Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2 Egypt stamps Excellent quality used examples like

Excellent quality used examples like this are more challenging to find than mint examples

One shortish perf barely of any significance and mentioned purely for accuracy

signed by America's most important artist

Wes Brown and Peter Crouch

Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2 Egypt stamps Excellent quality used examples likeGreat Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 1b, SG2. A very fine used close to large four margin vertical strip of four lettered 'OC RC', neatly cancelled by crisp black Maltese Crosses. An attractive multiple of the first printing plate (repaired) and unusual to find a vertical strip of this size. GB Specialised Catalogue No: AS5. Stanley Gibbons do not list the value of a vertical strip of four in their catalogue. They list the value of a block of four