December 2024

Great Britain Christmas Selects

Great Britain

These ink-illustrated designs evoke the Christmas season with humor a stamp collector can get behind. Created in the late 18th century each design features a creative use of a 1d Rose-red. Priced from £150 in our online store – will these festive designs steal the show this holiday season?

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Corner is off

Stock Code: P223006013

C.1870 Christmas Card. A pretty Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with bottom right hand corner removed and replaced lower to the right with a walking stickman drawn below in red ink, endorsed "A FINE COPY - BUT THE CORNER IS OFF, Wishing you a Happy Christmas". Most unusual and attractive.

SOLD OUT

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Pin perforated

Stock Code: P223006015

C.1870 Christmas Card. A pretty Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with small pin shape sections removed around the corner squares, endorsed "PIN-PERFORATED, VERY RARE, Wishing you a Happy Christmas". Most unusual and attractive.

£150.00

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Pony Express

Stock Code: P223014586

C.1870 Christmas Card. An unusual Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with the stamp cut to resemble a horse, endorsed 'The rare "Pony Express" stamp. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'. Most unusual and attractive.

SOLD OUT

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Cat

Stock Code: P223006017

C.1870 Christmas Card. A pretty Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with the shape of a cat removed and placed to the right, endorsed "THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG. Wishing you a Happy Christmas". Most unusual and attractive.

SOLD OUT

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Well centred

Stock Code: P223006020

C.1870 Christmas Card. A pretty Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with sections removed to form the shape of a well and also a bucket and handle drawn in red ink, endorsed "A WELL CENTRED STAMP. Wishing you a Happy Christmas". Most unusual and attractive.

£150

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GB 1870 SG40 Cover - Christmas Card insert - Seal

Stock Code: P223006024

C.1870 Christmas Card. A pretty Christmas card insert bearing a used 1d Rose-red with the central section cut and folded over with the depiction of a seal drawn in red ink surrounding the adhesive, endorsed "FOUND OPEN AND OFFICIALLY SEALED. Wishing you a Happy Christmas". Most unusual and attractive.

£175.00

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