1984 Frama 12 1/2p trial u/m, on white paper, with head unshaded. (re- offered with reduced estimate) £26
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1984 Frama 15 1/2p trial u/m, on white paper with head unshaded. (re- offered with reduced estimate) £26
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1984 18p olive grey horizontal marginal pair imperforate u/m. Cat £150 (Res. £65) (Ex Mike Holt) £80
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1984 18p olive grey vertical pair imperforate u/m. Cat £150 (Ex Mike Holt) £60
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1984 18p olive grey vertical pair imperforate u/m (clear but very close cut at left). Cat £150 (Ex Mike Holt) £30
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1988 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four, 1H. Scarce. Cat £130 (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1988 £1 Castle in u/m block of four, showing diagonal traces of green offset on gum. (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1988 £1-£5 (4v) complete in u/m corner plate blocks of four. Cat £140+ (Ex Mike Holt) £60
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1988 £1-£5 (4v) u/m complete ex training school with felt tip "bar" across each stamp. (Ex Mike Holt) £10
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1988 £1.50 Castle in u/m plate block of four 2F, on the thicker glazed paper (and paler shade). Scarce printing. (Spec UK2 var) (Res. £70) (Ex Mike Holt) £90
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1988 £1.50 Castle in u/m block of four in on the thicker glazed paper with paler shade. (Spec UK2 var) (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1988 £1.50 Castle u/m in on the thicker glazed paper with paler shade. Quite distinctive. (Spec UK2 var) (Ex Mike Holt) £5
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1988 £2 Castle in u/m plate block of four 1I. Scarce printing. (Spec UK3. Cat £125) (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1988 £2 Castle u/m gutter pair (folded) on the distinctive thicker glazed paper (with low OBA reaction), resulting in a much paler shade and distinctive, creamy paper. Scarce stamp, and scarcer in gutters. (Holt retail £275). (Spec UK3 var). (Res. £80) (Ex Mike Holt) £100
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1988 £2 Castle u/m gutter pair with 3.25mm perf shift to left, partially bisecting Queen's head, and (lh stamp) leaving portions of same showing both at left and at right (rh stamp has blank space at left, due to shift). Lovely visual error. (Ex Mike Holt) £60
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(Photo) (plate 7) 1988 Edinburgh Castle £2 u/m, a spectacular 4mm misperf, resulting in Queen's head being bisected by perfs (but not re- appearing at left of stamp - from which we assume stamp is from row 1 [of 10] and that this perf variety affects 1 stamp in 10 in this way only). (Res. £55) (Ex Mike Holt) £60
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1988 Edinburgh Castle £2 u/m, a spectacular 4mm misperf, resulting in parts of Queen's head appearing at left of stamp. (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1988 £2 Castle u/m on the distinctive thicker glazed paper (with low OBA reaction), resulting in a much paler shade and distinctive, creamy paper. Scarce (Holt retail £125). (Spec UK3 var). (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1988 £2 Castle u/m with 4mm perf shift to left, partially bisecting Queen's head, and leaving portions of same showing both at left and at right. Very visual error. (Ex Mike Holt) £40
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1988 £5 Castle in u/m horizontal pair, with blind (missing) perf at top between stamps. (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1990 Double Heads 15p bright blue cb (Harrison) with superb 4mm upwards perf shift, u/m, bisecting value tablet and showing large portion of stamp above. (Ex Mike Holt) £40
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1990 Double Heads 15p bright blue cb (Harrison) with 3mm upwards perf shift, u/m, touching value tablet and showing portion of stamp above. (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1990 Double Heads 20p brownish black and cream u/m, Harrison printing, with variety "very low Optical Brightening Agent" (ex 3rd pane of [some] £5 London Life Prestige booklets and only known from that source). Shows as very dull UV reaction. Scarce. Spec W791 var. (Mike Holt retail £75) (Ex Mike Holt) £40
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1990 Double Heads 20p brownish black and cream u/m, Harrison printing, with lovely 5 1/2mm downwards shift of pale buff ("cream") colour, into bottom white border of stamp. (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1990 Double Heads 20p brownish black u/m, Questa printing, on the scarce, brighter (very white) ACP paper. Good perfs. Spec W807 var. (Holt retail was £45) (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1990 Questa NVI 2nd class in deep blue u/m, with huge 6mm perf shift to right, placing value tablet at right of stamp instead of left. Errors are very scarce on these issues. (Res. £100) (Ex Mike Holt) £125
