SG 251a 9d Slate Purple & Ultramarine OCP M40 (-) in very fine and very fresh mounted mint condition with pretty standard strip of hinge top remains to the otherwise clean and fresh gummed reverse.

A fraction of Hendon's wildly optimistic 2010 price of £275 too. In my humble opinion, which I am happy to share with you all, little view was known or taken against the relative scarcity amongst the ten DLR values this thin chalk canvas is encountered on.

The three most frequently seen values are the 1 1/2d, 9d and 10d. Not common but then not truly scarce either on this trio and hence reflected in my far more realistic asking prices. I will hazard a guess even and say if you have ten copies of this 9d then you have a fair chance you may unknowingly already have an OCP copy!

Feel free to pay treble what I ask from some glossy brochured seller with ever closer ties to Hendon but your purchase will be no finer or more accurately identified and described than is the case here.

You will just be adding far fewer stamps to your collection than if you were a little more canny with your pounds.

Likely be bombarded with multiple marketing messages too for your trouble and certainly time to run when you get offered a free copy of TH's new catalogue that's going to cost you a small fortune in the longer run.