81 Plate 6 GC, OB States I & II (cancelled in black) with original re-entries and LD cancelled in black. Four margined examples. Some faults. £100
82 Plate 6, KB neatly cancelled to leave profile clear, used on almost complete EL from Bristol to Dartmouth with "No54" (in blue) struck below. £80
83 Plate 6, FD used on EL from London to Rastrick, close to wide margins. Fine. £70
84 Plate 7, SI with black and red MC cancellations. Fine. PHOTO - see plate no. £100
85 Plate 7 PF used on E from Newark to Retford. Fine. £70
86 Plate 7, EA used on E from High Wycombe to London, close to wide margins, superb central MC cancellation. PHOTO - see plate no. £60
87 Plate 8, FF cancelled in black on large piece, HL, JD matched in red, RH States I & II matched in red and SF. Also in red AH, RD, TL & QK all State II, PG State III on piece and JA,SH and TB. Plate 7 HG & NC. Poor to fine examples. (19). £160
88 Plate 8, FB used on E from Thame to Aylesbury, close to wide margins and plate 2 KE (double E) used on E from Worcester to Manchester, three good margins, touched at right. £70
89 Plate 8, EC, just touched to wide margins matched with a four margined red. £70
90 Plate 9, AE State I matched with States II & III in red, CE matched in red, AK matched with red State II, GE, GJ & GK. Also in red EA, EB, EF, GB, IC with "6" in MC cancellation, State II AD, AL & GB, State III AD & AF. Mixed condition. (20). £160
91 Plate 10, AF, BD and CC State II, all cancelled in black. Also in red BF, BH, FF, GD, AL, NA, QA, RI & TA plus State II BI, CC, OB & OE. Poor to fine. (16). £140
92 Plate 10, AF cancelled with a red MC. Close to wide margins, vertical crease. Spec. AS66h. Cat. £750. PHOTO - £100
93 Plate 11, TE cancelled in black, three wide margins, cut into at left & small central stain, matched with a fine red. PHOTO - see plate no. £240
94 Plate 11, AG cancelled in black, touched in places , matched with good four margined reds from States 1 to III. £200
1840 2D BLUES
95 Plate 1, BD cancelled in black, FB (poor) cancelled in blue, FH cancelled in black, NJ on small piece, RK cancelled in black, RK & TK on piece with poor 1844 cancel. Defective three or four margined examples. (7). £160
96 Plate 1, DJ State I cancelled in red and State II cancelled in black. Close to good margined examples with faults. Spec. DS5h & i. Cat. £2,000. PHOTO - see plate no. £160
97 Plate 1, FF-FH a strip of three heavily cancelled in black. Close to good margins, FH corner thin. £150
98 Plate 1, MK-ML a good to wide margined pair cancelled in black. Fine. PHOTO - £140
99 Plate 1, AI cancelled in black, DK (poor) with part "DORCHESTER" c.d.s. KH with "494" numeral cancellation of Maldon and MK cancelled in red. Defective examples. £120
100 Plate 1, MH with central black cancellation, good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - £120
101 Plate 1, RG-RH a lightly cancelled pair, RH clear profile three clear to wide margins cut into at left and vertical scissor cut. Fair only. PHOTO - see plate no. £100
102 Plate 1, JB wide margins, cancelled in black to leave profile clear. PHOTO - see plate no. £100
103 Plate 1, MC, a pale shade cancelled in blackGood margins. Fine. £80
104 Plate 1, LH & SH (heavy crease) and 2 CL (thinned). four margined examples cancelled in black. £60
105 Plate 2, SB cancelled in black. Fine with good margins. PHOTO - see plate no. £100
106 Plate 2, OC-OD smudgely cancelled in black, scissor cut at top right. PHOTO - see plate no. £100
107 Plate 3, a used selection inc. a strip of four BA-BD, a pair OG-OH, QC States I, II & IV and DI with $ in MC cancellation. Mixed condition. (39) £65
1841 1D REDS
108 COLLECTION on leaves, many four-margined examples, all with Maltese Cross cancellations. Chiefly unplated. (Approx. 650). £1500
109 MISCELLANY: A group of selected plated four margined examples between plates 11 and 131 inc. six on cover. A fine lot. (103). £300
