881 Plate 9 HA imperforate at left tied to small piece by a fine "HULL" duplex of 6 May 1872. PHOTO. £120
882 Plates 10 BE & II plus plate 13 AA centred to right, all handstamped "SPECIMEN" (type 9). Usual gum creasing but fresh colour. PHOTO PHOTO 2. £100
883 Plate 11 AT-BU a marginal mint block of four from the top of the sheet with inverted & reversed watermark variety. Fine mounted on selvedge only. Also plate 13 DP-FQ a mounted mint block of six (2 x 3) each stamp perforated "MBW" (Metropolitan Board of Works). Fine. PHOTO PHOTO 2. £300
884 Plate 11 HA-JC a mounted mint marginal block of nine (3 x 3) from the left of the sheet with "GHT HAND SIDE. of the Address" part inscription. JA with a few trimmed perfs at foot, others fine. PHOTO. £160
885 Plate 12 AS-HX a mounted mint upper right corner block of forty eight (6 x 8) with plate number and part inscription, all stamps at right imperforate at right between stamp and margin. some divided and re-enforced perforations, plus adherence on four. Usual gum creasing but fresh colour. A spectacular multiple. PHOTO. £800
886 Plate 20 AG-BL a mint marginal block of twelve (6 x 2) from the top of the sheet with "1⁄2d Per Label 1/- Per Row of 24. £1 .-. Per Sheet" and "Place the Label ABOVE and at the R" part inscription, BH pin hole & some divided perforations between BI-BJ Very fresh colour. PHOTO. £200
887 Plate 15 FH-MK a mounted mint block of twelve (4 x 3). Some perforations a little divided but a good multiple. PHOTO. £400
888 Plate 15 EA-FC a fine mounted mint block of six (3 x 2). PHOTO. £180
889 Plate 20 SW-TX a lower right plate number mounted mint corner block of four, imperforate at right, almost full crackly gum. Marginal thin. Fresh colour. PHOTO. £240
1870 1½D PLATES
890 A used collection with plates 1 (14) and 3 (34) with various company perfins. Also 1d plates (45) with similar perfins. Very mixed condition.(93). £100
891 Plate 1 HJ & JA, plate 3 EF & EI overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 9) and MC overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 8). BG, CJ, OH & FL (on piece with damaged 1⁄2d), good used. A block of six AA-BC with "E53" cancellations of Port Au Prince. JD with "C30" of Valparaiso. DE with "C35" of Panama and ND with part "ST. THOMAS" c.d.s. Some faults, but a good lot. (19). PHOTO. £240
892 Plate 1 LC & 4d vermilion plate 13 AD used on E registered from Bristol to Bridport. Plate 1 OJ used with 4d vermilion plate 14 BH on env registered from Malmesbury to Tetbury. 1878 (14 May) "G" size registered 2d envelope used from Liverpool to Lincoln franked with plate 3 RK tied by a lightly struck blue numeral. 1878 (15 October) 2d "F" size registered env (soiled) bearing plate 3 SC used from Bristol to Cardiff. (4 items). £120
893 Plate 1 BI-CJ a creased block of four used on EL from Liverpool to Paris dated 23 Sept. 1873. IE used on env from Blackburn to Clitheroe. SE on env from Lewes to Bournemouth. Also plate 3 PC (faded) used on env from Dundee to Nottingham. (4 covers). £100
894 Plate 1 BD used on EL from London to Clitheroe dated 4th July 1873. PF on local London env dated 13 January 1874. Both paying the inland 2oz letter rate. Also SI used with 1d plate 160 (late fee) on env from London to Edinburgh dated 6 February 1873. Some faults. £100
SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES
