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1853 (Dec 24) Cover posted within London bearing 1d red-brown BE plate 93 with Archer perf 16 tied by “77” District Office numeral, very fine, with R.P.S Certificate (2002). S.G. £2,200. Photo on Page 14. £500-600
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1857 1d Rose-red perf 14, watermark Large Crown on white paper, used perforation varieties including AF with double perfs at sides, IE and LB with grossly misplaced vertical or horizontal perfs, etc. (6). £100-120
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1858 2d Blue plate 9 AB imperforate imprimatur, upper margin with part inscription, four margins and superb colour, marginal fold, very fine. S.G. £4,750. Photo on Page 16. £1,000-1,200
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1858 (Dec 24) Cover from Manchester to Hamburg bearing perf 16 2d deep blue plate 6 IC-IF strip of four tied by Manchester duplexs, Gt. Ancoats Manchester, London (Dec. 25) and Hamburg backstamps. Superb quality and a scarce stamp on cover. S.G. 36a, £1,300 as stamps (£550 for a single on cover). Photo on Page 14. £300-350
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1854 Embossed 6d violet, watermark inverted, corner marginal example, four good to enormous margins, used with numeral cancel. With R.P.S Certificate (1987) which has the observation “heavily ironed”, which we are not sure is correct. S.G. 61, £4,000. Photo on Page 16. £500-600
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1847-54 Embossed 6d (2) and 1/- cut square with four margins, 1/- very close on two sides, otherwise good to large margins, used with London or Scottish numeral cancels. (3). Photo on Page 16. £300-400
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1854 Solicitors bill (21 pages) sent registered from Sturminster, franked 1/- pale green on azure paper, wing margin at left, cancelled “996”, the address wrapper now missing, a good example of this uncommon stamp, with B.P.A Certificate (2017). S.G. 73a, £2,000 as a single stamp. £400-500
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1855-1980 Mint and used collection in eight albums, no Line Engraved but including embossed QV 1/- cut square with four good margins and 6d with three margins, Surface Printed to 5/- values, 1883-84 issue used to 9d, KEVII and KGV with much duplication, shades and some fine used with c.d.s cancels, KEVII 1d perfin HILL & SONS used on first day of issue, 1913-19 2/6 (8), 5/- (13) and 10/- (3) Seahorses used, 1939-48 KGVI high values mint, 1948 Royal Wedding £1 Cylinder block mint, booklets with 1969 Cooks £1 stapled, Channel Islands occupation including 1945 (May 20) cover sent just after the liberation with red Guernsey Paid c.d.s, many minor QEII varieties, regionals, overprinted issues for Post Offices abroad, etc. Also a stock book with 1840 2d blues (3, faults) and 1d reds. (9 Albums). £500-600
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1865 9d Straw TF plate 4, Emblems watermark, error of watermark three roses and a thistle, used with “50” numeral cancel of Barnstaple, minor toning and creasing with one short perf. A scarce variety. With B.P.A Certificate (2007). S.G. 98c, £3,500. Photo on Page 12. £400-500
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1867-80 3d Rose, plate 6 LI-MJ block of four used with Northallerton single ring datestamps, plate 5-8 used, and plate 9 on an 1873 entire letter from Jersey to St. Brieuc, posted into the Boite Mobile and cancelled by large “3734” numeral of St Malo. (Cover + 8 stamps). £180-200
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1867 2/- Dull blue, AB plate 1 mint, superb colour, large part original gum, scarce so fine. S.G. 118, £3,500. Photo on Page 12. £600-700
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1867 5/- Rose plate 1, watermark Maltese Cross, GJ used, part numeral cancel clear of the Queens head. S.G. 126, £725. Photo on Page 16. £120-150
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1869 (Nov 13) Cover (letter enclosed) to U.S.A bearing 6d dull violet plate 8 with double perforation variety tied by Kidderminster 415 duplex, red New York Paid All c.d.s alongside, part flap missing. A rare variety, possibly unique on cover, listed but unpriced by S.G. With B.P.A Certificate (2003). S.G. J76e. Photo on Page 14. £500-600
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1869 6d Dull violet plate 8, QA variety imperforate, used with “B01” cancel of Alexandria, possibly used as a trial cancel in London. Fine and rare, 13 used examples recorded by Galland, ex. Latto. S.G. 109a, £3,000. Photo on Page 12. £700-800
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1872 6d Chestnut, AG-BH block of four, used in Ireland with Bruff datestamps, short corner perf at upper left corner, otherwise fine. S.G. 122a, £425. £100-120
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1873-81 Surface Printed issues mint, comprising 1873-80 2½d rosy mauve plate 2, 2½d blue plate 19, 3d rose plate 11, 6d grey plate 17 and 1880-83 2½d blue plate 22, the 3d with part gum only, the others fine with large part or virtually full gum. S.G. 139, 142, 144, 147, 157. (5). Photo on Page 12. £350-400
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1878 £1 Brown-lilac, AF overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, pressed diagonal crease, reverse with hinge remainders and small glue stain, a reasonable looking example of this scarce stamp. S.G. 129s, £6,000. Photo on Page 16. £120-150