110 MISCELLANY: An unplated selection inc. a complete reconstruction with 1844 cancellations and an unmounted mint strip of three. Fair to fine. (281). £120
111 MISCELLANY: A remaindered selection on leaves inc. poor blocks of six & four, and sixty with MC cancellations. Poor to fine. (129). £55
112 Plate 1b, HI, JJ x 2 and QA double "Q". Fair used. (4). £120
113 Plate 1b, MH non co-incidental re-entry clearly visible at upper right square. Fine with central cancellation. Spec. AS6b. Cat. £275. £70
114 Plate 1c, LG (vertical crease), PI & QK. Close to good margined examples. £100
115 Plate 2 TH State 3. Close to wide margins, lighty cancelled. Scarce. Spec. AS19. Cat. £500. PHOTO - £80
116 Plates 5 FA State 3 & KE re-entry, 9 AD, AF, EC & GC all Stete 2, 10 DB, HG, JB, JI & KB. Three and four margined examples. Some faults. (11). £140
117 Plate 5, PB Staete 3 cancelled to leave letter squares clearly visible. Just shaved at lower left, other margins close but clear. One of the scarcest 1d reds. Spec. AS32. Cat. £1,300. PHOTO - see plate no. £80
118 Plate 5, MK cancelled with a part strike of a red MC. Four margins, but thinned and creased. Spec. B1sb. Cat. £1,200. £65
119 Plate 8, AJ re-entry, AK, BJ State 2 re-entry, QG State 2 re-entry and RD State 2 re-entry. Good three & four margined examples. (5). £75
120 Plate 11, AB tied by a BLUE MC to EL from Truro to Tullimdar. Fine. PHOTO - £100
121 Plate 11, a used selection inc. AF States I to III, AH State III, a pair PA-PB, TD & TK re-entries. SB used on small envelope. Poor to fine. (40). £80
122 Plates 12-36 less 13, The specialised used collection with plates 12 (11, inc. one on cover), 14 (12), 15 (17), 16 (10), 17 (8, inc. one on cover), 18 (15, inc. PK State II & TI States I & II), 19 (23, inc. one on cover), 20 (28), 21 (12, inc. two on cover), 22 (12, inc. one on cover), 23 (8, inc. one on cover), 24 (11), 25 (13, inc. SC State II), 26 (9), 27 (8, inc. one on cover), 28 (9), 29 (14, inc. two on cover), 30 (25, inc. a cut into example of the rare scarce EB State II with central "2" in MC cancellation leaving letter squares clear - Spec. BS19g Cat. £500), 31 (14, inc. a pair & four singles with "P converted to R"), 32 (6, inc. on on cover), 33 (17), 34 (11, inc. one on cover), 35 (9, inc. SJ re-entry) and 36 (11, inc. two on cover). The condition is average with a good numbrer of fine four margined examples evident. £550
123 Plate 12, BA State II following early repair used on a damaged EL within London, cancelled to leave profile and letter squares clear. Fine. Also ED used on E from London to Edinburgh, wide margins, horizontal bend. £70
124 Plate 13, KB (shaved at left) used on EL from Dublin to London. A scarce plate. £80
125 Plate 13, AJ, BA, EG, FB, FC, GD, JL on E from Galway to Dublin, NG, QD, RG, SJ & Tl. mostly three or four margined used examples with faults. (12). £70
126 Plate 14, IK-JL a used block of four from this dificult plate, touched at right and other small faults. BS3 Cat £425. £65
127 Plates 37 to 45 The small used collection with plates 37 (10, inc. two on cover and six singles with MC cancellations), 38 (4, inc.three with MC cancellations), 39 (8, inc. two on covers & four with MC cancellations), 40 (8, all except one with MC cancellations inc. KB State 1a with central "7" in MC, rare but thinned - Spec. BS26Cb Cat. £350), 41 (13, inc. nine with MC cancellations), 42 (8, inc. two with MC cancellations), 43 (6, inc two with MC cancellations), 44 (7, inc. two with MC cancellations) and 45 (9, inc. three with MC cancellations one being on cover). Mixed condition, some are fine. £160
128 Plates 46 to 58 The used collection with plates 46 (9, inc. one on cover),47 (8, inc. one with MC cancellation), 48 (9, inc. AE States I & II), 49 (9 inc. four on a single cover), 50 (5), 51 (8), 52 (8), 53 (12), 54 (8), 55 (5), 56 (10, inc. two on covers ), 57 (7) and 58 (11, inc. one on cover). Fair to fine. £70
129 Plates 59 to 131, The specialised used collection of shades and plated varieties inc. a few covers. Mostly fair to fine examples (Qty.). £200
