Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1972 Christmas 3p u/m with 'Bright green' omitted. Cat £300 (SG 914b) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1973 Explorers 9p u/m with 'Brown grey' printed double, a striking and scarce variety. Cat £850 (SG 927b) £250-300
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Single 1976 Christmas 11p u/m on uncoated paper, in traffic light block of six (with normal dot cylinder block for comparison). Paper is much greyer and semi-transparent. Only a handful of such blocks can exist. Cat £450+ (SG 1020a) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Folder 1978 Cycling 10 1/2p in complete sheet of 100 with each stamp showing a significant downward shift of the Queen's head. An impressive piece [good sellers at £15 to £20 each]. (SG 1068 Var) £600-700
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Folder 1978 (ca) Harrison phosphor trial stamps in pale blue, imperforate on FCP/ DEX paper, featuring the head of Thomas Richard Harrison, in a full fm/s of 20 overprinted with a phos disc inscribed "first attempt at disc printing for second class stamps rec'd 4.4.78 printed by Ken Scrimgeour (Harrisons) ". Creased through second horizontal row, otherwise fine and rare. (Ex Walker). (SG Trials) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1979 50p Rolls Royce booklets, a miscut pair, each with "impossible" combination of panes, the first 38p (2 x 2p plus 4 x 8p), the second 64p (2 x 2p and 6 x 10p), each with full perfs. (If you'd bought them for £1, you'd have made an instant profit of 2p!) Ex Mike Holt who reports that only 11 such pairs are known to exist. 1979 Sorani cert (in Italian) stating "original [ie as issued] with original gum and in perfect condition and therefore signed." (Signature is at edge of booklet covers and not on stamps). Modern classic rarities. Spec FB10a (SG Fb10 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £3000-3500
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Folder 1980 London Landmarks a set of 5v A4 suze photographic essays depicting issued stamps, but with incorrect face values (due to later postage rate increase). Each photograph has issued stamp attached at top. Fine and rare (ex Walker). (SG 1120/4) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1984 Harrison Dummy Stamp Phosphor Tagging Trials in light emerald green set of 4 values in 2 se-tenant vertical pairs showing the 4 different phosphor designs, either '@', '%', 'thin barcode' or 'thick bar code'. (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single 1984 undenominated Harrison phosphor tagging trials in stamp sized u/m singles or blocks of four, in light emerald green on FCP/DEX paper. Originating from a sheet of 100 stamps with each sheet showing a different phosphor design of either: "@" "%" "thin barcode" or "thick barcode" The set of 4v stamps in singles and in blocks of four (24v). Fine and rare. Ex A Walker. (SG Proof) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (Back Cover) 1992 £1.50 Castle in u/m left hand marginal block of four, each stamp showing a spectacular 10mm upwards misperforation, which almost bisects the stamps about 1/3rd of the way up with the Queen's head and the value tablet at the bottom, rather than the top of the stamp. Exhibition quality piece. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie. (SG 1612 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1992 £1.50 Castle in u/m gutter pair, with all 3 portions of the piece printed, the result of a spectacular 10mm upwards misperforation, the top stamp missing the Queen's head and the value tablet, which are printed in the gutter margin and the bottom piece is almost bisected about 1/3rd of the way up the stamp, with the Queen's head at the value tablet at the bottom, rather than the top of the stamp. Folded through both horizontal perfs and some separation between top stamp and gutter margin. 2 stamps or 3 as you wish, but a truly spectacular error. (SG 1612 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1992 £1.50 Castle u/m horizontal gutter block of four (2 gutter pairs) (folded) from bottom of sheet, with selvedge attached, showing lovely 6mm design shift to the right, the left hand stamps showing portions of 2 stamps, the central gutter being partially printed with the right of the Castle and the right hand stamps with unprinted margin between left of stamp and beginning of design. Very noticeable. (SG 1612 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £175-200
