1841 Great Britian Scott #3 Imperf strip of five- Positions BG-BK

A used horizontal strip of five of Great Britain's 1841 One Penny red-brown — the "Penny Red," the workhorse that succeeded the Penny Black and carried Britain's mail for the next twenty years. Imperforate issue, each stamp showing the Queen Victoria profile with "POSTAGE" above and "ONE PENNY" below. An unbroken horizontal strip from row B of the sheet — positions B-G through B-K — the consecutive corner lettering confirming a genuine se-tenant multiple, ideal for plating or positional collectors. Each stamp is cancelled by a 1844-type barred numeral obliterator, dating this postal use to circa 1844 or later. Multiples of the imperforate Penny Red are far scarcer than singles — most were long ago cut apart for individual sale, so an intact run of five, still joined as it left the sheet, is a genuinely display-worthy survivor. Margins are even and honest for an imperforate multiple, just meeting the frame line in a place or two as is typical of the issue. The photographs show the exact strip you will receive, front and back. Off cover, with light toning to the reverse consistent with age. A substantial, affordable piece of classic British philately — the everyday stamp of Victorian Britain, in a form most collections never manage to hold five-in-a-row.