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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 7, ME & PLATE 8, ME - good/fine used 4 margin examples of both. Plus ME plate 2, 3 margins. (3) £240
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 8, LB - matched pair, both 4 margin with black MX. £100
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 10, BH - matched pair. One close margin on each. Black MXs. £120
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 11, AJ - matched pair. Both 4 margin examples with fine MXs, but 1d black with faults (pinholes). £150
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1840 2d BLUES - PLATE 1 STRIP OF 6 - DE-DJ fine used, DJ with 2nd state re-entry and DI with small thin. SG 5 (6) £1,000
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1840 2d BLUES - PLATE 1 - 3 examples MK & SG fine 4 small to good margins and CL three margins thinned. (3) £360
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1840 2d BLUES - PLATE 1, JG - extremely light, almost imperceptible, red MX; looks unused. 4 very close to good margins & small amount of gum that may not be original. RPS Cert. 'cleaned' (2017). £200
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1840 2d BLUES - PLATE 1, ND - four margins, close but clear at lower right; black MX. £150
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1840 2d BLUES - PLATE 1, JK - 30 Oct. 1840 EL ex Glasgow to Pitlochrie tied by light red MX. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £130
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1841 1d REDS - SELECTION ON PAGES - inc. good range from black plates with HI plate 2, MG plate 10 singles, plus CA plate 5 state 2, GD plate 9 state 1, OG plate 10 and SJ plate 11 (constant var.) all on covers. (14 + 5 covers) £200
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1841 1d REDS - PLATED PENNY RED IMPERFS.: Used collection on Hagner pages plates 5-41 (incomplete). Mainly 3/4 margin examples , all with MX cancels. Re-entries/retouches etc., identified where relevant. Lot also incl. 14 x 1858-76 2d blues SG 45-47 (Approx. 61) Cross Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES £150
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1841 1d REDS - UNUSED PAIR QC-QD and part cover with 1841 1d red JK cancelled by Holbeach "370" blue numeral with Holbeach c.d.s. (12 Apr. 1851) in same ink on reverse. (3) £100
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 5, SC STATE 2 - apparently unused, 3 margins & thinned. Also 1840 1d black MD plate 10 on large piece, 4 close to large margins, filing crease affects stamp. (2) Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS £120
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 77, NI - v fine mint example with four large to huge margins and lovely large part og. Also 2 others mint/unused with faults. (3) £150
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1841 1d REDS - PLATE 72 WITH INVERTED WATERMARK - apparently unused/small part og, lettered EC cut into at top right corner and a couple of nicks in two margins clear of design. SG £3800. £200
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1841 2d BLUES - 1841 2d BLUE FROM "TRIAL SHEET" OF 12 WITH INVERTED WATERMARK - fine single with 2½ margins & inverted watermark. SG DP43 £4000. £400
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1841 2d BLUES - SELECTION ON PAGES - mostly from plate 3 inc. AA, SA & GD-GE pair all with four margins and MX cancel; 3 other pairs; & plate 4 JA-JC strip of 3 with four margins. (11 + 4 pairs + strip of three) £240
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1841 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 4, IA - fine four margin mounted example with large part og. Fine & fresh. SG £6000. £900
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1841 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 4, QI - v small part og, four margins with a couple of tiny marks on front. SG £6000. £240
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1854-65 1d REDS - PLATE 37 C11/SG36 UNUSED - unused example of the provisional perf 16, scarcer plate, soiled at lower left and gum cracking, scarce. SG £2750. £120
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1854-61 2d BLUES - SMALL SELECTION ON PAGES - inc. plate 4 perf 16 SG-SI strip of four, plate 6 QC perf 14 unused (SG £3400 for mint) & OE perf 16 fresh-entry (SG36a £550). Also a set of the seven 1858 plates. (12 items) Cross Reference: 1858-69 2d PLATES £240
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 5, SA - large crown, perf 14 example centred slightly to upper right with part og. SG £2500. £200
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 6, TK - perf 14 example with part og, of generally fresh appearance though crease and a couple of short perfs. SG £3000. £240
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 7, AG - slightly short, part og example with pressed crease. Attractive appearance. SG £1800. £150
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 8 - QD STATE 2 - part og example printed following repair to this unit (with what Osborne calls a 'wider lumen' on the lower Q). Plus PLATE 9, BK part og with a couple of tone spots. SG £2050+. (2) £360
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATE 12, EE - attractive part og example with light gum bending. SG £3000. £300
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1854-61 2d BLUES - MINT PLATES 13, 14 & 15 - each with part/large part og, good to fine. SG £1400. (3) £240
