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Auction No.41Thursday 5th November 2015, commencing at 10:00am

and

Friday 6th November 2015, commencing at 10:00am

Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne. Australia.

Lot 20: 1840 1d Black block of for on cover from Edinburgh to Kirriemuir

Session 1

Phoenix Auctions - 5th & 6th November 2015

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This is our sixth Auction for 2015 and it is another large one with over 1,800 lots so weare holding this Auction over two days, Thursday 5th November and Friday 6thNovember. Our ever popular Boxlot auction will be held at 3pm on Thursday afternoon.

The First session is being held on Thursday morning. It is a marvellous collection of GBQueen Victoria issues formed over a lifetime of dedicated collecting. As you will see thecollection encompassed the full range of stamps and postal history, as well asStationery, proofs, colour trials and specimens.

The balance of the auction is being held on Friday. The morning session is largelydevoted to the Rest-of-World issues and some ephemera items, including an amazingarray of seven different invitations to the Foundation ceremonies held between Januaryand May 1901. British Commonwealth collectors are spoilt for choice with a greatselection of Malayan States, Labuan and North Borneo. There are many items which willmake collectors of this area eager to participate. There is much more with betterCanada, including early ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints, quite a bit of Europe, China etc.

The Afternoon sessions are all Australian or Australian Territory lots, with our usualemphasis on varieties, with cracked cliches, perf varieties etc, etc. There are also anumber of scarcer CTO lots which always prove to be popular. Naturally there is thewide range of cover lots that you have come to expect.

Session 1 starts at 10:00am on Thursday 5th and contains the Great Britain QueenVictoria issues from our major vendor’s CollectionBox Lot Auction #1506 starts at 3:00pm on Thursday 5thSession 2 will start at 10:00am on Friday 6th and contains our normal Rest of World LotsSession 3 will start no earlier than 1:00pm and contains the Australian Colonies andKangaroo and KGV Sideface LotsSession 4 will start no earlier than 3:30pm and contains the balance of the AustralianLots including Postal Stationery, Postal History and finishes with the AustralianTerritories

There is something for almost everyone in this auction.


How to Get the Most from Our CatalogueThese notes are offered as a guide to understanding the information given as symbols.

1. Firstly, we have the lot number. Most lots have at least one illustration in the catalogue and on our website many will havemultiple illustrations.

2. The second column contains a symbol, which represents the item(s) in the lot:** Mint, unmounted o.g. * Mint, mounted o.g.V Used, Very fine. F Used, FineG Used, Good H Used, HeavyU Used,quality unspecifiedW Unused, no gum D Piece* Cover, card or S Stamp (“Postmarks” lots)PS Postal Stationery B Booklets or Booklet Panes

3. The 3rd column contains the general description of the lot and should be self-evident with one exception. When a cataloguevalue is extrapolated the value is followed by a ↕, e.g. $2000↕. Typical extrapolations are 40% of the catalogue value forhinged mint when the catalogue only provides values for MUH, 200% for MUH when the catalogue value is for mint hinged.

The following notes apply specifically to postmark description.

Whenever possible postmarks will be described in full, except that the top portion of a postmark is only spelt out when itdiffers from the post office name or requires some clarification. Bracketed shaded text within a description indicates thatthese characters cannot be read, while greyed characters are hard to read or are only partly present, as is the case whenpart of the postmark is on the edge of a stamp. Very large or small letters are represented by large and small fontsrespectively; small fonts are particularly used to indicate the presence of small nylon wheels in the datestamp. The followingexample illustrates these points:

'[POST] OFFICE/21DE86/GARAH'.

After the forscription of the postmark we will indicate the overall quality of the cancel with a bracketed 2 character code. Thefirst character is A-D where A is a fine clear postmark through to D which is barely legible. The second character is a numberfrom 1 to 4 where 1 is complete including all the frame through to 4 where only 25% or less of the cancel is visible. Forexceptional strikes we will further qualify the quality code with a ‘+’ and for items which are light etc the code will be qualifiedwith a ‘-’.

For postmark lots the condition of the postmark is the most important aspect of our descriptions. Minor defects in the stampor cover are mentioned only when the value of the item is significant. Naturally, major defects will always be described.

4. The symbols in the second column, and the illustrations of lots, form part of the lot description.

5. The last column is the estimate. The reserve is almost always 75% of the estimate and bids below the reserve will notusually be considered.

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7. We use the following standardised abbreviations:o.g. original gum opt(d) overprint(ed)d/s datestamp cds circular datestamph/s handstamp mss manuscript; handwrittenERD earliest recorded date LRD latest recorded dateo/o opened-out RLabel registration labelM/S(s) miniature sheet(s) PPC picture postcardimpt imprint mtd mountedprovl provisional wmk watermarkLDL large dateline (postmarks) SDL small dateline (postmarks)TLC,TRC,LLC,LRC Top Left Cnr, Top Right Cnr, Lower Left Cnr, Lower Right Cnr

Country and RegionalClassification

Aden: 363, 365-366Africa: 361, 381-383, 393, 448, 504-510, 522,

525, 528, 545, 556, 599, 630, 638-640,668, 815, 868, 895-896, 899-900,919-923, 946-948, 951-955, 957-978,980-984, 1011-1014, 1223, 1617,1668, 1673, 1701-1702, 1715, 1723,1760

Antarctica: 367-370, 511-514, 865-867,897-898, 1727

Antigua: 371Arab States: 365-366, 505-510, 525-526,

622, 630, 666-667, 815, 905, 1715Ascension: 372-376Asia: 378, 394-396, 449-495, 542, 618-620,

622-627, 629, 636-637, 641-664,671-807, 813-814, 816, 819, 869-894,901-902, 908, 915-918, 939, 949-956,987-993, 1005-1006, 1075, 1670,1690, 1729, 1744, 1752, 1757

Australasia: 356, 370, 396, 490, 493, 498,547, 552, 555, 594, 596-597, 617, 630,824-864, 907, 937-938, 1015-1778,1781-1812

Australia: 356, 363, 370, 372, 396-397, 412,415, 436, 440-442, 490, 493, 499,549-550, 554-555, 557, 572, 588, 594,596-598, 617, 620, 622, 626, 630, 638,690-691, 824-825, 841, 853, 858, 868,8 9 5 , 9 3 4 - 9 3 7 , 9 7 5 , 9 9 2 , 1 0 0 6 ,1 0 1 5 - 1 7 8 0 , 1 7 8 2 , 1 7 8 4 - 1 7 8 8 ,1790-1791, 1797, 1802

Australia - Overprinted For Use in OtherCountries: 1541, 1721, 1757,1779-1780, 1784-1791

Australia - Transit or Destination Mail:594, 1005

Australia Commonwealth: 1059, 1065,1292-1640, 1693, 1695, 1698, 1700,1720, 1735, 1784, 1786, 1788, 1790

Australian Antarctic Territory: 370, 1294,1678, 1727

Australian Capital Territory: 1680, 1682,1769

Australian Colonies - General: 356, 396,493, 594, 596-597, 617, 630, 937,1015-1291, 1296-1298, 1307, 1309,1315-1317, 1320, 1324-1325, 1329,1331-1335, 1337-1338, 1375, 1399,1402, 1425, 1431-1432, 1477-1478,1480, 1485, 1507, 1509, 1545, 1571,1612, 1615, 1657, 1662-1663, 1694,1698-1702, 1709, 1711, 1715-1716,1742, 1744, 1747, 1764, 1766-1767,1769-1772, 1774, 1776, 1782, 1797

Australian Territories: 1621, 1690, 1727,1760, 1778, 1781-1812

Austria: 509-510Autographed Covers: 1005, 1685, 1758Bahamas: 377Balkans: 603-606, 621, 924Baltic States: 536, 665, 812Bangladesh: 378Barbados: 379-380Basutoland: 381Bavaria: 527-528Bechuanaland Protectorate: 382-383Belgium: 360, 384, 1690Belgium - Transit or Destination Mail:

1746Bermuda: 385-387Botswana: 382-383Brazil: 388, 1690

British Commonwealth: 356, 362-366,370-383, 385-387, 389-449, 488, 490,493, 498-500, 504-514, 517-520, 528,547-602, 615-620, 622-626, 628-630,634-635, 638-640, 644-658, 668,671-811, 815-816, 822-896, 899-905,907, 909, 919-923, 932-978, 980-984,993-997, 1011-1778, 1780-1812

British Commonwealth OccupationForces (Bcof): 1541, 1718, 1721,1757, 1772, 1779-1780

British Guiana: 389British Honduras: 390-392British Occupation of Italian Colonies:

393British Post Offices in Thailand: 394British Somaliland: 957British West Indies: 371, 377, 379-380,

385-387, 615-616, 634-635, 932-933Brunei: 395, 1744, 1746Brunei - Transit or Destination Mail:

1746Burma: 363, 396Cameroon (German): 545Cameroun (French): 522Canada: 363, 398-448, 859, 863, 1672, 1686,

1690, 1721Canadian Provinces: 397Caroline Islands (German): 546Central Africa: 895-896, 899-900, 1668Ceylon: 449, 1075, 1693China: 450-495, 538, 542, 618-620, 637,

813-814, 915-918, 1005, 1757China - Japanese Occupation: 495China Provinces: 469Christmas Island: 412, 415, 519, 1621,

1690, 1740, 1742, 1778Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1760Collections & Accumulations: 356,

362-366, 370-383, 385-387, 389-449,462-466, 476, 488, 490, 493, 498-501,504-514, 517-520, 528, 531, 547-602,615-620, 622-626, 628-630, 634-635,638-640, 644-660, 668, 671-811,815-819, 822-896, 899-905, 907, 909,919-924, 931-978, 980-984, 993-999,1011-1778, 1780-1812

Colombia: 496-497Cook Islands: 498, 907Cyprus: 363, 499-500, 1715, 1721, 1733Cyprus - Transit or Destination Mail:

1721Danzig: 501Denmark: 502-503, 938Denmark Colonies: 515-516East Africa & Uganda: 504Egypt: 361, 363, 505-510, 630, 905, 980, 982,

1708, 1715Eritrea: 393Ethiopia: 393Falkland Islands: 511-514Falkland Islands Dependencies: 511-514Faroe Islands: 515-516Federated Malay States: 692-698Fiji: 363, 517-520France: 357, 521, 551, 862, 1252-1253, 1768French Community: 521-525, 554,

822-823French Polynesia: 521, 554French Polynesia - Oceanic Settlements:

521French Polynesia - Tahiti: 554, 860Gaza: 526German Colonies: 542-547German Post Offices Abroad: 542-544German Post Offices in China: 542German Post Offices in Turkey: 543-544German States: 527-530

Germany: 357-359, 501, 527-547, 601, 812,906, 931, 1075, 1244, 1595, 1658,1705, 1791

Germany - East: 538Germany - Transit or Destination Mail:

1721, 1738, 1746Germany - West: 539-541Ghana: 556Gibraltar: 548-551Gilbert & Ellice Islands: 552-555, 1465Gold Coast: 556Great Britain: 356, 363, 394, 493, 497, 505,

528, 557-602, 811, 863, 959, 1164,1168, 1223, 1234, 1248, 1250, 1252,1254, 1616, 1619, 1693-1694, 1718,1721-1723, 1731, 1738, 1745-1746,1752, 1756, 1768, 1779-1780, 1784,1804

Great Britain - Overprinted For Use inOther Countries: 393, 815

Great Britain - Post Offices Abroad: 394Great Britain - Transit or Destination

Mail: 448, 599, 960, 979, 1600, 1693,1721, 1723, 1727, 1738, 1744, 1746,1779

Greece: 603-606, 1712Greenland: 607-614Grenada: 615-616Guam: 617Gulf States: 629-630, 1756Hawaii: 1390, 1718Hong Kong: 351, 488, 618-620, 1757Hungary: 478, 621, 1282Independent Africa: 393, 504, 556,

946-948, 1013-1014India: 363, 396, 406, 622-626, 629, 816, 901,

1690, 1721, 1733, 1740India - Transit or Destination Mail: 1721Indian States: 626Indonesia: 627, 1690Ionian Islands: 628Iraq: 629-630, 1756, 1812Ireland - Transit or Destination Mail:

1721Israel: 905Italian Colonies: 393Italy: 393, 551, 599, 631-633, 1034, 1282,

1658, 1707, 1710, 1721Italy - Transit or Destination Mail: 551Jamaica: 634-635Japan: 354, 636-637, 643, 819-821, 956,

1 0 0 7 , 1 5 4 1 , 1 7 1 8 , 1 7 2 1 , 1 7 5 7 ,1779-1780

Japan - Occupied Territories: 395, 495,819-821, 892, 908

Japanese Post Offices in Korea: 636Japanese Post Offices in Manchuria:

637Johore: 704-738, 1670Kedah: 739-753Kenya & Uganda: 638Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika: 504, 599,

638-640, 1668Korea: 636, 641-643Korea (North): 641-643Labuan: 644-658, 684-689, 1774Laos: 659-664Latin America: 388, 496-497, 906, 1010,

1690Latvia: 665Lebanon: 666-667Lesotho: 668Liechtenstein: 669-670Lithuania: 812Macau: 915-918Malaya: 394-395, 644-658, 671-807, 819,

869-894, 939, 993, 1670, 1744Malayan Postal Union: 699-703Malaysia: 644-658, 684-689, 1670


Malta: 363, 808-810, 1710, 1718Manchukuo: 637Mauritius: 811Memel: 812Middle East: 365-366, 505-510, 526,

629-630, 905, 1715, 1756Mongolia: 495, 813-814Morocco Agencies: 815Muscat: 622Nabha: 626Nauru: 1778, 1789Negri Sembilan: 754Nepal: 816Netherlands: 817-818Netherlands - Transit or Destination Mail:

535, 1721, 1738Netherlands Colonies: 819-821, 1690,

1719, 1795Netherlands Indies: 819-821, 1719Netherlands Indies - Japanese

Occupation: 819-821Netherlands New Guinea: 1690, 1795New Brunswick: 398-399New Caledonia: 523-524New Guinea: 1252, 1299, 1690, 1784-1795New Hebrides: 822-823New Hebrides (French): 822-823New South Wales: 355-356, 493, 596-597,

6 1 7 , 9 3 7 , 1 0 1 5 - 1 0 7 2 , 1 1 2 9 ,1196-1197, 1234, 1249, 1257, 1292,1295-1296, 1306, 1317, 1399, 1425,1431, 1439, 1447, 1454-1455, 1482,1486, 1506-1507, 1509, 1540, 1555,1597-1598, 1609, 1611-1612, 1615,1641, 1643, 1645, 1670-1671, 1675,1685, 1691-1692, 1694, 1698, 1704,1710-1711, 1713, 1715, 1739, 1769,1773, 1776, 1782

New South Wales - Transit or DestinationMail: 1694, 1772-1773, 1775

New Zealand: 493, 552, 824-865, 937, 1075,1225, 1296, 1617, 1620, 1700, 1703,1707, 1721, 1737, 1752

New Zealand - Transit or DestinationMail: 1698, 1700, 1721

New Zealand Territories: 498, 865-867,907

Newfoundland: 400-409Nigeria: 868Norfolk Island: 1778, 1781-1783North Borneo: 869-894Northern Rhodesia: 895-896, 1668Northern Territory: 1073-1075, 1754Norway: 897-898, 1712Nova Scotia: 410-411Nyasaland: 899-900Obligatory Tax: 1744Pacific Islands: 498, 517-521, 523-524,

546-547, 552-555, 617, 822-823, 907,909, 937-938, 994-997, 1007, 1009,1694, 1778, 1784-1791, 1805

Pahang: 755-763Pakistan: 901-904Palestine: 905Papua: 1796-1805Papua New Guinea: 1737, 1778,

1806-1812Paraguay: 906Penang: 993Penrhyn: 907Perak: 692, 764-792, 952-954Philatelic Numismatic Covers:

1638-1639Philippines: 908, 1006Pitcairn Islands: 909Poland: 501, 910-912, 1617Portugal: 913-914Portuguese Colonies: 915-918Prince Edward Island: 412

Proofs & Essays: 406, 416-417, 419-420,422, 424-425, 829, 1076-1077

Queensland: 1015, 1076-1148, 1320, 1332,1341, 1375, 1384, 1478, 1480, 1485,1604, 1657, 1730, 1734, 1740-1741,1767, 1771, 1797

Queensland - Transit or Destination Mail:1709, 1772

Rhodesia: 895-896, 919-923, 974-978,1668

Romania: 621, 924Ross Dependency: 866-867, 1248Russia - All Periods: 358, 365-366,

478-479, 495, 533, 536, 637, 665,812-814, 925-930, 1006, 1725

Russia - Imperial: 365-366, 665, 927-928Russia - Soviet Union (1923-1991):

929-930Saar: 931Sabah: 869-894Samoa: 547, 824, 937-938Samoa (German): 547Sarawak: 939Scandinavia: 502-503, 515-516, 607-614,

897-898, 938, 985-986, 1699Scotland: 356, 1248, 1254Scotland - Transit or Destination Mail:

1037Selangor: 793-798Seychelles: 940-945Sierra Leone: 364, 946-948Singapore: 949-956Solomon Islands: 1805Somaliland (British): 521, 957South Africa: 528, 599, 640, 951-955,

958-973, 1223, 1701-1702, 1760South Africa - Transit or Destination

Mail: 448, 1673, 1723South African Colonies: 923, 959, 962South Arabian Federation: 365-366South Australia: 594, 863, 1015,

1073-1075, 1141, 1144, 1148-1177,1292, 1543, 1559, 1683, 1701-1703,1729, 1742, 1749, 1764, 1795

South Australia - Transit or DestinationMail: 1249, 1772, 1774

South West Africa: 964-973Southern Africa: 381-383, 528, 599, 640,

668, 895-896, 919-923, 951-955,958-978, 1013-1014, 1223, 1668,1701-1702, 1760

Southern Rhodesia: 974-978Spain: 979Specimens & Reprints: 496, 1017-1028,

1048, 1095, 1149Sri Lanka: 449, 1075St. Christopher: 932-933St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla: 932-933St. Helena: 934-936St. Kitts-Nevis: 932-933Stamps on Cover: 1516, 1604-1605Straits Settlements: 394, 671-691,

