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1. SG 3 1d grey black plate 1a inverted watermark. A superb used example cancelled with a

crisp red Maltese cross. 4 neat margins with the constant varieties ray flaws 10/5 NW

square and guide line dot below S.E corner. Very scarce CAT £4000. £3200

2. SG 2 1d black plate 1a lettered NA. Very fine used with a crisp red Maltese cross. Four

fine margins. £425

3. SG 7 1d red brown plate 1b lettered O.F. A very fine used example with four good to

large margins with the listed varieties ‘burr rubs’ NE of one joined or nearly so and left line

recut. £275

4. SG 2 1d black plate 3 pair lettered JF-JG very fine used with crisp red Maltese crosses.

Full margins good to large. £575

5. SG 2 1d black plate 3 lettered F.A. Very fine used with a bright red Maltese cross. Four

fine margins. David Brandon cert. £425

6. SG 2/7 1d black & red plate 5 matched pair lettered L.K. Both very fine 4 margin exam-

ples. £375

7. SG 2 1d black plate 6 lettered J.F. A very fine lightly mounted mint example good to

large margins, all round CAT £13,500. David Brandon cert. £4800

8. SG 1 1d intense black plate 6 block of 4 very fine used with crisp red Maltese crosses.

Good to large margins just clear to large CAT £25000. Very scarce. £5750

9. SG 2 1d black plate 6 pair lettered HG-HH superb used cancelled with deep red Maltese

crosses. Full margins good to large SG spec AS41 CAT £1250. £950

10. SG 3 1d grey black plate 7 lettered BG. Superb used with a crisp full upright red Mal-

tese cross. 4 good to large margins. £675

11. SG 2/7 1d black & red matched pair from plate 8 lettered L.A. Both very fine used ex-

ample with good to large margins. £475

12. SG 2/7 1d black & red matched pair lettered B.I. from plate 9. Both very fine used ex-

ample with full margins. £425

13. SG 3 1d greyish black plate eleven. A fine used example of the scarcest of the penny

black plates on cover from Birmingham dated 8th April 1841. Stamp is lightly tied with a

black Maltese cross, 4 close to huge margins. RPS Cert CAT £16000. £4500

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14. SG 7 1d red brown from ‘black plate 11’ superb used with a crisp Maltese cross. Four

large margins. £160

17. SG 5 2d blue plate 1 lettered RJ. A superb used example cancelled with a deep red Mal-

tese cross. Four large margins. David Brandon cert. £875

18. SG 8 1d red brown plate 13 lettered KA marginal inscription. Fresh mint no gum four

large margins. Scarce plate. Mike Jackson cert. £375

19. SG 9 1d pale red brown plate 67 lettered L.I fine unmounted mint. 4 fine margins CAT

£675. £375

20. SG 8m 1d red brown lettered C.K superb used with a crisp full number 11 in Maltese

cross. 4 fine margins CAT £350. £175

21. SG 26 1d red brown lightly mounted mint. Very scarce CAT £2100. RPS Cert. £175

22. SG 32 1d brown rose. Pristine mounted mint. Very fresh. £240

15. SG 6 2d pale blue plate 1 block of 4 superb used with full upright red Maltese crosses,

full neat margins. Rare in this quality CAT £28000. £14,500

16. SG 5 1840 2d blue plate 1. A very fine used example cancelled with a fine number ‘6’ in

Maltese cross. 4 good to large margins, rarely seen or offered. RPS Cert. £11,500

23. SG 43 1d rose red plate 71. A very fine mint bottom corner marginal block of 12. 10

stamps being unmounted. Odd tone spot on reverse. A lovely fresh item. £825

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25. SG 43 1d plate 122. A hand drawn pen & ink

envelope depicting two drunken fellows in top

hats, tied by a Monmouth 1874 CDS to Worces-

ter. Very unusual. £525

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24. SG 43 1d rose red plate 90. Vertical pair sheet marginal with full centre ornament. Pris-

tine mint bottom stamp unmounted. £160

26. SG 43 1d rose red plate 213. A fresh mint marginal block of 12. 8 being unmounted CAT

£900. £425

27. SG 66 4d rose carmine very fine used NW CDS JY 18th 1859. £120

28. SG 66a 4d rose carmine superb used with a crisp Malta CDS. April 7th 1859. £120

29. SG 76 3d bright carmine. Pristine mounted mint superb colour and with excellent cen-

tring CAT £2500. £825

30. SG 90 1/- green. A wonderfully fresh example. VFU indeed. A featherlight Malta CDS.

Rare so fine. £220

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31. SG 106 6d purple very fine used with a crisp upright Malta CDS. £275

