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1840 1d BLACKS - Plate 2 LH with 4 good margins on piece dated 6 Oct 1840 and tied by fine red MX. Superb. £100
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 5 - BA state 2, crease; BB state 3; EC state 3; all four margins with black MX cancels. Scarce group, SG £2350. (3) £500
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1840 1d BLACKS - Plate 6 - MF, four very close to good margins, scissor cut affects top left corner, on 20 May 1841 E used within London. Also a copy of booklet "Penny Blacks Plated" by F. Wadham, 1920. (2 items) Cross Reference: LITERATURE - PHILATELIC £150
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1840 1d BLACKS - Plate 6 SA (three margin) tied by red MX on 14 Jan. 1841 Bank advice note ex Richmond, Yorks to the Swaledale & Wensleydale Banking Co., Bedale. with te bank's wax seal on reverse. Crease on cover clear of stamp. Attractive. £100
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 8 - TE state 2, scarce provisional print, four close to large margins and neat black MX. Fine, SG Spec AS50 £1100. £300
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1840 2d BLUES - MIXED GROUP inc. 4 margin Plate 1 QL (some toning), 3 margin Plate 2 SE with fine red MX & 2 margin unplated PF plus 9 Nov 1842 env. ex Lockerbie to Edinburgh bearing Plate 2 strip of three SG-SI, margins just cut into at base but good elsewhere and tied by fine black MX's. Lot is housed in a carton and also inc. three Worldwide & GB 'schoolboy-type' albums plus a few loose stamps, FDCs, etc. Viewing recommended. (Qty) £240
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1840 2d BLUES - Plate 1 BH with 4 margins (v. close at right) and black MX., 3 margin PC with red MX and an additional, unplated, severely trimmed example. All sound. (3) £150
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1840 2d BLUES - Plate 1 NE, sound four margin example with fine red MX cancel. £100
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1840 2d BLUES - Plate 2 GF. 4 margin example with fine black MX. Sound. £100
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 1b - FE, fine four good to large margins, tied to 12 Nov. 1841 E to Paisley with "GLASGOW" & "PAISLEY" CDSs on back; NG, four close to large margins, on 11 May 1841 part E to Aberdeen. SG £1300 (2) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £240
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 1b - KI, 3 margins just shaved along top, tied to 26 Apr. 1841 env. to Twickenham with "WARMINSTER" CDS on back; OJ, 3 margins and small tear at top right, tied to 27 Apr. 1841 EL London to Derby. SG £1300 (2) £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 1b - BD, very fine with four large margins and neat MX cancel. SG Spec AS6 £350. £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 1c - SC fine four margins, SG Spec AS9 £625. Also two other fine four margin 1841 1d with MX cancel and a group of unused, no gum, later 1d Reds 1855-57 some with faults inc clipped perfs. Plus a strip of 1d Red selvedge with inscription. (13 items) Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 5 - HB state 2, fine four margins on 8 Apr. 1841 EL used locally with fine "NOTTINGHAM" CDS on back. Also RL, fine four margins, tied with average Limerick distinctive MX to 21 July 1841 EL to Folkstone, SG £1900. (2) Cross Reference: LIMERICK, 1840s CANCELLATIONS £300
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 5 - BB state 4, thinned; QC state 2, fine, four very close to good margins; DD state 3, margins just barely touched at one point. (3) £120
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 8 - PC, four large to very large margins, tied to 12 Mar. 1842 EL to Irvine with Glasgow 'watery' MX (see pg 116 of Rockoff & Jackson); PJ, four good to large margins, tied to 8 June 1841 env. to St Albans with "MATLOCK BATH" CDS on front and "ST ALBANS" & London CDSs on back. (2) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 9 & PLATE 10 SCARCE PAIRS - plate 9 GA-GB both state 2 after repair by re-entry & plate 10 SA-SB, vertical crease affects SA, both with good to very large margins. Difficult multiples. (2 items) £240
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1841 1d REDS - PLATES 9 & 10 - NF plate 9, four good margins, on 19 Oct. 1841 E Newcastle-on-Tyne to Stockton, this cover recorded in Rockoff & Jackson; LB plate 10, four good margins, tied to 12 Apr. 1841 env. to Rothesay with "ABERDEEN" & "GREENOCK" DSs on back. (2) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 29 - FL, four margins, tied to 28 Apr 1843 E to Cornwall with mostly fine London No 11 in Maltese Cross & St AUSTELL receiving cds. SG £1100. £200
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1841 1d REDS - DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSSES - with the Edinburgh so-called balloon MX (4 with four margins, 4 others + 18 May 1844 E to London with 1841 1d Red, HG plate 36 four close to very large margins, tied by two strikes); Kelso (2 both on four margin stamps); Dublin (3 with four margins + another); Norwich (2, both four margin stamps); Leeds. (18 items) £200