704-705, 707-711, 755-758, 764-771,1360

Sudan: 361, 364, 980-984, 1668, 1738Sungei Ujong: 754Sweden: 610-611, 613, 985-986, 1699,

1712, 1717Switzerland: 1252-1253, 1697, 1765Switzerland - Transit or Destination Mail:

1746Tanganyika: 1668Tasmania: 630, 1015, 1178-1199, 1225,

1254, 1297, 1432, 1694, 1709, 1716,1766, 1770, 1772, 1774

Thailand: 394, 987-993, 1752Timor: 1729, 1773Tonga: 994-997Transvaal: 958

Trengganu: 799-807Tunisia: 525Turkey: 543-544Uganda: 504, 638-640Ukraine: 358, 533, 1725United States of America: 368, 370, 377,

430, 494, 524, 537, 554, 594, 600, 617,625, 637, 861, 863, 905, 907, 998-1009,1251, 1297-1298, 1390, 1440, 1576,1605, 1617, 1620, 1689, 1693, 1703,1706-1708, 1721, 1723, 1726, 1765,1767, 1769, 1772, 1783, 1794-1795

United States of America - Transit orDestination Mail: 635, 1721, 1723,1738, 1767

United States Territories: 617, 1009Uruguay: 1690Usa - Overprinted For Use in Other

Countries: 617Vanuatu: 822-823Venezuela: 1010Victoria: 396, 1015, 1072, 1075, 1183,

1200-1268, 1295, 1306-1307, 1309,1324-1325, 1329, 1331, 1333-1335,1337-1338, 1402, 1439-1440, 1540,1545, 1567, 1571, 1657-1658, 1665,1 6 7 1 , 1 6 8 4 , 1 6 9 1 , 1 6 9 7 , 1 6 9 9 ,1701-1702, 1716

Victoria - Transit or Destination Mail:588, 1722, 1768, 1774

Vietnam: 1729, 1772War Savings Stamps And Certificates:

1652-1656Western Australia: 353, 1015, 1269-1292,

1298, 1306, 1315-1316, 1369, 1477,1546, 1657, 1662-1663, 1700, 1731,1744, 1747, 1776

Western Australia - Transit orDestination Mail: 1694

Western Europe: 357-359, 501, 509-510,527-551, 601, 669-670, 812, 862, 906,913 -914 , 931 , 979 , 1075 , 1244 ,1252-1253, 1595, 1658, 1697, 1705,1765, 1791

Wurttemberg: 529-530Zanzibar: 1011-1012Zimbabwe: 1013-1014

Thematic And TopicalClassification

: 363, 424-425, 427, 429, 493-494, 532, 558,5 7 3 , 8 3 8 , 8 4 3 , 9 9 8 , 111 8 , 11 7 3 ,1247-1256, 1258, 1296-1298, 1394,1 5 3 9 , 1 5 6 6 - 1 5 6 7 , 1 5 8 0 , 1 5 8 4 ,1618-1620, 1634, 1666, 1688, 1693,1 6 9 7 , 1 7 1 8 - 1 7 1 9 , 1 7 2 3 - 1 7 2 4 ,1753-1755, 1791, 1812

Accountancy Markings: 1253Advertising: 534, 599, 824, 1002-1003,

1039, 1041, 1691, 1693, 1698, 1727,1746-1747, 1760, 1763

Advertising Covers: 599Aeroplanes: 439, 506, 526, 598, 1638,

1653-1656, 1682, 1727Agriculture: 381, 439, 447, 641, 668,

1089-1091Air Force: 1005Airmail Stamps: 521, 532, 606, 864,

9 9 8 - 9 9 9 , 1 5 4 9 , 1 5 5 9 , 1 5 6 1 ,1701-1702, 1710


Airmails: 354, 367, 388, 439, 447-448, 494,519-521, 523-524, 537, 555, 594,598-599, 606, 630, 824, 862-864, 906,923, 950-954, 960, 963, 980, 991-993,997-998, 1003-1004, 1075, 1197,1460, 1548-1549, 1559-1560, 1576,1 6 0 0 , 1 6 0 5 , 1 6 1 6 - 1 6 2 0 , 1 6 2 2 ,1628-1629, 1632, 1659-1660, 1668,1670, 1682, 1687-1690, 1693-1694,1 6 9 9 , 1 7 0 1 - 1 7 0 8 , 1 7 1 0 , 1 7 1 2 ,1714-1715, 1717-1723, 1725, 1727,1731, 1737-1739, 1742, 1745, 1748,1752-1761, 1778, 1783, 1792, 1810

Alcohol: 534, 1035Architecture: 385, 435, 438, 505-506, 508,

526, 542, 605, 627, 633, 819-821, 983,1552, 1636, 1691, 1727

Art & Craft: 465, 483, 489, 909, 1712, 1739Autographs: 1005, 1752, 1757-1758Bird: 825, 845, 1297, 1611-1612, 1793, 1806Birds: 370, 447, 523-524, 607-608, 634, 819,

827, 845, 864, 880, 986, 1163, 1289,1 4 1 6 - 1 4 1 8 , 1 5 4 4 - 1 5 4 6 , 1 5 6 5 ,1573-1574, 1600, 1604, 1609, 1612,1615, 1628, 1664, 1731-1732, 1734,1 7 3 6 , 1 7 3 9 - 1 7 4 0 , 1 7 9 3 , 1 8 0 6 ,1808-1809

Bisects: 390-391, 515-516, 915-918Booklets: 436, 440-442, 661, 1640-1642,

1738, 1742Bridges: 465, 484, 633, 1091, 1094, 1248,

1551-1554, 1755Butterflies & Moths: 852, 1809Cancelled to Order (From Specimen

Sets): 473, 650-651, 657, 869-870,875-877, 879, 881-883, 1015, 1021,1 0 2 5 - 1 0 2 8 , 1 0 3 6 , 1 0 8 8 , 1 2 2 2 ,1 2 8 9 - 1 2 9 0 , 1 2 9 9 , 1 3 0 7 , 1 3 2 0 ,1324-1326, 1329-1335, 1337-1338,1377-1378, 1381, 1400, 1402, 1474,1478-1480, 1483, 1485, 1524, 1526,1531, 1534, 1540, 1547, 1550-1551,1570

Censored Mail: 523-524, 594, 859-860,937-938, 952-955, 993, 1005-1007,1 4 8 8 , 1 6 8 6 , 1 6 9 3 - 1 6 9 4 , 1 7 1 2 ,1717-1718, 1721-1724, 1763, 1765,1767, 1772, 1774-1775, 1777, 1791,1794-1795, 1805

Certified Mail: 1744Charity: 539, 1223Christmas: 554, 574, 1616, 1622, 1678, 1680Cinderellas: 450-461, 502-503, 527-528,

536, 553-554, 621, 625, 911, 925-926,9 9 3 , 1 0 3 3 , 1 0 8 7 , 1 0 9 1 , 11 4 3 ,1238-1241, 1653-1657, 1687, 1723

Coastal Features - Bays: 1140, 1148, 1173,1191, 1257, 1291, 1694, 1716, 1732,1775, 1794-1795, 1802

Coastal Features - Points &Promontories: 962, 1139, 1272,1756

Coastal Features - Seas & Oceans: 399,412, 438, 447, 599, 838, 843, 1002,1552, 1631, 1662

Coil Stamps: 573, 1567Coins & Banknotes: 350-353, 1638-1639Collections and Miscellaneous

Groupings: 356, 362-366, 370-383,385-387, 389-449, 462-466, 476, 488,490, 493, 498-501, 504-514, 517-520,528, 531, 534-535, 538, 540, 542-602,615-620, 622-626, 628-630, 634-635,638-640, 644-660, 668-669, 671-812,815-819, 822-896, 899-905, 907, 909,919-924, 931-978, 980-984, 993-999,1011-1778, 1780-1812

Combination Covers: 1296-1298, 1735Commemorative Covers: 370, 600, 621,

9 9 1 - 9 9 2 , 1 5 9 5 , 1 6 7 1 - 1 6 8 3 ,1687-1689, 1716

Communication: 633

Consular Mail: 494Covers By Manufacturer: 1671-1683Creeks & Streams: 1053, 1056, 1068, 1100,

1123, 1134, 1268Cricket: 1639Customs: 397, 1690, 1726Dancing & Dancers: 820Dead Letter Office: 1316, 1477, 1700, 1744Death: 466, 596, 983Disaster: 1756Diving: 480, 1745, 1748Documents & Ephemera: 354-360, 956,

1797Dogs: 1346, 1691Early Imperforate Stamps: 560, 603, 998,

1 0 2 9 - 1 0 3 0 , 1 0 7 8 , 11 5 0 - 11 5 1 ,1179-1180, 1183, 1269, 1271-1275

Education: 1661, 1665, 1674Essays: 1797Exhibition Collectables: 1638-1640Exhibitions: 439, 486, 746, 837-838, 840,

890, 1072, 1544-1545, 1746, 1806Explorers & Pioneers: 367-370, 377, 498,

511-514, 865-867, 897-898, 907,1610-1611, 1615, 1625, 1680, 1708,1727

Express Mail: 414, 493, 503, 505-506, 993,1562

Fauna - Animals: 354, 409, 416, 421, 429,490, 607-608, 612, 614, 692-693,695-697, 759-760, 772, 775-776,820-821, 827, 894, 897-898, 930,9 8 0 - 9 8 1 , 1 1 6 2 - 1 1 6 3 , 1 1 9 4 ,1 2 9 6 - 1 4 1 3 , 1 5 6 0 , 1 5 6 2 , 1 5 9 3 ,1599-1600, 1618-1620, 1635, 1676,1679, 1691, 1728, 1786, 1788, 1806

Fdi: 380, 600, 997, 1533, 1672, 1675, 1684,1812

Fields & Paddocks: 1050, 1090, 1099,1670, 1762-1763, 1772

First Day Covers: 370, 380, 448, 541, 588,594, 610-611, 824, 995, 997, 1533,1638-1639, 1671-1686, 1746, 1753,1809

First Flight Covers: 354, 388, 520, 537, 598,824, 864, 906, 991-993, 1004, 1075,1701, 1752-1761

Fish: 412, 447, 605, 1610, 1612, 1631, 1739,1808

fl: 388, 520, 537, 600, 862-863, 906, 993,1004, 1075, 1638, 1704, 1752-1761

Flags: 481, 642, 819, 934, 1090, 1123, 1163,1691

Flight Covers - Commercial: 494, 824,862-863, 991-992, 1720

Flight Covers - Commercial Inwards:862-863

Flowers: 385, 465, 487-488, 844,1597-1598, 1617, 1624, 1634, 1682,1727, 1729-1732, 1734-1735, 1743,1806

Forgeries: 412, 958, 980, 994, 1010, 1192,1269

Forwarding Agents: 1251Free Mail: 522, 923, 1246, 1254, 1694, 1729Fruit: 553, 1090, 1637Geology: 1623Georgian Head Issues: 1059, 1065,

1419-1538, 1693, 1695, 1698, 1700,1720, 1784, 1790

Golf: 990Gorges & Canyons: 1175, 1261Government & Politicians: 355, 471, 474,

477-479, 594, 813-814, 1477, 1642Heraldry: 670, 846, 1223Horses: 465, 482, 816, 1042, 1223Hotels: 621, 1264Illustrated Covers: 554, 614, 1041,

1089-1091, 1683, 1760

Imprints & Plate Numbers: 368-369, 381,504, 514, 556, 779, 900, 1157, 1392,1395-1396, 1402, 1415, 1491, 1497,1522, 1526-1527, 1541-1543, 1548,1552, 1557, 1564, 1574, 1578-1579,1585-1586, 1588, 1590-1591, 1596,1 6 0 7 , 1 6 1 3 , 1 6 4 7 , 1 6 4 9 - 1 6 5 0 ,1653-1654, 1683, 1721, 1799-1801

Independent Africa: 382-383Indigenous People: 361, 816, 823, 938,

1728, 1812Indigenous Peoples: 847, 1589-1590Insects: 664, 1691Islands: 371-377, 379-380, 385-387,

400-409, 412, 449, 498-500, 511-521,523-524, 546-547, 552-555, 615-617,634-635, 808-811, 822-823, 864,907-909, 932-936, 940-945, 994-997,1006, 1009, 1011-1012, 1045, 1075,1291, 1308-1309, 1390, 1621, 1704,1710, 1715, 1757-1758, 1760, 1778,1781-1783, 1805

Junctions & Crossings: 1070Jusqu’a Air Mail: 1712, 1717Kangaroo & Map Issues: 1296-1413,

1786, 1788Keyplate Issues: 809, 899Late Fee: 861, 1166, 1171, 1202, 1250, 1312,

1 3 1 5 , 1 6 9 7 , 1 7 0 7 , 1 7 0 9 , 1 7 1 2 ,1719-1720, 1749

Law & Order: 397, 638, 1255, 1735Lifesaving: 635Local Stamps: 450-461, 502-503, 527-528,

536, 553-554, 621, 911, 925-926Machine Cancellations Incl Meters:

1692, 1775Maps: 408, 438, 463, 511-514, 605, 819-820,

1297, 1299-1413, 1715Marine Life: 354, 377, 405, 412, 897, 1169,

1173Maximum Cards: 370, 1744Medals: 1223Medical & Health: 664, 826, 1611Military & Censor Mail: 357-359, 393,

523-524, 528, 600-601, 625, 860, 907,9 1 3 , 9 3 7 - 9 3 8 , 9 5 1 - 9 5 6 , 9 9 3 ,1005-1007, 1129, 1223, 1488, 1541,1567, 1640, 1653-1656, 1658-1659,1 6 6 2 , 1 6 7 0 , 1 7 0 4 , 1 7 1 2 , 1 7 1 8 ,1721-1723, 1729, 1757, 1762-1777,1779-1780, 1794-1795, 1805

Military - Boer War Period: 528, 1169,1223

Military - World War I Period: 937-938,1006, 1662, 1762-1771

Military - World War II Period: 357-359,393, 523-524, 625, 860, 907, 951-956,993, 1007, 1129, 1488, 1541, 1567,1653-1656, 1658, 1670, 1704, 1712,1718, 1721-1723, 1757, 1762-1763,1772-1776, 1779-1780, 1794-1795,1805

Military Postmarks: 1779Miniature Sheets: 482-488, 532, 660, 845,

910, 913, 1544-1545, 1708, 1806Mining: 864, 1034, 1070, 1091, 1113,

1119-1120Missent Mail: 1248, 1703Motorcycles: 526Mountaineering: 373, 452, 821Mountains: 438, 485, 491-492, 1071, 1112,

1123-1125, 1135-1136, 1145, 1148,1172-1174, 1266

Music & Singing: 1678Myths & Legends: 1192Navy: 1007, 1694, 1794-1795Number Ones: 398, 410, 458, 460, 504, 535,

545-547, 660, 739, 755, 820, 901, 927,949, 1078, 1178-1179, 1269-1270,1638-1640


Numeral & Letter Postmarks: 602, 1036,1043-1070, 1095-1106, 1134, 1143,1165, 1170, 1183-1184, 1252-1253,1258-1266, 1309, 1399, 1803

Occupations: 1139Official Mail: 414, 446-447, 452, 505-506,

575-585, 622, 626, 631, 785-792, 824,853-855, 931, 980-981, 995-996,1019-1021, 1023-1028, 1032, 1034,1040, 1075, 1161, 1169, 1246, 1255,1299, 1301, 1310, 1312, 1315-1317,1 3 3 9 - 1 3 4 0 , 1 3 4 3 , 1 3 4 5 , 1 3 5 7 ,1 3 7 6 - 1 3 7 8 , 1 3 8 7 , 1 4 2 0 , 1 4 2 5 ,1427-1428, 1433, 1441, 1470, 1477,1 4 8 2 , 1 4 8 6 - 1 4 8 8 , 1 4 9 4 , 1 5 0 7 ,1514-1516, 1523, 1534, 1538, 1547,1549, 1555, 1648, 1661, 1665, 1692,1698, 1700, 1711, 1713, 1731, 1755,1768, 1793, 1796, 1800-1801

Official Stamps: 414, 446-447, 452,505-506, 575-585, 622, 626, 631,785-792, 824, 853-855, 931, 980-981,995-996, 1019-1021, 1023-1028,1032, 1034, 1040, 1075, 1161, 1169,1246, 1255, 1299, 1301, 1310, 1312,1315-1317, 1339-1340, 1343, 1345,1357, 1376-1378, 1387, 1420, 1425,1427-1428, 1433, 1441, 1470, 1477,1487-1488, 1494, 1507, 1514-1516,1523, 1534, 1538, 1547, 1549, 1555,1648, 1661, 1665, 1692, 1698, 1700,1711, 1713, 1731, 1755, 1768, 1793,1796, 1800-1801

Olympics: 531, 1166, 1294, 1595, 1617,1688, 1690, 1727

Omnibus Issues: 362, 615, 634, 639, 753,763, 784, 932, 944, 949-950

Overprinted Stamps: 363, 377, 382, 389,393-395, 412, 414, 416-417, 419-420,422, 425, 434, 437, 439, 446-448, 450,452, 467-468, 488, 505-506, 526, 537,542-547, 576-577, 579-585, 618, 622,626-627, 631, 658, 671-678, 680-681,683-689, 704-711, 713, 715-718,741-742, 746, 756-758, 767-771, 809,812, 815, 822, 824, 840, 853-855, 865,884-886, 891-892, 901, 922, 931, 937,946-947, 957, 964-973, 980-982, 996,1017-1025, 1027-1028, 1161, 1169,1187-1189, 1193-1194, 1385-1386,1534, 1547, 1549, 1577, 1603, 1614,1635, 1640, 1661, 1693, 1709, 1755,1784-1791, 1796, 1801, 1806, 1808

Parcel: 579-582, 905, 1301-1302, 1346,1553-1554, 1669, 1749

Parcel Post: 503, 525, 612, 905, 998-999,1033, 1087, 1091, 1143, 1238-1241,1657, 1669, 1684, 1708, 1749

Parks & Gardens: 848-851, 859, 1248perfin,: 1423Perfins: 414, 518, 565, 569, 700, 702,

