shui Chuan Chiao to Taipeh Foreign 10 cents', SGC13. A very scarce and visually striking example of the 1888 Formosa (Taiwan) 20 cash carmine stamp featuring the distinctive Horse and Dragon design, with bold black surcharge reading Shui Chuan Chiao to Taipeh Foreign 10 cents. This complex handstamp was applied locally to facilitate foreign mail from Formosa to Taipei. A well preserved

Great Britain 1911 2½d Dull blue (Perforations 15x14)

To date his works have sold millions of copies around the world

with a 2mm blue phosphor centre band printed under the ink of the left hand column and no phosphor on the right hand column

There are approximately 200 one inch hairs in total

Nevis 1862 1d imperforate proof in carmine-lake on thin wove

The document also bears the signature from Marie Antoinette’s secretary along the right

Very fine stamp size proof in black mounted on white card (68 x 60mm)

Great Britain 1856 1d Chocolate brown Plate 2

the French ship from whence Nelson’s fatal shot came

' which expresses space time curvature in the Einstein field equations for gravitation in the theory of general relativity

Printed on card measuring 7" by 9

Accompanied with a British Philatelic Association (BPA) certificate of authenticity (2016)