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1840 HANDPAINTED Mulready two pence front on original Victorian album page executed to the highest of standards with details. A remarkable and unique item. Will make a great frontispiece. £100/£120
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1840 MIXED use of penny blacks on same entire! Franked plate 1a (DI) and plate 5 (IB) both tied by red Maltese Cross on entire ex London to Sheffield. Full contents, minor imperfections though a very scarce mixed franking. £
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1840 OUTSTANDING penny black with 4 margins huge on three sides inc the right-hand side showing partial inscription plate 1b letter ML with very MC leaving clear profile, comes with RPS cert, the quality just shines. £850/£900
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1840 Penny black on Scottish entire fine four margin stamp plate 3 GK on entire tied red MC with v/fine boxed Glasgow on reverse, early wafer seal etc. Plate 3 is cat £500 as a FU single. £130/£150
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1840 Penny black plate 1B GA VFU with four good margins and neat red MC, an excellent example. £160/£180
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1840 Penny black plate 2 ND VFU with clear profile and four large balance margins, a gem. £180/£200
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1840 Penny black plate 4 GK VFU with four large balanced margins, fine example. £150/£170
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1840 Penny black plate 4 position OG choice FU with four good margins and neat red cancel, a fine example of a later worn plate. £180/£200
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1840 PENNY BLACK plate 4 SE attractive 4 margins and neatly used small corner crease cat £350. £100/£120
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1840 Penny black plate 5 letters QD with fine red MC cancels and 4 good margins. £120/£150
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1840 Penny black plate 5 ME four close margins though with superb crisp ruby red Maltese cross cat £375. £90/£95
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1840 PENNY BLACK plate 5 QB fine four margin stamp tied red Maltese Cross on entire ex London to Sheffield cat £750 on cover. Fine item. £150/£180
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1840 Penny black plate 6 CB VFU with four good margins and neat red MC, a particularly fine example. £150/£160
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1840 Penny black plate 6 TH incredibly deep shade FU with four margins and neat red MC. £150/£170
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1840 Penny black plate 7 CF v/fine four margin with neat red MC fine stamp. £160/£180
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1840 PENNY BLACK plate 7 CK FU with four good margins and red MC leaving clear profile. Nice stamp. £120/£140
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1840 Penny black plate 8 DG VFU with 4 close to good margins and neat red MC, small imperfections though of excellent appearance, the plate is cat £525. £100/£110
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1840 PENNY BLACK vertical pair LB/MB plate 8 FU with red Maltese Cross, LB is fine 4 margin stamp, MB touching at base and crease. Vertical multiples are scarce cat £1000. £200/£240
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1840 PICTORIAL envelope superb engraved with steamship, train, American Indians etc by Valentines, Deraedemaeker imprint unused, small staining. £50/£60
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1840 SOUTHGATE caricature (no 2) Deraedmaeker reprint fine unused. £40/£45
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1840 SOUTHGATE caricature no 2 an original unused example scarce gum marks and faults at top though a fine looker. £60/£80
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1840 THE WORLDS FIRST two stamps penny black and two pence blue, each collectable used with small faults and each with black Maltese Cross cat £1250. £120/£140
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1840 TWO PENCE BLUE fine used with huge margins (portion of next stamp at right) with red cancel and rather deep shade beautiful appearance, very minor imperfections cat £850. £200/£220
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1840 TWO PENCE blue SG 5 plate 1 most attractive strip of 3 lightly used with very fine red MC letters BD-BF with 3 large margins just shaving the top lovely and fresh with no faults cat £2550+ quality. £360/£400
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1840 TWO PENCE BLUE with 1844 type cancel in black (Irish diamond type) with complete 302 number, very presentable 2½ margins. Cat £2500. £100/£120
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1840 VALENTINE pictorial envelope 'Intemperance is the bane of society' unused superb illustration with a snake. £40/£50
