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Plate 7 HF three wide margins, cut into at right. Plate 10 DH cancelled in black, two large margins, cut into at left. PHOTO - see page 15. £120
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Plate 8 FI good margins, sound. QA clear profile, two large margins, shaved at lower right and tip of "Q" square. RD cancelled in black, cut along top right. £120
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Plate 8 EA-EB a pair used on front & part back from Bristol to Monmouth dated 5 Dec. 1840, touched in places, creased and slight toning on edges. Black MX cancellation. £100
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Plate 9 LC tied by red MX to EL from Reading to Dryburn dated 19th November 1840 the 2nd earliest day of recorded use for this plate. Four good margins. Scarce so fine. PHOTO - see inside front cover. £180
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Plate 9 GH cancelled in black leaving profile clear. Fine. IH good margins, vertical crease. PHOTO - see page 15. £150
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Plate 9 EB (double "B") tied by almost complete black MX to part local London E with framed "T.P/Brick Lane" h.s. alongside. Clear to good margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 14. £120
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Plate 10 LB with central upright black Manchester MX cancellation. Trace of thin, good to wide margins. PHOTO p.15 £280
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Plate 10 PL with smudged red MC cancellation, three good margins, touched at lower right, matched with three margined red. RK (basal shifts & long tailed R) neatly cancelled in red. Three wide margins, cut into at top and thinned. SG Spec AS66d & h £3,000+ (3) £140
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Plate 11 RE four margins, tied by two strikes of black MX to an advertising sheet of the 'Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office', dated 4 Mar. 1841. Very attractive piece. PHOTO - see page 15. £850
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Plate 1 NI-NJ a pair crisply cancelled in black. Good to wide margins on all sides. Fine. PHOTO - see back cover. £300
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Plate 1 PK-PL a pair cancelled in black, three wide margins, well clear at top. Fine PHOTO - see page 15. £280
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Plate 1 HD with large part London inland office "1" in diamond within oval of bars cancellation, thin at lower right. Close to large margins. Scarce. SG Spec. D1xc £2,500 PHOTO - see page 15. £240
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Plate 1 MI-MJ a pair with black MC cancellations, just touched to wide margins. Sound. PHOTO - see page 15. £220
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Plate 1 OK on small piece with central MX. Wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 15. £200
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Plate 1 PD with almost complete black MX cancellation. Clear margin below "P" square, others wide. Fine. PHOTO - see page 15. £180
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Plate 1 RI three good margins, cut into at lower right overlapped by RK, three wide margins just touched at top, clear profile, both tied by black MC to EL from London to Bristol dated 10 Jan. 1842. Cover creased well clear of adhesives. £180
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Plate 1 PD cancelled in black, adequate to wide margins. Fine PHOTO - see page 15. £160
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Plate 1 CA cancelled in black, clear to large margins. Fine PHOTO - see page 15. £160
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Plate 1 LI a deep full blue shade cancelled in black to leave profile clear. Three wide margins, close at right. Pinch crease at right. Plus Plate 1 NC with light central cancellation, shaved to wide margins. Fine. Plus Plate 2 IB cancelled with a black MC to leave profile clear. Three wide margins, roughly shaved at right. (3) £150
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Plate 1 DB with four margins having very fine red MX cancel. PHOTO - see page 15. £120
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PLATE 1 COVER WITH BLACK MALTESE CROSSES; 5 Nov. 1841 E (flaps reduced and refolded; dusty fold through last line of address) from London to Bath franked by a Plate 1 1840 2d Blue (NE; good to huge margins all round except touched at top left) tied by a very fine black London MX. £80
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Plate 2 JF cancelled in black, ample margins. RF cancelled in black, clear to wide margins. Sound examples. (2) PHOTO - see page 15. £240
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Plate 2 TI close to wide margins, cancelled in black. Fine. PHOTO - see page 15. £140
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A good selection of shades, mostly on cover inc. plates 8 AE, 9 MG & PG, 14 TJ, 16 JD, 19 OK, 20 RA, 21 CC and 26 JK plus nine more with MX cancels and three others. Mixed condition, but some fine examples are included. (21) £140
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An unplated selection of shades inc. 96 with MX cancellations, inc. a few Scottish types, two pairs, one with a fine "2"in MX. Mixed condition. (148) £340
