Description
Gutter Pair Album No.1 with GB QEII Stamps
The term “Gutter Pair” normally refers to a pair of stamps separated by part of the blank gutter margin. This came about because most British stamps were printed in sheets containing two panes. The majority of these sheets contained blank gutters, hence the term “Gutter Pairs” (G/P).
On each sheet (ie two panes) most Printers added spots of colour to one gutter. These corresponded to the colours of a particular stamp. This gave us the term “Traffic Light Gutter Pairs” (TL /GP).
It is obvious from the above that the Traffic Light Gutter Pairs are rarer than their plain Gutter Pair brothers!
Gutter Pairs wih Commemorative Stamps were first used for the Royal Silver Wedding 3p issue of 20th November 1972, printed on the “Jumelle” machine. Thc Stanley Gibbon’s Concise catalogue number is 918.
There is then an unbroken run of commemoratives with G/P and TL/GP. These ran up until the Christmas issue of 1979 (Concise numbers 1104 to 1108). From this date there are no Traffic Light Gutter Pairs in the above format.
The High Value Machin issue of 2nd February 1977 is also in this range. These three definitives are the £1.00, £2.00, and the £5.00 stamps. (The Concise numbers are 1026 to 1028 inclusive).
Gutter Pair Album No.1 with GB QEII Stamps
GUTTER PAIR ALBUMS
This album we have for sale is a ‘Collecta Multo-Ring’, marketed by Collecta Albums. There are 36 pages with a mixture of Gutter Pairs or Traffic Light Gutter Pairs, also mounted in Hawid strips. There are also two or three blank pages.
The collection starts with a Plain Gutter Pair from the Royal Silver Wedding. There was just one stamp in this issue, the 3p value, with a Concise number of 918. Then there is a continuous selection of Plain Gutter Pairs up to and including the Racket Sports Set issue of 12th January 1977 (Concise numbers 1022 to 1025).
The remaining pages, from the High Value Machin issue of 2nd February 1977 (1026 to 1028) up to the Christmas issue of 1978 (1071 to 1074) inclusive, are Traffic Light Gutter Pairs. Pages 25 to 36 refer.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, stamps will be well packaged and sent by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. Postage
We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging.
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is also available if required. If one of these options is taken, compensation for loss or damage can be claimed.
These numbers are from the “Concise Stamp Catalogue” . If we cannot find a catalogue entry or number for a particular item we will use our own expertise for the description and value.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.
We are members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS): http://www.gbps.org.uk
Gutter Pair Album No.1 with GB QEII Stamps
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