Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 Saint Kitts-Nevis stamps Great Britain 1936 11/2d Red-brown

Great Britain 1936 11/2d Red-brown

showing SIGNIFICANT (4MM) DOWNWARD SHIFT OF BRIGHT LILAC causing white inscriptions at top

Most other known examples suffer from condition issues

tied by type D8 "ZANZIBAR" circular date stamp of "AP 9 31"

Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 Saint Kitts-Nevis stamps Great Britain 1936 11/2d Red-brownGreat Britain 1882 5 Orange Plate 1, SG137. A Very fine used example lettered AL, neatly cancelled by a Plymouth circular date stamp for JA. 2. 1900. A very high quality used example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine. Because of the high face value, there was no postal need for this stamp issue. It was first introduced as a Telegraphs stamp to account for payment of bulk telegrams and for those of individual high cost.