St Helena STAMPS FOR SALE
ST HELENA 1902-35 MINT ONLY COLLECTION presented on a protective page & includes 1902 ½d and 1d, 1903 ½d, 1d, and 2d, 1912-16 ½d, 1d, 2d, and 3d, 1912-13 both 4d and 6d issues, 1922 “Printed in one colour” set of three, 1922-37 “Badge of St Helena” MSCA Wmk group to 2s6d & 5s, 1935 Silver Jubilee set, etc. An attractive, all different collection. (28 stamps)
ST HELENA 1953-59 Pictorial definitive set, SG 153/165, never hinged mint (13 stamps)
ST HELENA 1934 Centenary complete set, SG 114/23, very fine mint (10 stamps)
ST HELENA 1912-16 Views set, SG 72/81, fine mint. (10 stamps)
ST HELENA 1961-65 Defins complete set, SG 176/89, NHM, fresh (14).
ST HELENA 1903 “Government House and The Wharf” complete KEVII set, SG 55/60, very fine mint. (6 stamps)
ST HELENA 1934 Centenary of British Colonisation complete set, SG 114/123, very fine mint. (10 stamps)
ST HELENA 1934 10s black & purple “Centenary”, SG 123, fine mint
ST HELENA 1938 LOCAL COVER (OPENED OUT) (May 12th) addressed to Line Barrack, Jamestown bearing ½d strip of three, 1d pair & 1½d carmine, all neatly tied by code A cds cancellations.
ST HELENA 1938 (March 12th) cover to Jamestown, St Helena bearing five values to 3d inc 1½d carmine, fine condition.
ST HELENA 1953-59 Pictorials complete set, SG 153/65, never hinged mint, very fresh, cat £100. (13 stamps)
ST HELENA 2014 25th Anniv of Launch of RMS St. Helena mini-sheet (SG MS1230) IMPERF PROOF on gummed paper, never hinged mint. Very rare, from the B.D.T Security Printers archive.
ST HELENA 2005 60th Anniv of the End of World War II se-tenant sheetlet (SG 946a) IMPERF PROOF on gummed paper, never hinged mint. Very rare, from the B.D.T Security Printers archive.
ST HELENA 1864-80 1s deep y-green type A P12½ WMK INVERTED,SG 17w,fine used
ST HELENA 1864-80 4d carmine P14x12½ WMK INVERTED & REVERSED,SG 24y,unused
ST HELENA 1912-16 1d black & scarlet on thicker paper,SG 73a,NHM BLOCK of 6
ST HELENA 1864-80 1s P12½ type A,SG17,fu with GOTHIC “T” cancel,rough perfs
ST HELENA 1864-80 4d carmine perf 14×12½ WATERMARK INVERTED & REVERSED variety with “SPECIMEN” violet local handstamp type SH2, SG 24ys, fine unused no gum, fresh & scarce.
ST HELENA 1937-1965 COMPREHENSIVE FINE CDS USED COLLECTION on stock pages, all different, COMPLETE (less the rare 1961 Tristan Relief surcharges) for the period, includes 1938-44 set, 1953-59 set etc. Lovely fresh condition. (73 stamps)
ST HELENA 1856-1897 USED COLLECTION on a stock page, includes 1856 6d imperf (x2, one with four margins, thin), 1863 4d, 1864-80 perf 12½ 1d (x4 incl all types), 2d, 3d (x2 incl both types), 4d (x3 incl one wmk reversed & one words 19mm long), 6d (x2, both shades) & 1s (x5 incl all types), perf 14×12½ 4d (x2), 6d & 1s and perf 14 2d, 6d & 1s (x2), 1884-94 all values to 6d, 1890-97 set etc. Some with small imperfections as usual but generally good condition, cat £2,300+ (50 stamps)
ST HELENA 1863-1935 MINT COLLECTION on a two-sided stock page, includes 1863 1d unused (4 margins), 1864-80 perf 12½ 1d (x3 incl two types C), 2d, 3d (x2 incl both types), 4d, 1s (small tear) & 5s (x2), perf 14×12½ 2d and perf 14 1d & 1s (x3), 1884-94 set incl 4d (x2 incl both types) & 6d (x3), 1890-97 set, 1922 set, 1922-35 5s wmk MCA, 1935 Jubilee set etc. Some early types with small imperfections and poor or no gum as as usual but generally good condition and fresh colours. (78 stamps)
ST HELENA 1876 4d carmine (Type B), Wmk Crown CC, Perf 14 x 12½, SG 24, mint
ST HELENA 1961-65 Defins complete set, SG 176/89, NHM, fresh (14)
ST HELENA 1922-37 wmk CA set to 5s, SG 92/96, vfm, fresh (4)
ST HELENA 1922 6d grey and bright purple, “Cleft rock”, SG 104c, fine mint.
