Rare stamps auction to raise £5m for postal archive’s new museum

Registration sheet for coveted ‘seahorse’ stamp from reign of George V among the rarities to go under the hammer in July Rare stamps , including sheets registering original designs from the reigns of George V – himself a fanatical stamp collector, who paid a then world record price of £1,450 for a Mauritian stamp in 1904 – Edward VIII and George VI, are to be auctioned by the British Postal …

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