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The unplated selection of shades with numeral cancellations, inc. four on covers. Mixed condition but includes some fine examples. (73) £220
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Plates 2 CF. 8 SF post provisional printing, close margins, 9 TE, 10 OH (squat "H") and 11 BE. Fine. (5) £120
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Plates 2 RK, 8 FG, 9 JL & NH and 11 DK. Fine. (5) £120
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Plate 5 DD the rare State 3, crisply cancelled with an almost complete MX, the left "D" very pale. Clear to wide margins. SG Spec AS29 £825 PHOTO - see page 15. £140
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PLATE 5 SINGLE ON COVER TIED BY EIGHT STRIKES OF A MALTESE CROSS; 18 June 1841 EL from Newton Ferris via. Yealmpton to Ashbourne bearing a four margined 1d red AL tied by eight strikes of the MX, very light crease across the adhesive. Most unusual. PHOTO - see page 14. £80
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Plate 9 CD, FE (basal shift - SG Spec. AS57b), FI (basal shift - SG Spec. AS57b), NH, IF, SD & TE. Selected four margined examples. £160
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Plate 9 EF, FI (basal shift - SG Spec. AS57b), IL, JF, PF, QB & QE. Fine four margined examples. (7) £160
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Plate 9 JF, a four margined example tied to E from Derby to Castle Donnington dated Oct. 1841. PHOTO - p.14 £80
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Plate 9 TI with an almost complete central "8" in MX cancellation. Fine. PHOTO - see page 15. £80
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Plate 11 DG, MA, MC on small piece with a v. fine central Scottish MX and TH. Fine four margined examples. PHOTO - see page 15. £120
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PLATE 75 LK "UNION JACK" RE-ENTRY, a close to good margined example tied by numeral to small piece with "WIRKSWORTH" c.d.s. in blue below. Scarce. SG Spec BS28c £3,000 £360
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Plate 3 DA-DB unused pair with good margins all round. Large part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1984) stating 'genuine'. PHOTO - see back cover. £4,000
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Plate 3 KK-KL a pair clearly cancelled "763" (Swansea) in blue. Natural vertical bend between stamps, good margins. Very scarce so fine. SG Spec. E1wb £2,000. RPS Cert. (2009) PHOTO - see page 1. £500
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Plate 3 AA-AB, HA-HB, NL, OK, RH (cancelled "12" in MX) and SF all with MX cancellations. Also IE-IF and IE-IG with numeral cancellations. A fine group. (15) £140
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1858-79 2d DEEP BLUE PLATE 14 MINT; 1858-79 2d Deep Blue perf 14 Plate 14 mint, showing break in white line in right hand corner and an unplated used strip of three (thick lines) each cancelled '30' within barred Diamond. All fine. (4 stamps). SG Cat £546+ £90
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1854 (1 March) SC16 2d blue, plate 4, JB mounted mint with much gum. Clearly shows some plate corrosion at foot, centred low. Scarce. SG 20 £4,000 PHOTO - see page 15. £300
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1854 (1 March) SC16 2d blue plate 4 DC-DD, DC, DD, GC-GD, GG, JB. KE-KF, PF, QD-QE, QI, RA, SA and SH. Mostly fine used. (17) £140
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1855 2d plate 5 SC14 FI, LC14 DG, JC, JL, NH, OI, PB-PC, SA-SB & TF. SC16 RB. Mostly fine used. (12) £200
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1855 (20 July) LC16 2d blue plate 5 LG-LH a used horizontal pair, centred a to foot, re-enforced perfs. Scarce. SG 27 £900 PHOTO - see page 15. £200
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1857 LC 14 2d plate 6 AC, GB, HK, KG, NJ, OE and SI-SJ. Also 1858 LC16 2d plate 6 CH & RH. Generally fine used. (10). £120
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Plate 7 FG-FH on 15 Nov. 1856 EL from Malta to France with oval framed "PD". Plate 8 OJ-OL used on 6 Apr. 1861 E from Malta to Naples. Plate 9 JB-JC used on E from Malta to Naples with red oval framed "P-D" h.s. Plate 12 BJ-BK used on 1 Mar. 1869 E from Malta to Florence with red "P.D.". 30 Nov. 1869 E from Malta to Livorno franked with 2d plate 13 CG-CH. Also 15 Jan. 1855 E to Paris bearing SC16 2d plate 4 CH & CL. (6 covers) £200
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PLATE 6 BLOCK OF EIGHT: A vertical block of eight, QE-QF/TE-TF unused with full original gum. 1996 Holcombe Cert. (8) £120
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1/- pale green Die 2 tied to small piece by a fine green English type Cork "spoon" duplex. Just shaved at right, other margins good to large. Vertical crease at right. SG54 £950 PHOTO - see page 15. £120
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10d red-brown Die 2 used on env. from Ross to France, clear to wide margins. Oval red "PD" and arrival c.d.s. alongside. Scarce. SG £3,000 on cover. PHOTO - see front cover. £400
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4 Jan. 1855 env. from Liverpool to Toronto franked with a large 6d dull violet (just touched along frame at left) and perforated 2d QA with red "D1" struck below. The reverse is a little damaged due to opening but a well balanced attractive item. PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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