Single 1937 1d scarlet in u/m booklet pane of six (trimmed perfs bottom edge), upr wmk, overprinted Cancelled (type 33P) with additional security punch holes on each stamp. (Spec QB10s). Cat £280 (SG 463 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £65-80
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Single 1937 6d purple in u/m block of four, with paper join. Bottom pair are both on double-thickness paper. Some minor soiling affects front of one stamp and gum on two stamps, otherwise fine and fresh. (SG 470 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £75-90
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1937 6d purple in u/m vertical marginal strip of four, showing extensive "Doctor Blade" flaw affecting sheet margin and all four stamps. Highly visual error. (SG 470 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £75-90
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Single 1937 1/- bistre-brown u/m, o/pt Specimen, cat £160 (SG 475s) (Ex Mike Holt) £70-85
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Single 1939 High values set to £1 u/m, complete (6v). Cat £425 (SG 476/8c) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single 1939 High values set to £1 u/m, complete (6v). Cat £425 (SG 476/8c) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single 1939 10/- dark blue marginal u/m. Cat £260 (SG 478a) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1941 2 1/2d light ultramarine in u/m top right hand corner marginal strip of six (mounted on margin), all stamps showing dry print effect of some sort, most noticeable on stamps 5 and 6, the latter having around 85% of design missing. Faint diagonal crease on right margin (also affecting stamp 6), barely visible from front. Quite spectacular. (SG 489 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1941 2 1/2d light ultramarine in imperforate pair mint, good to large margins, horizontal crease. Scarce. Cat £4800 (SG 489c) £600-700
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Single 1944 Propaganda forgery 1/2d 'Stalin's head' in green. (SG -) £50-60
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Single 1944 Propaganda forgeries set of 6v 1/2d to 3d 'used,' each neatly cancelled with the London AAA0 6 Jun 44 special stamp in violet. (SG -) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single 1944 Propaganda forgeries set of 6v 1/2d to 3d 'used'. (SG -) £80-100
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1946 Victory 2 1/2d in fine mint block of four (2 u/ m), overprinted Cancelled (type 28). Perfs re-enforced with hinge between stamps 1 and 2. Spec QCOM8t. Scarce item. Unpriced by SG. (SG 491 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £300-350
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Single (Photo) (plate 15) 1950 1d light ultramarine in u/m vertical pair, upper stamp showing 2mm imperf margin at top. Possibly due to imperf top margin, or to perf jump, imperf margin is definitely a genuine variety, as top stamp is 1.5mm larger than standard size (and therefore cannot be a "cut-down" of any sort). Very visual. Unlisted SG. (SG 504 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single 1951 Festivals set to £1 complete u/m. Cat £100 (SG 509/12) (Ex Mike Holt) £40-50
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1952 Tudor 1d ultramarine, ex Harrison sample of work folder, overprinted Cancelled in serif capitals, with right corner clipped as additional security measure. Without gum (as originally prepared). Scarce. (see pages 143/4 of the Samuel/Huggins work). (SG 516 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1952 Tudor 3d deep lilac, ex Harrison sample of work folder, overprinted Cancelled in serif capitals, with right corner clipped as additional security measure. Without gum (as originally prepared). Scarce. (see pages 143/4 of the Samuel/Huggins work). (SG 520 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single 1952 Tudor 4d ultramarine in u/m block of 12 (3 x 4), central row plus stamp 3/1 showing vertical white flaws (probably due to doctor blade error). Attractive, visual error. (SG 521 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £40-50
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1952 Tudor 7d bright green, ex Harrison sample of work folder, overprinted Cancelled in serif capitals, with right corner clipped as additional security measure. Without gum (as originally prepared). Scarce. (see pages 143/4 of the Samuel/Huggins work). (SG 524 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1952 Tudor 9d bronze green, ex Harrison sample of work folder, overprinted Cancelled in serif capitals, with right corner clipped as additional security measure. Without gum (as originally prepared). Scarce. (see pages 143/4 of the Samuel/Huggins work). (SG 526 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single 1955 Edward 7d bright green in u/m block of four (key value). Cat £200 (SG 549) (Ex Mike Holt) £65-80
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Single 1955 Edward 1/3d green in u/m right marginal block of four, showing excellent 2mm downwards perf shift, resulting in imperf margin at bottom of all four stamps. (SG 555 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £75-90
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Single 1958 Crowns wmk (cream paper) inverted wmk set of 6v u/m (4d, cat 60p, is on white paper|). Good perfs. Incl scarce 2d, cat £140 (SG 570/5wi) (Ex Mike Holt) £50-60
