VIRGIN ISLANDS 1868 1s black and rose-carmine (PROOF), SG21 Swaziland stamps Pierce Brosnan made his name

Pierce Brosnan made his name in popular US detective series Remington Steele (1982-1987)

is a superb contemporary portrait of Henry VIII's sickly son Edward VI

An extremely beautiful and unusual franking and a fantastic philatelic display piece

writing at school: "When I grow up…I should like to be the official executioner"

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1868 1s black and rose-carmine (PROOF), SG21 Swaziland stamps Pierce Brosnan made his nameVirgin Islands 1868 1s with (retouched) single frame, imperforate proof in black and rose carmine on vertically LAID paper, SG21. A rare printing proof of the first and most famous stamp issue from the British Virgin Islands. The stamp features a depiction of Saint Ursula who, according to legend, had 11,000 virginal handmaidens, after whom the islands had been named. The 1 shilling stamp is most famous for the error where the Virgin is missing. There