ST HELENA 1903 ½d brown and grey-green “Government House”, watermark inverted, SG 55w, a very fine lightly hinged lower marginal example.
ST HELENA 1922-37 3d Torn flag variety, SG 101b, mint, light stain at right
ST HELENA 1856 6d blue, SG 1, mint with four margins and part gum.
ST HELENA 1903 Pictorial complete set, SG 55/60, very fine mint (6 stamps)
ST HELENA 1908-11 Wmk Mult Crown CA set to 6d, SG 64/67, very fine used (3, 2½d & 4d on pieces)
ST HELENA 1908-11 10s green and red / green, SG 70, very fine mint.
ST HELENA 1922-37 1d grey and green ” BROKEN MAINMAST “, SG 98a, vf used.
ST HELENA 1890-97 complete set, SG 46/52, fine mint. (7 stamps)
ST HELENA 1864-73 3d carmine with Type B opt, SG 14, two used examples. (2)
ST HELENA 1968 ½d road construction, SG 226, showing black double (wide) printed, upper marginal example, never hinged mint, a stunning unlisted error.
ST HELENA 1982 29p “Diana on the Palace Balcony”, 21st Birthday of Princess of Wales, IMPERF lower marginal horizontal pair, SG 399b, fine never hinged mint, a rare modern error.
ST HELENA 1935 1d deep blue and carmine Silver Jubilee, diagonal line by turret, SG 124f, fine never hinged mint, scarce as such.
ST HELENA 1912-16 Pictorial set with the extra 1d shade, SG 72/81, fine mint (11 stamps)
ST HELENA 1903 Pictorial set, SG 55/60, good to fine used, cat £160 (6 stamps)
ST HELENA 1922-37 3d bright blue with BROKEN MAINMAST, SG 101a, fine mint
ST HELENA 1922-37 1d grey & green with BROKEN MAINMAST, SG98a, fine mint
ST HELENA 1903 ½d brown & grey-green with INVERTED WATERMARK, SG 55w, fine mint
ST HELENA 1863 4d carmine, SG 5, mint with four clear to good margins and large part gum.
ST HELENA 1903 ½d brown & grey-green on bluish paper, listed in B&K, VFM
ST HELENA 1922-37 Wmk Mult Crown CA set, SG 92/96, very fine mint (5 stamps).
ST HELENA 1864-73 Type B (short bar overprint), perf 12½, all different used group with 1d lake, 2d yellow, 3d deep purple, 4d carmine, 1s deep yellow-green, plus 5s orange, between SG 7 and SG 20, all with cork type cancels. (6 stamps)
ST HELENA 1864-80 1d lake perf 14, SG 27, fine mint part gum, fresh
We sell St Helena stamps, collections, complete sets, errors and varieties
St Helena Stamps – The earliest mail emanating from St Helena did not carry postmarks of any kind being handed to ship captains left at the Government Secretary’s offices, or simply left under large stones one of which still exists inscribed “1645”. The first stamp was decided upon “as a Public convenience and a probable saving of the labours of the Post Master” and Perkins, Bacon & Co received the order to print a 6d blue stamp which was eventually issued on 1 January 1856. Several orders followed and perforating began in 1861 with the printers using a perforated wheel and a plate with matching holes beneath, as the plate got clogged and the pins deteriorated the perforations reduced in quality and collectors recognised ‘clean- cut’ and ‘rough perf’ variants of this stamp.
This simple 6d plate remained in use as the colony expanded and unusually the same stamp was printed in a wide range of colours with different surcharges applied from ½d to 5s until the introduction of the De La Rue Universal key plate set in 1890. These issues with surcharges doubled or omitted include some of the rarest stamps of St Helena. St Helena also includes one of the rarest 20th Century stamps, the 1961 Tristan Relief Fund charity set was not sanctioned and had to be withdrawn however the stamps had been on sale for one week and a number had been sold including to passengers on a ship, so around 450 of each stamp were sold.
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