895 1855-83 The mint/unused selection with 1856 6d, 1862-64 4d DC, 1865-67 4d plate 10 TL & 6d plate 5 SK. 1865-67 3d plates 6 HD (reperforated at right), 8 ME & 10 RJ, 10d DD (reperforated at right), 1/- plate 4 RG. 1873-80 6d grey plate 6 NK, 1/-orange-brown plate 13 LG (unused and reperforated) & 1880-83 1/- plate 13 SI (reperforated). Generally of good appearance but some faults. SG Cat £13,500. (12). £400
896 1862-64 3d carmine-rose plate 2 State 2 EH, a fine lightly mounted marginal example. SG 76. Cat £1,700. PHOTO. £300
897 1867-80 9d straw PG mounted mint, centred to upper left. Fresh colour. SG 110. Cat £1,850. PHOTO. £240
898 1867-80 2/- dull blue DH fresh mounted mint, reperforated at right. SG 118. Cat £2,400. PHOTO. £400
899 1867 Maltese Cross watermark 5/- rose plate 1 CE with very fine central "MANCHESTER/ROYAL EXCHANGE" c.d.s., centred to upper left. PHOTO. £200
900 1867 Maltese Cross watermark 10/- greenish-grey EG and 1882-83 Anchor watermark white paper 5/- rose, plate 4 CH & 10/- greenish-grey ED. Collectable used space fillers with faults. SG 128, 134 & 135. Cat £9,400 (3). PHOTO. £400
901 1867 Maltese Cross watermark 10/- greenish-grey AO with smudged. cancellation and repaired upper left corner. SG 128. Cat £2,700. PHOTO. £200
902 1882 White paper Anchor watermark 5/- rose plate 4 CH with a part "CORNHILL B.O./E.C." c.d.s. Sound but soiled. SG 134. Cat £3,000. PHOTO. £240
903 1882-83 White paper £5 orange FB with central (part strike) numeral cancellation, thinned, soiled and other defects. SG 137. Cat. £4,500. PHOTO. £400
904 1880-1900 The mint/unused remainder inc 1883-84 11⁄2d (2), 2d, 21⁄2d (5), 3d 96, inc a pair), 4d, 6d & 1/-. 1887 values to 1/- and 1883-84 white paper 5/- MD. Very mixed condition. (100+). PHOTO. £240
905 1883-84 2/6d (2), 5/- (4) & 10/- (2). Also 1902-10 2/6d (3), 5/- (2) & 10/-. Generally good used. (14). £300
906 1884 Crown watermark £1 brown-lilac CA with central "YORK ST/MANCHESTER" c.d.s. Ironed horizontal crease and some re-perforating at foot. Excellent colour. SG 185. Cat £2,200. PHOTO. £300
907 1891 £1 green DA with superb central "BRISTOL" c.d.s. Two corner faults. SG 212. cat £650 PHOTO. £180
908 1891 £1 green IC with "BELFAST" c.d.s. & red Crayon (reduced) cancellation. SG 212. Cat £650. PHOTO. £100
1887-1892 JUBILEE ISSUES
909 4½d green & carmine, a complete sheet comprising four panes of twenty. Unmounted mint but some divided perforations and natural creasing. Very fresh. £100
910 THREE COVERS REGISTERED TO EUROPE WITH 1⁄2d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 9d & 10d VALUES; 1896/98/1901 commercial trio (minor wear) from London all registered to Italy (s.t.o. Postal Stationery 4d+3d+21⁄2d env. with 1d+9d+10d), Austria (1⁄2dx2 +1d+2d+3d) and Germany (single 41⁄2d for UPU rate + reg. fee); cancelled by London datestamps (the Vienna cover oddly with two stamps cancelled by "ALDGATE" c.d.s.'s, but the other 3 stamps cancelled in transit by "REGISTERED/E.D.O." oval d.s.'s. Rare thus. (3 covers). PHOTO. £100
KEVII ISSUES
911 1902-13 The mint/unused selection inc 1902-10 De La rue 1½d (2), 2d (4), 2½d (6), 3d (2), 4d green & brown (3), 7d, 9d & 2/6d (rounded corner), 1911 Harrison perf 15 x 14 ?d to 4d, 1911-13 Somerset House 1½d, 2d, 5d, 6d, 7d, 9d, 10d & 1/-. Mixed condition. (80+). £120
912 1902-10 De La Rue £1 dull blue green, a well centred very lightly mounted mint example. SG 266. Cat £1,750. PHOTO. £500
913 1911-13 Somerset House 2/6d dark blue. Fine unmounted mint. SG 317. Cat £525. PHOTO. £120
914 1911-13 Somerset House 10/- blue. Fine unmounted mint. SG 319. Cat £1,700. PHOTO. £300
