1840 Penny Black with three large margins and that at left irregularly cut but complete, some overall aging, large-part apparently orginal gum, Cat £12,500 (minimum). An opportunity to fill a difficult space at an affordable price.
1840 Tuppence Blue 2d blue SG 5 horizontal pair, margins just clear - at upper-left - to good, black Maltese Cross cancels that have bled a little through the paper, Cat £1950+.
1841 1d Red Die I Alphabet II Small Crown Wmk on Blued Paper SG 8, almost full margins just touching at U/L and 'jumbo' width at right & base showing large-part plate number '14[?]' and small part sheet margin inscription.
1841-51 White Lines Added 2d deep full blue SG 15 horizontal strip of 3 [N-F to N-H], margins just clear - at base of [N-G] - to large, BN '498' cancels, Cat £330+.
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Lot No: 341
Symbol: F/V
Cat No: 127 (2)
1867-83 High Values Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- rose SG 127 Plate 1 [B-C] with one pulled perf at L/R & 'LIVERPOOL/DE12/75/ EXCHANGE' cds, and 5/- pale rose Plate 2 [F-E] with minor surface rub & superb 'DUNKELD/ C /SP15/82' cds, Cat £2175. Unusually fine examples of stamps that are usually 'dogs'. (2)
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Lot No: 343
Symbol: F
Cat No: 137 [D-L]
1867-83 High Values Large Anchor White Paper £5 orange SG 137 [D-L], very well centred for such a large stamp, very fine central 'SHEFFIELD/*/DE9/90' cds overstruck with boxed 'C.H.B./G.P.O.' {= Clearing House Branch, located at Somerset House} accountancy cancel, Cat £3500 with postal cancel only. [John Horsey in his magnum opus 'The £5 Orange' stated that most used examples were for telegraph or, as here, for internal accounting. In fact, he identifies only three usages that he states are definitely postal]
1880-81 New Designs 1d Venetian red imperforate single [AA] on gummed watermarked paper from the U/L of the Imprimatur Sheet, margins close to huge, lightly mounted, Cat £275. Superb!
1883-84 High DenominationsWhite Paper 2/6d lilac SG 178, exceptional centring, a couple of small gum imperfections but apparently unmounted, Cat £600+ (mounted).
1883-84 High DenominationsWhite Paper 10/- ultramarine SG 183, small mark on the Queen's neck & untidy cancels; and 10/- pale ultramarine SG 183a, excellent centring, a little aged & with an indelible-pencil mark on the reverse, very fine 'LOMBARD STREET/OC27/99' cds, Cat £1075. (2)
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Lot No: 347
Symbol: F
Cat No: 186 [I-A]
1884-88 One Pound Three Orbs £1 brown-lilac SG 186 [I-A], very well centred for such a large stamp, very fine 'HULL/DE22/88' cds overstruck with boxed 'C.H.B./G.P.O.' {= Clearing House Branch, located at Somerset House} accountancy cancel, Cat £4500 with postal cancel only.
1883-84 Lilacs & Greens 1½d to 1/- SG 188-196, the 9d (a little aged) with 'CANTERBURY' cds and 1/- with 'SHIFNAL' cds both 'socked on the nose', condition variable, Cat £1600.
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Lot No: 349
Symbol: P**&#
Cat No: Collection
KEVII group comprising 1d imperf plate proof pair on gummed brownish paper with diagonal 'CANCELLED' Overprint; Bradbury Wilkinson 2d 'dummy' plate proofs ungummed imperf x2 & gummed perforated - tonespot - all in violet; and De La Rue Small Minerva 'dummy' gummed imperf plate proof block of 4; all unmounted.
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1902-10 KEVII De La Rue Printings 3d pale reddish purple/orange-yellow Chalk Surfaced Paper SG 232c, excellent centring, Cat £225. BPA Certificate (2013).
1912-24 Simple Cypher Wmk 1½d brown with Repaired 'PENCE' SG 362av (Specialised #N18h) being the second unit in a marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, light bend just impinges on the L/L corner of the variety, unmounted, Spec Cat £490++ (mounted).
1912-24 Simple Cypher Wmk 1½d brown with Frame Break below Second 'E' of 'THREE' Specialised #N18p being the second unit in a 'V 23' Control strip of 3, the first two units are unmounted, Spec Cat £85++ (mounted).
1965 Joseph Lister 4d Carbolic Spray with Brown-Red Printing (Rubber Tube) Completely Omitted SG 667a tied to commercial cover by 'HEMEL HEMPSTEAD/14OCT/1965/HERTS' machine cancel, 'WATFORD' arrival backstamp & readdressed to Worthing, Cat £600 mint; unpriced used. An outstanding 'Missing Colour' usage. David Brandon Certificate (1997). [Tom Pierron states about 60 mint examples are known but only four used of which one - this item - "is on cover & features a Hemel Hempstead cancel"]
1966 World Cup Football 6d Goalmouth Melee with Black Printing (Goalkeeper's Jersey & Socks plus Inscription at Base) Omitted SG 694a, unmounted, Cat £200.
1970 Anniversaries 1/- International Co-operative Alliance Signing with the Green (Tablecloth) Printing Omitted SG 821c, unmounted, Cat £150. With a normal stamp for comparison.
1978 Energy Resources 9p Oil SG 1050 apparently with the Rose-Pink Printing Omitted leaving the sky a flesh colour, unmounted, not listed in either Gibbons Specialised or Pierron. With a normal stamp for comparison. [This may be from a trial priinting]
