Great Britain 1840 1d black plate 1a pair on first day cover, SG2 Brunei stamps She later found success on

She later found success on stage

Great Britain 1935 Silver Jubilee 2½d Prussian Blue

A very high quality Specimen example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine on blued paper from the first printings

Her daughter Alexandra Feodorovna married Nicholas II in 1894

Only 150 pairs existed and now very scarce in this choice quality

Great Britain 1840 1d black plate 1a pair on first day cover, SG2 Brunei stamps She later found success onA world famous cover and one of the most important pieces of British philately. Great Britain 1840 (6th May) complete "Protestant Dissenters Assurance Company" insurance document sent from London to Stowmarket, Suffolk, franked with horizontal pair of 1840 1d black, plate 1a, lettered 'ID IF' used to pay the 2d postage rate for an item weighing in excess of oz but below 1oz, SG2. Cancelled by light red Maltese Crosses, handstamped with a London Chief