UNPLATED GROUP PLUS COVER: Group of five 4 margin singles (one only just) BL, HC, SD & SJ with red MX cancels and SB with black MX cancel, and Aug 1840 env. to Perthshire bearing 4 margin Pl.3 AI tied by fine red MX and just touched by final letter of s/l "Knightsbridge" mark. Attractive group. (5 singles & cover) (Image)

UNPLATED EXAMPLES with A? & AG cancelled in black, HI, IA NG & HI cancelled in red. Good three and four margined examples. Some faults. Also a forgery IK on piece with blue MX. (7) (Image)

UNPLATED EXAMPLES with CD, KL (2), MF and NK all cancelled in red, and GC (poor), IJ & RC (poor) and SL cancelled in black. Mostly good three margined examples. (9) (Image)

PLATE 1a KL USED ON 9th MAY 1840 COVER: 9 May 1840 E (folded) from London to Bath bearing 1d black KL shaved at foot with red MX cancellation. A scarce early date SG £4,800. (Image)

PLATE 1a MI USED ON 11 MAY 1840 LARGE PIECE: 11 May 1840 piece from London clearly dated bearing 1d plate 1a MI tied by a complete red MX. Three wide margins, cut into at upper right. A good example of an early May 1840 use. (Image)

PLATE 1a AE (DOUBLE 'E' VARIETY): a large margined example with almost complete BLACK MX cancellation leaving corner letters clear. Probably the finest example of this variety recorded. SG Spec. AS3f £1,100. (Image)

PLATE 1a ID intense black (early impression), a very fine wide margined example with an almost complete red MX cancellation. Most attractive. SG Spec. AS1 £600. (Image)

PLATE 1a JK cancelled with a red MX leaving profile clear. Wide margins. An exceptional example. (Image)

PLATE 1a RJ a fine grey black shade cancelled in red. (Image)

PLATE 1a QL early impression, cancelled with a red MX leaving profile clear. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a RG with red MX cancellation leaving corner letters and profile clear. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a FA worn impression with crisp red MX cancellation. Close to good margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a JL lightly cancelled with a red MX, clear to wide margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a MH:Four good margins and neatly cancelled in red to leave profile clear. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a FF worn impression with red MX cancellation. Close to good margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1a EG cancelled with a red MX leaving profile clear. Close but clear margins. (Image)

PLATE 1b QD (burr rubs), an exceptional example with wide margins on all sides and an almost complete red MX cancellation. Most attractive and rare thus. SG Spec AS5g £400. Ex "Robert Wallace". (Image)

PLATE 1b BA a fine four margined example with red MX cancellation. (Image)

PLATE 1b PC recut sideline, cancelled with a red MX leaving profile clear, good to wide margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1b DE with a red MX, good to large margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1b EA good to wide margins, cancelled with a red MX leaving corner letters clear. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1b FH: Fine 4 margin example tied by v.fine black MX to 10 Mar. 1841 EL from Edinburgh to Melrose. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATE 1b JH cancelled with a black MX, close to good margins, sound. Also TL on bleute paper, close to wide margins, lightly cancelled in red. (2) (Image)

PLATE 1b FH cancelled in red. Wide margins. Fine. (Image)

PLATE 1b HE lightly cancelled in red, good margins. Fine. (Image)