Description: The Principality of Sealand was founded on 2 September 1967 on ‘Rough’s Tower’, an abandoned WW2 gun platform in the North Sea which was outside UK territorial waters at the time, a fact which was subsequently confirmed by a UK court in 1968. In 1978 an attempted takeover by a German businessman was successfully thwarted. In 2006 the Principality was nearly wrecked by fire, but has since been restored. Part of the accommodation is occupied by ‘Havenco’, a secure offshore website-hosting facility. Sealand has recently been extensively featured in two popular travel books: ‘Attention All Shipping’ by Charlie Connelly and ‘Offshore’ by Ben Fogle. These stamps were issued by Sealand in 1970. ‘Paintings Of The Sea’ issue, 20 September 1970 and CTO with this date. Inscribed ‘Airmail’. Unmounted CTO. $1.00 Sailing Ships. Miniature sheet with decorative border. Although the stamp is the same design as the large-format stamp the ‘Airmail’ inscription makes it a different stamp (the large stamp is inscribed ‘Postage’). There is a slight printing (inking) flaw on these sheets, which shows as a small white streak in the decorative border beneath the Sealand state crest. It does not appear to be listed anywhere as a constant variety. The stamp itself is unaffected. NB: I no longer have any of the 5-value small-format stamps of this issue.
Price: 0.99 GBP
Location: Barnstaple, Devon
End Time: 2024-12-06T23:05:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.79 GBP
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Item Specifics
Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Modified Item: No
Colour: various
Currency: Decimal
Year of Issue: 1970
Quality: Used
Type: Stamps: Collections
Sub-Type: Not Applicable
Singles/ Blocks/ Multiples: Not Available
Cylinder Block: N/A
Printing Method: Non Applicable
Regional/ Local Issue: Sealand (self-proclaimed Principality)
Theme: Art
Sub-Theme: Not Applicable
Denomination: various
Era: Elizabeth II (1952-Now)
