1840–1902 QUEEN VICTORIA STAMPS
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA 1841 1D RED IMPERFS PLATE 43 impressive specialized collection nicely presented on 3 album pages, arranged by position including some identification notes. Chiefly fine with 4-margins including several large and ‘jumbo’ sized examples. Fresh and attractive (65 stamps, incl 2 strips of 3)
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA 1841 1D RED IMPERFS – PLATED COLLECTION of 125 examples with 4-margins, a complete run from plate 50 to 174 including some large stamps! Attractive (125 stamps)
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA 1841 – 1857 1D REDS BALANCE of a specialized collection on 2 album pages includes 4 examples of the 1841 1d imperfs with blue cancellations, all 4-margined; 1856 1d red-brown Wmk LC perf 14 mint SG 29, 1857 Wmk LC perf 16 white paper mint SG 40, etc.
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA 1855 4d carmine wmk Small Garter on slightly blued paper (SG 62a) THREE examples (incl pair) tied by light “1” cancels on pretty 1855 (31 Oct) wrapper from Glasgow to New York, a beautiful and extremely scarce franking. The cover with one flap missing. Stamps cat £1350, single on cover £780 + £900 for the two extra = £1680?
We sell Queen Victoria stamps, collections, complete sets, errors and varieties
Queen Victoria Stamps – The first country to issue postage stamps is a fascinating playground for the stamp collector! The postage stamps issued during Victoria’s reign can be grouped into the 3 basic printing methods employed, each producing very different stamps which are easy to identify.
- Line engraved issues – Starting with the 1840 1d black and 2d blue and ending in 1879 when the last of the Penny Reds with small plate numbers hidden in the designs were issued.
- Embossed issue – An expensive printing process employed between 1847 and 1854 to produce 6d, 10d & 1 shilling imperforate stamps with a raised unprinted Queens head.
- Surface printed issues – Utilised from 1855 to the end of the Victorian period which produced much higher quality stamps including the bicoloured 1900-92 “Jubilee” series.This reign gives us the rarest GB stamp, the famous and rare Queen Victoria 1864-79 1d red plate 77 a used example of which changed hands in 2016 for around £500,000.
It is possible to build a large collection of Great Britain Victoria stamps without ‘breaking the bank’. Those seeking normal quality examples often pay less than 10% of Stanley Gibbons catalogue prices with only the finest examples being worth around the full catalogue valuation. It is normal for philatelists to build their collections and enjoy upgrading quality as they continue. Further continuance may take the stamp collector into postmarks, proofs, blocks, postal history, postal stationery and many other exciting fields of philately. We recommend the excellent listings in the Stanley Gibbons catalogues, for those wishing to specialise further we also recommend their Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 1 “Queen Victoria” which is packed with interesting and useful information including proofs, plate flaws, “Specimen” overprints and much else.