915 TELEGRAM FORMS WITH STAMPS ATTACHED; Rare 1905/6 pair of P.O. Telegram forms with original messages and the KEVII frankings still in place; 11⁄2d(2) + 3d tied by faint oval "UTTOXETER" Railway Station cancels, plus 1/-(2) + 21⁄2d + 3d tied by v. fine "MALVERN" c.d.s.'s. One ref. coming home late, the other to the P.O. trying to stop a registered letter to Spain with £40 inside. Rare pair. (2 forms). PHOTO. £120
KGV ISSUES
916 The mainly mint untidy selection inc 1912-22 ½d shades inc some control singles, similar range of 1d shades, 2d, 2½d, 3d (2), 4d, 5d, 8d & 9d agate blocks of four, 1924-26 10d & 1/- "L29" control blocks of six and a good range of 1934-36 Photogravure issues. (Few 100's). £300
917 1911-12 The mint collection of Downey Head issues with most Dies and watermarks represented inc some control multiples (150+). £120
918 1913 Waterlow 2/6d sepia-brown and 10/- indigo. Mounted mint. Some pulled perforations. PHOTO. £240
919 1915 De La Rue 2/6d yellow brown and 1918 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d pale brown and 5/- rose-red x 3. Fine mounted mint. (5). £240
920 SEAHORSES - RARE 'HOLLOW DIAMOND BLOCK' CANCELS ON 2s-6d PAIR OR 5/- VALUE ON PIECES; Remarkable c.1918 pair of pieces from Application forms for Exams for "WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ON BOARD BRITISH SHIPS" with single 5/- or 2s-6d Pair of Seahorses tied by distinctive solid Block cancels with diamond-shaped 'holes' in the centre. There is enough remaining printed wording on the pieces to deduce what their original use was; to pay a fee to take some kind of P.O. Telegraph exam?! We do not recall having seen these before. See also next lot. (2 pieces) PHOTO. £120
921 SEAHORSES - RARE 'HOLLOW DIAMOND BLOCK' CANCELS ON 2s-6d PAIR OR 5/- VALUE ON PIECES; Similar c.1918 pair of pieces from Exam forms, stamps not so fine, but cancels clearer if anything. (2 pieces). PHOTO. £100
922 1924-26 2½d blue block of four, 9d oliva and 1/- bistre-brown, mounted mint with inverted watermarks. Fine. £100
923 1924-26 3d violet, a mounted mint marginal block of nine (3 x 3) from the top of the sheet with inverted watermark variety. Fine mounted on selvedge only. £180
924 1929 PUC £1 black, 1918 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d & 10/- plus 1924 9d pair . All used on small Imperial airways piece. Fine. PHOTO. £500
925 1929 PUC £1 black and 1934 Re-engraved 5/- used on part commercial wrapper from London to Melbourne dated 23rd September 1936. The adhesives are fine but the wrapper is creased and tape stained. PHOTO. £340
926 1929 PUC £1 black mounted mint. SG.438, Cat. £750. PHOTO. £300
927 1929 PUC £1 black, a marginal example with oval "REGISTERED/GUERNSEY C.I." d.s. Some rust spotting on reverse. PHOTO. £240
928 1929 PUC £1 black fine used. The odd shortish perf. SG.438, Cat. £550. PHOTO. £240
KGVI ISSUES
929 MINT SELECTION on stockcards inc. Dark Colour set to 1/- in mint blocks of 4, 1939-48 set less the 5/- value, RSW £1 block of 4, Festival high value sets (2), Festival £1 corner block of 4, etc. (Approx. 100). £200
QEII ISSUES
930 TWO CARTONS with the extensive duplicated mint & used accumulation inc. many multiples housed in 11 stockbooks. Face £1,340. (Qty.) ## £1000
931 CARTON with the extensive collection of mint Decimal issues including a large number of multiples. Face £3,200. (Some 1,000s).## £2400
