Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1979 8p rosine cb u/m, on uncoated paper, with cyl 7 dot p20 attached. Unique piece. Cat £900+ (SG X879a) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1979 8p rosine cb in u/m block of four, with double error, on uncoated paper and double thickness of paper. This is the unique block of four, from only 10 known examples. With 2009 RPS cert (for original block of 10). Cat (as simple uncoated) £3600 (SG X879a Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £2000-2500
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1979 8p rosine cb u/m, with double error, on uncoated paper and double thickness of paper. This one of only 10 known examples. With photocopy of 2009 RPS cert and original block of 10. Cat (as simple uncoated) £900 (SG X879a Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £450-550
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1979 8p rosine in u/m block of four, Enschede printing, with phosphor omitted. Spec U165a. Cat £1700 as basic printing (or £3200 [Spec] as Enschede) (SG X879ey Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £600-750
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Single (Photo) (plate 29) 1979 8p rosine u/m, Enschede printing, with phosphor omitted. Spec U165a. Cat £450 as basic printing or £800 (Spec) as Enschede. (SG X879ey Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £140-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1975 8 1/2p light yellowish green in u/m cylinder block of 6 (4 dot P17), with dramatic 4mm downwards perf shift, placing top portion of Queen's head on stamp below. Rare and spectacular, probably unique. (SG X881 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1976 9p deep violet in u/m bottom right hand corner block of four, with excellent 4.5mm upwards perforation shift, partly bisecting the value tablet. (SG X883 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £75-90
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Folder 1986 se-tenant multi-value pane from British Rail booklet u/m, with variety "phosphor completely omitted" from all stamps. Faintest of creases affecting 17p stamp on bottom row (barely visible and mentioned only for sake of accuracy). Only a handful of such panes were discovered. Spec UEP27a. Cat (Concise) £1750 (SG X897mey) (Ex Mike Holt) £700-900
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1982 12 1/2p light emerald cb in u/m cylinder block of 6 (2 no dot p20) with dramatic 11mm downwards design shift (block is perforated normally, so it must be the colour which is misplaced), resulting in horizontal perfs cutting through the Queen's chin. Spectacular and unique exhibition piece. (SG X898 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £500-600
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1982 12 1/2p light emerald cb in u/m right hand marginal block of four, with superb 10.55mm vertical perf shift, almost bisecting the stamps in two. Spectacular! (SG X898 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1982 12 1/2p light emerald cb in u/m top left hand corner marginal block of four, with superb 6.5mm downwards perf shift, with four stamps each perforated about 1/3d of the way down the design, plus substantial printed area on sheet margin. Lovely piece. (SG X898 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1982 12 1/2p light emerald imperforate marginal block of four (2 pairs) u/m. Cat £240+ (SG X898a) (Ex Mike Holt) £120-140
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1982 12 1/2p light emerald, with single phos band at left (printed under ink) ex cyl 2, in imperforate block of four (2 pairs) u/m. Conn 206A/IMPb cat £500 (Cat SG £240 as basic imperf pair) (SG X898a Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1988 14p deep blue (cb) in cyl block of six u/m (10 dot), with spectacular 5mm upwards perforation shift, cutting through Queen's shoulders and value tablet. Superb and probably unique. (SG X903 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Single 1989 £1 14p x 2 and 19p x 4 pane (in £1 David Copperfield booklet) u/m, with phosphor omitted on top 4 stamps (not known completely missing phos on all 6 stamps). Imperf at right (as issued) with good perfs at base. Spec UMFB46a. Cat (Concise) £800 (SG X904mey) (Ex Mike Holt) £325-400