130 PLATE 75, LK "UNION JACK" RE-ENTRY ON COVER: Plate 75 LK "Union Jack)" re-entry used on printed EL from Norwich "To the Minister of Cley next the Sea" at Letheringsett, Norfolk with m/s "Mifsent to Clay" alongside. Tear at left and small surface scuff, four margins and scarce. PHOTO - £300
131 Plates 132 to 175. The used collection of the Alphabet II plates with plates inc. plates 132 EH, 134 II & 135 GJ on Lavender tinted paper, 155 BB State II unussualy matched with a SC16 example from State I plus a similar pair lettered AC, 175 KC and RJ. Mixed condition. (180+). £160
132 Plate 163, AE State I, matched with State II imperf (shaved at left) and SC16 which also shows wear to the plate. A scarce used trio. £70
133 Plate 176, PE, a fine used wide margined example of this scarce plate. Cat. £240. PHOTO - see plate no. £70
134 Plate 177, NE used on piece dated 18 May 1854. Close to wide margins. Fine and rare. SG Cat. £375+. £100
1841 2D BLUES
135 Plate 3 (25, inc. a strip of three and a pair) and plate 4 (43, inc. a very poor block of six, a strip of four and a pair). Mixed condition. £55
136 Plate 4, a strip of three SA-Sc shifted transfer with single strikes of the Penrith "606" numeral in blue and black. Fine with wide margins. RPS Cert (2002) which states "used with mixed inks black and blue - is genuine". Also enclosed are details of a similar strip BJ-BL again with RPS Cert (1988) which sates "used with blue and black numerals oblitorations". PHOTO - £360
137 Plate 4, the used selection inc. two strips of three, CD-CF inc. CE re-entry & FJ-FL, BH without "spectacles" variety (fair only) matched with SC16 with the variety (Spec. F1q Cat £275), OE matched with SC16. Fair to fine. (22). £120
1854-61 1D REDS
138 TWO ALBUMS containing the almost entirely used collection of Die II, Alphabet III 1d "stars" arranged in plate order (no plates 64 or 65) but inc. examples from most of the other plates on blued, transitional and white papers where appropriate. The collection also encompasses inverted watermarks, re-entries, shades, characteristic letters and a few cancellation. The condition is mixed but many fine examples are represented. A real "genuine" lot. (Qty.). £800
139 1850-54 (January) SC, Die I, Alphabet II perforated 16 by H Archer on blued, plates 93 BF, GG, GJ, 96 SJ, 97 QD, 98 SH, 99 LG, 100 JL and 101 EH (poor). Good to fine used examples. SG. Spec CE12. Cat. £4,600. (9). PHOTO - see plate no. £360
140 1854 (Feb.) SC16 Die I, Alpabet II on blued: The used collection comprising a good range of shades with plates 155 (7), 157 (2), 162 (2), 163 (2), 164 (6), 165 (2), 166 (3), 167 (3), the scarce 168 NF centred a little to lower right (SG Cat £275), 169, 170 (20, 172 (6), 173 (3, inc. one on cover), 174 (2), 175 (6), 177 (3), 178 (4), 179 (4), 180 (2), 181 (3), 182 (6), 183 (5), 184 (3), 185 (3), 186 (2), 187 (5), 188 (4), 189 (2), 190 (2), 191 (6, inc.two covers), 192 (5, inc. one on cover), 193 (2), 194 (4), 195 (7, inc. one on cover), 197(5), 198 (2), 199 (4), 200, 201 (3, inc one on cover), 202 (2), 203 (2), 204, R1, R2 (3), R3 (2), R4 (3), R5 (3) and R6 (3). A good lot with many well centred examples which is unusual for this issue. Spec. C1. £160
141 1855 (Feb.-June) Die II, Alphabet II on blued: The used study with SC14 plates 1 (5), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (2), 5 (5, inc. TD fresh entry), 6 (3), 7 to 9 (3), 10 (3, inc one with inverted watermark), 11 (3), 12 (4, inc. a pair), 13, 14 (3, inc. one on cover), 15 (5, inc one on cover), 16 (2), 17 (2) 18, 19 (4, inc. a strip of three), 20 (2), 21 (3), SC16 plates 1 (6, inc. two on covers), 2 (3), 3 (2), 4 (3, inc. one on piece), 5 (5), 6 (3), 7 (6), 8 (2), 9 (8, inc. a block of four on damaged part cover), 10 (3, inc. one on cover), 11 (3, inc. one unused defective example), 12 (3), 13 (2) to 15. LC16 plates 1 (2), 2 4, 5 (2), 6 (2) to 8, 9 (2), 10, 11 (2), 12 (2), 13 (2), 14 & 15 (2). LC14 plates 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (5), 4 (4), 5 (9), 6 (4), 7 (2), 8 (2), 9 (4), 10 (2), 11 (3), 14 (4), 15 (2), 16 (4), 17 (6, inc. two on cover), 18, 19 (3, inc. one on cover), 20 & 21 (2). Mixed condition with many fine selected examples included. Spec. C3 to C6. £120