735-736, 738, 980, 1002, 1034, 1074,11 6 7 , 1 2 9 9 , 1 3 0 1 , 1 3 1 0 , 1 3 1 2 ,1316-1317, 1339-1340, 1343, 1345,1357, 1376-1378, 1387, 1420, 1425,1427-1428, 1433, 1441, 1470, 1477,1 4 8 2 , 1 4 8 6 - 1 4 8 8 , 1 4 9 4 , 1 5 0 7 ,1514-1516, 1523, 1538, 1571, 1601,1692, 1698, 1700, 1711, 1713, 1731,1735, 1796, 1800

ph: 1000-1003Picture Postcards: 361, 369, 396, 448, 536,

594, 598, 601, 621, 629, 637, 823-824,897-898, 938, 1002, 1042-1043, 1071,1090, 1094, 1123, 1133, 1163, 1166,1168, 1198, 1257, 1264, 1266, 1268,1291, 1595, 1617, 1620, 1690-1691,1693, 1698-1699, 1703, 1731-1732,1738, 1742-1745, 1748, 1763, 1802,1812

Pigeon Post: 864, 986Plains & Flats: 380, 588, 1060, 1533, 1662,

1684, 1686, 1709

Polar: 367-370, 511-514, 610, 865-867,897-898, 1727

Postage Due Handstamps: 962Postage Dues: 450-454, 456, 461, 505-506,

525-526, 658, 699, 701, 703, 737-738,979, 999, 1012, 1225-1231, 1252,1256, 1632, 1643-1651, 1690, 1706,1731, 1736, 1806

Postal Fiscals: 533, 856-857, 1192-1193,1246, 1286-1287

Postal History: 357-360, 365-369, 380, 388,390-391, 393, 396, 448, 490, 493-494,509-510, 515-516, 519-520, 523-524,528-530, 534-537, 541, 551, 554-555,586-602, 610-614, 617, 621, 623-625,628-630, 635-637, 665, 811, 815,823-824, 859-863, 894, 897-898,905-907, 911-913, 915-918, 923,927-930, 937-938, 950-956, 960,962-963, 979, 991-993, 995, 997,1 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 9 , 1 0 3 5 , 1 0 3 7 - 1 0 4 3 ,1071-1073, 1075, 1088-1093, 1114,1117, 1123, 1129-1131, 1133, 1138,1140, 1145-1146, 1164-1168, 1177,1196-1198, 1223, 1225, 1241, 1245,1247-1257, 1264, 1266-1268, 1282,1289, 1291, 1296-1298, 1315-1316,1431, 1439-1440, 1460, 1477, 1488,1515-1516, 1533, 1541, 1559-1560,1562, 1567, 1576, 1595, 1597-1598,1600, 1604-1605, 1609, 1611-1612,1 6 1 5 - 1 6 1 6 , 1 6 1 8 - 1 6 2 0 , 1 6 2 2 ,1627-1629, 1632, 1638-1640, 1648,1 6 5 2 - 1 6 5 6 , 1 6 5 8 - 1 6 5 9 , 1 6 6 2 ,1668-1677, 1679-1682, 1684-1780,1782-1784, 1791, 1794-1795, 1797,1802-1805, 1809-1812

Postal Rates: 356, 597, 600-601, 630, 859,861-863, 905, 963, 1248, 1250-1251,1296-1298, 1488, 1559-1560, 1562,1576, 1595, 1597-1598, 1609-1610,1612, 1617-1619, 1627-1628, 1632,1690, 1695, 1697, 1699, 1701-1703,1 7 0 5 - 1 7 0 6 , 1 7 0 8 , 1 7 1 0 , 1 7 1 2 ,1714-1715, 1717-1719, 1729, 1731,1736-1737, 1739-1740, 1742-1743,1 7 4 5 , 1 7 4 8 - 1 7 5 0 , 1 7 5 3 - 1 7 5 4 ,1782-1783, 1810, 1812

Postal Stationery: 360, 502-503, 516, 527,533, 535, 555, 586-587, 816, 858, 930,990-992, 997, 1002, 1007, 1034-1036,1088-1093, 1146, 1148, 1163, 1195,1242-1246, 1289-1290, 1296, 1655,1658-1670, 1688-1689, 1698, 1723,1725, 1738, 1744, 1748, 1770, 1778

Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes: 555,997, 1660, 1668, 1688-1689, 1725,1778

Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes(Formular): 997

Postal Stationery - Envelopes: 502-503,764, 1088, 1092-1093, 1245, 1289,1659, 1664-1667, 1670, 1778

Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official):1665

Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Ptpo):1092-1093, 1659, 1666-1667

Postal Stationery - Franks: 1246Postal Stationery - Letter Cards: 363,

499, 502, 527, 559, 981, 1244, 1289,1662-1663, 1770

Postal Stationery - Parcel Labels (Ptpo):1669

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards:502-503, 516, 533, 535, 816, 930,990-992, 1007, 1088-1091, 1146,1148, 1163, 1195, 1242-1243, 1289,1296, 1655, 1659-1661, 1748

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards(Official): 1661

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Ptpo):1659

Postal Stationery - RegistrationEnvelopes: 858, 990, 1289-1290,1778

Postal Stationery - Wartime: 1139, 1659,1670

Postal Stationery - Wrappers: 1660Postmarks: 357-360, 363, 365-369, 380,

388, 390-391, 393, 396, 398, 448-449,490, 493-494, 509-510, 515-516,519-520, 523-524, 528-530, 534-537,541-542, 547, 551, 554-555, 569,586-602, 610-614, 617, 621, 623-625,628-630, 635-637, 665, 811, 815,823-824, 835, 859-863, 894, 897-898,905-907, 911-913, 915-918, 923,927-930, 937-938, 947, 950-956, 960,962-963, 979, 991-993, 995, 997,1000-1009, 1035-1075, 1088-1093,1095-1148, 1164-1168, 1170-1177,1183-1184, 1196-1199, 1223, 1225,1241, 1245, 1247-1268, 1282, 1287,1289, 1291, 1296-1298, 1307, 1309,1315-1316, 1324-1325, 1329, 1331,1333-1335, 1337-1338, 1375, 1390,1 3 9 9 , 1 4 0 2 , 1 4 2 5 , 1 4 3 1 - 1 4 3 2 ,1439-1440, 1460, 1477-1478, 1480,1485, 1488, 1515-1516, 1533, 1541,1544-1545, 1559-1560, 1562, 1567,1 5 7 6 , 1 5 9 5 , 1 5 9 7 - 1 5 9 8 , 1 6 0 0 ,1 6 0 4 - 1 6 0 5 , 1 6 0 9 , 1 6 11 - 1 6 1 2 ,1 6 1 5 - 1 6 1 6 , 1 6 1 8 - 1 6 2 0 , 1 6 2 2 ,1627-1629, 1632, 1638-1640, 1648,1 6 5 2 - 1 6 5 6 , 1 6 5 8 - 1 6 5 9 , 1 6 6 2 ,1668-1677, 1679-1682, 1684-1780,1 7 8 2 - 1 7 8 4 , 1 7 9 1 , 1 7 9 4 - 1 7 9 5 ,1797-1798, 1802-1805, 1809-1812

Postmarks - Colours in Names: 1054Postmarks - Duplex Cancellations: 1039Postmarks - First Day of Issue: 995,

1075, 1672, 1674-1676, 1678-1681,1683-1686, 1753

Postmarks - Instructional Markings:1003, 1225, 1252-1253, 1315-1316,1690

Postmarks - Manuscript Cancellations:4 1 0 , 5 8 9 - 5 9 2 , 6 2 8 , 6 6 0 , 9 7 9 ,1112-1121, 1123-1125, 1127-1128,1130-1138, 1140-1144, 1146-1148,1199, 1648, 1703

Postmarks - Numerals: 560, 602, 622,1016, 1036, 1043-1070, 1092-1093,1 0 9 5 - 11 0 6 , 11 2 6 , 11 3 4 , 11 4 3 ,1164-1165, 1170, 1183-1184, 1200,1252-1253, 1258-1266, 1309, 1399,1803

Postmarks - Paid Datestamps: 505, 560,592, 602, 1040, 1073, 1164, 1197,1250, 1670, 1690, 1692, 1694, 1696,1706, 1748

Postmarks - Pictorial: 370, 600, 621,9 9 1 - 9 9 2 , 1 5 9 5 , 1 6 7 1 - 1 6 8 3 ,1687-1689, 1716, 1744, 1746

Postmarks - Slogan Cancels: 554, 588,1001, 1073, 1197, 1427-1428, 1439,1692, 1694, 1698, 1700, 1715, 1727

Postmarks - Squared Circle Datestamps:629, 1166

Prisoners of War and Internees: 951-956,1658, 1764, 1769

Proofs: 406, 416-417, 419-420, 422,424-425, 429, 498, 508, 572, 666-667,698, 829, 833-834, 976, 1076-1077,1178, 1292, 1294, 1797

Radio: 490, 617, 633, 1009, 1694, 1698, 1718Railway Stamps: 1033, 1087, 1091, 1143,

1238-1241, 1657Railways & Trains: 399, 1033, 1052, 1069,

1 0 8 7 , 1 0 9 1 , 11 0 6 , 11 4 3 , 11 6 6 ,1238-1241, 1261, 1266, 1657

Red Cross: 799, 890, 960, 1005, 1723, 1772Redirected Mail: 962


Registered Mail & Registration Labels:414, 445, 493, 537, 569, 594, 599,610-611, 613, 630, 858-859, 894, 906,912, 929, 950, 990, 995, 1003, 1040,1072-1073, 1075, 1079, 1111, 1129,11 4 1 , 1 2 5 2 - 1 2 5 3 , 1 2 6 7 , 1 2 8 2 ,1 2 8 9 - 1 2 9 0 , 1 3 1 5 - 1 3 1 6 , 1 4 7 7 ,1515-1516, 1567, 1600, 1610, 1617,1675, 1694, 1709-1710, 1712, 1716,1718, 1735, 1740, 1753, 1767, 1772,1774, 1778, 1783-1784, 1804, 1812

Registration Labels: 628, 1267Religion: 632, 1139, 1690, 1775, 1802Reprints: 1010, 1149, 1178, 1193, 1204Revenues: 378, 397, 467-468, 609, 638,

856-857, 902-903, 978, 1013-1014,1033, 1084-1085, 1087, 1091, 1143,1162, 1192-1194, 1216-1219, 1222,1232-1241, 1246, 1256, 1286-1287,1657, 1692, 1744

River Fords: 1123Rivers: 484, 1091, 1094, 1118, 1132,

1134-1135, 1198, 1291, 1663, 1727Rocks & Boulders: 1054Royalty: 355, 362-363, 399, 406, 410, 412,

417-420, 422-423, 426, 428-429,432-433, 506, 517, 526, 607-608, 615,618, 627, 634, 636, 639, 662, 669-670,846 , 932 , 944 , 990 , 1246 , 1293 ,1542-1543, 1563-1565, 1575-1576,1594, 1607, 1671, 1673, 1677, 1679,1681-1682, 1691, 1708, 1727, 1806

Scenic Postal Cards: 1089-1091, 1146,1662

Science: 1732Scouts and Guides: 929, 987-988, 1691Se-Tenant & TÃªte-BÃªche: 1593Shells: 1760, 1808-1809Ship Mail: 560, 1196, 1248Ship/Paquebot Markings: 365-366,

509-510, 599, 811, 1039, 1390, 1399Ships & Boats: 354, 389, 399, 412, 438,

446-448, 455, 505, 542-547, 553, 560,596, 605, 611, 616, 635, 838, 843, 934,1037-1038, 1163, 1248, 1250, 1254,1552, 1662, 1708, 1773

spacet: 376, 423, 521, 787, 789-790, 979Special Delivery: 414Specimens: 416-417, 419-420, 422, 425,

434, 469-470, 518, 567, 570, 619, 700,702, 725, 731-733, 735-736, 774, 777,781, 783, 793-796, 798, 822, 834, 868,9 2 2 , 1 0 1 7 - 1 0 2 4 , 11 4 9 , 11 5 8 ,11 8 7 - 11 8 9 , 1 2 8 9 , 1 3 8 2 - 1 3 8 3 ,1385-1386, 1405, 1577, 1603, 1614,1657, 1693, 1807

Sport: 476, 480, 531, 604, 827, 1595, 1630,1633, 1671, 1688-1689

Stamp Dealers: 496, 594, 1709, 1752State Government Officials: 573, 1223,

1293, 1341, 1425, 1464, 1482, 1486,1747

Streets & Roads: 364, 459, 521, 564, 586,595, 809-810, 927, 932-936, 998,1 0 3 8 , 1 0 4 2 , 1 0 9 4 , 11 2 4 - 11 2 5 ,1192-1193, 1198, 1477, 1516, 1697,1699, 1709, 1712, 1722

Telegrams: 360, 980, 1604, 1694, 1728,1730, 1734

Telegraph Offices: 1288Telegraph Stamps: 905, 980, 1288Thematics & Topicals: 399, 476, 531, 594,

660, 824, 826, 931, 1738Timber & Trees: 819, 843, 961, 1045, 1075,

1091, 1627-1629Trams & Cable Cars: 1198Transport: 1727Transport - Flying Boats: 1756Travelling Post Offices: 993, 1002, 1038,

1132, 1136, 1147, 1252Triangular Stamps: 864Unclaimed: 1315, 1700, 1744Unissued Stamps: 495, 666-667, 800-803Universal Postal Union: 525, 557, 630,

753, 863, 985, 1023, 1289-1290, 1324,1337, 1699

Unusual Origins or Destinations: 630,829, 963, 1002-1003, 1282, 1595,1617, 1690, 1699, 1701-1702, 1708,1710, 1712, 1715, 1717, 1719, 1748,1805

Used Abroad: 629Valleys: 1052Varieties: 362, 374, 377, 379-380, 382-383,

386, 393, 408-409, 436, 439, 443-444,452-454, 462-463, 472-473, 491-492,498, 504, 511-514, 522, 543-547, 559,561, 574, 615-616, 618, 634, 639-640,644-645, 647-657, 668, 671, 674, 676,680-683, 686-688, 690, 692, 710-711,723, 726, 730, 740, 744-745, 747, 760,764-766, 773, 778, 785, 787-790, 792,797, 799, 804-807, 824, 843-852,869-872, 875-877, 879-884, 887-889,909, 932-936, 940-944, 957, 961,964-969, 971-974, 976, 982, 1012,1015, 1018, 1030, 1084, 1156, 1161,11 6 9 , 11 8 8 , 11 9 0 - 11 9 1 , 11 9 4 ,1207-1209, 1211-1218, 1220-1221,1224, 1245, 1281-1285, 1305-1306,1308-1310, 1312, 1319, 1321-1323,1 3 2 8 , 1 3 4 1 - 1 3 4 3 , 1 3 4 6 - 1 3 4 8 ,1351-1352, 1356-1360, 1363, 1365,1367-1369, 1372-1373, 1378, 1386,1388, 1392, 1394, 1397, 1402, 1408,1 4 1 3 - 1 4 1 4 , 1 4 1 7 , 1 4 2 0 - 1 4 2 4 ,1 4 2 6 - 1 4 3 4 , 1 4 3 6 , 1 4 3 9 - 1 4 4 5 ,1447-1464, 1466-1474, 1476, 1479,1481-1484, 1486-1487, 1491, 1496,1 4 9 8 , 1 5 0 0 - 1 5 0 4 , 1 5 0 6 , 1 5 0 8 ,1 5 1 0 - 1 5 11 , 1 5 1 7 - 1 5 2 2 , 1 5 3 0 ,1534-1536, 1538-1539, 1541, 1546,1556, 1564-1566, 1568, 1572-1573,1 5 8 3 , 1 5 8 7 - 1 5 8 9 , 1 5 9 4 , 1 6 0 2 ,1606-1608, 1623-1625, 1630-1631,1 6 3 3 , 1 6 3 5 , 1 6 3 7 , 1 6 6 2 - 1 6 6 4 ,1785-1787, 1790, 1796, 1800

vicd: 1544War Tax Stamps: 437

Wells & Springs: 1264Yachts: 545, 554Zeppelins: 388, 537, 906Zeppelins on Stamps: 388


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GREAT BRITAIN | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1 U 1876-83 Large Coloured Corner Letters selection mainly fine comprising [1] 1880 2½d blue SG #142 Plate 18 [IJ]; [2] 1880

1/- orange-brown SG #151 [PJ] (cat £700!); [3] 1876-7 4d sage-green SG #153 Plate 16 [LB] and 8d orange SG #156 [AA]; [4]1880-83 SG #157-162 range 2½d blue Plates 22 & 23, 3d rose Plate 21, 4d grey-brown Plates 17 & 18, 3d and 6d surcharges.Postmarks include London fancy, sq and hooded circles, Liverpool registered, other duplex types. Some small blemishes, mainlyfine, cat £2,000+. Excellent value. (11) $300

2 U 1876-83 Large White Corner Letters selection mainly fine comprising [1] 1865-69 4d vermilion SG #94 Plate 11, 6d lilac (withhyphen) SG #97 Plates 5 & 6; [2] 1867-71 10d red-brown SG #117 Plate 1 x2, one, a bit grubby, has barred ‘C’ cancel ofConstantinople, 1/- green SG #117 Plates 4 & 5; [3] 1872 6d chestnut x2 shades prob SG #122a&b, both fine wing margin cdsexamples incl Wet Docks (Ipswich). Nice variety, cat £1,000+. (9) $180

GREAT BRITAIN | Proofs & Essays3 W 1879 Die Proofs By De La Rue the Individual Head Type A (with diadem and chignon ribbon) in black on white glazed card,

cat from £2,000. [See SG-Spec Vol I 16th Edition p228] $1,2004 **/ * 1879 Essays By Perkins, Bacon for the Tender for the 1d Value, a bottom marginal strip of 6 different designs in grey-black

approx P12 on gummed unwmkd cream paper. [See SG-Spec Vol I 16th Edition p226] (6) $1505 W 1880 Essays By Perkins, Bacon for the Tender for the ½d, 1½d and 2d Values. A lightly hinged single of each value in brownish

red P12½ approx on ungummed white unwmkd paper. [See SG-Spec Vol I 16th Edition p228] (3) $100

GREAT BRITAIN6 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1a [DL] with brownish-red MC, SG #2. 4-margins, wmk lines at right from edge of sheet, Cat £400+. $1607 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1a [CF] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS2), distinctive blurred ‘C’ check letter, slight plate wear, Cat £375. Four clear

margins close in places, tied piece by red MC alongside part quite scarce ‘RUSHYFORD/ 10JA/ 1841’ d/ arc cds and circle ‘T1’(?). [Stamp may have been lifted and cleaned.] $150