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Single 1992 £1.50 Castle in u/m block of four with lovely double perf shift approx 6mm to the left and 2mm upwards, placing portions of Castle at left of design and partially biseting Caernarfon Castle inscription. Attractive and visual variety. (SG 1612 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1992 gold head Harrison £2 indigo Castle u/m, with a stunning double heavy offset of both gold and indigo. Superb variety. (SG 1613 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £140-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1994 re-engraved Harrison £2 Castle in u/m bottom right hand corner block of four u/m, each stamp showing 4mm design shift to right. Very distinctive. (SG 1613 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1992 18p Christmas in u/m marginal imperf 1A2B1C1D1E1F no dot cylinder block of six (3 pairs). Note on original Mike Holt stock card states "unique piece." We cannot guarantee this, but there cannot be more than a handful of such items. (SG 1634a) (Ex Mike Holt) £750-900
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Single 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+ (SG 1634a) (Ex Mike Holt) £165-200
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Single 1992 18p Christmas in u/m marginal imperf gutter block of four (2 pairs). Probably the cheapest of the imperf commems. Cat £350 (SG 1634a) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single 1992 18p Christmas in u/m marginal imperf gutter block of four (2 pairs). Probably the cheapest of the imperf commems. Cat £350 (SG 1634a) (Ex Mike Holt) £140-175
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Single (Photo) (Back Cover) 1997 Flowers 'Greetings' 1st with 'Gold [Queen's head and value], blue green and phosphor' omitted. Cat [pro rata £2800, ex the booklet pane of 10 which cats £28,000], 5 examples of the pane known. A rarity. (SG 1963ab) £800-950
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1998 Christmas 30p, an imperf and u/m gutter block of six (2x3), from centre left of sheet, all stamps being completely imperf and showing the marginal inscription "663 24/07/98 0149970". With photocopy of original sheet, showing original position in sheet. Only 35 imperf pairs exist. Cat £3000+ (as 3 imperf pairs) (SG 2066a) (Ex Mike Holt) £1250-1500
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1998 Christmas 30p, an u/m horizontal block of eight (= 2 strips of four), from top right hand corner of sheet, the 2 right hand pairs (stamps 3 and 4 and 7 and 8) being completely imperf, stamps 2 and 6 partially imperf and stamps 1 and 5 normal. With photocopy of original sheet, showing original position in sheet. Only 35 imperf pairs exist. Cat £2000+ (as 2 imperf pairs) (SG 2066a) (Ex Mike Holt) £750-900
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Single 1998 Christmas 30p, an u/m horizontal strip of four, from right hand side of sheet, the right hand pair (stamps 3 and 4) being completely imperf, stamp 2 partially imperf and stamp 1 normal. Cat £1000+ (SG 2066a) (Ex Mike Holt) £425-525
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Single 1998 Christmas 30p, an u/m imperf pair, cat £1000 (SG 2066a) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-500
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Folder 2002 Christmas 2nd Class imperforate cylinder block of 15 u/m, also showing 25/08/02 printing date and traffic lights at right. Fine and scarce. (SG 2321b) £250-300
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Single 2002 Christmas 1st class in u/m imperforate block of four (2 pairs). Cat £650 (SG 2322b) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 2002 Christmas 1st class in u/m horizontal left hand marginal imperforate pair. Cat £325 (SG 2322b) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 2003 Scotland 2nd 'Trial Printing' with value as 42p u/ m, scarce [mentioned in footnote in SG, listed by Pierron at £2750]. (SG 2385 Var) £440-560
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 2003 British Journey (Scotland) a trial set of 5 vals u/m, showing alternative face values. 42p for NVI 2nd, NVI 2nd for NVI 1st, NVI 1st for NVI "E" and 37p for 42p. Both NVI 1st and 37p show changes to wording in inscriptions, which is also in smaller type on all values. Footnoted in Concise. With issued set (full 6v) for comparison. (SG 2385/9) (Ex Mike Holt) £750-900
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 2003 Scotland E 'Trial Printing' with value as '1st' u/ m, scarce [mentioned in footnote in SG, listed by Pierron at £2750]. (SG 2387 Var) £440-560