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1880 2d Pale rose, line perf 14 imprimatur removed from the De la Rue presentation book “Before and After the Stamp Committee”, therefore without gum. Fine and rare, 36 imprimaturs perforated for these presentation books, of which ten complete or virtually complete books are believed to exist, no more than 26 single line perf imprimaturs therefore possible. S.G. £3,750. Photo on Page 12. £600-700
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1880 4d Grey-brown, line perf 14 imprimatur removed from the De la Rue presentation book “Before and After the Stamp Committee”, therefore without gum. Fine and rare, 36 imprimaturs perforated for these presentation books, of which ten complete or virtually complete books are believed to exist, no more than 26 single line perf imprimaturs therefore possible. S.G. £3,750. Photo on Page 12. £600-700
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1880 5d Indigo, line perf 14 imprimatur removed from the De la Rue presentation book “Before and After the Stamp Committee”, therefore without gum. Fine and rare, 36 imprimaturs perforated for these presentation books, of which ten complete or virtually complete books are believed to exist, no more than 26 single line perf imprimaturs therefore possible. S.G. £3,750. Photo on Page 12. £600-700
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1881-1952 Mint or Specimen selection including 1881 1d lilac and 1900 ½d green both watermark inverted unmounted, KEVII 7d deep grey-black and 2/6 dull purple mint, 6d Specimen, KGV 1924-26 ½d and 1d Specimen type 23 (½d overprint double one albino), ½d 1d and 1½d overprinted Cancelled type 28 (all watermark inverted), postage due 1914-22 5d and 1/- Specimen type 23, etc. (49). £280-320
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1881 1d Lilac die II, variety imperforate, lower margin with Control “E”, just touched at lower right corner, otherwise fine mint. S.G. only record this imperforate variety in the mauve shade, but this is clearly lilac; as no imprimaturs were registered with control “E” this must be an imperforate variety. Very rare. S.G. KE8, £7,000 for an imperforate (mauve) pair. Photo on Page 18. £700-800
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1882 5/- Rose plate 4, watermark Anchor on blued paper, central Limerick c.d.s (DE 27 82), an early use in Ireland just a month after issue. A superb looking stamp, with R.P.S Certificate (2018) which includes the observation “small surface stains”, which appear to be virtually invisible. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 16. £600-700
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1882 £5 Orange, BM on white paper used with 1898 oval Registered Threadneedle St datestamp, tiny paper wrinkle to a couple of perfs at upper left, otherwise fine. S.G. 137, £3,600. Photo on Page 16. £600-700
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1886 2d Duty Plate die proof, unadopted design with solid background, in black on white glazed card stamped “BEFORE / HARDENING” and dated “31 MAR 82”, a rare essay proof. S.G. £3,250. Photo on Page 22. £500-600
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1887 1/- Green, block of twenty (4x5) each with a neat St. Andrews, Bath c.d.s (JY 11 93), very fine colour, a scarce large multiple. Photo on Page 20. £500-600
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1887-1970 QV-QEII Mint collection in an S.G album including 1887-1900 set to 1/- (both), 1902 KEVII ½d - 10/-, 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 - 10/-, 1913 Multiple Cypher ½d and 1d, 1929 PUC £1 (marginal, apparently unmounted, gum a little toned), 1934 2/6 - 10/- re-engraved set, basic KGVI and QEII apparently complete unmounted with KGVI 1939-48 2/6 - £1 set of six and other 1948-51 high values, 1955-58 2/6 - £1, 1958-59 Graphite set of eight, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 18. £700-900
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1890 (Oct 2) 2/6 Lilac pair each with superb “WEST PIER B.O / BRIGHTON” c.d.s, an unusual cancel and scarce so fine. Also a fine coloured card of the pier. (2). Photo on Page 16. £150-200
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1891 £1 Green, JC with frame break, 1895-99 mid to late printing occurring after the second repair, superb unmounted mint original gum, rare so fine. S.G. 212a, £10,000. Photo on Page 12. £3,000-3,500
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1891 £1 Green, PD used with oval Registered datestamps, fine. S.G. 212, £800. Photo on Page 12. £100-120
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1900 1/- Green and carmine, lower left corner marginal block of twenty (4x5), used with seven strikes of Guernsey parcel handstamp, superb colour, fine and rare. Believed to be the largest known used multiple of this stamp (three other blocks of twenty recorded). Photo on Page 28. £500-600
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1901 KEVII ½d Die Proof in black on white card, stamped “BEFORE / HARDENING” and dated “21 AUG. 01”, 92x60mm, fine. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 22. £300-400
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1901 (Dec 31) Sheet of paper with embossed royal arms, bearing KEVII marginal ½d and 1d (both affixed by the stamp margin) cancelled by Birmingham datestamps on the day before issue, handwritten message below “Dear Fred, I thought that you would like to have these which will no doubt be valuable on account of being datestamped before date. Wishing you a happy new year. E. Spencer, 1 Jan. 02”, very unusual. £100-120