32. SG 120b 2/- milky blue. SG spec J118(5) superb used with a La-Guayra CDS 5th July

1879. Scarce in this quality. £1275

33. SG 126 5/- rose plate 1. A very fine used top marginal example with inscription can-

celled with two crisp Cornhill 1872 CDS’s. £375

34. SG 129 £1 brown lilac superb used with a crisp upright London Northern office North-

ern CDS. Feb 16th 1881 RPS Cert accompanies. £2400

35. SG 132 £1 brown-lilac on blued paper. A superb used example cancelled with a crisp

London Northern office CDS. Excellent centring colour & with delicate bluing to the paper.

Rare in this quality CAT £17,500 with premium. £7500

36. SG 132 £1 brown lilac on blued paper. A very fine used example cancelled with a Glas-

gow CDS March 1883 CDS CAT £10000. £5750

37. SG 136 £1 brown-lilac watermark anchor. A superb used example cancelled with a crisp

Bridge of Allan CDS. Sept 11th 1883. Very scarce in this quality CAT £15,750 with premi-

um. £6500

38. SG 136 £1 brown-lilac. A superb used example cancelled with a crisp Manchester York

St CDS. Sept 26th 1883. Good centring, nice deep colour CAT £15,750 with premium.

£5750

39. SG 137 £5 orange. Pristine unmounted mint shows major frame break variety (SG spec

J128b) superb deep colour, full perfs, full original gum & with excellent centring has a light

vertical gum crease at left otherwise. A wonderful fresh example with scarce frame break

variety CAT £17,500. £8500

40. SG 139 2½d plate 1 VFU upright Notthingham steel CDS. RPS certificate accompa-

nies. £120

41. SG 141 2½d rosy mauve plate 11. Superb used with a part Malta CDS. £130

42. SG 143 3d rose plate 16. Very fine used with a red PD cancel. £150

43. SG 145 J82. ‘FA’ 6d pale buff plate 13. A good used example of this very rare abnormal.

One of the most difficult Victorian spaces to fill and only the fourth example we have han-

dled in 26 years. Minor faults as usual. £8500

44. SG 147 6d grey plate 15. A fine mounted mint example overprinted specimen type 9.

£200

45. SG 150 1/- green plate 11. Superb used with a part ‘Panama’ CDS Aug 1875. £225

46. SG 152 4d vermilion very fine used with a ‘St Thomas’ 1877 CDS. Nice deep colour.

£290

47. SG 152 4d imperf colour trial in pale orange brown. A bottom marginal example. Very

fresh, no gum. £275

48. SG 154 4d very fine used example of this difficult adhesive. A fine Liverpool CDS for

10th Sept 1880. Crisp and upright. £375

49. SG 161 6d grey plate 18 overprinted specimen. Very lightly mounted mint. Scarce. £220

50. SG 162 6d on 6d lilac overprinted specimen. Fine mounted mint. £190

51. SG 178 2/6 lilac a very fine used strip of 3. 2nd June 1890. £185

52. SG 182 10/- cobalt white paper watermark anchor. An exceptional example. Superb

colour cancelled with a crisp Glasgow waterloo St CDS March 26th 1885. David Brandon

cert CAT £8250. £5750

53. SG 183 10/- ultramarine. Superb used with an upright Swansea July 1st 1889 CDS.

£325

54. SG 129wi 1d overprinted specimen type 17. (Horseshoe) fine unmounted mint. Ex

booklet (spec M5u). £375

55. SG 269 ½d very deep dull yellow green. Very blotchy print. Unmounted mint top mar-

ginal shade variety spec M ¾ Hendon cert. £240

56. SG 270a ½d pale bluish green St ‘Andrew’ cross attached inverted watermark. Fresh

lightly mounted mint BPA cert. £250

57. SG 309 10d deep-scarlet corner marginal example unmounted mint spec M44(4). Hen-

don cert. £375

58. SG 279 ½d deep dull green (very blotchy print). A very fine side marginal example un-

mounted mint, excellent colour (spec M4/3) perf 15x14. Very scarce. Hendon cert. £950

