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DJ-EL Block of six, violet-blue with marked Ivory heads and slight sign of lavender tint (early stage), used with "309" cancels of Gateshead, DL and EL cut into, horizontal crease between the two strips, the DJ-EK block of four fine with full margins. With Brandon Certificate (2003). S.G. £2,400++. Photo on Page 143. £500-600
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HH Violet-blue on thicker lavender tinted paper, used in London, four margins, 3mm scissor cut at upper left corner, still an attractive example of this scarce shade. S.G. £1,800. Photo on Page 140. £80-100
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PC Used with blue "68" cancel of Bewdley, four margins, fine and attractive. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 140. £150-180
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PB Used with blue "68" cancel of Bewdley, four margins, apparently removed from the same letter as the previous stamp, fine and attractive. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 140. £150-180
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TD Used with blue Scottish "360" cancel of Lauder, very large margins and small portions of three adjacent stamps, light crease, an attractive stamp. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 140. £100-120
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Used stamps with numeral cancels in blue comprising singles (5) and a pair, GG fine with four margins, the others mostly three margins, PA-PB pair and KA with numeral cancels in blue-black, KA numeral "806" with four margins (Brandon Certificate, 1987). S.G. £7,000+. (10). Photo on Page 140. £400-500
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GB Used with a numeral cancel in green and part Maltese Cross in black, three margins, just touched at top, a very scarce combination of cancels and a late use of the Maltese Cross. (S.G. £8,000 for a green cancel only). Photo on Page 140. £400-500
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FE Cancelled by "466" numeral of Liverpool in red, a large part of the left stamp present, large margins at top and base, very close or just touched at upper right. This "466" numeral was sometimes used in red ink at the Liverpool Floating Receiving House. A very scarce red cancel on the 2d blue. S.G. £28,000. Photo on Page 140. £1,600-2,000
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BJ Used with a part town datestamp in brown, four margins, fine and unusual. With David Brandon Certificate (1998). (S.G. £3,500 as a c.d.s in black). Photo on Page 140. £350-450
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1840 (June 3) Entire from Bath to London bearing a fine 1d black, PJ plate 1a, good to large margins, tied by a red Maltese Cross. £100-120
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1840 (Nov 7) Entire letter from London to Brighton franked by a 1d black TA-TB corner marginal pair plate 8, the sheet margin regrettably reduced by the sender with the plate number and inscription removed, good margins on all sides with the left and lower margins still very large. Cancelled and tied by two red Maltese Crosses, TA with a gum stain at upper left, otherwise exceptionally fine. Photo on Page 146. £300-400
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Piece bearing 1840 2d blue NB plate 1 and two 1841 plate 22 1d reds (ID and JJ, showing double "J"), all four margins, tied by three Maltese Crosses in black. A fine and scarce combination. Photo on Page 149. £1,100-1,300
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1840-1918 Used collection in an album including 1d blacks (3), also a few Commonwealth stamps, very mixed condition with many faults. £100-120
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QV-QEII Mint and used collection with some FDCs and covers in five albums including 1840 1d and 2d (faults); QV 1/- I.R. Official fine used; KGVI controls mint; Wilding definitives including 1957 Graphite set mint and 1960 4d booklet block of four with additional phosphor printed on the gummed side in error; extensive Machins with some varieties and two 1972 Wedgewood booklet panes containing the ½p side band phosphor, etc. Also a few India covers and an album of mint 1970s and 1980s Italy with values to 5000 lire. (100s). £120-150
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1841 1d Reds (2), one with fine colour, good margins and part original gum (some paper adhering to reverse), the other with close margins, unused no gum; and 1870 ½d plate with inverted watermark, small part gum, minor creasing. S.G. 8, 49. £1,650. (3). £150-180
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1841 1d Reds used with number in Maltese Cross cancels, twelve stamps showing the complete set of numbers 1-12, all superb with four margins. S.G. £3,045. (12). Photo on Page 149. £400-500