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1958 Crowns wmk 9d bronze-green (cream paper) in u/m right hand marginal block of four, showing spectacular double perforation shift of 5mm upwards and 2mm to right, resulting in complete imperf margins at top and left. Spectacular piece. (SG 582 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single 1958 Graphite 1 1/2d green in booklet pane of 6 u/m, upright wmk, 4 stamps with perfect perfs, trimmed at right edge. (Spec SM70). Cat £540 as stamps of £600 as pane. (SG 589) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-200
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Single (Photo) (plate 19) 1959 Castle 2/6d fine mint with several striking pre- printing paper folds, seldom seen to this extent, scarce! (SG 595a) £300-350
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Single (Photo) (plate 19) 1959 Castles 5/- marginal u/m, a spectacularly misperforated marginal example. Superb! (SG 596 Var) £350-425
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Single 1959 Phosphor Graphites set in u/m marginal blocks of four, (some are mounted in margin and 1 x 4 1/2d has crease, not showing from front), cat £340 (SG 599/609) (Ex Mike Holt) £140-175
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Single 1959 Phosphor Graphite 2d error of watermark u/m. Cat £180 (SG 605a) (Ex Mike Holt) £60-75
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1960 2 1/2d light red brown in corner marginal pl 29 blk of 8 mint, the lower pair showing 'Imperf on 3 sides'. The piece shows double perforations on the upper pair, the selvedge is mostly separated at left [but this is the plate number mentioned as being correct for this variety] and there is some gum disturbance. Very scarce. Cat £4500 (SG 613aa) £800-950
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Single (Photo) (Back Cover) 1965 Battle of Britain 4d block of 4 fine mint [3 u/ m] with the most stunning and extreme misperforation. Very scarce! (SG 671a Var) £600-700
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Single (Photo) (Front Cover) 1966 Birds phosphor 4d blk of 4 u/m with the very scarce 'Bright blue omitted' [Gull and Blue Tit], lightly folded along horizontal row of perforations, lovely quality and believed to be one of only 3 known u/m blks. Cat £12,000 (SG 696/9pg) (Ex Mike Holt) £4000-4750
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1966 Birds 4d blk of 4 u/m, 3 stamps with 'Emerald green omitted'. Cat £600 (SG 696f/8f) £225-275
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1966 Technology set mint [without gum] o/pt Cancelled. Unrecorded by SG. Ex Baillie. (SG 701/4) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Folder 1967 Machin 1/2d - 1/9d (basic 16v) u/m x 114 sets, each value in complete sheet less cyl block. Cat £570 (SG 723/34) £75-90
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1967 1/- light violet gum arabic in u/m cylinder 3 no dot blk of 6, very scarce [possibly unique]. Spec U25a. (SG 742ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £300-350
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Single 1967 Wales 1/6d grey-blue (wmk) in u/m block of four, phosphor omitted. Scarce. Cat £200 (SG W6ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £75-90
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1968 4d deep olive brown [centre band, PVA, Head A] in corner marginal blk of 6 u/m with spectacular upwards perforation shift [the lower 2 stamps accordingly with the marginal rule]. (SG 732 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1969 4d bright vermilion PVA, Head B u/m with phosphor omitted on front but printed at right on gummed side. Pierron states only 9 exist! (SG 734eb) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1969 Ship 5d x 3 significantly misperforated u/m examples, downwards, upwards and to the right. (SG 778 Var) £75-90
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1969 Investiture 5d in u/m strip of 3 with striking downward shift of Queen's head. (SG 802a) £50-60
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1971 Harrison Jumelle Machin head trials, a set of 4v undenominated imperf pairs in deep and pale lilac, deep and pale turquoise on shiny ungummed proof paper showing head type B1 on the deep and C on the pale examples. A little creasing. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1971 Harrison Jumelle Machin head trials, a set of 4 undenominated imperf singles in deep and pale lilac, deep and pale turquoise on shiny ungummed proof paper showing head type B1 on the deep and C on the pale examples. (Ex Mike Holt) £80-100
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1971 Anniversaries 3p u/m with 'Olive brown omitted'. Scarce [only around 100 known]. Cat £675 (SG 887c) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1971 Christmas 3p marginal u/m with 'Lemon omitted'. Cat £350 (SG 895c) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1971 Christmas 7 1/2p u/m with 'Gold omitted'. Cat £300 (SG 896a) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 16) 1971 1/2p turquoise blue FCP/PVA Type 1B [value much closer to Queen's bust] with phosphor omitted and full perfs u/m. Ex Wedgwood pane, very scarce. Spec U48a. (SG X841 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1971 1 1/2p black on uncoated paper in marginal blk of 4 u/m. Cat £520+ (SG X848a) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 18) 1971 2 1/2p magenta OCP/PVA in u/m cylinder 6 dot blk of 6 u/m. Extremely rare [from the original coated paper printing]. RPS Cert. Spec U86. (SG X851 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £600-750
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Single (Photo) (plate 17) 1971 3p ultramarine OCP/GA Type 2 in u/m horizontal coil strip of 5 with good perfs. Spec U102 (SG X855 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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