8 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1a [CG] SG #2, 4-margins close NW corner (surface abrasion), bright red Maltese Cross. $1509 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1a [JF] SG #2, 4 clear to large margins, added to outer when redirected in London. Originally placed in

the post in Ireland with red mss ‘1’ and backstamp ‘NENAGH/ JY2/ 1840’, London tombstone arr ‘N/ PAID/ 4JY4/ 1840’. Adhesiveadded over tombstone and placed in the post again with ‘T.P./ Southampton Ct’ receiving handstamp, stamp tied neat red MC.Plate 1a on cover cat from £1,000. $450

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10 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1b SG #2 (SG Spec AS5) [SL], clear margins all round (close SW corner), hinge trace, some disturbedgum, Cat £12,500. RPSL certificate (1989). $7,000

11 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1b SG #2, a fine red MC cancelled horizontal strip of 3 [HA-HC], includes varieties re-entry - lower rightside line double [HB] and recut left side [HC] SG Spec #AS5a&h. Clear to large margins all round, min Cat £1,800. Very fine. $1,000

12 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [KB] with black MC and horizontal line at top of B, variety of SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS5). Very fine 4-margins example (why doesn’t SG record this well known constant variety?), Cat £375+ (as normal). $180

13 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [ML] with fine red MC, SG #2, 4-margins clear to large, a near premium quality stamp Cat £400+. $17514 V 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [TH] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS5), distinctive weakness upper right check letter, quite a deep shade. Four

clear and large margins, red MC. Premium quality, Cat £375. $22015 V 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [IK] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS5), distinctive weakness NE corner square. Four clear even margins, crisp

almost complete vertical deep red MC. High quality stamp, Cat £375. $200

16 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1b SG #2 [GL], a very fine 4-margin example with the listed non-coincident re-entries NW corner andcheck letter squares SG-Spec #AS5b, tied to 1840 (Oct 5) entire (light filing fold) by light red vertical MC of Gloucester andaddressed to Tewkesbury. Faint removable hinge trace adhesions, cat £750↕. $400

17 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [RH] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS6) four margins close bottom right tied to entire (small stains) by black MCalongside black unframed ‘T.P/ High Holborn BO’. Within London usage, backstamp in red indented ‘6EV6/ DE26/ 1840’ (BoxingDay). Attractive cover. $240

18 * 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [OB] SG #2, variety with burr rub - NE of ONE joined (or nearly so) SG-Spec #AS5g. Four marginstied to small cover (central fold) addressed to Pentonville by neatly struck black MC and by small part unframed receivinghandstamp ‘T.P/ Berners St’ in red. On the back some imaginative artwork and indented ‘2AN2/ JY21/ 1841’ in red (quite a lateusage). $300

19 F 1840 1d Black Plate 1b [IL] SG #2cc (SG-Spec #AS5c), distinctive non-coincident re-entries (recut and enlarged letters,etc). Tiny corner crease, four clear to large margins, vertical red MC a bit watery, Cat £550. $220

20 * 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 2 SG #1 (SG Spec #AS14), a very fine block of 4 (clear margins all round) tied to aged and slightlyreduced Insurance Company of Scotland letter sheet by four Edinburgh red MC (Scottish II - large centre) very neatly struck.Addressed June 10, 1840, to the company’s agent in Kirriemuir. Two clear certificates, 1983 RPSL, 1982 Slavomir Kaiser(Copenhagen). Very rare early multiple franking Cat £50,000↕ (off cover x2). $30,000


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21 * 1840 1d Black Plate 2 SG #2 [JH] variety without ray flaws SG Spec #AS15f. Clear margins all round, adhesion, somedisturbed gum, Cat £12,500. RPSL certificate (1983). $7,000

22 F 1840 1d Black Plate 2 SG #2 horiz pair [FJ-FK] variety without ray flaws SG Spec #AS15f. Clear margins all round, close inplaces, light watery red MC cancels, Cat £1,200. PFSA certificate (1990). $650

23 F 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [AD] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15), fine (ie hardly visible) re-entries seen. Four clear margins close at top,red MC, cat from £450. $180

24 V 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [CJ] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15), with 7 o’clock ray flaw only. Four clear margins close lower left. Tied tosmall piece by crisp red MC x2 (against regulations), cat £375. $180

25 V 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [DB] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15), with distinctive guidelines NE corner and check letter squares, 7 o’clockray flaw only. Four clear large margins close lower left, red MC, cat £375+. Premium quality stamp. $200

26 F 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [HA] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15f), no ray flaws. A remarkable left marginal with part instruction In Wettingthe and impressive pre-printing paper creases. Four clear large margins close in places, red MC, cat £450+. Very desirablecombination of varieties. $275

27 V 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [PJ] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15f), distinctive dot on right margin and no ray flaws. A right marginal withfour clear large margins, red MC, cat £375+. A very fine premium quality stamp. $200

28 F 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [ED] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS15) with 7 o’clock ray flaw. Four clear margins close left and upper right,dark red MC, cat £375. Very fine. $175

29 F 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [CI] SG #2 3-margins with very scarce brown ink Maltese Cross, SG-Spec #AS15vi, Cat £3,000 $40030 * 1840 1d Black Plate 2 SG #2 [QA], a fine 4-margin example tied to entire (usual filing fold) dated May 29, 1840, by red MC of

Halesworth with d/ arc handstamp alongside and addressed to Saxmundham. Removable adhesions, early listed date SG-Spec#AS15tj, Cat £2,000. PFSA certificate (1989). $1,100

31 * 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [KD] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS20) three margins just touching top, tied to entire (usual folds) addressed toAccrington (Lancashire) by red MC. Backstamp in red ‘LIVERPOOL/ JY8/ 1840/1’. Attractive cover. $175

32 * 1840 1d Black Plate 3 [HF] SG #2, an early date SG-Spec #AS20tj. Four margins unevenly separated, tied to entire addressedto Bagshot (minor blemishes) by red MC, backstamp s/ ring ‘Y/MY-25/ 1840’ in black. Opened out for display, very scarce usage(Plate 3 first recorded use May 16, 1840). $850


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33 V 1840 1d Black Plate 3 [NG] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS20). Four clear margins and a very much brownish red MC near completevertical strike, cat £500. A very fine premium quality stamp. $275

34 F 1840 1d Black Plate 3 [NK] 4-margins with red-brown Maltese Cross on unrelated piece. $15035 V 1840 1d Black Plate 4 [GL] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS23). Four clear margins, distinctive blurring under ‘NY’ of ‘PENNY’ and

scratch right margin, some signs of wearing, very bright near complete vertical almost orange/ vermilion MC. A very finepremium quality stamp, min cat £375. $200

36 V 1840 1d Black Plate 4 horiz pair [PK-PL] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS23). Four clear margins large top and right, distinctive verticalmark top NW square [PK] and vert lines left margin [PL]. Couple near complete MCs of inderminate colour. A very finepremium quality stamp, pair min cat £1,250. (2) $600

37 F 1840 1d Black Plate 4 [KG] SG #2, 3-margins tied to small piece by orange/ vermilion Maltese Cross, SG-Spec #AS23vg or h,Cat £2,600+ (on cover). $400

38 F 1840 1d Black Plate 4 [PD] SG #2, 4-margins with fake blue Maltese Cross cancel. [Genuine blues Cat £11,000] $10039 V 1840 1d Black Plate 4 [CG] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS23). Four clear to large margins, near complete almost vertical red (close to

vermilion) MC. High quality stamp, min cat £375 (red MC). $22040 * 1840 1d Black Plate 4 [FF] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS23) four margins close lower right and tied to 1840 (Nov 3) outer by watery

red MC. Backstamp cds next day, York transit in black and Wakefield arr in red. $27541 U 1840 1d Black Plate 5 SG #2 [AE], worn impression almost certainly before the first repair so SG-Spec #AS25, Almost 4-

margins just touching SW corner, light watery red (salmon?) MC cancel, Cat £375. $125

42 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 [RG] SG #2 with rare magenta MC cancel SG-Spec #AS25vd, four clear margins, Cat £3,000. RPSLcertificate (1985). $2,000

43 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 [SL] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS25). Four clear margins a bit uneven, black MC, cat £375. $16044 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 [SG] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS25). Distinctive scratches left & right margins, four clear margins very close

SE corner, black MC, cat £375+. $16045 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 [TD] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS25). Distinctive left side irregular, four clear margins a bit uneven in places,

dull red MC, cat £375+. $17046 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 on Bleute paper [BB] SG #2a (SG-Spec #AS25f). Four clear margins close lower right, black MC, cat

£775. [Reported to be from printing after first 1840 repair - we’re uncertain of this due no sign of thinner check letters, etc] $300


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47 F 1840 1d Black Plate 6 horiz strip of 3 [FA-FC] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS41). Middle stamp [FB] central separation repaired,distinctive top NW corner square thin [FA] margin touched SW corner, other margins clear. Three bright red MC roughly struck,cat £750 (two singles). $250

48 F 1840 1d Black Plate 6 [DJ] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS41). Distinctive dot to right of ‘J’, four clear margins, light black MC, cat£375. Very fine. $180

49 F 1840 1d Black Plate 6 [NC] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS41). Slightly aged, four clear margins, almost complete vertical black MC.Original state, cat £375. $160

50 * 1840 1d Black Plate 6 [LJ] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS41). 3-margins, just shaving at top, distinctive Dots below EN of PENNY, etc,tied to outer by red MC addressed The Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal, backstamp black MC ‘LS/ 29DE29/ 1840’. Attractivecover, Cat £725+. $175

51 * 1840 1d Black Plate 6 [RK] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS41). 3-margins, just shaving SE corner, distinctive Upper portion of left sideirregular, tied to outer by red MC addressed The Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal, backstamp black MC ‘LS/ 20AU20/ 1840’.Attractive cover, Cat £725+. $175

52 F 1840 1d Black Plate 7 [GC] with right side slightly prolonged into margin below NE square SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS44).Almost four margins just shaved upper right, red MC, cat £400. $140

53 V 1840 1d Black Plate 7 [KB] with mark left margin above ‘K’ square SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS44). Four clear to large margins,red MC a bit oily, cat £400. $180

54 * 1840 1d Black Plate 7 [SG] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS44). A roughly separated almost 4-margins on, but not tied, folded entire toBromley with red MC. Backstamp in red indented ‘10FN10/ NO18/ 1840’ and part of a s/ ring same date. Est based on used stamponly, Cat £400. $125

55 F 1840 1d Black Plate 7 [BF] with distinctive guideline through NNY SG #2d (SG-Spec #AS44g). 4 clear slightly unevenmargins, offset on back suggesting that it was originally on a Mulready cover, corner red MC, cat £450. $200

56 * 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [SE] from very scarce provisional printing following early Jan 1841 re-entries, the State 2 variety no ‘O’flaw SG SG #2bb and SG-Spec #AS50. Three full margins just touching right tied red MC to folded outer to Peebles (arrbackstamp), backstamp s/ ring ‘K/JA-7/ 1841’ in black, Cat £2,200↕+. [Refer SG-Spec Vol 1 16th Edition, p67] $650

57 V 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [RF] from very scarce provisional printing following early 1841 re-entries, the State 2 variety no ‘O’ flaw(as well as the original vertical guide-line NE corner square) SG #2bb,c (SG-Spec #AS50). A fine 4-margin example on, butnot tied, to annotated folded entire to Frampton (Cumberland). Entire has Carlisle backstamp Sept 2, 1840. Est based on usedstamp with Cat £1,100. [Refer SG-Spec Vol 1 Edition 16, p67] $450

58 V 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [GA] SG #2c (SG-Spec #AS46). Faint but distinctive vertical guide-line NE corner square. Four clearto large even margins, black MC (reddish in part - due oxidisation?). Very attractive high quality stamp Cat £525+. $275

59 F 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [SE] four clear to large margins from very scarce provisional printing following early Jan 1841 re-entries,the State 2 variety no ‘O’ flaw SG SG #2bb and SG-Spec #AS50, Cat £1,100+. [Refer SG-Spec Vol 1 16th Edition, p67] $550


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60 * 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [SE] from very scarce provisional printing following early Jan 1841 re-entries, the State 2 variety no ‘O’flaw SG #2bb and SG-Spec #AS50 cat £1,100. Four margins, light red MC, near premium quality stamp. [Refer SG-Spec Vol1 16th Edition, p67] $500

61 F 1840 1d Black Plate 9 [TI] SG #2 with scarce Aberdeen ruby MC cancel SG-Spec #AS56ve, four clear margins, Cat £1,200,RPSL certificate (1986). $850

62 F 1840 1d Black Plate 9 [IC] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS56), distinctive ‘O’ flaw. 4 clear to large margins, Black MC appears verydistinctive (Manchester ?), Cat £625. $275

63 * 1840 1d Black Plate 9 [OK] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS56). 4 clear to large margins tied black non-distinctive MC of York (black recbackstamp March 23, 1841) to lightly folded large part outer to Sheffield (red arr backstamp). Attractive cover, Cat £1,200. $450

64 F 1840 1d Black Plate 9 [EF] SG #2c (SG-Spec #AS56), very distinctive vertical guide-line NE corner square. Four clear tolarge margins a bit close in places, black MC, Cat £625+. $250

65 F 1840 1d Black Plate 9 [PA] SG #2c (SG-Spec #AS56). Worn appearance, distinctive ‘O’ flaw - stage 2. Four margins close atright, lower part of stamp above [OA], black MC, Cat £625+. $200

66 * 1840 1d Black Plate 10 [IC] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS66). Four clear to large margins tied to almost complete entire (usual folds)by late use of red Birmingham MC (black backstamp June 13, 1841). Addressed to Cheadle, arr handstamp on front. Openedout for display - Plate 10 covers very scarce, cat £3,500. $1,750

67 W 1840 1d Black Plate 11 [IG] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS73), four clear margins, Cat £23,000 (with gum). RPSL certificate (1989). $7,50068 F 1840 1d Black Plate 11 [EC] SG #2 (SG-Spec #AS73), four clear margins, black MC, Cat £4,600. BPA certificate (1978). $3,000

69 * 1840 1d Greyish Black Plate 11 [HL] SG #3 (SG-Spec #AS72). Four clear margins tied black MC to entire (usual fold) Londonto Sedgefield, backstamp s/ ring ‘X/AP-23/ 1841’. Plate 11 covers are rare, Cat £16,000. RPSL certificate (1981) “used onlettersheet, is genuine”. $8,500


70 F 1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 1b [RE] matched pair with burr rub - NE of ONE joined varieties of SG #2 (red MC) & 7(black MC), SG-Spec #AS5g & AS6g cat £375 each. Both 4-margins, the red-brown rather close. (2) $325

71 F 1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 2 [NA] matched pair of SG #2 (red MC) & 7 (black MC), SG-Spec #AS15 & AS18 cat £325each. Both 4-margins. (2) $300

72 F 1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 8 [IG] matched pair with black MCs SG #2 & 7, SG-Spec #AS46-7 Cat £715+. Both 4-margins. (2) $350

73 F 1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 9 [SL] matched pair with red and black MCs respectively, SG #2 & 7, SG-Spec #AS46-7Cat £815+. Both 4-margins, Cat £815+. (2) $400

74 F 1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 10 [TA] matched pair 4-margins (close at right on 1d black), neat black MCs, SG #2bb &7, both clearly Re-entry each upper square & through value SG-Spec #AS66b & 69b, Cat £1,325+. (2) $575

75 F 1840 1d Greyish Black & Red-Brown Plate 11 [HL] matched pair 4-margins (each close one side), black MCs, SG #3 & 7,SG-Spec #AS72 & 74, Cat £4,730. The close margin hardly detracts from the always desirable black Plate 11. (2) $2,250

76 W 1840 2d Deep Full Blue Plate 1 strip of 3 [DH-DJ] unit DJ with re-entry, on piece, unit DH has crease and unit DI has slightdamage at base, nice black Maltese Cross, Cat £3,300+. RPSL certificate (1963). $900

77 G 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 1 block of 4 [PJ-QK], the first with closed tear upper left. 4 close margins, blurred black Maltese Cross,Cat £28,000. Blocks of 4 are very rare. $4,000

78 V 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [BL] SG #5, 3½-margins poorly-struck blue postmark. Some evidence of cleaning, Cat £15,000!!! $200

79 V 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [HL] SG #5, 4-margins close at right, Cat £900. $30080 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [OK] quite a deep shade with Shifted transfer (upper border) likely SG-Spec #DS1d. Small thins, 4 even

clear margins, neat black Maltese Cross, min Cat £975 (least valuable shade). $27581 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [TG] SG #5. 4 clear even margins, black MC, Cat £900. A quality stamp. $40082 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [NF] quite a bright attractive shade, 4 clear to large margins, pale red Maltese Cross, SG Spec #D1ua,

Cat £900. Top quality stamp. $550


83 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 strip of 5 [PH-PL] generally 4 close margins, left & right sides cut into, black Maltese Cross, Cat £4,500++.Unit [PI] has catalogued flaw in P square. $2,000

84 * 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [CA] on black-edged mourning wrapper, nice red Maltese Cross, 1840 (May 25) use to Preston, SG-Spec#DS5tf Cat £17,500 for a May date cover. A very attractive item. $10,000

85 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 2 [BL] 3 close margins, shaved at right, neat near complete vertical black Maltese Cross, Cat £1,000. $35086 V 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 5 [SL] SG #7. A fine to VF four margin stamp with almost complete crisp black MC, Cat £200. $10087 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 8 [GG] Cat £350 3-margins roughly separated, shaved at right, tied to outer (usual folds) by perfect

vertical strike black MC, backstamp ‘SWANSEA/ MA27/ 1842’ receiving (poor strike but definitely an ‘A’ in date), addressed toCornwall with arrival handstamp on front ‘HAYLE/ MR30/ 1842’. Quite a late usage (plate was destroyed Sept 1841). $130

88 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 9 SG #7 [GK] 3-margins very close at bottom, shaved at left, tied to entire (businesscorrespondence, usual fold) by black MC above d/ arc ‘BANBURY/ JU16/ 1841’, addressed to Cheadle where arrival cds followingday also ties the adhesive. Attractive, Cat £325. $140