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Folder 1984 15 1/2p pale violet, with variety "fluorescent brightener omitted" x 90 examples in 2 u/m positional blocks (of 40 and 50). Spec U235f. Conn P155 FBO. (SG X907 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1983 16p olive-drab in u/m top marginal imperf block of four (2 pairs), cat £400 (SG X949a) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1992 Questa 33p light emerald Machin u/m, with variety, phosphor omitted. Ex Beatrix Potter or Wales multi-value pane. Very rare. (Spec Q331NP) Cat £700 (SG X1020ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-350
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1992 Questa 33p light emerald Machin u/m, with variety, phosphor omitted. Ex Beatrix Potter or Wales multi-value pane. Very rare. (Spec Q331NP) Cat £700 (SG X1020ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £275-350
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1992 Questa 39p bright mauve Machin u/m, with variety, phosphor omitted. Ex Beatrix Potter multi-value pane. Very rare. (Spec Q391NP) Cat £900 (SG X1022ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1992 Questa 39p bright mauve Machin u/m, with variety, phosphor omitted. Ex Beatrix Potter multi-value pane. Very rare. (Spec Q391NP) Cat £900 (SG X1022ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £375-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1980 P14 Questa 75p black in right hand u/m pair, with variety "imperf between stamp and right margin." Very fine and scarce. (Unlisted SG). (SG X1023 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single 1978 70p Thatching left margin booklet, good perfs, fine. Cat £250 (SG Fd3a) £100-125
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Single 1978 70p Dry Stone Walling booklet, stuck left, clipped perfs. Cat £250 (SG Fd4 A) £50-60
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Single 1978 90p Lllangollen right margin booklet, good perfs, fine. Cat £550 (SG Fg3) £150-175
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Single 1979 Christmas booklet with miscut pane, so that 8p values are at the top and 10p values underneath. A fine example with good perfs. Spec UMFB13A. Cat £170 (SG Fx2 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £55-60
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Single (Photo) (plate 32) 1982 £1.43 folded booklet Golden Hinde stuck left, good perfs top edge (very slight trimming at bottom: perf 1.1.3 on Bert scale) and with the pane completely missing phosphor. An item of great rarity, (Mike Holt description only 2 such recorded with full perfs) incl 5 fully perforated examples of the scarce 15 1/2p type 2 with missing phos (U237e, cat £600 each in specialised). Pane listed as SG X899Iey, cat £3500 in Concise (unpriced in specialised). (SG Fn3 A Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £1000-1250
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Single 1986 £1.30 folded booklet, National Gallery, stuck left, a cyl B10 p-(D) example, plus a plain booklet showing the displaced pB62 cylinder at row 2. Trimmed perfs (believed this variety not known with full perfs). Very scarce. Spec UFB40 Cat £650 (SG Fj5 A Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Folder 1987 pre-series type I window booklet trial with red laminated cover and unissued trapezium shaped tab, containing four perforated and gummed blank labels. A superb gang of 5 uncut books. Rare. Ex Len Newbury. (Ex Mike Holt) £350-425
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1993 Questa NVI 2nd class in bright blue u/m, with phosphor omitted, selvedge attached from Beatrix Potter multi-value pane, which proves source. Very scarce. (Spec UQA5a). (SG 1670ey Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1993 computer engraved 1p crimson 2-B (blue fluor) in left hand corner marginal u/m imperf block of four (2 pairs), showing the very faintest of perf pressure marks vertically (you have to look very hard). (Mentioned but not listed in SG Spec Part IV.) (SG Y1667 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1993 19p bistre in u/m block of four, right hand marginal showing warrant 252 inscription, with substantial 4mm upwards perf shift, cutting through the value tablet. Spectacular! (SG Y1682 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Single 1993 19p bistre in very fine u/m partially imperforate block of 15 (3x5), containing 4 partially imperf stamps (in vary degrees). Roughly cut top left (not cut into). Cat £525 as imperf pair. (SG Y1682a) (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1996 Harrison 20p bright green (cb) in in u/m block of four imperf (2 pairs), showing warrant "402" in margin. Cat £650+ (SG Y1685a) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 30) 1993 35p sepia [2 band] in horizontal imperforate pair u/m. Cat £325 (SG Y1700a) £100-125
