Apollo's Lots Stamps

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Apollo’s Lots Stamps is a small UK stamp business run by Dan Williams, offering collectable Great Britain stamps, varieties, classic issues and other philatelic material. Apollo's Lots is a small UK stamp shop offering selected collectable Great Britain stamps for sale online. Run by Dan Williams whose main interests are Victorian stamps, Great Britain official overprints, and errors, varieties and oddities.

GB 10p Machin misperf error with perforations shifted down.Not every stamp error announces itself from across the room. ...
23/07/2026

GB 10p Machin misperf error with perforations shifted down.

Not every stamp error announces itself from across the room. On this 10p orange-brown Machin, the perforations sit noticeably low, leaving a broader margin beneath the design and a tighter one above.

It's a subtle but clear perforation shift, and an inexpensive entry point into Machin errors. Unmounted mint (MNH), SG X939 Specialised U189 on ACP paper.

Available for £7.25 from Apollo’s Lots Stamps on eBay. Full details through the eBay link in comments.

A nice example of a specialised Official.A fine mint 4½d Green & Carmine GOVT PARCELS, overprinted SPECIMEN Type 9, disp...
05/06/2026

A nice example of a specialised Official.

A fine mint 4½d Green & Carmine GOVT PARCELS, overprinted SPECIMEN Type 9, displaying the open top to "S" variety. (SG O71s (L26s/c))

Official stamps are fascinating to me, and looking out for varieties can sometimes bring up a surprisingly scarce combination like this.

One of the more interesting philatelic investigations I’ve had recently started with a small eBay lot of Queen Victoria ...
26/05/2026

One of the more interesting philatelic investigations I’ve had recently started with a small eBay lot of Queen Victoria stamps used in Malta.

Among them was what appeared to be a very scarce imperf Penny Red with the Malta “A25” barred oval cancellation — SG Z24 (SG8), Plate 41.

At first glance the cancellation looked promising, and even passed initial scrutiny. But after comparing the strike against proof-book impressions with help from specialist literature and correspondence with Mike Batty, the story took a very different turn.

It proved to be an extremely convincing forgery.

What made the piece fascinating was not just the forgery itself, but the wider question it raised:

Should imperforate Penny Reds with Malta A25 cancellations exist at all, given the dates involved?

I’ve written up the full investigation, including the research process, chronology questions and proof-book comparisons.

Link in first comment.

Extra 10% off on selected stamps in our ebay store! Use the code APOLLOXMAS10, it's valid on most Buy Now items. Offer e...
08/12/2025

Extra 10% off on selected stamps in our ebay store! Use the code APOLLOXMAS10, it's valid on most Buy Now items. Offer ends 28 Dec 2025! ✉️✨

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