Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Trivial gum wrinkles mentioned for

Trivial gum wrinkles mentioned for accuracy only as this is an exceptionally fine and fresh example for this scarce stamp

New York in 1850

A superb mint example of this very rare stamp

Red "22 MAG" arrival backstamp

A very fine used example with part circular date stamp and hardly ever seen in such high quality

Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Trivial gum wrinkles mentioned forGreat 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.