Conrad had previously flown into space as a crew member of the Gemini 5 and Gemini 11 missions
A very fine used example of a 2d Mulready uprated with 4 penny blacks to the 6d per 3oz rate representing one of the great rarities of British philately
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value for the rare colour variety is £800 and £18 for the normal stamp
example with vermilion omitted
Great Britain Rowland Hill Plan for Postal Reform
Great Britain 1856 1s pale green, Plate 1, on azure paper, SG73a Australian States stamps Conrad had previously flown intoGreat Britain 1856 1s pale green, plate 1, on azure paper, SG73a. A superb used right hand wing margin example, beautifully cancelled by a crisp "Rideout" number 1 experimental machine cancel. Excellent bluing of the paper. An exceptional example in all respects. An extremely rare stamp and only known to exist in used condition, with this example being one of the finest known. This value was introduced to replace the Embossed issue. This was an