89 W 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 11 [HG] 4 margins, on piece but unused, Cat £11,500 for mint. Very attractive. $2,000

90 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 11 [LF] SG #7 tied to entire (few wrinkles) by black MC of Arbroath, backstamp boxed ‘ARBROATH/DE18/ 1841’ and arr similar for Dundee poss same day. Very nice, min cat £350. $150

91 * 1841 1d Red-Brown SG #8 x4 with four or nearly four margins and black MC cancels, all affixed to large outer from London,addressed to Mansfield, inscribed “prepaid”. postmarked d/ ring ‘MORE/TO/ PAY’ and unframed ‘MANSFIELD/ JU27/ 1841’. Some(or all) stamps may not be tied - est based on unplated used stamps only. (4) $100

92 * 1841 1d Red-Brown SG #8 [LI] nearly 4-margins close and touching at right tied to large part outer with Grangemouth blackMC. Backstamps in black, receiving unboxed ‘GRANGEMOUTH/AU 23/ 1842’, arrival boxed ‘GLASGOW/24 AU 1842/7.30 AM’.Nice cover, Scottish MC on cover CBP (formerly Whitney) #6/48 £220. $100

93 * 1841 1d Red-Brown prob SG #8, almost 4-margins [CK] on entire (usual folds) cancelled distinctive Stirling MC SG-Spec #B1tucat £550. Backstamp boxed rectangle ‘STIRLING/AP 11/ 1844’ and s/ arc ‘INVERARY/ 12AP/ 1844’ arr. $225

94 * 1841 1d Red-Brown [JB] SG #8 with ‘J’ flaw almost certainly Plate 15. Fine to very fine deep shade 4-margins on large partouter from Liverpool Rosneath, Dumbartonshire, N.B., the stamp tied black MC, Liverpool backstamp. $100

95 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates irregular marginal block of 6 stated to be Plate 18 [RD,SD-SE,TD-TF]. Part marginalinstructional imprint, four margins, 3 units affected by ironed out crease, Cat £3,600+. $1,000

96 F 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 20 [ID] prob SG #8, 4-margins with distinctive and very scarce Hollymount MC SG-Spec #B1tha,Cat £2,800. RPSL certificate (1987). $1,600

97 F 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 23 SG #8. A fine to very fine horiz pair from Plate 23 [JJ-JK] with distinctive triple NE corner breaksand square-footed ‘J’ SG-Spec #BS12. Margin at right touching, otherwise clear to large margins min Cat £160+. [Affixed, butnot tied to, Irish front Portumna to Ballinastoe, Jan 1843] $100

98 * 1847 1d Red-Brown Plate 77b 3½-margins [BA] missing A inserted, SG Spec #BS29b, 1849 (Mar 12) outer from Earlham toCastlegate, Yorks, Cat £1,900 as a single stamp. RPSL certificate (1985). [This unit was originally printed without an A in theleft corner. After this was corrected the plate was renamed 77b.] $1,000


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100 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8 [MB] roughly separated 4-margins (vert guide line NE corner square) on large partouter cancelled black MC, to Messrs Thos H Hewitt Co, Distillers, Cork. backstamp in black s/ arc ‘CLONMEL/ SE26/ 1843/E’receiving, d/ arc Cork arr next day. Very good thematic. $100

101 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Deeply Blued Paper SG #8a nearly 3-margins [HG] with distinctive Norwich cancel SG-Spec #B1ts onsmall outer (creased, fragile) to Gt Yarmouth, backstamp oily ‘NORWICH/ JA17/ 1844/B’ d/ arc cds and d/ arc ‘YARMOUTH-NORFOLK/ JA18/ 1844’ cds front left roughly struck. Very scarce - cat on cover £1,800 (on stamp only £550). Appears not tied,excellent value. $175

102 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates set of London numeral Maltese Cross, with ‘8’ in horiz pair, extra ‘9’ & ‘12’ in vertical strip of3. The difficult ‘4’ is particularly fine, Cat £4,000+. $750

103 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8m, two singles tied London ‘1’ Maltese Cross strikes to 1843 (Oct 14) entire to Rye;plus another nice example on piece. $450

104 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8m tied fine London ‘2’ Maltese Cross to 1843 (Dec 14) wrapper from Red Lion St? toBasingstoke; plus very fine strike on 1843 (May 9) piece. $450

105 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates [JD] SG #8m Plate 38 tied fine London ‘3’ Maltese Cross to clean 1844 (Feb 13) wrapper toAberystwith with 1d plate 38. $400

106 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8m four clear margins tied superb London ‘4’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Jul 29) entireLombard St to Basingstoke. $1,200

107 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8m tied clear London ‘5’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Apr 29) outer to Brighton. $400108 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8m tied very fine London ‘6’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Sep 21) entire Lombard St to

Bradford. $200109 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates London ‘6’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Dec 1) entire to Leeds. Most unusually the stamp has

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110 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates London ‘7’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Dec 16) part-outer to Stockton. $250111 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates fine London ‘8’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Jun 21) entire to Brighton. $300112 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates [AC] with very fine London ‘9’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Apr 5) outer from Lombard St to Hayle.

May have recut ‘C’ very suggestive of Plate 30 so SG-Spec #BS19b. Very attractive cover. $300113 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates fine London ‘10’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Jun 16) outer from Lombard St to Basingstoke $600

114 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates fine London ‘11’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Jul 20) outer from Lombard St to Basingstoke. $700115 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates London ‘12’ Maltese Cross on 1843 (Nov 21) outer to Worksop with 1d vertical pair. Plus fine

used example on piece. $850116 D 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates [RE] unplated with London MC ‘10’ tying almost 4-margin to small piece alongside s/ ring

‘V/SP—6/ 1843’ and Leeds arr d/ arc cds next day. Check letter ‘E’ appears slightly doubled, NE corner square with vert guideline, basal shift. Very nice, min cat £480↕ (on piece +50% of loose stamp). $175

117 * 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates SG #8 [FA] very nearly 4-margins just touching right (appears Plate 17) on env from Preston,originally to Bowness where redirected to Keswick and perhaps also to Manchester. The stamp doubly Maltese Cross cancelled,firstly at Preston, then at Bowness where the difficult unframed handstamp ‘Bowness/ Penny Post’ applied. Variety of mss andhandstamp incl cds between Sept 25 and Nov 9, 1841 for Preston (the earliest), Kendal in blue x2, Keswick in black x2,Manchester. $100

118 F 1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates Wmk Inverted SG #8Wi. A fine horizontal strip of 4 [GI-GL], clear margins all round, eachwith firmly struck 1844 type Scottish BN ‘114’ of Dundee. blocks of 4 cat roughly 12x normal, ie c£4,500! Excellent value. $750


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119 * 1852-53 1d Red-Brown Die I, Alphabet II Plate 158 With Treasury Roulette [KK] tied to small cover (evidence of cleaning,damaged flap, adhesions) by poorly struck BN ‘498’ of Manchester (b/s), addressed to Berkeley Square in London with arrbackstamp in pale red ‘(crown)/ 27AU27/ 1853’ - SG-Spec #B2a, Cat £23,000. BPA certificate (1989). Very few of theseoriginated outside London. $10,000

120 **/ * 1841 2d Blue White Lines Added a deep full blue single without corner letters from 1841 (Jan15) Small Trial Twopence Plateof 12 SG Spec DP43, Cat £1,800. Light oxidation, without gum and off-centre upright wmk. Plate prepared for forthcoming 1841announcement - see SG-Spec catalogue Vol 1, 16th Edition, p23. $1,000

121 **/ * 1841 2d Blue White Lines Added 1841 Postal Notice complete bearing 1d Plate 5 [JJ] (good even margins) and right marginal2d, with blank corner letter squares from the small trial plate of 12 (SG-Spec #DP43), together with two 1d pink envelopes, H&BEP3a (69x106mm - blue-red-blue silk threads) and EP4a (83x128mm Mulready envelope paper - red-blue-red silk threads)overprinted large type 'SPECIMEN' in red, a fine example which includes the wrapper it was to be mailed in. SG Spec #PN3,Cat £10,000. [The envelopes are interesting as Huggins & Baker state that the small envelope EP3a may have been privatelyproduced from the larger EP4a and rate it as NR (not recorded) unused. Clearly this Postal Notice proves that that EP3a wasa regular PO issue. It is also clear that these envelopes where folded from a sheet of paper after the stamp impression wasdone.] Also see Lot 316 $5,500

122 F 1841 2d Blue White Lines Added [1] Plate 3 4-margins [SF], 3-margins [DJ], plus [NA] with tear; [2] Plate 4 4-margins paleblue [HH], 4-margins [ED] both with ivory head. (5) $120

123 F 1841 2d Blue White Lines Added [1] Plate 3 pair [JC-JD], latter with Double letter ‘D’ SG #14bb (SG-Spec #ES11h), closeto large margins ivory head; [2] Plate 4 pair [GI-GJ] good margins slightly cut-into at right, small nick at base of right unit.Attractive pairs, cat c£600. $200

124 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 [CG] 2-margins tied to small piece by double strike rare blue Maltese Cross, Cat £5,000 (4-margins). $1,000125 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 SG #14 on more or less bluish paper x4 with black MC cancellations - 4-margins [DH], 3¾-margins [LL],

4-margins [RJ] x2, both with slight ivory head. Some blemishes, good value. $120


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126 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 SG #14 strip of 4 [OD-OG] unit OG with catalogued re-entry SG-Spec #ES11b, nice even margins. $200127 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 SG #14 vertical strip of 3 [DA,EA,FA] bottom unit cut into at base otherwise good even margins, central

unit [EA] with and lower unit [FA] with vertical guide-line NE corner SG-Spec #ES11f. On small piece, London Inland Sectiondiamond BN ‘17’ cancels. $200

128 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [OJ] with ‘J’ flaw, 4-margins, some oxidation, black Maltese Cross, Cat £120. $80129 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [JI] 4 good margins, distinctive ‘J’ flaw, double strike of black London ‘12’ Maltese Cross, Cat £550. $175130 * 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 SG #14 pair [OA-OB] and single [PC] (poor separations) with three strikes London ‘12’ Maltese Cross on

1843 (July 11) cover (usual folds), to Worcestershire. The single [PC] with shifted transfer, basal distortion, etc, Cat £2,700+. $500

131 * 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 SG #14, vertical pair shaved at right [KA,LA] on 1847 (Jul 24) cover from Cupar-Fife to Kirkaldy (blueboxed arrival), ornate ‘TOO LATE’ backstamp in reddish black ink. $250

132 * 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 pair [FK-FL] 4-margins just touching at top left, cancelled single strike (against regulations) BN ‘159’ ofGlasgow on 1849 (Mar 15) cover from Queen Street (superb receiving backstamp) to Melrose, Cat £350+. $200

133 U 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 horiz strip of 3 [RA-RC] SG #14, with 1844 BN cancels. The left unit [RA] has variety Shifted transferSG-Spec #ES14e. Scissor cut in margin between first and second stamps, margins close in places but clear all round cat c£300. $130

134 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 SG #14 x3. Pale blue [GD], blue [DB] & [EK]. Plus oxidized plate 3 [FF], all 4-margins. $100135 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 SG #14 block of 4, almost 4-margins (just touching BRC) [CK-CL,DK-DL], Cat £1,300. Attractive, Cat

£1,300. $450136 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 SG #14 4-margins [TH] worn state prior to 2nd re-entry, SG Spec #ES14c, light crease, Cat £250+.

Wmk line through value. $120137 F 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 SG #14, 4-margins pair [EJ-EK] (some oxidation), and 2 singles [JJ] (margin close top right) & [PB]. $150


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138 * 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 SG #14 [NH] tied to 1850 (Apr 11) outer by BN ‘339’ of Wick (greenish blue backstamp). Addressed toThurso with arr backstamp in black ‘THURSO/AP 12/ 1850’. Usual folds, commercial, cat $350. $150

139 U 1841 2d Blue Plate 4 with strong Ivory head SG #14c, vertical strip of 3 [DE-FE] with 1844 London Inland Section barreddiamond ‘2’ cancels. Upper unit crease, margins clear ex lower unit touching left, cat c£380’. $150

140 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [PD] 2 good margins the others touching or slightly cut-into, some oxidation, very fine black London ‘3’Maltese Cross, Cat £700. $160

141 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [DC] 4-margins, black London ‘4’ Maltese Cross, light stain, medium Ivory head, Cat £700. $175142 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [BJ] 4 close margins, fine black London ‘5’ Maltese Cross, Cat £850. $350143 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [SJ] with shifted transfer (elongation of stamp) 3-margins, black London ‘6’ Maltese Cross, Cat £700. $160144 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [PA] with shifted transfer (elongation of stamp) SG-Spec #ES11c, strong Ivory head. 3-margins, corner

crease, fine black London ‘7’ Maltese Cross, Cat £1,200. $400145 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [AA] 3-margins, touching left, light oxidation, fine black London ‘8’ Maltese Cross, Cat £1,000. A very

popular plate position. $400146 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [ML] 3 close margins, touching at left, minor oxidation, black London ‘8’ Maltese Cross, Cat £1,000. $300147 D 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [QJ] with J flaw, 4 good margins minor oxidation, black London ‘9’ Maltese Cross, tied to piece, Cat

£1,200. $275

148 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [PK] with shifted transfer, distorted white letters etc 2-margins others touching or cut-into slightly, fineblack London ‘10’ Maltese Cross, Cat £1,500+. $600

149 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [RL] with shifted transfer (elongation of stamp) 3-margins, black London ‘11’ Maltese Cross, Cat £850. $275150 F 1840 2d Blue Plate 3 [FI] 4 margins, minor oxidation, fine black London ‘12’ Maltese Cross, Cat £550. $250151 W 1848 1d Red-Brown Archer Perf 16 Plate 100 [AB], SG #16b, unused, re-gummed, Cat £3,500. BPA certificate (1952) signed

Robson Lowe (and three others). $1,100

152 F 1850-54 1d Red-Brown Archer Perf 16 [HH], SG #16b, 1850 (Dec 17) use on piece, cancelled with ‘620’ of Plymouth, SG-Spec #CE2, Cat £625. $300

153 * 1855 1d Red-Brown Wmk Small Crown Perf 14 [QL], SG #22 on 1856 (Mar 11) small cover from Tutshill to London, Cat £160. $120


154 **/ * 1865 1d ‘Royal’ Reprint Wmk Large Crown Plate Proof from Plate 66 Die II in carmine-rose, an imperforate horizontal pairin carmine-rose [NE-NF], SG Spec DP35b. Some oxidisation evident, Cat £6,000+ (as two singles). $1,200

155 **/ * 1865 1d ‘Royal’ Reprint Wmk Large Crown Plate Proof from Plate 66 Die II, an imperforate horizontal pair in black [LF-LG]with wmk inverted, SG Spec #DP35a, Cat £7,000+ (as two singles). $1,600

156 * 1868 1d Rose-Red all mint group with 103 [ND], 151 [CE], 152 [TA], 219 [AA], 210 [HG], 220 [BK], & 222 [ME], some oxidationon 151, 152 & 219, plates 103 & 222 MNG, Cat £510. $225

157 * 1868 1d Rose-Red used on cover group with 76 [MD], 79 [OH], 99 [OK], 114 [NH], 117 [EB], 118 [LK] & 134 [FA]. Plus 176 [MI]on 1876 Registration Envelope with unusual cork cancel tied with Dalston Lane CDS. (8) $120

158 * 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate Number Collection 71-223, almost complete just missing 74, 75, 77, 116, 117, 118, 177 & 220. A fewextras included. Generally good examples. (145+) $150

159 **/ * 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 112 SG #43, block of 9 [RB-TD], slight oxidisation at right, o/c high, hinge reinforcements leaving fourMUH. A more useful plate, cat £85 each (blocks of 4 this plate cat £375 hinged). Attractive multiple, min cat £800. Good value. $240

160 * 1868 1d Rose-Red all mint group with 120 [MJ], 221 [NC], 222 [OL], 223 [IC] & 224 [EE], Cat £485. $200161 W 1d Red-Brown Imprimatur Singles matching check letters [AC] array of top marginals from 1870-71 plates 142-7 (varieties of

SG #43-4, SG-Spec #G1) cat from £425 each (Plates 142 and 144 are more difficult plates). Very nice. (6) $1,250162 **/ * 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 144 SG #43, top left corner block of 24 [AA-DF], showing Current Number 161, the plate number in

a circle and marginal inscriptions. Slight oxidisation noticed and quite a bit of gum creasing, mainly MUH. A more useful plate,cat £120 each. Nice multiple, Cat £2,880+. Good value. $500

163 W 1872 1d Rose-Red Plate 158 large part of the left imprint selvedge. Reading up, 158’ in circle, ‘PRICE 1d Per Label. 1/- PerRow of 12. £1.... Per Sheet. Place The Labels ABOVE the Address and Towa(ards). . .’, and a part florette. Some aging, NOSTAMPS. $100

164 */ ** 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 184 SG #43, top right corner block of 10 [AH-BL], showing the plate number in a circle and marginalinscriptions. Minor of gum creasing. Cat £450+. Good value. $175


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165 **/ * 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 191 SG #43, block of 4 [CD-DE], minor of gum creasing, 3 units MUH, Cat £180+. Good value. $100166 * 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 224 [HI] on County Court cover to Burton, tied by fine ‘BLACKBURN/K/ SP12/79 - 86’ duplex, central

vertical crease away from stamp. [Very early use, the earliest recorded is Sep 7.] $120167 D 1868 1d Rose-Red Plate 225 [CB] tied to piece by fine ‘STONEHOUSE/D/ FE12/80/ GLOS. - 024’ duplex, Cat £800. $500168 * 1868 1d Rose-Red Wmk Inverted group of used with Plates 71, 83, 101 thin paper, 117, 136, 141, 154, 158, 200 & 208. (10) $150

169 * 1871 1d Rose-Red Plate 146 [JH] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #44s. Wrinkles, slight aging noted for accuracy, lightsingle hinge trace, cat from £225. $120

170 ** 1869 2d Deep Blue Plate 15 SG #47. A right marginal horiz block of 6 [FJ-FL/GJ-GL] with part imprint ‘ICE 2d Per Label. 2/-Per Row of 12. £1..’. Separation between FK and FL. Very slight aging noted for accuracy. Rare multiple, blocks of 4 Cat £3,300,singles cat £575 each. $2,000

