Doreen Royan & Associates

09/09/2026

Great Britain
1951 King George VI Postage Dues. 4d, blue. IMPRIMATURS. Top marginal block of four with ‘NP IMPRIMATUR’ handstamped on reverse. Superb unmounted mint condition. OUTSTANDING AND VERY RARE. SG Spec. R38 var.
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08/09/2026

Great Britain
1950 King George VI Booklet complete and containing 2½d., 2d. and ½d. all in panes of six. Variety, ‘2½d. pane is completely imperforate and Watermark Inverted on all three panes’. EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
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08/09/2026

Great Britain
Booklet 1949 King George VI Booklet containing ½d. pale green. Variety, ‘Pane of ½d. value has been miscut’. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION PIECE. EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
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07/09/2026

Great Britain
1948 King George VI Royal Silver Wedding. Illustrated First Day Cover. Bearing 2½d. ultramarine and £1 blue. Posted in London on 26th April 1948 (first day of issue). Superb condition. SCARCE.
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06/09/2026

Great Britain
1942 King George VI 10/- ultramarine. South East corner pair with overprint ‘CANCELLED’. Type 34. Superb mounted and superb unmounted mint condition. SG 478b var. Spec. Q33u
OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AS IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE ARE UNIQUE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES.
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06/09/2026

Great Britain
1941-1942 King George VI 2½d. light ultramarine. Top marginal block of 4. Variety, ‘IMPERFORATE (2 pairs)’. Superb unmounted mint condition. British Philatelic Association Certifiacte No. 62,139 (2004). AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT ERROR FROM THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE VI WITH VERY FEW MULTIPLES KNOWN. AN EXHIBITION PIECE.
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05/09/2026

Great Britain
1941 2d. pale orange. IMPRIMATUR. BLOCK OF 8 WITH CENTRE BLOCK OF 4 BEING ‘TETE-BECHE’. Released from the National Postal Museum Archives. Handstamped on reverse, ‘NP IMPRIMATUR’. The Imprimatur sheet was sent directly to the National Postal Museum for their Archives. THIS BLOCK IS FROM THE SINGLE SHEET PRODUCED AND IS UNIQUE. Superb unmounted mint condition. OUTSTANDING AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE. AN EXHIBITION PIECE.
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05/09/2026

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One of music's biggest icons, Freddie Mercury, would have been 80 years old tomorrow. But did you know he was a budding philatelist in his youth?

One of the most unique items in our museum collection just so happens to be his childhood stamp album, made during his childhood growing up in Zanzibar. Freddie's father was an avid collector himself and passed on his love of stamps his son.

The album was purchased at auction by the museum's predecessor in 1993, with proceeds from the sale donated to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Learn more by clicking the link below, which also includes the full digitisation of the album to view at your leisure.

👉️ https://buff.ly/RcdhCk3

04/09/2026

Great Britain
SG 490 var. Spec. Q17e 1941 King George VI 3d. pale violet. Top marginal block of 4. Variety, ‘Imperforate to top margin’. Superb mounted and superb unmounted mint condition. British Philatelic Association Certificate No. 23994 (1954). OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.
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04/09/2026

Great Britain
1939 King George VI 8d. bright carmine. Right marginal with punch-hole in margin. IMPRIMATUR BLOCK OF FOUR. Ex. National Postal Museum Archives, London. Handstamped ‘NP IMPRIMATUR’ on reverse. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. Unmounted.
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