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1864-79 1d PLATES - ALBUM with the used collection one plate to page, up to 20 or more examples per plate. (300+) £150
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1864-79 1d PLATES - MINT SET OF PLATES VIRTUALLY COMPLETE - missing only 77 & 225. A very difficult assembly. Generally good to fine. (150) £1,500
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1864-79 1d PLATES - USED SET OF PLATES ON LEAVES - complete set excluding plate 77, above average examples all neatly written-up. Plate 225 has trimmed perfs & Highland Sorting Carriage cancel. Also a page of Oxford Union over/underprints inc. a cover + a page of Brunswick star cancels. (c160) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, UNDERPRINTS/SECURITY OVERPRINTS £300
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1864-79 1d PLATES - COMPLETE USED SET OF PLATES INC. 225 - no 77, plate 225 sound and with plate numbers clear, centred to lower left. Also group with broken perf pins (14), inv. wmk. (4) and small study of misplaced wmks. £150
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1864-79 1d PLATES - MINT/UNUSED INVERTED WATERMARK SELECTION - plates 71, 176 and 203 (broken perf pin variety) all fine mounted mint; 200 with slight surface disturbance else fine mounted mint; and 208 unused, faults. (5) £150
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATES 72-225: The substantially complete range of plates (missing c.40 plates) either mint or unused on Hagner sheets. Possible that a few may have been 'cleaned' incl. pl. 225. Pl. 149 & 200 present in blocks of four. Viewing essential. Lot also incl. a range of twelve mint or unused 1d red 'stars' SG 36-42 (Approx. 139) Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS £400
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATES 71-225 (less 77). Mainly fine used collection on Hagner sheets. Pl. 225 lightly cancelled. (152) £180
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATE 81 IMPRIMATUR - fine four margin example lettered AF. SG £425. £150
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATE 89 IMPRIMATUR - fine four margin example lettered BG. SG £425. £150
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATE 180 - unmounted mint lower right corner marginal strip of three with plate and current No 213, centred high, some perf separation mainly between TK-TL & slight gum bending. Also mint singles from plates 121, 134, 140, 179 & 190 all with gum cracking. (6 items) £120
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATE 196 IMPRIMATUR - fine four margin example with part inscription at top, lettered AG. SG £425 £180
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1864-79 1d PLATES - PLATE 223 IMPRIMATUR - fine four margin example with part inscription at top where thinned not affecting the design, lettered AG. SG £425+. £180
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1870 ½d PLATES - MINT SET OF PLATES - attractive run plates, excluding only plate 9, each having between small part to full og; plate 19 is unmounted. Plus an additional unmounted plate 11 with full selvedge at right & wmk inv & reversed. Attractive group. SG £3100++. (15) £600
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1870 ½d PLATES - USED SET OF PLATES - plate 9 centred low but with exceptionally clear plate numbers & neat CDS cancel; inc. 5 pairs & plate s 14 & 15 are unused. Also 1870 1½d plates 1 & 3 (2). (20) Cross Reference: 1870 1½d PLATES £240
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1870 ½d PLATES - MINT/UNUSED SET OF PLATES - plates 8 & 9 (faults inc. reperfed two sides) are used, else mostly mounted mint, 11 is unmounted, 19 oxidised, plus 5 used. Also 1870 1½d rose (unused + 3 used). (24) Cross Reference: 1870 1½d PLATES £120
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1870 1½d PLATES - MINT PLATES 1 & 3 - reasonable example of each plate with small part og. SG £1200. (2) £120
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EMBOSSED ISSUES - USED SET OF THE THREE VALUES - 1/- green, fine four margins; 10d brown, fine with design just touched on two sides; 6d lilac, fine touched at right. SG £3500. (3) £120
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EMBOSSED ISSUES - 1/- GREEN OVPT "SPECIMEN" IN RED - fine four margin example without gum, slight hint of staining on upper right corner. SG £3000. Cross Reference: SPECIMENS £500
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EMBOSSED ISSUES - 1/- GREEN - fine example just touched at one point, else four margins. Plus another touched in all sides. (2) £100
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EMBOSSED ISSUES - MINT 10d BROWN - fine example just touched on all four sides, large part og and well above average embossing. Very scarce, SG £11000. £750
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - SMALL STOCK BOOK with the mainly used collection of surface-printed issues to 2/- value with the addition of ½d rose-red SG 49 (36), 1½d rose-red SG 51 (12) & 10d embossed SG 57. Also 1887 Jubilee mint range to 1/- green. Good variety of plate nos., etc. throughout. Viewing recommended. (Approx. 210) £300
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - MINT 1857 4d ROSE LARGE GARTER - part og example, toning affecting mainly the back. SG66 £1700. £180
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES - MINT 1856 6d PALE LILAC & LILAC EMBLEMS - part og examples; the lilac fresh and attractive with wing margin, the pale lilac with ink mark on brow & pulled perf at top right, possibly also reperfed at left? SG70 £2700. (2) £360
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