932 CARTON with the extensive accumulation/collection housed in nine stockbooks. Chiefly decimal issues with a Face of £565. (Qty.). ## £400
933 CARTON with the specialised two-volume Machin collection (Face £140) plus a third volume of c75 P.O. advertising black prints for commemorative issues (chiefly 1970s). A fine lot for the Machin enthusiast! (Qty.). ## £100
934 SHOEBOX with the predominantly mint decimal accumulation in packets, etc. Much Machin material noted. Face £371. (Small Qty.). ## £300
935 FIVE PRINTED HINGELESS ALBUMS containing a very extensive range of unmounted mint and used/c.t.o. decimal commemoratives, miniature sheets, Machins, 'regional'/'country' stamps, a few high values to £5 & 'Greetings' stamps and numerous booklet panes inc. 'Prestige' types. Condition is pristine throughout. Face value £397.52. (Many 100's). ## £320
936 STOCKBOOK with duplicated mint ranges 1966-86 plus 1951 high value set to £1 (unmounted); also various more recent loose sets, decimal booklets, prestige booklets and miniature sheets etc. Face value £463.00 # £360
937 'LIGHTHOUSE' HINGELESS ALBUM containing unmounted mint Machins, commemoratives, high values, 'regional'/'country' stamps, 'To Pay' labels with values to £5 and the odd miniature sheet. Face value £97.09. (Scores). ## £80
938 MISCELLANY of modern stamps, booklets, min. sheets, etc. including a good number of blocks of six. Face £1,200. (Qty.). ## £900
939 UNMOUNTED MINT DECIMAL MISCELLANY from singles up to complete sheets, chiefly commemoratives but with some Machins & 'country' stamps plus various 'odds and ends'. Face value £300.44. (Many 100's). ## £240
940 UNMOUNTED MINT DECIMAL MISCELLANY inc. commemoratives (mainly in sets), 'country' stamps, high values inc. £10, Machins, a good range of 'Greetings' booklets, a few miniature sheets and 'To Pay' labels with values to £5. Face value £215.07. (Several 100's). ## £170
941 PRE-DECIMAL MINT COLLECTION on printed leaves inc. a good range of phosphor commem. sets. (Small Qty.). £75
942 'SMILERS' SHEETS, 2000-2007: Collection of unmounted mint sheets from Stamp Show 2000 (3, personalised) through to 2007inc. 2001 'hallmarks' (2) etc. missing only the 2000-01 Xmas sheets and the 2005 White Ensign. Also the 2004 RHS set in sheets of 25. High catalogue value. Face value £360 approx. (49 sheets) # £400
943 2001 'SMILERS' XMAS SHEET: Fine unmounted mint example of the scarce 2001 1st Class sheet with 'Consignia' imprint [SG LS3a]. Face value £3.40.# £200
944 MINIATURE SHEETS in profusion and very heavily duplicated but in pristine condition. Face value £211.94. (442 miniature sheets). ## £170
945 LOCALS: Box with a fascinating collection of Local issues from a wide variety of British Offshore islands. Much Lundy Island in evidence (with a large number of multiples noted) but many other islands inc. Bardsey, Herm, Pabay & Staffa are also included. (Large Qty.). £150
FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS
946 TWO CARTONS with the collection of predominantly 1960s, 1970s & 1980s FDCs housed in 7 albums. Some more interesting postmarks noted. (Approx. 500). £150
947 THREE CARTONS with the extensive accumulation of FDCs (a good number of Benham Silks noted), PHQ cards, etc. (Sev. 100s). £150
948 TWO CARTONS with the extensive collection of FDCs housed in nine albums. Some Channel Islands noted. (Approx. 450). £100