171 * 1869 2d Deep Blue Plate 15 handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #47s. Slight aging noted for accuracy, lightly hingedhorizontal strip of 4 [TB-TE], cat £1,000 (as four singles). $500

172 **/*/ U 1870-79 ½d Rose Plates Selection SG #48-9 all used ex noted with Plates 4, 5 (used and block of 4 mint - MUH x2), 6, 8 vertpair (upper unit faults), 10-12, 13 x2, 14, 15 x2, 20. Duplex cancels incl Scottish, some aging and less than ideal centring, mincat £1,050. (18) $240

173 F/ C 1870-79 ½d Rose SG #48-9 selection with [1] Plate 1 on small piece with West Bromwich 1972 duplex; [2] Plate 7 vertical pairon piece with two ‘5N/ EDINBURGH/FE 29/76/ 131’ duplex; [3] Plates 11 & 14 on attractive pre-printed entires of Chamber ofAccountant of Court, H.M. Register House, Edinburgh’ June 1879 and 1880 with 6-bar (thin) and 4-bar (thick) ‘*131*’ duplexcancels respectively, on same matter to Anstruther (b/s). (4) $125

174 F 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 9 SG #48-9. A fine vertical pair [DX, EX] from right of sheet (imperf at right) with numeral part of duplexBN ‘132’ of Brighton. The hard one, cat £1,700+ (singles £850 each). Good value. $750

175 * 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 9 [BW] SG #48-9 (with 1d Plate 142 [PC]) tied to roughly opened small envelope (damaged flap andcorners) by Pearson Hill parallel motion machine ‘LONDON E/ JA29/72/E/ 30’ duplex. Addressed to Bucklebury, Nr Reading,backstamp following day. Scarce to rare usage, cat £2,400+. $800


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176 ** 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 12 SG #48-9. A fine and fresh MUH left marginal horizontal block of 6 [OA-OC/PA-PC] with partselvedge imprint ‘Per Row of 24. £1...Per Sh’ Hinge trace selvedge only, rich colour, cat £850 (as MLH block of 4 and twosingles). Per SG-Spec “unused blocks with selvedge are scarce” - with imprints even more so. (6) $475

177 * 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 13 [ST] SG #48-9, uprating 1880 (Oct 28) neatly opened clean env to Edinburgh initially franked 1dVenetian red SG #166, each tied Charing Cross duplex, backstamp Edinburgh s/ ring cds following day. $80

178 **/ * 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 14 SG #48-9. A fine 5x6 block of 30 [DT-DX/IT-IX] from right of sheet. Four in the top row hinged, sometypical gum wrinkling, few soiled (fingerprints?). Includes 6x blocks of 4 and 6x singles cat c£3,900. Scarce large multiple. (30) $800

179 **/ * 1870-79 ½d Rose Plate 15 SG #48-9. A fresh vertical block of 6 [QK-RM] from a more useful plate. Light stain one unit, upperunits single hinge traces, others MUH, cat $1,200+ (block of 4 and singles). (6) $500

180 * 1870 1½d Rose-Red Plate 1 [PA] SG #51 very lightly hinged, Cat £500. Quite a deep shade. $275181 * 1870 1½d Rose-Red Plate 3 [PC] on printed entire (usual fold) of Royal Bank of Scotland tied by duplex ‘X4/ EDINBURGH/

DE18/80/ *131*’. To the bank’s agent at Leith (s/ ring arr backstamp same day). $140

182 U 1870 1½d Plates SG #51-2 on display page with [1] Plate 1 x10 incl pale shade block of 4 [II-IJ/JI-JJ] with four strikes ‘HERNEHILL DULWICH/A/ AU9/72/S.E’ cds, deep shade horiz strip of 3 [QI-QK], three singles - one with Wirksworth cds (not particularlycommon); [2] Plate 3 three shades with duplex cancels of Coventry, Edinburgh and Wisbech. Nice specialised presentation,min cat £975, good value. (13) $325

183 F 1870 1½d Rose-Red Plate 1 with Error of lettering - OP-PC for CP-PC SG #53, Cat £1,900. Postmarked diamond BN ‘6’(London Inland Section). $850

184 * 1860 1½d Rosy Mauve prepared but unissued, handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 2 SG #53as cat from £2,200. Slight aging,part og disturbed, strong original colour. $850

185 * 1847-54 1/- Green Embossed SG #55, two singles (one each Die WW1 & WW2) both cut square close/ shaved in places (plus2d blue P14 [HA] Plate 4 and 1d P16 [DK] unplated) tied four strikes London Inland Section BN Diamond ‘23’ to Morris, Prevost& Co (h/s in dark blue on front), investments related letter to Sigr Bondi di B. Sanguinetti, Modena (Italy) with, on the front mss‘2’, handstamp ‘VIA DE/PT BEAUXOISIN’, red oval ‘PD’ and ‘AMB. CALAIS’ transit; backstamp s/ ring ‘CK/JU-8/ 1855’ receiving,‘TORINO/11/ GIU/55/ 2½S’ transit, both in black, ‘MODENA/13/ GIU/ 55’ in blue. Scarce and very colourful 2/3d combinationfranking. $1,400


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186 * 1847-54 1/- Green Embossed SG #55, a fine 4 clear margins Die WW1 plus two 2d blue imperf Plate 4 [GI & GK] on entire toFrankfurt with three strikes BN ‘498’ of Manchester alongside mss ‘1/4’, oval red ‘P’ handstamp, and d/ ring transit indicatingroute ‘ENGLAND PER AACHEN’. backstamps in red ‘MANCHESTER/ MY7/ 1852’ receiving, in London unusual use of Unpaids/ ring cds ‘1852/ 8MY8/ B(crown)B’ as transit, black small s/ ring ‘D6/10 5’. Scarce colourful 1/4d combination franking. $900

187 * 1854 10d Brown Embossed SG #57, pair probably Die 4 shaved top and touching at left (plus 1d imperf) tied three firm strikesLondon Inland Section BN Diamond ‘16’ to Bank of England Power of Attorney Application printed letter, to Irmelinda M deAlmeida, Baroness of Regaleira, Lisbon. Backstamps receiving MC in black ‘L.S/23/ JU23/ 1854’ (Lombard Street) and unclearblue oval arr (also handstamp ‘210’ in blue on front). Storage-related aging, colourful 1/9d combination franking, scarce to rare,cat £4,500+. $2,000

188 G 1854 6d Mauve Embossed SG #58. A very scarce horizontal strip of three (some spotting) with London BN Diamond ‘21’ x3cancels. From upper row of sheet (monster margin at top), touched/ shaved right and bottom, min cat £3,000 as three singles.[A block of four Cat £16,000!] $1,200

189 U 1854 6d Purple Embossed with Wmk inverted SG #60Wj. Cut square, two clear and two touched margins, yellowish paper(ex green-tinted gum?), BN cancel, Cat £1,000. $200

190 F 1854 6d Purple Embossed with wmk inverted and reversed SG #60Wk. A fine 4-margin cut square example with BN cancel,Cat £1,000. $550

191 * 1855 4d Carmine Wmk Small Garter on slightly blued paper SG #62a, tied to almost complete 1855 (Sep 22) outer to France,Sheffield s/ ways duplex. Usual transit marks alongside and London transit and Rouen arr backstamp. Partially erased pencilnotations and, on the back, some hinge remains incl reinforcements (TLC likely to help). $225

192 F 1855 4d Carmine Wmk Small Garter on slightly blued paper with Wmk inverted SG #62aWi. Trivial perf blemishes, LondonInland Section barred diamond ‘28’ cancel. Fine to very fine Cat £1,200. $500

193 F 1857 4d Rose Wmk Large Garter SG #66a. Barely perceptible light bend, neat 1844-type BN ‘191’ of Chippenham (Wiltshire).Fine, Cat £140. $75

194 * 1856 6d Pale Lilac Wmk Emblems SG #70, an attractive right wing-margin example tied to slightly aged and roughly openedenvelope (trimmed left) by s/ ways duplex ‘BATH/ SP17/ 1857/F’. To a Capt Wilkie in Calcutta, London transit and Calcutta arrbackstamps in red. Attractive. Also see Lot 344 $110

195 V 1862 Small White Letters 6d lilac, deep shade prob SG #83. Neat clean BN ‘905’ part of Wolverhampton duplex. Fine to veryfine. $80

196 * 1873 4d Dull Vermilion Wmk Large Garter Plate 14 [LH] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 8, SG #93s (SG Spec #J61s). Somegum disturbance, near perfect centring and very fresh, cat £300. $150

197 * 1865-67 Large White Letters Wmk Emblems 1/- green Plate 4 [TD] wing margin, SG #101. 1965 (Apr 15) use on cover (smallfaults) from London to Lisbon (arr backstamp), Cat £425. $150


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198 */F 1867-80 3d Rose Wmk Spray SG #102-3. Display page presentation comprising [1] Plate 7 [BA] on cover to Prussia tiedEdinburgh duplex, [IG] deep shade tied to small piece by Bradford duplex, [MD] right wing margin with Harwich s/ ring cds; [2]Plate 8 [LC] with Yarmouth cds. All 1872 pmks, fine to very fine, Cat £280+. (4) $150

199 F 1867-80 3d Rose Wmk Spray SG #102-3. Left wing-margin block of 4 [CE-CF/DE-DF] Plate 8 with four ‘GREETLAND/A/ SP19/72’ s/ ring cds (near Halifax, Yorkshire), horiz crease top of lower units, ‘D’ of ‘DE’ unit distorted (not in catalogues). PLUS aPlate 6 [PL] with Scottish CUPAR-FIFE duplex cancel. (5) $130

200 * 1870 6d Mauve Wmk Spray Plate 9 [QH] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 8, SG #109s (SG Spec #J77t). A fresh right wingmargin example with light single hinge traces, cat from £350. $175

201 F 1867 9d Straw Plate 4 [JB] lower marginal (very small imperfections) with imprint ‘Ninepence/ per Label’ and ‘HERTFORD/A/SP4/ 72’ s/ ring cds. Very nice. $180

202 F 1867 9d Pale Straw Plate 4 [BE] with London diamond BN ‘95’ cancelling a fine wing-margin example of a difficult stamp, Cat£300. $125

203 * 1872 1/- Green Wmk Spray Plate 7 [TD] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9, SG #117sc (SG Spec #J107s). Trimmed wingmargin at right, hinge traces, very fresh cat £400. $150

204 U 1867-68 2/- Blue Wmk Spray three shades probably all dull blue SG #118. Usual commercial cancels, Cat £675 (as FU). (3) $150205 * 1867-68 2/- Dull Blue Wmk Spray Plate 1 [PJ] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 5 SG #118s (SG-Spec #J118(1)u), cat from £600. Hinge

remains, part og disturbed gum, strong colour. $325206 * 1867-68 2/- Dull Blue Wmk Spray [KD] ovpt ‘SPECIMEN’ type 5, SG #118s, trimmed wing margin at right, Cat £600. $200207 F 1867-68 2/- Blue Wmk Spray appears pale shade SG #120 Plate 1 [SK] with part Margate BN ‘506’ duplex cancel, Cat £275.

Most of these have heavy commercial cancels, this one is a nice exception. $130

208 U 1867-68 2/- Blue Wmk Spray appears pale shade SG #120 Plate 1 block of 4 [GA-GB/HA-HB] with oily London duplex cancels,perf and other imperfections. Most of these difficult stamps have heavy cancels, these are no exception. Blocks neverthelessare seriously scarce, Cat £1,400. Good value. $275

209 * 1867-58 2/- Pale Blue Wmk Spray Plate 1 [JG] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #120s (SG-Spec #J118(3)u), cat from £600.Shallow hinge thin and couple light storage-related bends, good colour. $275

210 F 1880 2/- Brown [FB], SG #121, fine used for this issue which is usually heavily cancelled, Cat £4,200. $1,200211 F 1880 2/- Brown [GF], SG #121. London Late Fee duplex cancel, good used for this issue which is usually heavily cancelled,

Cat £4,200. $1,000212 W 1880 2/- Brown [TH], ovpt ‘SPECIMEN’ type 9, SG #121s. Aged, trimmed wing margin at right, Cat £3,800. A very scarce stamp. $400


213 W 1871 6d Die Proof for SG #122 in black on white glazed card, undated, no plate numbers, no check letters. Recorded in SGSpecialised Catalogue Vol 1 (16th Edition), p201, below #J81, cat £2,500. Scarce survivor. $1,300

214 * 1872 6d Chestnut Wmk Spray Plate 11 [JF] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 8, SG #122s (SG Spec #J79t). Hinge traces,small blemishes and part OG disturbed, cat from £325. $140

215 * 1873 6d Grey Wmk Spray Plate 12 [TF] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 6, SG #125s (SG Spec #J81s). Just a hint of a tonedperf, an exceptionally well-centred example from the bottom of the sheet cat from £375. $160

216 U 1867 5/- Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [DI] SG #126 (SG-Spec #J121). A deep shade with firmly struck London diamondBN ‘87’ Pearson Hill Parallel Motion machine cancel. Attractive shade. $375

217 * 1867 5/- Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [CD] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 6 SG #126s (SG-Spec #J121(1)t), cat from£1,000. Very fine. $650

218 U 1867 5/- Pale Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [GD] SG #127 (SG-Spec #J121(2)). Small professional repair lower right,neatly struck London diamond BN ‘103’ Pearson Hill Parallel Motion machine cancel. Attractive pale shade. $120

219 W 1874 5/- Pale Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 2 [HB] SG #127 (SG-Spec #J122), mint cat £18,000. Appears to have beenprofessionally repaired (SW quartile), couple tiny inclusions probably natural, some wrinkles, lightly hinged with white-ish gumprobably not original. $400

220 F 1874 5/- Pale Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 2 [FC] SG #127 (SG-Spec #J122). Small perf blemish, firmly struck duplexcancel (London District?) clear of QV. Attractive example of a difficult stamp. $650

221 W 1878 10/- Die Proof for SG 128 and subsequent, in black on white glazed card (void corners and Plate No circle) with handstamp‘May 6, 1878’ and ‘BEFORE HARDENING’. Recorded in SG-Spec Vol I, 16th edition, below #J124-5 on p216, cat £3,500. $1,900

222 F 1878 10/- Greenish Grey Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [GG] SG #128 (SG-Spec #J124). Some light cleanable soiling. LondonInland Section diamond BN ‘105’ part duplex firmly struck. Cat £3,200. TLC sure to help attractive example of a difficult stamp. $800

223 * 1878 10/- Greenish Grey Wmk Maltese Cross [AG] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #128s (SG-Spec #J124t). Light bend andcouple lightly foxed perfs, good colour. Very scarce, cat from £4,200. $1,500

224 W 1878 £1 Progressive Die Proof for SG #129 and subsequent, in black on white glazed card (void corners and Plate No circle)with handstamp ‘Apr 18, 1878’. Recorded in SG-Spec Vol I, 16th edition, below #J126-7 on p221, cat £4,600. $2,750

225 F 1878 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [AB] SG #129 (SG-Spec #J126). S/ ring cds ‘NUNEATON/B/ JU29/ 82’ andindistinct violet boxed type ‘???/G.P.O’. A seriously difficult stamp cat £4,500. $1,400

226 F 1878 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [EJ] SG #129 (SG-Spec #J126). Sock-it-on-the-nose s/ ring thimble cds‘LONDON W.C/5/ NO10/81/Z’. On the back ‘AFB’ handstamp in blue (dealer?). Strong original colour, very difficult stamp cat£4,500. $1,750


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227 * 1878 £1 Imperforate Colour Trial in orange on white paper wmk Maltese Cross Plate 1 [CF] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9.Recorded SG-Spec Vol I (16th Edition) p221 below type #J30, cat from £2,700. First one of these we’ve ever offered. $1,700

228 * 1882 £5 Orange Blued Paper Wmk Large Anchor [CD] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9, SG #133s (SG-Spec #128t), cat from £4,500. Part og disturbed, very fresh appearance. $1,800

229 * 1882 £5 Orange Blued Paper Wmk Large Anchor [CM] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9, SG #133s (SG-Spec #128s), catfrom £3,500. Near perfect centring, some lightly foxed perfs and adhesions at top, very fresh appearance. $1,800

230 V 1883 10/- Greenish Grey Wmk Large Anchor Plate 1 [EG] SG #135 (SG-Spec #J125a). Tiny spot NW corner and lghthorizontal crease, neat socked-on-the-nose s/ ring cds ‘GLASGOW/AP 16/ 83’ (quite early), Cat £4,500. Very attractive. $1,750

231 ** 1882 £5 Orange White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [AL], SG #137 (SG-Spec #128a). Trivial gum wrinkle noted for accuracy,very fresh, cat £14,500 (as hinged). $12,500

232 V 1882 £5 Orange White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [CN], SG #137 (SG-Spec #128a). Neatly struck s/ ring cds ‘WESTHARTLEPOOL/*/ FE22/ 02’. Near perfect centring, very fresh, cat £4,750. $3,000


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233 F 1875 2½d Rosy Mauve Wmk Small Anchor on white paper SG #139, Plate 2 [KE], London diamond BN ‘95’ duplex a bituneven. Fine, Cat £120. $70

234 U 1875-79 2½d Rosy Mauve Large Coloured Corner Letters neat display page presentation mainly fine and comprising [1]Wmk Small Anchor 1875 Plates 1, 2 & 3 SG #139, Plate 1 cancelled barred ‘C’ of Constantinople; [2] Wmk Orb 1876-79 Plates4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13 & 15 SG #141, Plate 5 with barred ‘A26’ of Gibraltar. Other pmks include Bishop Auckland cds, Newspaper,Scottish, London District and Inland. (10) $150

235 * 1876-80 Large Coloured Corner Letters Wmk Orb 2½d rosy mauve SG #141 (SG-Spec #J10) from Plate 9 [MG] tied to tosmall env (pinholes) to Paris by London District duplex. No backstamp, very attractive, cat Cat £125+. $80

236 * 1880 2½d Blue Wmk Orb Plate 17 [BK] SG #142. Strong original colour, cat £575. Very fine. $300237 * 1878 6d Deep Grey Wmk Spray Plate 16 Imperforate handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 diagonally, a variety of SG #146sb