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1841 1d REDS - PERTH & STIRLING DISTINCTIVE MXs - SA plate 25 state 1, 4 very close to good margins, tied to 30 Jan. 1843 part E by very fine Perth dist. MX with "PERTH" & Edinburgh DSs on back; CI plate 31, four margins, tied to 4 Dec. 1843 E by mostly fine Perth dist. MX with "BLAIRGOWRIE" DSs on back; NF plate 26, four very large margins, filing crease, tied to 16 Mar. 1843 E by Stirling dist. MX. (3) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £280
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 93 - IC used, fine and well-centred. SG Spec CE2 £700. £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 94 - PD used. Fine. SG Spec CE2 £700. £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 97 - KL, used, centred to right, fine. SG Spec CE2 £650. £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 98 - QJ, used, fine and well-centred. SG Spec CE2 £625. £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 99 - BD, used on small piece. SG Spec CE2 £650 £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 100 - BE tied to 4 Dec 1851 env to Dublin by two London numerals. Filing notes on front but scarce 1851 usage and scarce usage to Ireland. SG Spec CE2 £2400 Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, DUBLIN CITY £500
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - PLATE 100 - FH used, fine. SH Spec CE2 £650. £200
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TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. - TREASURY ROULETTE 1d RED ON COVER FROM LONDON (CHARING CROSS) TO EDINBURGH; Attractive 12 Nov. 1853 mourning env. (horiz. crease which does not affect the stamp; with black wax comic seal; "WHO DARE MEDDLE WI ME/[thistle]") from the "Thomas Rankin" correspondence to Edinburgh franked by an 1852-53 1d Red-Brown with the very rare 'Treasury Roulette' on all four sides, well tied by a fine London "12" in diamond numeral (and a light postman's thumb-print apparently in the same ink), having the small red Maltese-Cross-framed "C+" (Charing Cross Branch Office) d.s. on the reverse, overlapped by the 13 Nov. Edinburgh arrival c.d.s. SG Spec.B2a (cat £23,000). Fine London usage. Accompanied by RPS opinion (2010) 'faked treasury roulette' with which we strongly disagree, plus BPA Cert (2015) 'is genuine'. Discussion with experts currently studying these items confirms the wave cuts on this stamp conform to other undoubtedly genuine examples. Important exhibition item. £5,000
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1854-65 1d REDS - VIOLET NUMERAL ON 1854 1d RED - SG17/C1 DI plate R6, cancelled with indistinct (probably 29, Mitcham) London District numeral in violet. PEGB Cert (1993). Rare coloured cancel, SG Spec £2250 £180
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1854-65 1d REDS - PLATE R2 INVERTED WATERMARK STRIP OF FOUR, MOUNTED MINT - centred to upper right & two tone spots, lovely original gum. Inv wmk on mint or on multiples is rare; on mint multiples very rare. SG Spec £300 for a used single. £1,000
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1854-65 1d REDS - Die II Plate 16 - IF wmk SC perf 14, tied to large part E used in London. Rare; SG Spec C3 £900 for off cover. £200
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1854-65 1d REDS - Die II Plate 45 SG Spec C9 - IC used single, scarce. SG £400. Williams Cert (2016) £120
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1854-65 1d REDS - GROUP OF SPOONS ON 1d RED COVERS - 1855-63 env or E inc 1863 env used from London (stamp partly removed) then turned and used back to Hampstead in Feb 1864 with scarcer BRIDGENORTH spoon. Also Gloucester, Chester, Dublin (2) & Cork (2). (7) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL £180
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1854-65 1d REDS - 1d RED COVER GROUP - on mostly 1857 1d Red env or E inc fine CHARLOTTE/PLACE Scots Local, Edinburgh Post Since duplex, Peebles CDS cancelling stamp, combination uses of two different plates on the same cover (3), etc. Useful group. (7) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £150
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1858-79 1d PLATES - THE RARE & DISTINCTIVE "OVAL BARS" LOCAL MAIL CANCEL OF KILWINNING ON 1d RED COVER; 11 Jan.(?) 1878 local Kilwinning env. (very slight faults) with 1d Red (pl.189) tied by a very fine rare strike of this distinctive locally made dumb 'Bars' cancel (matching the Kilwinning backstamp) that was only used on local village letters in this tiny village. Only 10-15 covers recorded (some on ½d Surface Printed issues). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, CANCELLATIONS £100