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1841 1d Red brown plate 18 RI used with a superb Wotton Under Edge Maltese Cross, just touched at base, good margins on the other three sides. S.G. £6,000. Photo on Page 149. £1,000-1,200
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1841 2d Blues used, all superb selected examples with good to large margins on all sides. (30). £600-700
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1841-79 Covers (10) and a front including 1d blacks (2, one of which does not belong), 1853 registered entire with 1d red + 2d blue strip of three, solid centre Maltese Cross of Birmingham, coloured cancels, 1879 Graphic magazine cover to Canada franked 2d, 1860 cover franked 1d red block of four + single, etc. (12). £200-250
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1847 Embossed 1/- deep green block of nine used on piece, cancelled by "63" numerals of Wooler and Newport - Mon datestamps, seven outer stamps touched or cut into on one side only, light horizontal crease between the first and second rows. A rare block. S.G. £11,750 (as a block + five singles). Photo on Page 143. £2,500-2,800
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1855-57 Perf 14 Small or Large Crown 1d reds including transitional shades (23), mint stamps (16), various re-entries, flaws, shades, gothic "K" (34), inverted watermarks (5), etc. (234). £450-550
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1855-74 Front pages of "The Illustrated London News" bearing line engraved stamps, one sent from London to Norwich franked 2d and redirected within Norwich with a 1d red pair added and tied by Norwich sideways duplexs, the others from London to Blackpool franked 1d or to Italy (address missing) franked 2d, with boxed "VIA DI MAR" handstamp. (3). £150-180
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1856 4d Carmine watermark Medium Garter on thick blued highly glazed paper, handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 2, large part original gum (some gum loss at the top), very fine. S.G. 63s, £1,100. Photo on Page 149. £280-320
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1862 9d Straw mint, part gum (possibly regummed), fine. S.G. 87, £4,000. Photo on Page 149. £400-500
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1862-2000 Mint collection in a Lighthouse album and three stockbooks including 1862 3d (2); 1867 3d plate 6 and 10d Specimen; 1883-84 1½d -3d and 6d; 1883 2/6 - 10/-; 1902 KEVII set with additional shades (£1 heavily creased), 1911 Harrison issues and 1911-13 Somerset House issues to 10/-; 1913-18 Waterlow, De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 - 10/- Seahorse issues; KGV definitives unmounted with 1913 Multiple Royal Cypher ½d and 1d, 1924-26 set unmounted with ½d and 1d sideways watermarks, 1924-26 set unmounted with ½d - 2d sideways watermarks, 1934-36 ½d - 2d sideways watermark; 1929 PUC £1; 1934 2/6 - 10/- re-engraved set; KGVI definitives unmounted with all sideways and inverted watermarks, 2/6 - £1 high values set of six, 1951 2/6 - £1 Festival set; 1955-58 2/6 - £1; all Graphite sets; 1956 QEII 3d with a large pre-printing paper fold, etc. A good lot, the KGV and QEII issues all apparently unmounted, the 1929-86 issues virtually complete with some decimal duplication, a few small faults, the majority very fine. S.G. £27,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 145 £2,500-3,500
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1871 ½d Ormond Hill Die Proof in dull lilac-rose on thin white wove paper, without corner lettering, a few minor marks and light corner crease well away from the printed proof, very fine and scarce. S.G. DP64, £37,000. Photo on Page 149. £6,500-7,500
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1871-72 Front or reverse pages of "The Illustrated London News" all posted from Thetford to Dereham franked 1870 ½d (various plates) cancelled "790" numeral or duplex (8). Also pieces cut from similar newspapers (6) franked ½d, one plate 9 (wing margin at left torn off prior to use), an unusual group. (14). £200-250
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1872 (Feb 10) Front page of "The Illustrated London News" posted from Thetford to Dereham franked ½d plate 9 (S.G. £850 as a stamp), a very unusual use of this scarce plate on a newspaper. Photo on Page 146. £260-320
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1872 (Mar 16) Reverse page of "The Illustrated London News" posted from Thetford to Dereham franked ½d plate 9 (S.G. £850 as a stamp), a very unusual use of this scarce plate on a newspaper. £240-300
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1875 Large cover to Canada bearing 1874 6d grey plate 14 block of six tied by Bute Docks duplexs, lower pair just crossed by a light fold, otherwise fine, an unusual block. £260-300
