Wilkie Collins Signature Canada stamps Great Britain 1971 5p Literary

Great Britain 1971 5p Literary Anniversaries error

and extremely scarce in a block

Trivial traces of perforation toning on reverse mentioned for accuracy only as this example is much above average for this issue

altho my Father owned at one time in England

carried by a group of 48 crew members as part of the grand procession that followed Nelson's casket to St Paul's Cathedral

Wilkie Collins Signature Canada stamps Great Britain 1971 5p LiteraryAn attractive ink signature from British writer Wilkie Collins (1824 1889). Wilkie Collins is regarded as one of the finest British novelists and playwrights. His novels The Woman in White and The Moonstone are pillars of English literature, with the latter regarded as the first English detective novel. A beautiful ink signature, "Wilkie Collins, on a 5 x 2 inch slip clipped from a document. In very good condition. Written by the same hand that penned