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1841 Dorchester cds on penny red very fine cancel the stamp has 3½ margins also a 2nd penny red with boxed town cancel and MC black also 3½ margins scarce stamps cat over £2000. £100/£120
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1841 HOLLYMOUNT distinctive Maltese Cross (state 1) on four margin penny red fine used, extremely rare, ex Alcock c£2800. £300/£360
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1841 HOLLYMOUNT distinctive Maltese Cross superb full strike of this rare postmark on 1d pink envelope cut-out (cat £2800 on a penny red). £150/£180
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1841 NUMBER 3 in Maltese cross with top of spire OMITTED VFU and good strike on 4 margin 1d red blued paper very fine. £100/£120
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1841 NUMBER 6 in Maltese Cross on fine four margin penny red an excellent centrally struck example. £70/£80
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1841 NUMBER 7 in Maltese Cross on fine four margin penny red. A very fine centrally struck example. £70/£80
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1841 NUMBER 8 in Maltese Cross exceptional strike on an exceptional penny red imperf. £100/£110
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1841 PENNY BLACK PLATE 6 BL fine four margin stamp nicely used on entire ex TOTNESS (Devon - spelt with two S's) with fine CDS addr to Kingsbridge, nice local usage. £180/£200
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1841 Penny red imperfs - substantial lot of over 600 different in a stockbook, majority with Maltese Cross cancellations - Excellent for the plating or postmark student extremely mixed condition and estimated accordingly. £150
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1841 PENNY RED imperfs 92 stamps partial reconstruction with 4 margins with a variety of cancels unchecked for varieties. £100/£120
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1841 Penny red KE unplated outstanding used 4 margin with complete black MC, choice. £30/£35
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1841 PENNY RED with superb complete black Maltese Cross exceptional stamp is 4 margin plate 23 AC. £35/£40
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1841 TWO PENCE BLUES - a used selection of 20 plus one on cover, very mixed quality though some useful pickings inc inverted watermark, number 12 in Maltese Cross, a VFU 4 margin example from plate 4, a VFU pair cancelled at Sheffield,
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1841 WATERMARK inverted 2d imperf letter EE wit h4 good margins cat £850. £200/£250
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1841/54 IMPERF PENNY REDS - remarkable and hugely cat study on pages (54 items) mixed condition used inc printed from black plates (8 diff), distinctive Maltese Cross cancels inc Belfast, Manchester Fishtail, York, No 1 cross (two strike
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1842 COVENTRY distinctive Maltese Cross on 1d imperf (3 marg) on very fine entire (headed Coventry) tied excellent strike of this unusual cross, Halifax arrival cancel rare. Cat £2800 on cover. £250/£280
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1842 IMPERF penny red with black town cds, large part HONITON cds the stamp is four margin with shallow crease, scarce cat £800. £80/£90
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1842 Penny red imperf plate 30 letters CD state 2 fine used 4 margins close at top left cat £275. £70/£80
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1842 Penny red plate 30 (7) with black MC and 4 margins min cat £840 each different. £150/£180
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1842 SOCKED ON NOSE with outstanding crisp upright black MC 1d red (4 margin) on envelope used in London. Superb! £50/£60
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1843 ADVERTISING envelope for Drewetts Stationers, London with advert printed within flap used with 1d imperf and UPHOLLOWAY boxed hs on reverse. Reinforced, though a scarce item. £50/£60
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1847 Embossed 1/- SG54 most attractive FU horiz pair with neat 466 duplexes of Liverpool very attractive multiple, faults chiefly affecting the left unit cat £2000. £100/£120
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1847 Embossed 6d cut square FU SG60 just touching the bottom frame of the stamp. £90/£100
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1848/53 TWO PENCE BLUES used on covers with Sheffield interest five entires plus one front inc superb 1853 single franking 2d Sheffield to Bakewell, front with 1d + pair 2d, 1854 business envelope to steel mill with single franking, two w
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