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EMBOSSED ISSUES - 10d red-brown Die 4, an unused cut square example, three good to huge margins, cut along frame line at top, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 2). 2016 B.P.A. Cert. Genuine, noting blue ink mark on forehead. Very scarce and seldom offered. SG Spec H2t £11,000. Also 1/- green Die 2 example with clipped corners and clear margins overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 2), small part gum. Fresh colour. Scarce. SG Spec H1u £8,000. (2) £400
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - TWO VOLUME USED STUDY of the 1881 1d Lilac SG 172/173. Collected mainly for postmark interest with strength in covers from S.E. Lancashire area. (Many 100s plus c.250 covers) £150
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - USED COLLECTION ON PAGES - Some mint, with 1855 4d Rose (5 inc. 1 on blued), 6d Lilac (3), 1/- Green (3); 1862 range inc. 4d Red (5), 6d Lilac (4) & 1/- Green; 1865 inc. 9d Straw, faults; 1867 inc. 10d Red-Brown (2) & 1/- Green (7); 1880 8d (2) & 1/- Orange wmk spray, SG 151 £700, small fault; 1880 4d Grey-Brown wmk crown plate 17, mint (thin); high values 2/6 Lilac (3) & 5/- Rose; Lilac & Green range; etc. Also range of official ovpts. inc. ARMY OFFICIAL on 1900 ½d Blue-Green used block of four, GOVT PARCELS 1887 9d and 1/- Dull Green, both heavy cancels. Mixed condition. (100s) Cross Reference: OFFICIALS - COLLECTIONS £200
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - USED RANGE with Wmk Spray 3d Rose Plates 8 (single plus 2 x 1d Red on 1872 E to Sweden), 9 (pair on 1873 E to Norway), 11, 12, 14, 15 (2 - one on 1874 env. to Paris), 16 (2), 17 (2 - one with 2d Blue on 1875 EL to Finland with rare"Wfr.15" accountancy h.s.), 18 (3 - one with 2d Blue on 1876 E to Italy), 20 (2) and 1881 Wmk Crown 3d Rose Pl. 21 (2 - one with Perfin), Wmk Spray 6d Chestnut Plates 11 (9 - one on 1873 EL to Florence) & 12 (3 - one on piece) and 6d Grey Plates 14 (2), 15 (2), 16 (2), 17 (2) and Wmk Crown Pl. 17 (2). (34 stamps + 6 covers) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS £180
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - QV HIGH VALUE USED GROUP inc. 1867-73 5/- SG 127 (2, one a v.fine Pl.2, the other with a repair), 1883-83 2/6d (3), 5/- (5, one perfined) & 10/-. All fine apart from the repaired stamp. (11) £120
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - 1884 £1 BROWN-LILAC wmk. 'Crowns' good used. A few toned perfs. and somewhat blunted at bottom edge, otherwise sound. SG 185 £2,800 £200
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - 1891 £1 GREEN, FINE USED. Sound example. SG 212 £800 £180
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QV JUBILEE ISSUES - COMPREHENSIVE USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES inc. 1855-57 to 1/-, 1862-64 to 1/- (2), 1865-67 3d, 4d (12) & 1/- (2), 1867-80 3d (11), 6d (8), 9d (2), 10d, 1/- (7) & 2/- (2), 1873-80 6d (10), 3d (11), 4d (3), 8d & 1/- (3), 1873 2½d plates inc. the scarce Pl.3 & Pl.17, 1880-83 range to 1/- Brown, 1881 1d Lilac study inc. 18 x scarcer 14 dot types, 1883-84 'Green & Lilacs' to 1/- (2) inc. a good 9d & an unused 6d. Also, a few covers. Mainly fine. Viewing recommended. (Approx. 220) £500
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QV JUBILEE ISSUES - MINT & USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES: Mint range to 1/- (both colours) with shade vars. & some blocks of four & used range to 1/- (7) plus a few officials. (Approx. 120) £150
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QV JUBILEE ISSUES - MINT & USED COLLECTION ON PAGES - inc. 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d mint blocks of 6, 1½d, 2d, 4½ (2), 10d mint blocks of 4, 1/- Green & Carmine mint pair. Also 1881 1d Lilac (23), 1887 ½d Vermilion (4) & Dull Green (6) ranges of control pieces. (100s) £180
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QV JUBILEE ISSUES - MINT RANGE with 1½d block of 4, 4½d two vertically joined panes of 20 plus irregular block of 16 and two pairs, 10d block of 6. Also a pane of ½d Vermilion missing one unit (ie 119 stamps). Some perf splitting, creasing and curling. (189) £150
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KEVII ISSUES - MINT & USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES inc. mint defins with shades, etc. to 1/- (2, the Dark Green & Scarlet unmounted marginal), and used range with shades to 1/- (14), 2/6d (2) & 5/- (2). A good lot. (Approx. 150) £150
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KGV ISSUES - MINT RANGE on leaves inc. 1911-12 simple cypher (Control B12) block of six, multiple cypher 1d block of 4, 1912-24 set of 1/- plus a few "extras" inc. 9d Agate control (B13) single, 1924-26 to 1/- (lacking 3d but inc. sundry shades & wmk. varieties, 1934-36 Harrison set, etc. (Approx 120) £120
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KGV ISSUES - 1913 £1 Green 'Sea Horse' good used and sound, but somewhat off-centre. SG 403 £1,400 £360
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