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Single 2004 40p turquoise blue in horizontal imperf pair u/m. Cat £850 (SG Y1711a) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 2000 P15x14 Millennium Questa NVI u/m, with variety, phosphor omitted. (Not to be confused with the much cheaper P14 variety). Cat £500 (SG 2124cEy) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 32) 2000 Owl 19p in u/m imperforate pair. Scarce. Cat £1800. Brandon Cert. (SG 2125a) £700-850
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 2001 England NVI 2nd regional (original issue) ex Byfleet printing, an u/m block of 20 (5x4), partially perforated and giving a top row with normal stamp, part perf-pair and completely imperf pair, 2nd row ditto, but part-perf only, 3rd row imperf between two rows (4th row normal). (For break-up would yield 1 strip with completely imperf strip of 3, 1 row part imperf and block of 10 also rans.) With photocopy of original sheet, showing its position therein. (Listed but not priced in Concise.) (SG En1a) (Ex Mike Holt) £500-600
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 2001 England regional NVI 1st (without white borders) on dull original paper, in u/m imperf strip of 3. |Ex cyl 3/3, with photocopy showing original position on sheet. Mike Holt states that only 10 complete imperf pairs are known. (Listed variety in Concise is for later discovery on whiter paper). (SG En2a var) (Ex Mike Holt) £475-600
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 2001 England regional NVI 1st (without white borders) on dull original paper, in vertical u/m strip of 5, showing fade out perforations, the top pair being completely imperforate. Ex cyl 3/3, with photocopy showing original position on sheet. (Hand torn edge at left [not scissor cut] at left, where sheet was originally separated [bottom half of sheet normally perforated]). Mike Holt states that only 10 complete imperf pairs are known. (Listed variety in Concise is for later discovery on whiter paper). (SG En2a var) (Ex Mike Holt) £175-200
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 2003 NI "E" Linen Pattern definitive in vertical u/m block of 10 (2x5), the top two stamps being imperf between stamp and top margin. Only 5 such pairs are known. (SG NI96 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Folder 1958 Scotland 1/3d phosphor in full cylinder 8 sheet of 240, mp 19/2 with 'Broken hinge' variety. (SG S5p) £40-50
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Single (Photo) (plate 32) 1989 Wales 5 1/2p violet cb in u/m bottom right corner block of four, with the listed "Low emblem and value" ex cyl 2. With normal block for comparison. Spec XW32d (SG W21 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Folder 1990 Wales 17p deep blue in upper right corner marginal block of 50 u/m, each stamp with 'Missing phosphor'. Scarce. Cat [as single stamps] £900 (SG W45ey) (Ex Mike Holt) £150-190
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1914 Cypher Dues set of 8v 1/2d to 1/- o/pt Specimen (type 23) u/m complete. Spec R1s/8s. Cat (Concise) £360 (as mounted, not priced u/m). (SG D1/8s) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1914 Cypher 1d carmine Due in fine mint block of six, Control T22 ("P" perf), mounted on stamps 1 and 3 (rest u/m), the bottom row with varieties "no watermark" on two stamps, the third (r20/1) showing the watermark mould code 2. Extremely rare and probably unique piece. Clean 2000 Brandon cert. Spec R1/1a, e(2) var. (SG D2 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £3000-3500
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Single (Photo) (plate 31) 1914 Cypher 2d agate Postage Due, an u/m top left hand corner marginal single, with "no watermark" variety. Very scarce. Spec R4c. (SG D4 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £1000-1250
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Single (Photo) (plate 27) 1914 Postage Due 2d Colour Trials, a group of 6 fine mint examples in Red brown, Magenta, Scarlet, Bronze, Faience and Azure blue. Cat £570 (SG D4 Var) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 32) 1982 Dues 2p bright blue in u/m plate block of six [4], on Advanced Coated Paper. A superb example of this rare modern paper error. Only a handful of plate blocks are known. Spec Z90, cat (as 6 singles) £900 (SG D91 Var) (Ex Mike Holt) £400-500
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