Title: 1971 Thomas Gray Description: Major Variety 1971 Thomas Gray Writer of the iconic  ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ Published in 1751 – one of the most popular and frequently quoted poems in the English language. ‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,  The loving herd winds slowly o’er the lea,  The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,  and leaves the world to darkness and to me? In 1971 a set of stamps was produced for literary anniversaries, it being the 200th anniversary of Thomas Gray’s death. A small quantity of stamps was distributed to a sub post office in Reading with a missing Queen’s Head. This is listed as SG 885a and catalogues at £950 a stamp or £95,000 for this sheet. We offer  The sheet at a start price of £22,000 and a first day cover with the Stoke Poges Special postmark at a start price of £750   Condition: New Delivery option: Collection & Delivery Location: W1D Category: Collectables