The design is a modified miner’s lamp
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue price for this set is £120
Only a limited number of privately owned documents have survived the 470+ years since Henry VIII's reign and documents of this quality are exceptionally rare
A Renowned Royal Beauty
Whilst the penny black enjoys the accolade of being the stamp that changed the world
NORTH BORNEO Japanese Occupation 1942 4c bronze-green and violet, SGJ4a Palestine stamps The design is a modifiedNorth Borneo Japanese Occupation 1942 (30 Sep) 4c bronze green and violet, 'Proboscis Monkey' type 1 HANDSTAMP of Sandakan in black, SGJ4a. A fine used example with part Sandakan type JD1 circular date stamp in violet, dated '17 11' (= Nov 1942). Japanese forces first landed in North Borneo on 15 December 1941. By 19 January 1942, the whole of North Borneo had been occupied. Brunei, North Borneo, Sarawak and, after a short period, Labuan, were