(SG Spec #J86s). A lower right corner horizontal pair [JK-JL] with full gum, hinge traces and storage-related adhesions inmargin. Very fresh, min cat £900 (as two singles). $600

238 */U 1876-82 6d Grey White Corner Letters neat display page presentation comprising [1] Wmk Spray 1876 Plate 15 [FB] x2, 1878Plate 16 x3 [BJ, GI & OH] (latter two with wing margins); [2] Wmk Imperial Crown 1881-2 Plate 17 [JD] and 18 [BH]; [3] 1882(Jan 11) env to South Australia (aged) via Brindisi with Plate 17 [LA] SG #161 tied London duplex, alongside s/ ring d/ arc‘G.P.O.ADELAIDE/ FE21/82/ S_A’ (date lines inverted, ‘8’ inserted?), backstamp the renowned corrugated iron Norwood cdssame day (cogs complete). Neat presentation, fair only to fine, inspection needed. (8) $150

239 * 1876-82 White Corner Letters selection with 1/- green Plate 13 [BI], 2½d blue Plate 22 [PF], 4d grey-brown Plate 18 [QI] SG#150,157,160, Cat £1,400. Sadly, each with some lightly toned perfs, small gum blemishes and hinge remains. Excellent valueat below 10%. (3) $225

240 * 1876 8d Imperforate Colour Trials for Cat £850+ on Large Garter wmked paper in pale orange-yellow [FI] and orange(brownish) [CL] and handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 11. See SG Specialised Catalogue Vol 1, 16th Edition, p204, cat from £425each. Very seldom offered. (2) $500

241 **/ * 1876 8d Orange Plate 1 handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #156s (SG Spec #J91As). A block of 4 [DK-EL] with whitishgum (MUH x2), the ‘N’ of the opt on lower right unit smeared. Light hinge rems, very fresh, Cat £1,400+ (as for hinged singles).Multiples far from common. $800

242 * 1881 2½d Blue Imprimatur Plate 21 [AC] imperforate top marginal (marginal crease, hinge trace). Variety of SG #157 (SG-Spec #J23), cat £2,500. Superb. $1,600

243 F 1883 Unified Issue - 3d & 6d Surcharges SG #159,162, 3d on 3d x2 (one may be unused) and 6d on 6d x3. Duplex cancels,fine to very fine, min cat £750. (5) $225

244 * 1880 4d Grey-Brown Wmk Imperial Crown Plate 17 [RJ] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #160s (SG Spec #J68s). Fullog, light hinge rems, fresh colour, Cat £250. $140

245 * 1882 6d Grey Wmk Imperial Crown Plate 18 [FJ] handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #162s (SG Spec #J89s). Full og, lighthinge rems, fresh colour, Cat £300. $160


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246 W 1880 ½d Provisional Die Proof in black on thick glazed card with handstamp ‘3NOV80’ and mss ‘After Striking’. Light removableadhesions on back. Recorded in SG-Spec Vol I, 16th edition, below #K1 on p232, cat £1,500. $950

247 * 1880-81 Provisionals ½d to 5d complete SG #164-9 & 187 (incl 1883 ½d slate-blue), Cat £1,400+. Small gumsideimperfections, 1½d appears MUH. Good perfs, good original colours. (6) $425

248 U 1880-81 Provisionals ½d to 5d complete plus extras SG #164-9 & 187 (incl 1883 ½d slate-blue), Cat £760. Postmarks includeManchester sq circle, London hooded circles, Dorking and other duplex, Lombard St BO tying 2d rose pair to piece, 5d indigox2 shades. Mainly fine. (10) $275

249 * 1880-81 Provisionals set of 4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #164s-169s. Hinge remains, some perf and gum blemishes, allwith an unknown (expert?) initial handstamp in blue. Fresh appearance, Cat £400+. (4) $200

250 * 1880-81 Provisionals 1½d Venetian red block of 4, SG #167 (SG-Spec #K4, cat £1,100). Hinge remains and black album pageadhesion affecting gum of one unit. Very fresh appearance, Cat £1,100. $300

251 **/ * 1880 2d Deep Rose SG #168a. Very fresh lower marginal block of 6 (3x2) with five units MUH and extrapolated cat £3,850(MUH at MLH x2). Note that the lower marginal wmk shows the ‘E’ of ‘POSTAGE’ reversed. Small separation in selvedge,perfect centring, rich original colour. $2,000

252 * 1881 5d Indigo SG #169 tied to slightly aged outer (commercial cachet) by London EC sq circle April 18, 1883. Addressed toPalermo (Sicily) with arr backstamp April 22. Usual filing creases, not a common usage, Cat £300. $130

253 */ V 1881 1d Lilac 14 Dots SG #170. [1] horiz strip of 3 cancelled Halifax duplex BN ‘330’ July 16, 1881; [2] tied small env by s/ ring‘S.D/ LIVERPOOL/ 17AU81/ 21’ duplex CBP #7/20, to Carlisle from a chemist requesting a reference. (4) $90

254 ** 1881 1d Bluish Lilac block of 4 with ‘SPECIMEN’ type 9 ovpt, SG #170s (SG-Spec #K7(2)t). Very fresh MUH, extrapolated Cat£1,000↕++. $400

255 ** 1881 1d Bluish Lilac block of 6 with ‘SPECIMEN’ type 9 ovpt, SG #170s (SG-Spec #K7(2)t). Very trivial even gum aging atbase of block, MUH, Cat £1,500↕+. $550

256 F 1881 1d Lilac 16 Dots SG #172 with uncatalogued opt in black ‘Capt. Boyton’s/ World’s/ Water Show’, cancelled part LondonDistrict duplex. Couple surface abrasions, foxed perfs. Not seen by us before - listed overprints cat £500+ (unless local councils,which are quite common). $200

257 F 1881 1d Lilac 16 Dots SG #172 variety Unofficially bisected lightly foxed and tied to small piece by part‘LIVERPOOL/U.S.PACKET’ (poss 1890) CBP #14/54. [Per SG-Spec Vol 1 (16th Edition) p235 “bisected stamps are . . . unofficialalthough there are commercial usages” cat from £170] $85


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258 */U/ C 1881 1d Lilac 16 Dots on leaves shades presentation of 40 mint (over 20 MUH), one optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 (toned), 8 usedincl 2 on cover, and, lest we forget, one with only 14 corner dots SG #170 mint (tone spots). Covers are an opened out 2d bluereg env used within Cardiff and a mourning env Exeter to Ashburton. Mint include blocks of 9 x3, one of which is a very artificiallycreated sheetlet with an inverted Control ‘X’. (c50) $120

259 * 1881 1d Lilac 16 Dots Control ‘X’ with imperforate selvedge variety X inverted SG-Spec #KC53a. Light hinge traces, a far fromcommon variety, cat £200. $125

260 F 1881 1d Lilac 16 Dots variety Frame broken at bottom SG #173b. Cancelled neatly by BN ‘498’ part of Manchester duplex.Fine to very fine, Cat £350. Very infrequently offered. $200

261 ** 1884 2/6d Lilac White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [AC], SG #178 (SG-Spec #K10(1)). A very fine top marginal (part marginalwmk) in quite a pale shade. Hinge remains in selvedge, very fresh, cat £1,200 (2x hinged). $700

262 U 1884 High Values White Paper Wmk Large Anchor 2/6d lilac x4 and 5/- rose x2, all more or less faulty (nicks, creases) andall neatly cancelled mostly London types (one Liverpool noted), Cat £1,140. Good value at estimate. (6) $180

263 U 1884 High Values White Paper Wmk Large Anchor 2/6d lilac [MD], 5/- rose [KH], 10/- ultramarine [AB], prob SG #178, 180& 183. All nicely centred with s/ ring datestamps (London, Cambridge, Edinburgh respectively). Some slight aging, 5/- with bluecrayon mark, Cat £935. Excellent value. (3) $360

264 W 1884 2/ 6d Die Proof for SG #178-9 in black on white glazed card (void corners) with handstamp ‘11 APR 83’ and ‘BEFOREHARDENING’. Removable adhesions, recorded in SG-Spec Vol I, 16th edition, below #K10 on p244, cat £2,800. $1,600

265 * 1884 5/- Rose White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [CD], SG #180 (SG-Spec #K12(1)). Hinge remains, exquisite centring andperfs, very fresh, cat £1,100. $750

266 W 1884 10/- Cobalt White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [JA] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9, SG #182s (SG-Spec #K14(1)u).Some short perfs at top, near perfect centring, Cat £3,250. BPA certificate (1959) signed Robson Lowe and two others. Veryfresh appearance. $1,500

267 * 1884 10/- Ultramarine White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [KA], SG #183 (SG-Spec #K14(2)). Quite a pale shade (so possiblySG #183a), exceptional perfs and centring, very fresh. $1,250

268 V 1884 10/- Ultramarine White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [LA], SG #183 (SG-Spec #K14(2)). Superb small s/ ring cds‘HOLBORN B.O./*/ JA22/88/W.C.’. Quite a deep shade, exceptional perfs and centring, very fresh. $325

269 F 1884 10/- Pale Ultramarine White Paper [JA] SG #183a (SG-Spec #K14(3)). Neat s/ ring ‘YORK ST/ OC2/84/ MANCHESTER’cds, Cat £550. RPSL certificate (1988) rather harshly observes “toned”, Cat £550. $250

270 * 1884 10/- Ultramarine White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [HF] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9, SG #183s (SG-Spec #K14(2)s),cat from £550. Couple slightly nibbed perfs, exceptionally well-centred and very fresh. $300

271 * 1884 10/- Ultramarine White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [MA] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 11, SG #183s (SG-Spec#K14(2)s), cat from £550. Exceptional perfs and centring, very fresh. $320


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272 W 1884 £1 Die Proof for SG #185 and subsequent, in black on white glazed card (void corners) with handstamp ‘17 SEP 83’(enhanced) and ‘AFTER HARDENING’. Uncertain pencilled initials on front, removable adhesions on back. Recorded in SG-Spec Vol I, 16th edition, below #K15-17 on p246, cat £4,250. $2,500

273 U 1884 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Imperial Crowns [HC] SG #185. Ironed out vertical crease, neat sq circle cancel, good perfs,Cat £2,800. Good value. $750

274 U 1884 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Imperial Crowns [GB] SG #185. Ironed out crease, attempted removal of red crayon marksnot totally successful, traces remain, good perfs. Neat part ‘ROYAL [EXCHANG]E/C/ SP10/88/E.C’ s/ ring cds. $350

275 * 1884 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Imperial Crowns [ED] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #185s. Large part og disturbed, couplelightly toned perfs, hinge remains. Good perfs (couple lightly toned), strong original colour, Cat £2,800. Good value. $900

276 * 1884 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Imperial Crowns [QA] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG #185s. With disturbed gum (tpossiblynot original), hinge remains, good perfs and exceptional centring. Strong original colour, Cat £2,800. $900

277 U 1888 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Orbs [CD] SG #186. Ironed out vertical crease, neat s/ ring cds ‘CARNARVON/ MY19/ 89’ plusboxed type (prob T.M.B.), good perfs, Cat £4,250. Good value. $950

278 U/ C 1883-84 Lilacs & Greens complete set plus extras SG #187-96 with total cat £1,900+. Greens as usual somewhat faded butnot as bad as typically found (key 9d SG #195 quite good). Includes a cover to Florida with 2½d lilac cancelled Irish BN ‘400’of Rostrevor, postmarks include sq and hooded circles plus extra 1½d, 2½d & 3d. Overall condition needs careful consideration,good value at estimate. (14) $350

279 * 1883-84 Lilacs & Greens ½d slate-blue, 9d and 1/- dull green 4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 SG 187s, 195-6s. Hinge remains,some gum blemishes, the 9d and 1/- with printed album page offsets. The ½d with an unknown (expert?) initials handstamp inblue cat £50, the 9d the best cat £425, the 1/- with surface stain/ adhesion not considered in good value estimate. (3) $280

280 * 1883-83 Lilacs & Greens 1½d to 1/- SG #188-196. 9d is wmk sideways inverted cat £2,000 Some hinge rems, some tonedgum etc. Green colours generally strong with the 1/- a lovely deep shade. Despite few blemishes, a rare set in such goodcondition, Cat £6,100+. $2,500

281 * 1884 3d Pale Purple Imprimatur imperforate [CJ] from Plate 2 (pale shade). Variety of SG #191 (SG-Spec #K21), cat £650. $450282 * 1884 4d Dull Green Imprimatur imperforate right marginal [AL], variety of SG #192 (SG-Spec #K22), cat £700. $475283 U G1887-92 Jubilee both ½d to both 1/- shades presentation on leaves SG #197-211, 213-4 with extras. Includes 5d Die I SG

#207 and extra shades most values except 1/-. Covers include one with ½d addressed to NZ, 2½d on env to Cape of GoodHope, 1898 registered to New York, 1899 registered to Saxony. One 3d (of three) has FPO/ British Army S. Afric cds (1900?)SG #Z7. Some faded greens as usual, otherwise fine to very fine, total cat £800+. (45) $240

284 * 1887-92 Jubilee ‘SPECIMEN’ type 9 overprint on ½d, 1½d (tone spot), 2d (light tones), 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d Die I (toned perf tip),6d, 9d & 1/- (light tones), SG #197s-211s range, Cat £665. (12) $200


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285 */ ** 1887-92 Jubilee 1½d to both 1/- shades presentation on leaves SG #198-211, 214, 4½d and 6d may be MUH, total cat £1,150+(as all hinged). Includes 5d Die II SG #207a x3 (one stated Die I isn’t), two shades 1/- which may very well be SG-Spec #K40(1)& (2), two 10d both non-reactive purple & carmine shades. Others with extra shades, 2d incl yellow-green & carmine SG-Spec#K30(2), 3d deep purple & yellow SG #203. Hinge remains, adhesions and some with gum blemishes. Generally fine and freshthroughout. (20) $400

286 * 1887 2½d Purple on Blue Imprimatur imperforate probable top marginal (large margin). Variety of SG #201 (SG-Spec #K31),cat £725. [Note that this is NOT SG #201c] $500

287 ** 1887-92 Jubilee 4½d green & carmine pane of 20, SG #206, few tone spots and light crease affects 2 units, MUH (13 unitsvery fine), Cat £340+. $140

288 ** 1887-92 Jubilee 9d dull purple & blue NE corner marginal pair with decorative border, SG #209. Couple of light tones, hingedin margin only, Cat £220+. Plus ½d vermilion BLC block of 18 (6x3). (2 blks) $110

289 ** 1887-92 Jubilee 10d dull purple & carmine (non-reactive shade) SG #210 (SG-Spec #K39(1)). A very fine and fresh horizontalpair, Cat £180+. $120

290 F 1887-92 Jubilee 1/- dull green (full original colour) SG #211, plus 2d prob SG #200 and a VF 2/6d lilac SG #178, on part ParcelPost label (some residual gum), all cancelled s/ ring thimble cds ‘BANBURY/ HF*P/ DE8/98. Very attractive, 1/- particularly notoften seen so fine, min Cat £445+. $200

291 F 1887-92 Jubilee 1/- dull green SG #211 - SG-Spec #K40(1). A fine block of 4 with neat ‘WILFORD ST/ MR22/97/ NOTTINGHAM’small office s/ ring cds. Near original colour, Cat £400+. Good value (4) $140

292 F 1891 £1 Green Wmk Three Crowns [ND] SG #212. Parts two ‘REGISTERED/ 21MY97/ FENCHURCH ST’ oval cancels,suggestion of red possibly transit mark upper right, strong original colour, Cat £800. $400

293 F 1891 £1 Green Wmk Three Crowns [OC] SG #212. Neat sock-it-on-the-nose oval datestamp ‘ACCOUNT BRANCH/ 16NO92/GLASGOW’ and couple light blue crayon marks at left. Strong original colour, Cat £800. $400


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294 * 1891 £1 Green Plate 2 Broken Frame Variety [JC] SG #212a. Lightly hinged, NW corner crease and some gumsideimperfections not seen from front. Good perfs and nicely centred, cat £8,500. Very good value. $2,250

295 * 1891 £1 Green [OD] overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 11, SG #212s (SG-Spec #K17t). Lightly hinged, some slight gumdisturbance. Good perfs and colour, nicely centred, cat from £1,100. $550

GREAT BRITAIN | Official Stamps296 W 1840 1d Black ‘VR’ Official [MF] SG #V1 (SG-Spec #VR1). Faults, professionally repaired, Cat £32,000 (as fine with gum).