142 1855 SC14 Die I, Alphabet II on blued: The used collection with pLATES 194 (3), 195 (2), 196 (2), 197, 198, 200 (2), 201, 202 (7, inc one on cover with "HULL" spoon cancellation), 203, 204 (2), R1 (3), R2 (3, inc. one on cover), R3 (3, inc. one on cover with "BIRMINGHAM" spoon cancellation), R4 (3), R5 (3) & R6 (4). Mostly fine for these. Spec. C2. £80
143 1855 (August) SC14 DieII Alphabet III on blued 1d red-brown, plate 23 FB mounted mint, centred a little to left and minor foxing. Also LC14 1d on whit plate 43 FB. Fine £100
144 1855 (Aug.) SC14 Die II, Alphabet III on blued paper, plate 22 TC well centred and lightly cancelled, creased and soiled. Plate 24 LC well centred but with smudgy cancellation. Cat. £1,075. Spec. C7. PHOTO - £100
145 1855 (January) SC14 Die II, Alphabet III on blued, plate 25 OF, a fine used well centred examples of this scarce adhesive. Spec. C7. Cat. £350. PHOTO - £100
146 1855 (January) SC14 Die II, Alphabet III on blued, plate 23 QH centred to foot and plate 26 FJ with rough perfs. on two sides. Fair used examples. SG. Cat. £875. Spec. C7. £80
147 1857 (January) LC14 Die II, Alphabet III transitional shades on cream paper, 1d orange red plate 33 a used iregular block of five JJ-KK+JI. Fine and scarce. Spec. C9. £80
148 1857-63 LC14 Die II, Alphabet III on white, plate 64 AB (creased), BD, EL, FB, HF, HG, NH, OF, NK, OK, SC, SF, SL, TC re-entry, TJ & TL and plate 65 PE. Mostly fine used. £340
149 1857 LC14 1d Die II, Alphabet III LC 1d red, QK-TL mounted mint block of eight (2x4) centred to right and somewhat oxidised (three stamps creased). £60
150 1857-63 LC14 Die II, Alphabet III 1d rose-red on white, plate 53 AJ unmounted mint with full gum, some trimmed perfs at top. Removed from the G.C. Tonna block of 49 which represents the known mnit examples from this scarce plate. PHOTO - £140
151 1861 Die II, Alphabet IV on white, plate 51 KB the very rare State I (three examples recorded), neatly cancelled , centred to upper left but with the important NE square clearly visible, matched with State II on piece dated 27 Jan. 1862, centred as State I, these are again matched with four examples in State 3. An exceptional used group. Spec. C12h, ha & hb. (6). £400
1854-61 2D BLUES
152 1852 SC16 2d plate 4 CF-CG, a pair with Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. Fine. £50
153 1854 (March) SC16 2d plate 4, a used selection inc. three pairs FE-FG, GD-GE & OE-OF. Generaly fine. Spec. F1. (21). £180
154 1854 SC16 2d blue plate 4 QC mounted mint with part gum, centred to lower right. Also used example with an additional row of horizontal perforations, small thin. SG. 20. cat. £1,800. PHOTO - see plate no. £200
155 1855 (July-August) used selection from plate 5 with SC14 (3, inc. DB re-entry), SC16 NJ, LC16 HL and LC14 (17, inc. a damaged example of the DB re-entry). Fair to fine. (22). £200
156 1855 (Aug) SC16 2d blue plate 5EC. Fine used. SG20a. Cat £200. £60
157 1855 (February) SC14 plate 4, a small used selection with CA (matched with a foxed SC16), DB, GH, JA, LD, MC & SK, some foxing but mostly good examples Spec. F2 (8). £200
158 1857 (July) LC14 2d blue plate 6, a complete used reconstruction in above average condition for such a lot. SG 35. Cat. £12,000. (240). £1000
159 1857 (July) LC14 plate 6, twelve examples inc. a pair MH-MI and LC16 AI & KI. Fair to fine used. F7 & F8 (14). £160
160 1857 (July) LC14 plate 6, a strip of three AD-AF with AF State 2 cancelled with "M" in bars of Malta. Also a single AF State 2, fine used. Spec. F7 & 7g. £60
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321-400
401-480
481-560
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