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1955 7d definitive, wmk St Edward’s Crown?

wo little-know, perhaps trivial, facts about GB 7d stamps caught our eyes as we browsed a well-thumbed copy of Gibbons while seeking a suitable candidate for this month’s HOW MUCH feature. The first is that throughout the long and prolific stamp issuing reign of Queen Victoria a 7d stamp was never called into service. Not until her son Edward VII inherited the throne and issued his own definitives (1902-1913) did Britain’s stamp buying

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