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1880 Cover to London bearing 1d red plate 225 tied by Lasswade 344 duplex. S.G. £800 as a stamp. Photo on Page 146. £300-350
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1880 2/- Brown, wing margin at right, used with part numeral cancels, the cancellation a little heavy, otherwise fine. S.G. 121, £4,250. Photo on Page 149. £600-700
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1882 £5 Orange, CE with broken frame, fine mint. With Sorani Certificate (2008). S.G. 137, £14,000. Photo on Page 145. £7,000-8,000
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1880 1½d Venetian red and 1881 6d grey plate 17 both mint, possibly regummed, fine appearance. S.G. 161, 167, £650. (2). £100-120
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1884 1½d Lilac, KA-MF corner marginal block of 18 each handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 9, unmounted mint, the "B" column each with the central upper and lower perf omitted, also a single used example of CB showing the same omitted perfs. S.G. £1,530++. Photo on Page 143. £850-950
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1884-87 Covers franked 6d green to Australia (4) or New Zealand (2), one cover to South Australia variously redirected with 13 transit datestamps including Port Pirie, Silverton, Teronie, Telowie Creek, P.P Railway and boxed "ADVERTISED / UNCLAIMED", some faults. (6). £150-180
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1884-86 Covers bearing 1883-84 lilac and green issue including 5d on covers to India (3), Spain or Singapore (2), 6d to South Africa (2) or India, cover to Germany with 2½d and 5d each tied by a London c.d.s, etc., some faults. (16). £200-240
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1884 10/- Cobalt on white paper, IF used with light part Registered datestamp, with R.P.S Certificate (1976) which notes "creased, some surface disturbance" all of which is very hard to detect. An attractive example of this uncommon shade. S.G. 182, £8,250. Photo on Page 145. £2,000-2,400
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1884 £1 Brown, watermark Imperial Crowns, JC with frame break, used with Lombard St. Late Fee duplexs. S.G. 185a, £5,000. Photo on Page 149. £1,000-1,200
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1884 £1 Brown, watermark Imperial Crowns, TA with frame break, used with London E.C datestamps and boxed "T.A.B / EDINR". S.G. 185a, £5,000. Photo on Page 149. £900-1,100
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1887 ½d, 2½d, 3d and 6d Die Proofs in black on white glazed card, all cut down to approx 20x24mm, very fine. (4). Photo on Page 149. £700-800
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1891 £1 Green, CC imperforate, handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 9, unmounted mint, light horizontal crease. S.G. 212s, £6,500. Photo on Page 149. £1,500-1,800
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1902 KEVII 10/- Ultramarine with a light central oval Registered Lothbury B.O datestamp, very fine. S.G. 265, £500. Photo on Page 145. £100-120
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1911 KEVII De La Rue 7d grey-black block of forty used with Guernsey datestamps, an unusually large multiple. S.G. 249, £1,000 (as ten blocks of four). £350-400
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1912 KEVII Somerset House 1/- green and carmine, lower left corner marginal block of four fine mint, the lower pair unmounted. S.G. 314, £400+. Photo on Page 149. £160-180
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1911 KEVII Somerset House £1 deep green, upper right corner marginal single mounted in the margins only, the stamp unmounted. With Diena Certificate (1987). S.G. 320, £3,250. Photo on Page 145. £1,100-1,400
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1911 KEVII Somerset House £1 deep green fine used with Guernsey c.d.s. S.G. 320, £750. Photo on Page 145. £300-350
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1912 KGV 1d Scarlet Downey Head, watermark Multiple Royal Cypher, unmounted mint lower left corner marginal block of thirty. S.G. 350, £750+. £200-240
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1912 KGV ½d - 4d Royal Cypher issue with Specimen or Cancelled overprints, comprising Specimen type 23 on ½d, 1½d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, type 26 on ½d, 1d, 3d, imperf ½d and 1d, Cancelled type 24 on ½d, 1d, imperf 1d and 2½d, type 28 on ½d, all fine mint, some unmounted, some types scarce. S.G. £2,360. (15). Photo on Page 149. £650-750
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1912-24 KGV 1d Bright scarlet, watermark Royal Cypher, inverted "Q" for "O", fine used. S.G. 357, £240. £60-70
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