Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 Stamp Booklets a reflection of Allied postal

a reflection of Allied postal logistics in wartime East Africa

Haspeley and Brandeston

politician Ellen Wilkinson

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value for a single example is £45

Great Britain 1882 £5 Orange Plate 1, SG137 Stamp Booklets a reflection of Allied postalGreat Britain 1882 5 Orange Plate 1, SG137. A very fine used, well centred example, lettered 'BE', beautifully cancelled by a crisp Edinburgh circular date stamp for 'FE. 11. 1896'. Most attractive. A very high quality used example of Britain's boldest stamp design and particularly scarce so fine. Because of the high face value, there was no postal need for this stamp issue. It was first introduced as a Telegraphs stamp to account for payment of bulk