Postage Reference:FREE SPECIAL DELIVERY (UK), FREE INTERNATIONAL TRACKED & SIGNED
Guarantee:NO RETURN, NO REFUND (All the money from the sales go to the Foundation | Charity)
Foundation | Charity Name:THE KOS FOUNDATION
% from the sale for the Foundation | Charity:100% TO THE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Foundation | Charity Link:http://thekosfoundation.online/
IMPORTANT:ANY OMISSIONS or ERRORS WITH THE LISTING, PLEASE CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE
SPECIAL THANK YOU:FOR SUPPORTING CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS
Condition:USED
Other Remarks:BOTTOM CORNER LETTERS ONLY
ABOUT THE STAMPS
Plate 27 was constructed and put into use around 1842 to 1843 by the prominent security printing firm Perkins Bacon. This plate is highly regarded by philatelic specialists for a couple of distinct visual markers:
Plate 27 is famous for having visible horizontal or vertical "guide lines" scratched into the steel sheet by the engravers to help layout the rows evenly. Traces of these lines frequently show up across the corner letter squares of stamps from this run.
Because individual hand-punches were hit with a mallet to stamp the C and K into the lower corner boxes, their exact orientation is unique to Plate 27. Specialists track these minute differences to reconstruct entire 240-stamp printing sheets.
The black oval cancel on your stamp is a classic London Inland Section barred obliterator postmark.
Introduced in May 1844, these barred cancels were designed to cleanly cover Queen Victoria’s face so the stamp could never be peeled off a letter and illegally reused.
The central number 9 was not a zip code; it was a clerical desk assignment code. Sorting mail at the massive London Head Office was decentralized. Specific clerks or desks were designated a specific number stamp (ranging upwards from 1) to process high volumes of standard or heavy mail bags.
In philately, the value of an imperforate Penny Red depends heavily on its "margins" (how much of the white paper border shows around the red design frame) and the clarity of the cancellation.
Plate 27 is a standard, widely collected plate from the core production period.
Depending its condition value would be around up to £40.
IMPORTANT INFORMATIONPlease be aware check whether on the stamp is any overprint. With every overprint you must be aware that forgeries are around therefore, to be 100% sure if stamp does not have attest completed, do that for your peace of mind. Stamp sold as seen.LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Stamp as seen on images. Please be aware that post is for FREE dealt via Royal Mail however, if you want to have secure delivery can be arranged to be posted by DHL or UPS, ...
All money from the sale go to Cancer Foundation and Hospital Trials therefore, there is no returning policy available as well no refund (no return and no refund for this stamp).
PAYMENT & POSTAGE DETAILS
For the UK: Royal Mail Special Delivery (FREE of charge)
Europe and worldwide: Royal Mail International Signed and Trace (FREE of charge)