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1906 KEVII 1d Dull rose imperforate colour trial on Crown watermarked paper, superb mint. Printed from a special plate of 20 electros, these 1906 trial produced for a suggested change of colour, scarce. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 12. £300-400
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1902 KEVII 1d Scarlet, lower margin with Control D4, variety “4” virtually omitted, mounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 18. £500-600
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1901 KEVII 2½d Ultramarine, imperforate upper right corner marginal colour trial on watermarked gummed paper, upper margin reduced, fine and scarce. S.G. £1,800. Photo on Page 12. £400-500
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1902 KEVII £1 Dull blue green with “SPECIMEN” overprint type 17, unmounted mint, original gum, well centred and superb colour, very scarce so fine. S.G. £1,400 as mounted mint. Photo on Page 12. £700-800
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1911 KEVII ½d Green imperforate colour trial on unwatermarked ungummed paper (approx 72x55mm), printed at Somerset House for comparison with the new KGV colours. S.G. £5,500. Photo on Page 32. £900-1,200
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1911 KEVII 4d Imperforate sage-green colour trial, in the colour proposed for the KGV issue, on gummed unwatermarked paper, 24x33mm. Superb and rare, only two or three examples believed to exist. Photo on Page 16. £1,500-1,800
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1911 (Sep 15) KEVII Somerset House 2/6 dull reddish purple, used on the First Day of Issue with London E.C hooded circle datestamp, the only recorded first day use of a KEVII high value stamp. Photo on Page 16. £1,000-1,200
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c.1911 De la Rue dummy stamps, imperforate se-tenant vertical pair in scarlet, upper stamp with KGV Downey Head and lower stamp with Minerva Head, lower margin with bars, unmounted mint (mounted in margin). A rare Downey Head trial from the sheet of 48, twelve of which had the KGV Head, which was made from a new die supplied by the Royal Mint to the Crown Agents and then sent on to De la Rue. The head on this dummy stamp is similar to the die 2 die proof with uncleared surround, reduced to fit into the dummy stamp frame. Photo on Page 22. £600-700
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1911 Page from the Madagascar Post Office specimen stamp ledger, bearing the first KGV Downey Head ½d and 1d, three examples of each stamp tied to the page by red circular “POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR”, the page with signature and cachet of the Director of the Madagascar Post Office, inscription showing the stamps were received in Madagascar on 15 July. A unique archival page, folded to fit onto an album page displaying all six stamps and cachets. £300-400
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1912 Downey Head ½d green, watermark Simple Cypher die 2, Control strip of three, Control “B12” with variety “12” omitted, mint original gum. A remarkable variety, unlisted by S.G. S.G. 344var. Photo on Page 18. £700-800
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1912 Downey Head 1d Scarlet, die 2 mint, vertical pair with margin at right, variety Cypher watermark omitted, watermarked with two vertical lines 27mm apart which occurs in the centre of mill sheet papers usually occurring in the gutter between sheets. An exceptional variety caused by a major displacement of the watermark, with Mike Jackson Certificate (2023). S.G. N12a, var. Photo on Page 18. £700-800
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1911-24 KGV Downey and Mackennal Heads, ½d - 1/- mint reference collection on pages, neatly mounted in order of S.G. number and shade, all fine, a very useful reference. (194). £300-400
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1913 Bromide of the medal head by J.A.C Harrison from his 1912 sketch, dated “4.4.13” in ink, reverse with “no. 39, £50, 3.4.13” in pencil, 82x107mm, very scarce. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 30. £600-700
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1912 1d Stage 5 colour trials, in blue on thick card or in scarlet on gummed paper with sideways Crown watermark, both cut close, scarlet trial with small thin, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £5,250. (2). Photo on Page 12. £800-1,000
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c.1916 ½d Bright green imperforate wartime colour trial pair on gummed Royal Cypher watermarked paper, margin at left, light creasing and right stamp with upper right corner fault, still very scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1993). S.G. £5,600. Photo on Page 12. £400-500
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1912 2½d Blue, watermark Royal Cypher, imperforate interpanneau lower marginal block of twelve, each overprinted “CANCELLED” type 24, mint, the lower row unmounted, vertical fold in central margin and horizontal crease in lower margin, the stamps fine. A scarce positional block. S.G. £2,400+. Photo on Page 22. £600-700
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1913 5d Die Proof in black on white glazed card overprinted “CANCELLED” (19½x2½mm) in red, 21x26mm, affixed to card dated “26/5/13” and endorsed “5.N, From Roller 1.2.3 & 4”. A unique proof with this Cancelled overprint, from the personal archives of Royal Mint engraver H.A Richardson, presented to him upon his retirement. Photo on Page 32. £800-1,000
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