949 LARGE CARTON with the extensive collection of FDCs in various binders. An interesting lot with a number of useful covers inc. 1935 SJ set on plain handwritten cover, 1940 Stamp Centenary set plus Red Cross 1d Black m/s on philatelic env. addressed in Robson Lowe's own hand, 1949 UPU illustrated cover, 1963 Red Cross phosphor set in pairs on illustrated cover, etc. Also a few Year Packs & a little Colonial Omnibus material. (Qty.). £150
950 LARGE CARTON with the extensive duplicated accumulation of FDCs from the 1970s & 1980s. (Approx. 500). £100
951 CARTON of FDCs bearing commemoratives (inc. interpanneau pairs), min. sheets, Machins (inc. 'Prestige' booklet panes) and 'country' stamps with a mixture of cancellations with typed or printed addresses, plain and one handwritten with up to six of each cover. Also groups of Benham 'gold' cards/covers plus 3 'Mercury' philatelic-numismatic covers all with relevant cancellations. (190 items). £80
952 THREE ALBUMS groaning with mainly superior covers inc. Benham 'gold' & Bradbury types with relevant stamps, a few min. sheets and special or T.P.O. cancellations (e.g. Tintagel & Winchester for 1985 Arthurian Legends, Westminster Abbey, Cheltenham and Worcester for the same year's British Composers & Ironbridge (3). A few signed covers noted. (275). £160
953 TWO BINDERS with an interesting miscellany of covers inc. many Benham 'Gold' cards & covers and a few of similar high quality from other producers all with relevant stamps & special cancellations plus a few T.P.O./Village c.d.s.'s with various emphases such as Cricket, Heraldry, R.A.F. and Railways. Eleven of the covers are registered whilst seven are signed (Lady Thatcher & Sir Patrick Moore noted). Most covers bear G.B. stamps. (184 covers/cards.). £140
954 TWO 'LUXURY' BENHAM BINDERS with an extensive range of Benham 'Gold' cards, just under half unused, the others with relevant decimal commems.& related cancellations, e.g. Althorp, Northants. for marriage of Diana, Princess of Wales, Crewe for 1982 Rolls-Royce stamp, Cheltenham for 1985 Gustav Holst & Worcester for 1985 Elgar. Pristine condition. (340 cards). £120
955 BINDER with a useful collection of FDCs inc. 1948 Olympics illustrated types (2, one cancelled "FALLS ROAD, BELFAST"), 1953 Coronation (2, one typed address), 1957 Scouts, 1961 POSB, 1961 Parliamentary, 1964 Shakespeare (all illustrated), etc. (Approx. 100). £100
956 BENHAM SILKS: Two albums housing an extensive collection of Benham Silk Covers in eleven special presentation albums. (Approx. 470). £200
957 BENHAM 'GOLD'/'SILK' COVERS - RAILWAYS & MILITARY: Five luxury binders containing groups of Railway & Military covers (1980-1987) mainly with special cancels plus a few T.P.O. c.d.s.'s etc., a good proportion also having railway letter stamps and two also autographed. A few non-GB items are included. (212 covers) £120
958 SUPERIOR COVERS in album, nearly all Benham 'gold' types with much of merit inc. Hereford Boy Bishop (2), booklet stamp & many panes (inc. ex 'Prestige' types), definitives inc. cylinder/plate blocks and high values, paper varieties etc. and nearly all with special/relevant cancellations inc. T.P.O.s. (54). £80
959 1970-98 Substantial, apparently complete collection of P.O. FDCs, most with typed addresses, from Feb.1979 to the end of 1998 inc. definitives, booklet panes, prestige booklets, miniature sheets etc. with values to £10. (Approx. 380 items) £120
PRESENTATION PACKS
960 CARTON with an accumulation of Presentation Packs with a Face value of just over £200. (Qty.). £150
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