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Single (Photo) (plate 33) 2004 "A British Journey" (Wales) 43p a left hand top corner imperf pair u/m. (Not listed SG) (SG 2469 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 2004 "A British Journey" (Wales) 47p a bottom marginal imperf pair u/m, cat £800 (SG 2470a) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-325
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 2004 Christmas trial set of 6 vals u/m, in 2 se-tenant strips of 3, showing alternative face values. The 40p design is an "E" value, the issued 57p has a 53p face value, whilst the 68p and £1.12 designs are transposed. (There are minor shade differences on the NVI 1st and 2nd values.) With set in issued designs in singles for comparison. (SG 2495/500 V) (Ex Mike Holt) £1000-1200
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Single 1904 2/- booklet (24 x 1d), all panes with inverted wmk. A few creases and manuscript on front cover, otherwise fine and scarce. Cat £450 (SG Ba1) (Ex Mike Holt) £165-200
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Single 1929 PUC 2/- booklet, edition 103, inv wmk on all panes, cat £500+ (SG Bb13) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single 1929 PUC 2/- booklet, edition 106, upr wmk on all panes, cat £500 (SG Bb13) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single 1929 PUC 3/- booklet edition 168, complete. Fine example. Cat £450 (SG Bb25) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single 1935 2/- booklet [photo small format] edition 353. Fine. Cat £575 (SG Bb17) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-325
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Single 1935 Photo small format 5/- buff booklet edition 15, fine and scarce. Cat £600 (SG Bb37) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-350
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Single 1935 Photo small format 5/- buff booklet edition 15, 1 1/2d panes upr, rest inverted, fine and scarce. Cat £600 (SG Bb37) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-350
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Single 1936 EDVIII 5/- booklet, edition 17, cat £275 (SG Bc4) (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Single 1937 5/- buff booklet edition 16, fine and fresh. Cat £275 (SG Bc4) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single 1938 2/- booklet, edition 503, inv wmk on all panes, back cover slightly creased, otherwise fine and fresh. Cat £1000 (SG Bd12) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-500
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Single 1940 2/6d booklet, edition 58, inv wmk on all panes, fine and fresh. Cat £925 (SG Bd15) (Ex Mike Holt) £350-450
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Folder 1970/1 (ca) Harrison's Giant Machin Head and Background proof (203 x 254mm) in phosphor ink on OCP (like) paper with cream PVA gum. The Queen's head can only be seen clearly under UV light or when held to a light source. Fine and rare (stated to be one of only 4 known). (SG -) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1971 3p ultramarine FCP/DEX in u/m booklet pane of 5 stamps + blank label (ex cyl 35) with P2r perf and phosphor omitted. Slight trimming otherwise very fine. Mike Holt states "a unique pane, unrecorded in any catalogue." Spec UB42e (DP21B). Priced retail at £1500 (SG X855l Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £500-600
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Folder 1971 3p ultramarine FCP/DEX in marginal block of 50 u/m, each stamp with 'Missing phosphor'. Large blocks are uncommon. SG Spec U108a. (SG X856 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1973 3 1/2p 2-B in the scarce deep olive-brown shade (due to a faulty ink mix), the unique bottom right hand corner marginal u/ m block of four, with fresh colour. One part sheet only was discovered. 2005 BPA cert accompanies. A major modern day rarity. Spec U116(2). (SG X858 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £1500-1800
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1975 5 1/2p violet cb in u/m left hand marginal block of four, on uncoated paper. Fewer than 100 examples exist, cat £1600+ (SG X869a) (Ex Mike Holt) £600-700
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Single (Photo) (plate 28) 1975 Machin 6 1/2p centre band in u/m left hand marginal block of four, on uncoated paper, cat £900+ (SG X872b) (Ex Mike Holt) £325-400
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