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1990 NVI elliptical 1st bright orange-red in pane of 1 (roll 10) u/m, with variety "Bright turquoise flourescent." Only exists folded from Greetings cards. Scarce. Spec UIPE1 - Conn MFE3 (Ex Mike Holt) £60
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1992 £1 Castle in plate (1Q) block of four u/m, not showing line between 1 and Q (and scarcer thus). (Spec UK5). (Ex Mike Holt) £25
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1992 £1 Castle in plate (1O) block of four u/m. (Spec UK5). Cat £30 (Ex Mike Holt) £12
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(Photo) (plate 5) 1992 £1 green in u/m block of four, all stamps showing superb 4mm upwards perforation shift, bisecting Queen's head and value tablet. Very visual error. (Res. £150) (Ex Mike Holt) £175
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1992 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four (1R), on the scarcer creamy gum and paper (Spec UK5 var). (Res. £60) (Ex Mike Holt) £75
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1992 £1 green u/m, bottom marginal showing a clear and complete offset of green on gummed side. (Res. £50) (Ex Mike Holt) £65
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1992 £1 green u/m, with superb 4mm upwards design shift, bisecting Queen's head and value tablet. Very visual error. (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1992 £1 green u/m, with excellent 3mm upwards perforation shift, resulting in Carrickfergus Castle inscription being bisected and appearing (mostly) at the top of the stamp. Lovely visual variety. (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1992 £1 green u/m, with excellent 2.5mm upwards perforation shift, resulting in Carrickfergus Castle inscription being bisected and appearing both at the top and the bottom of the stamp (approx 50% in each case). Attractive visual variety. (Ex Mike Holt) £30
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1992 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four (3F), showing opaque gum variety. Spec UK6. Cat £50 (Ex Mike Holt) £25
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1992 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four (3G), showing opaque gum variety. Spec UK6. Cat £50 (Ex Mike Holt) £25
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1992 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four (3H), showing translucent gum/white paper variety. Spec UK6. Cat £40 (Ex Mike Holt) £20
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1992 £1 Castle in u/m plate block of four (3C), showing opaque gum variety. Spec UK6. Cat £40 (Ex Mike Holt) £18
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1992 £1 green u/m, with small upwards perforation shift, partially running through Carrickfergus Castle inscription. (Ex Mike Holt) £12
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1992 £1 Castle u/m, with noticeable offset of gold (Queen's head) on gum (Ex Mike Holt) £10
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1992 £1-£5 (5v) on 2 illustrated Royal Mail FDC's, typewritten addresses. Cat £45 (Offered for 10th time - estimate and reserve reduced to £1. Original estimated sale value was £14) (re-offered with reduced estimate) £1
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(Photo) (plate 6) 1992 18p Christmas in u/m corner marginal imperf block of four (2 pairs), showing partial sheet inscriptions. Probably the cheapest of the imperf commems. Cat £350+ (Res. £170) (Ex Mike Holt) £200
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(Photo) (plate 6) 1992 18p Christmas in u/m imperf pair. Probably the cheapest of the imperf commems. Cat £175 (Res. £85) (Ex Mike Holt) £100
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1992 18p Christmas in u/m imperf gutter pair. Probably the cheapest of the imperf commems. Cat £175 (Res. £85) (Ex Mike Holt) £100
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1993 NVI 2nd class in blue, forgery of booklet pane of 10, in "Questa" booklet (cover itself also a forgery). Footnote in SG reads "these show Queen's head in bright greenish blue, have a fluorescent, rather than phosphor band and show matt, colourless gum on the reverse." (Very distinct from issued stamps, which are with Dextrin gum with a mottled, greenish tint). Lovely variety. (Ex Mike Holt) £50
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1993 NVI 2nd class in blue, forgery, with fluorescent (not phosphor) centre band, u/m. (see footnote in SG after SG1672 [page 310 in 2014 Concise]) (Ex Mike Holt) £7
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1993 Walsall NVI 2nd class in deep blue u/m, with variety "Short band at top" (Deegam S1). (Ex Mike Holt) £8
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1997 Walsall NVI 1st (gold) u/m, with comb perfs and bright fluor (ex 10 x 1st class books). Spec W1130 var. (Ex Mike Holt) £10
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1993 NVI elliptical 2nd bright blue, Walsall, in u/m left hand marginal warrant block of 10, 456 29.9.97 (ex cyl W3). Spec UWA6 var - Conn SCW5 var (Ex Mike Holt) £12
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