Australia 1915-27 £1 chestnut and bright blue 'Kangaroo', SG44a

Australia 1915-27 £1 chestnut and bright blue 'Kangaroo', SG44aAustralia 1915 27 1 chestnut and bright 'Kangaroo', watermark 6, SG44a. An exceptionally fresh and well centred mint example with original gum. One slightly shortish perforation at foot, which is immaterial to what is a lovely example of this key colour variety of Australia's first and most famous stamp. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 3,250. BUY NOW: Order online, by phone +44 (0)1534 639 998, or via email info@paulfrasercollectibles. com

Michael Parkinson

On 7 October 1963 the Beatles performed in Dundee

The Penny Black was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp and marked the beginning of a communications revolution that changed the world

A very fine unmounted full original gum example with gold (Queen's head) omitted

Accompanied with a 1987 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity

Accompanied with an independent certificate of authenticity from the highly regarded expertiser Martin Eichele

before touring across Europe performing a series of increasingly daring escape acts from handcuffs

A rare positional multiple of this unusual printing variety

An extremely scarce modern stamp error

Tonga 1892 "Arms of Tonga"

which had played over the mountain slope leaving deposits of silica

released in 1964