Terrific value. [Comes with 1984 letter from Robson Lowe explaining this particular stamp’s history and their expert opinion thatit is absolutely genuine.] $4,000

297 U 1882-1901 ‘I.R. OFFICIAL’ Overprints SG #O1-O19 range in mixed fair only to fine condition with cat close to £2,500. Somepostmark interest (duplex, sq circles incl scarce KIRKHAM). Includes 6d grey Plate 18 x2 (one fine) cat £140 each, nice 2½dlilac SG #O6 cat £185, key 1/- green & carmine SG #O19 (cat £1,800) with somewhat faded green and damaged perfs. Overallgood value at estimate. (10) $275

298 * 1892 1d Lilac Die II Optd ‘I.R. OFFICIAL’ SG #O3 (SG-Spec #L3). Fine horiz strip of 3 tied to aged OHMS ‘INLAND REVENUE’registered envelope (large violet ‘R’ in violet and inscribed in blue crayon “Fee 2d paid”) by three d/r cds ‘QUEEN’S SQUAREBELFAST/PM/6 30/ AU26/ 01’. Same on back (torn off flap) alongside main Belfast transit and Lisburn arr 11.45PM same date. $100

299 **/ * 1882-85 ‘I.R. OFFICIAL’ Overprints ½d slate-blue SG #O5. A fresh horiz pair, yellowish gum, hinge trace left unit, min cat Cat£170 (as two singles). Very fine. $100

300 U 1890 10/- Ultramarine Optd ‘I.R. OFFICIAL’ [DE] SG #O10 (SG-Spec #L8(4)s). Pinhole, TLC certain to help with light foxingby small hinge remains, superb sock-it-on-the-nose small s/ ring cds ‘BRADFORD YORKS/1O/ DE29/ 96’. Strong original colour,Cat £3,500. Very good value. $700

301 V 1892 £1 Green Optd ‘I.R. OFFICIAL’ [HC] SG #O16 (SG-Spec #L11s). Superb sock-it-on-the-nose small s/ ring cds‘WARRINGTON/7D/ DE9/ 01’. On the back indistinct light expert handstamp lower left, strong original colour, Cat £2,500. Nearpremium quality stamp. $1,300


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302 U 1887-1900 Department Officials selection in typical mixed fair only to just good condition. From Office of Works ½d blue-greenSG #O32 to the near impossible Board of Education 5d SG #O81 (cat £1,300). In between, Army complete ex ½d blue-greenSG #O41, O43-5; Govt Parcels 1887-1900 incl two each 6d & 9d SG #O66-67, others incl 1900 1/- SG #O72. Very high cat over£2,500, inspection a must. (16) $275

303 **/ * 1896-1901 Department Officials [1] Office of Works 1896 2d lilac SG #L33 fresh MUH (practically unheard of - cat £500 minthinged); [2] Army 2½d and 6d SG #O44-5, fresh, well-centred and lightly hinged, cat £160. Unused hardly ever offered. $350

304 U 1883-86 Government Parcels 1½d, 6d, 9d and 1/- [AB] Plate 13, SG #O61-4. Usual more or less faded greens (6d, 9d), usualparcel cancels (nothing else should be expected), min cat £600 (greens at 10%). (4) $200

GREAT BRITAIN | Postal Stationery305 * 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME1, one of the three displaced stereos (Forme 1, Stereo A4), a pre-printed Rates

demand letter of County Cess Office in Perth pmkd black MC with backstamp boxed ‘PERTH/ JN17/ 1841’ to Dunkeld (receivinghandstamp similar same date). Typical filing folds, removable hinge traces, far better than usual condition for these, SG-Speccat £600. $350

306 * 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet: one of the three displaced stereos (Forme 1, Stereo A11) SG-Spec #ME1d. Unused, aged,small ink mark and some reinforcement, cat £400. $150

307 * 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME1 (Forme 3, Stereo A35) slightly reinforced, first Sunday usage addressed toNantwich with red MC and, on the back, cds ‘PRESTON/ MY10/ 1840’. Very desirable early date, Cat £16,000+, RPSL certificate(1987). $8,500

308 * 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME1 (Forme 3, Stereo A57) with removable hinge rems, typical folds, roughopening noted for accuracy. Addressed to Towcester, light red MC and backstamp d/ arc ‘BUCKINGHAM/ NO23/ 1840’. Very nice,cat from £475. $240

309 * 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME1 (Forme 3, Stereo A69) addressed in London to Regent’s Park used on officialfirst day of issue May 6, 1840. Aged, opened out, reduced and reinforced. Red MC and backstamp ‘8NT/PD/ 8NT/ MY6/ 1840’,plus part black s/ ring backstamp same date. Rare first day cover cat from £18,000. $7,500


310 * 1840 1d Mulready Envelope: SG-Spec #ME2 (Forme 2, Stereo A156) with removable adhesion and trivial wrinkles noted foraccuracy. Single line ‘Strand’ receiving office handstamp in black, crisp red MC and backstamp ‘10FN/PD/ 10FN/ MY28/ 1840,addressed to Camden Town. A very desirable early date, cat from £1,200 for May date. $700

311 * 1840 1d Mulready Envelope: SG-Spec #ME2 (Forme 4, Stereo A181) uprated with 1d black SG #2 from Plate 7 [TE] (smallsurface rub) tied red MC with another alongside and ‘DERRY/ JA2/ 1841’ d/ arc cds (Irish). Some wrinkling and damaged flapnoted for accuracy. Addressed to Dr. Slater at High Wycombe. $6,000

312 * 1840 2d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME3 x2 (one is Stereo A96) fronts only, both addressed to a ChasWhitworth inHerefordshire, one with red MC, one with black MC, latter also arrival red d/ arc ‘ROSS/ MA21/ 1841’ cds. Both have beenenhanced, one by simply rebacking, the other imaginatively so as to appear as an envelope. Good looking pair. (2) $400

313 * 1840 2d Mulready Letter Sheet: SG-Spec #ME3 (Stereo A104) addressed to Ilchester (not far away) with neatly applied 1844BN ‘776’ of Taunton backstamp June 11, 1844, cat £2,400. Roughly opened, message within is a simple commercial order andno suggestion of any contents. Sadly, two different 1d red-brown imperfs (one on blued paper, one white paper) have beenadded later, with different size BN ‘776’ cancels, hopefully removable with care. [With adhesives genuinely attached the lettersheet would cat c£46,000!] $600

314 * 1840 2d Mulready Envelope: SG-Spec #ME4 (Stereo A203) cat £2,000. Removable hinge rems and some wrinkling and agingnoted for accuracy. Originally pmkd red MC and backstamp ‘WALSALL/ AU17/ 1840’ d/ arc cds. Addressed to London whereoriginal addressee name excised and new London addressee name added on a piece of paper, thus another red MC andbackstamp s/ ring ‘L/ 18AU18/ 1840’. Curious. $650

GREAT BRITAIN | Postal Stationery - Envelopes315 PS 1840 1d Brown Essay on card endorsed on back “Wyon Embossed Essay 1840/ Type E16”. Noted as being Essay No 2. $500

316 PS 1841 2d Blue on Mulready paper, H&B #EP6a, with red ‘SPECIMEN’. The was sent out to Scottish Postmasters attached toPostal Notice SG #PN4, hence the crease at the top where the notice was folded, couple of ink spots on face. Very rare. Alsosee Lot 121. $100

317 * 1843-64 ONE PENNY Embossed Envelopes selected with [1] 1843 to Westminster with MC cancel alongside ‘Fawley/ PennyPost’, backstamp unframed ‘SOUTHAMPTON/ 20JY1843/PY POST’, stated from Bishop of Winchester; [2] 1849 (Oct 26) withred wax seal of Auckland Castle, to Westminster with blue BN ‘80’ of Bishop Auckland (b/s cds also blue); [3] 1864 (Dec 14)tied duplex BN ‘723’ of Southampton, to Miss FitzHerbert at Maidstone (arr backstamp next day). Plus two unused 1d pink PTPOenvelopes and a couple used cut-outs. (5) $125

318 * 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee pictorial envelope and insert postcard Huggins & Baker #L4 (EP33). Three completepairs - one unused, one special pictorial cancel ‘2.JY.90’ CBP #12/8 (37mm) incl on the insert, one postally used env pmkd sqcircle ‘LONDON-E.C/ F12/ JY2/ 90’ addressed to Kingston-on-Thames (insert unused). Some aging and peripheral blemishes butmainly fine. Nice trio, good value. $100


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319 * 1840 ‘ONE PENNY’ Parliamentary No Wmk Parliamentary Envelope No Wmk SG #PE2, (Huggins & Klempka setting 4A),front only (damaged) from the MP for Devizes (Wiltshire) Thos Hon Sutton Sothern (?) to a ^iPatney, Devizes^i. Crowned'PAID/25FE25/1840/+' s/ring cds in red. Very scarce, cat £18,000. Only 4 examples recorded with this setting. $3,000

GREAT BRITAIN | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO)320 PS 1859 3d Carmine with date 21/5/59 on small piece, Huggins & Baker type 12a, ovptd seriffed ‘SPECIMEN’ 21x3mm. Used as

colour standard. $200321 PS 1860 1½d Lilac-Rose with date 2/4/60 on small piece, Huggins & Baker type 6a, ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 6. Considered by

Samuel & Huggins to be an essay, it was not used until 1872. $200322 PS 1883 1d Pink undated without die number on small piece, Huggins & Baker type 5, ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9. Used as a colour

standard. $200

GREAT BRITAIN | Pictorial Envelopes323 * Valentine - Deraedemaeker Reprints of 1850s design envelopes, printed in black on lavender - [1] Peace inscribed

‘ARBITRATION FOR WAR. . .’; [2] Anti-Slavery inscribed ‘GOD HATH MADE/OF ONE BLOOD. . .’. Very slight aging, freshunused, infrequently offered. [With modern postcard reproductions published by Stamp Collecting magazine (1980)] (2) $120

324 * Valentine ‘Nation Shall Not Lift ...’ 1854 (Sep 14) use from Airdrie to Hamilton, toning issues, nice 4-margins 1d red-brownStar [TG]. $150

325 * Valentine ‘Nation Shall Not Lift ...’ very fine Deraedemaeker reprint on grey. $80

326 * Mulready Caricature Anti-Graham W. J. Linton envelope designed by Leech, opposing secret opening of mail on cream paper.A fine example of the unisgned Deraedemaeker reprint. $80

327 * Mulready Caricature Blarney Stone on cream with the ‘G.M. LITH’ instead of ‘E.T. LITH’, a very fine example of the unsignedDeraedemaeker reprint. $80

328 * Valentine ‘Intemperance Is The Bane ...’ very fine Deraedemaeker reprint on white. $80


329 * Bradshaw & Blacklock ‘Ocean Penny Postage ...’ 1852 (Jul 24) use from Manchester to Rochdale, 3½-margins 1d red-brownStar [TE] cancelled with ‘498’ (but not tied), tied by Manchester backstamp. $250

330 * Myers & Company ‘Ocean Penny Postage ...’ very fine Deraedemaeker reprint on grey. $80331 * Henry Anelay ‘Ocean Penny Postage ...’ very fine Deraedemaeker reprint on blue. $80GREAT BRITAIN | Postal History

332 * 1840 (Jan 10) entire (usual folds) written by Mr W. Hone posted to his daughter on the first day of the Uniform 1d Post withunframed two-line ‘Fleet St/1d PAID’ lightly struck in black over double frame Tombstone ‘C/ PAID/ 10JA10/ 1840’ in red, on theback an mss ‘2’ (in error?). Mr Hone’s message to his daughter includes “I write . . . to send you a penny post letter. . .” Can’tbe anything but rare. [Includes biographical information about Mr W. Hone, a substantial man of his times] $2,000

333 * 1840 ? (Jul 1) use of 2d blue plate 2 [KE] on cover from Launceston to Holsworthy cancelled with red Maltese Cross. Cat£5,000. The stamp has been lifted and is hinged back into place. $1,500

334 * 1840 (Oct 7) 4d prepaid entire (red mss ‘4’) from London to Exeter. Re-addressed to Totnes where (Oct 8) 2d blue plate 1 pair[KH-KI] has been affixed and cancelled with Exeter red Maltese Cross. Cat £3,000 just as a use of the red MC on cover. A fewminor faults but quite an unusual cover. $2,000


335 * 1841 1d red-brown SG #8 [QK] possibly Plate 18, almost four margins just touching lower right and tied to outer (usual fold) byclear Scottish II (Edinburgh) Maltese Cross (large centre) SG Spec #B1ty. Backstamp ‘MAY/ W28M/ 1842’ s/ ring in black,addressed neatly to Right Honourable, The Marquis of Bute &c &c, Holyrood House. [On display page with postcard sizereproduction of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh (trimmed)] $120

336 * 1841-44 Maltese Cross Postmarks variety on cover (usual folds, backstamp) cancelling 1841 1d red-brown imperf SG #8-12range with [1] 1843 (Aug 1) almost 4-margins on entire alongside d/r Plumpton (Sussex) cds to Chard (b/s) [2] 1843 (Sep 22)3.95 margins on pre-printed return form from Kilmarnock (not distinctive) to Bank of Scotland Edinburgh; [3] 1843 (Dec 20) 4clear margins Greenock-Edinburgh entire with mss cancel (and some hand endorsements which may be explaining the msscancel?), redirected with Scottish Type II MC added; [4] 1844 (Mar 4) 2+ margins on entire Galway to Yarmouth. $125

337 * 1841-44 Maltese Cross Postmarks cancelling 1841 1d red-brown imperf SG #8-12 range on cover (usual folds) with [1] 1842(Sep 22) env Staines-Gray’s Inn (b/s ‘2’ of ‘1842’ missing); [2] 1843 (Mar 12) env Manchester-Preston (NOT the distinctive MC);[3] 1844 outer London-Gt Yarmouth with nice unframed ‘YARMOUTH-NORFOLK/ AP17/ 1844’ arr cds; [4] 1844 (Apr 30)Edinburgh local front appears Scottish type II (large centre) SG-Spec #B1ty cat £220 (stamp stated to be Plate 36). Some aging,nice variety. (4) $125

338 * 1843 pre-stamp inbound outer (usual fold, roughly opened, aged) to London from Buenos Ayres with handstamp on landingboxed ‘FALMOUTH/ SHIP LETTER’ CBP #14/ 7GA and London s/ ring arr cds ‘F/ 27JY27/ 1843’ in red. $70

339 * 1849 (Nov 6) large outer (somewhat roughly treated over the years) with startling 1841 1d red-brown on blue paper prob SG#8a, x8 (strip of 3 and strip of 5 [MA-MH]) each cancelled 1844 Scottish BN ‘1’ of Aberdeen. Addressed to The Right ReverendDr. Kyle, Preshome-Enzie, By Fochabers. Backstamp ‘ABERDEEN/ NO5/ 1849’, transit boxed ‘FOCHABERS/NO 6/ 1849’, arr d/arc ‘ENZIE’ in blue (date details unclear). Must have had some bulky contents to account for both the high franking and themany folds. $280

340 * 1856 (July 7) entire to Paris franked 9d via 2d blue Plate 5 wmk large crown P14 [RA] SG #34 and seven 1d Stars P14 on bluishpaper strips of 3 x2 [HG-HI & IG-II] and single [JI], all tied by four strikes London Inland Section twin diamond BN ‘46’ CBP #7/2.Other markings on front red oval ‘PD’ and d/ ring ‘ANGL./8/ JUIL/56/ AMB.CALAIS’, on the back receiving red MC ‘LS/ 7JY7/ 1856’and d/ ring Paris arr July 8. Very nice, cat (on cover and stamps) £355+. $150

341 * 1856-94 Selection with [1] 1856 (Feb 19) env to London with 1d Stars P14 wmk Large Crown prob SG #29 (SG-Spec #C6(1))tied small envelope by Edinburgh single line ‘INDIA STREET backstamp; [2] 1863 (June 19) env to York with 1d rose-red wmkLarge Crown Die II Alpha II (worn impression) paper no longer blued, prob Reserve Plate 15 SG-Spec #C13(1), tied Dublinduplex; [3] 1894 1d postal stationery advertising pcd uprated ½d vermilion Jubilee, to Ottawa. Attractive group. (3) $125

342 * 1857 1d red Stars on part entires [1] boxed ‘QUEEN/ STREET’ (Apr 8) to Falkirk; [2] ‘PORT HOPETON’ type E on (Dec 18) localcover. $120


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343 * 1858 entire (usual folds) dated June 16 from Edinburgh with 1d Stars P14 tied boxed ‘CLERK ST’ with, on the back, unframedcds ‘POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT/T/ JN17/ EDIN/ 58’. Addressed to Yetholm with, also on the back, transit d/ arc ‘KELSO/3/JN17/ 1858’ and s/ line arr ‘YETHOLM’ between two nearly parallel lines top and bottom. Some less than common markings here. $140

344 * 1858-59 Correspondence to India four flimsy and more or less damaged envelopes franked 9d written in the same handaddressed to Captain Hales Wilkie, H.M. 97th Regt, Lucknow, Oude, India. Each franking includes 6d pale lilac SG #70 (cat£225 on cover) and one or more 1d red-brown P14 SG #38-41 group. Three are from Deal with BN ‘240’ cancels and the first(April 8, 1858) includes Brigadier Frank’s Division in the address and is notable for the franking incl 2d blue P16 SG #36a Plate6 [AF] with re-entry (SG-Spec #F8c cat from £550); the 3rd and 4th (Nov 24, 1858 and Feb 9, 1859) include 2d blue Plate 7SG #45. The 2nd (Oct 1, 1858) is from Oxford with duplex BN ‘603’ cancels. All with receiving, transit and arr backstamp (blue,red, black). Stamps alone cat over £1,100. Also see Lot 194 $450

345 * 1859-60 Foreign Correspondence three covers with combination frankings each incl 4d rose wmk large garter SG #66 or 66a(cat £210 on cover) and line engraved adhesives [1] 1859 (Jul 8) outer to Buenos Aires with 1d Stars pair all cancelled LondonInland Section barred diamond ‘10’, no arr backstamp; [2] 1860 two entires to Hamburg with red oval ‘P’ handstamp and St Pauliarr backstamp, one May 18 franked 7d with 2d Plate 8 and 1d, BN ‘947’ (Hartlepool) cancels, the second June 6 franked 6dwith 1d pair and s/ ways duplex BN ‘761’ (Sunderland) cancels. Some aging but not bad for 150 year olds. (3) $175

346 * 1861 (Dec 3) cover from Rowland Hill (initials in corner). Endorsed at top “Rowland Hill” in blue pencil, wax seal on back. $100347 * 1869 (Nov 22) small envelope colourfully franked 10d by 4d vermilion Plate 11 [IK] and 6d mauve Plate 8 [IA] SG #94 & 109,

each tied duplex ‘2L/ GLASGOW/ NO22/69/ 159’ alongside handstamp ‘1d’ in red (CBP #18/1). Inscribed By French Mail/MrDickson, addressed Sir Henry Barkly/K.C.B./ Mauritius. backstamp ‘LONDON/AL/ NO23/ 69’ s/ arc transit in red, ‘MAURITIUS/1/DE23/69 s/ arc arrival. Very nice, cat c£280. $130

348 * 1873 (Aug 6) roughly opened mourning cover to Port Natal (Umzinto arr d/ ring cds) with pair and single 1873 3d rose SG #103Plate 10 pair [PJ-PK] and single [QJ], plus line engraved 1d Plate 161 singles x3. All tied Scottish BN ‘281’ duplex of Peterhead.Adhesions. $150

349 * 1901 (Nov 22) env (some stains) with 1d lilac (16 dots) SG #172 tied ‘RICHMOND/ 5PM/ NO22/01/ SURREY’ cds, to Cape Townwith lightly foxed ‘OPEN UNDER MARTIAL LAW’ reseal label tied ‘PASSED PRESS CENSOR/ CAPE TOWN’ handstamp inviolet initialled and dated ‘14/12/ 01’ alongside d/ ring ‘G.P.O. CAPETOWN/ 13DEC01.5 30PM/ CAPE COLONY’, another on theback with mss Received Dec 14. Inbounds not common. $100


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