Great Britain, Stanley Gibbons #5101, used(o), 2023, Traditional Christmas-Matrix Stamp, Mary Holding the Child with Lyric phrase ‘All is calm, all is bright’ from Christmas Carol ‘Silent Night’ in a rustic landscape devised by the UK design firm Stears McGillan Eves and illustrated by 34 year old artist Tom Duxbury in a style of old carol books with their woodblock printing, stamp series is also the first with the identifying silhouette profile of King Charles III, 1st class mail, a 2D omnidirectional bar code matrix is adjacent to the visual stamp, separated by a non-functional perforation line, serpentine die simulated perforations 15x14½, two right and left bands phosphorus on visual stamp, issued in non-water soluble self adhesive panes, photogravure printed by Cartor Security Print Ltd, Scott supplemental catalog value: not listed, nicely centered, duplex cancellation, both light, black-inked, cancels over the upper half of the stamp, from the left, a horizontal message cancel leading to a wavy line cancel over the remainder of the stamp, however the lightness of the cancel leaves the main image remarkably clear, good perforations; stamp was removed from its mailing envelope using a Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black card stock to make an attractive album appearance; mounting, centering, and image clear cancel warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.55 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.68 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