59. SG 280 1d intense rose red. Fine unmounted mint, excellent centring. A rare shade

(spec M7/3) Hendon cert. £480

60. SG 301 6d dull purple on ‘Dickinson coated paper’ A fine unmounted sheet marginal

example. (SG spec M34/1). £375

61. SG 315 2/6 dull grey purple, pristine lightly mounted mint CAT £850. £425

62. SG 319 10/- blue. Pristine lightly mounted mint CAT £1100. £575

63. SG 319 10/- blue. A very fine used CDS example CAT £600. £375

64. SG 320 £1 deep green very fine used Guernsey CDS May 1913. £475

65. SG 351 ½d green on ‘first day envelope’ cancelled with a Brockley. S.O Jan 17th 1913

CDS. Rarely seen. £975

66. SG 354 ½d bright-yellow green. Unmounted mint top marginal very fresh (SG spec

N14/11) with RPS Cert. £75

67. SG 354 ½d variety no watermark. A fine unmounted mint side marginal example spec

N14/8b with Hendon Cert. £220

68. SG 361 1d scarlet-vermilion control ‘J17’ fine unmounted mint (SG spec N16/14) with

RPS Cert. £175

69. SG 362 1½d variety no watermark. Fine unmounted mint top marginal example. Scarce

(SG spec N18a). £325

70. SG 362 1½d very deep red brown. Fine unmounted mint corner marginal. Excellent

colour. Scarce shade SG spec (N18/4) with RPS Cert. £380

71. SG 368 2d variety no watermark unmounted mint side marginal. Pristine fresh &

scarce. (spec N19a). £375

72. SG 369 2d intense bright orange. Very fine used Brighton 1921 double ring steel CDS.

(SG spec N19/9) with RPS Cert. £380

73. SG 387wi 7d watermark inverted very fine used corner marginal cancelled with a crisp

part CDS. £75

74. SG 401 5/- rose-carmine. Very fine used with a crisp light complete 1914 steel CDS.

Clear of Kings head CAT £320+. £225

75. SG 411 10/- deep blue pristine unmounted mint. Excellent colour, good centring SG

spec N70(2) CAT £5500. £4500

76. SG 415 2/6 reddish brown fine unmounted mint, well centred (SG spec N65/4). £275

77. SG 420a 1½d variety tete-beche pair (with gutter). Superb unmounted mint. £675

78. SG 437wi 2½d blue watermark inverted very fine used with two crisp CDS’s excellent

centring. Scarce this fine. £975

79. SG 438 £1 PUC superb used clear of Kings head, with a lightly applied part CDS at

lower left corner. £525

80. SG 452 10/- indigo. A pristine unmounted right hand marginal example CAT £500. £375

80a. King George V downey head & Royal cypher. Specialised collection 1911-1922, al-

most complete. Neatly displayed & classified on Hagnor leaves. All fresh mounted mint,

key shades with certificates. The Downey heads have 60 different shades. 6 missing to com-

plete the set. The royal cypher values have 142 different shades, 11 missing to complete

CAT value £14,800. Rarely offered so near completion. Please enquire for full list of

shades. £7800

81. SG 615c 3d dramatic ‘misperf’ unmounted mint corner marginal (caused by paper fold).

£325

82. SG 714 1/6d Xmas variety ‘Queens head’ gold omitted on top copy vertical pair.

Scarce. £575

83. SG 1500 37p 1990 Queens awards, show a spectacular shift of silver to left. (Queens

head, inscription & value) with normal for comparison. £275

84. SG 011s £1 brown lilac IR official. A fine mounted mint example of this very rare offi-

cial overprinted specimen type 11. Complete with RPS certificate CAT £5250. £3600

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