NUMBERS 1 to 4 - fine strikes on fine four margin 1d reds, No. 2 huge at right, No. 4 on small piece. SG £1185. (4)Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 3 - DUO OF COVERS INC. TO GUERNSEY - Dec. 1843 E to Brighton with four margin SI plate 37, and Apr. 1844 E to Guernsey with DJ plate 39, four good to close margins and "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" alongside; each stamp tied by a fine or good strike of the No. 3 London MX. SG £1200. (2)Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

NUMBERS 5 to 9 - fine strikes on fine four margin 1d reds. SG £840. (5)Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBERS 10, 11 & 12 - INC. A PAIR - fine strikes, Nos. 10 & 11 on fine 1d reds with good to very large margins, No. 12 on a fine four margin pair. SG £1370. (3 items)Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

UNPLATED - SHADES GROUP - eight examples on a page displaying a range of shades, generally selected v. fine/superb examples. (8) (Image)

TRIO OF DISTINCTIVE CROSSES - HL plate 9 (small thin) with solid-centre MX as known from Welshpool and other offices; CK plate 19 with a good Coventry special MX that is more often than not struck poorly; and TB plate 22 tied to small piece by fine York special MX. SG £1450+. (3)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 10 - PAIR ON COVER WITH MANCHESTER FISHTAIL CROSS - Apr. 1841 EL to Glasgow franked four margin pair of 1d reds tied by fine strikes of this distinctive MX, MANCHESTER and GLASGOW ds on the top flap. Very attractive; SG £1500 for a single on cover.Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER, LANARKSHIRE - GLASGOW (Image)

PLATE 11 - WITH VERY SCARCE WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE CROSS - fine four margin 1d red lettered LG with large part strike of this famous distinctive MX. SG £4500. (Image)

PLATE 14, NB - ON COVER "Poulton/Penny Post" CANCEL - 14 Oct. 1841 EL to Lytham with four margin 1d red tied by black MX plus fine D-rated "Poulton/Penny Post". Scarce. SG £1800. Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, LANCASHIRE (Image)

PLATE 20, TRIPLE CHECKLETTER 'S' - PLATE 21, 'M OVER K' - EACH ON COVER - Nov. 1842 env. used in Derbyshire franked plate 21 1d red showing the major variety 'M over K' on unit ML, BELPER cds on the front and DERBY cds on the back; and June 1843 EL (printed billhead) to OLDHAM (cds on the front) franked fine plate 20 1d red showing variety 'triple checkletter S', BIRMINGHAM cds on the back. Each 1d red with four mostly large to v. large margins; very fine, major checkletter varieties. (2) Cross Reference: DERBYSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM (Image)

PLATE 22 - GG - ON COVER WITH HONITON CDS CANCEL, ETC - 3 Aug. 1842 EL (pressure bend) to CULLOMPTON (cds on the back) franked fine four margin 1d red tied with a v. fine, almost complete, HONITON cds. Very scarce. SG £2750. Also the same cds cancelling an off-cover 1d red (thinned) and a three margin 1d red tied to piece by MX with HONITON cds alongside. (3 items) Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, DEVON (Image)

PLATES 23 & 43 - ON COVERS WITH BLUE MALTESE CROSSES - Apr. 1842 E (minor split on the back) to Liskeard franked with NJ plate 23, fine four margins, tied by blue MX with TRURO cds in the same colour and black LISKEARD cds both also on the front; and Jan. 1844 E to London with OH plate 43, four margins, tied by MX in a shade of greenish blue, PRESTON cds in the same colour along with London cds both on the flap. Both covers recorded in Rockoff & Jackson (the earlier wrongly noted as 1841). SG £3400. (2) Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, LANCASHIRE, CORNWALL (Image)

PLATE 26 - WITH RARE 'CHANNEL ISLANDS' CROSS - fine four close to large margins lettered AG, cancelled with a close to complete strike of this very distinctive MX. Illustrated in Rockoff & Jackson p63. SG £7500. RPSL cert. (1960). Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

PLATE 32 - ON NORWICH DISTINCTIVE CROSS COVER - 6 June 1843 E to London franked with a four margin 1d red tied by a very fine strike of the NORWICH (cds on the top flap) special MX. This cover recorded in Rockoff & Jackson. SG £1250. Cross Reference: NORFOLK, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 35 - WITH SCARCE KILMARNOCK CROSS - fine with four margins lettered ML, with a very fine complete strike of this quite distinctive MX. SG £1400. Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY ON COVER, STATE 1d - Mar. 1844 EL (filing crease with small edge tears, through the centre) to Usk franked 1d red significantly cut into at left, full margins elsewhere (tiny scissor cut into K square), tied by MX, "NEWPORT-MON" and USK cds on the back. Five states/sub-states are recognised, this example being SG's state 1d (what both Stone [1973] and Hollins [2009, GBJ Vol 49 No 3] refer to as state 3b). SG £1000 off-cover.Cross Reference: MONMOUTHSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY, STATE 1d - fine used with MX, just touched at lower left, mostly good to large margins elsewhere. See also the commentary in the lot above. SG £1000. (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY, STATE 2 WITH RE-POSITIONED CHECKLETTER 'B' - of superb appearance, just a very minor wrinkle apparent on the back, four good margins, very fine and rare G-rated 548 numeral of Tunstall, Staffs. The final state of this unit, referred to as state 2 by SG (both Stone and Hollins [see refs above] refer to this as state 4); checkletter B has been burnished out and re-punched further right to the original. SG £1600. BPA cert. (1973). Cross Reference: STAFFORDSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 64 - KK RE-ENTRY - ON COVER - Apr. 1846 EL to WINCHESTER (cds on the back affected by flap tear, along with WAREHAM cds across the flap) franked fine 1d red just touched at top right from stamp being torn from the sheet on two sides, else four very large margins, clearly showing the marks of re-entry, tied by 843 numeral and with SWANAGE udc alongside.Cross Reference: DORSET (Image)

PLATE 75 - LK - THE FAMOUS 'UNION-JACK' RE-ENTRY, ON COVER - July 1848 neat mourning env. (small expertising mark on front) to 'Surry' franked fine four margin 1d red tied by 132 numeral of BRIGHTON (cds on the back, along with London transit mark), part cds on the front, possibly CHERTSEY. Fine cover. SG £3000 for off-cover. Cross Reference: SUSSEX, SURREY (Image)

PLATE 75 - LK - THE FAMOUS 'UNION-JACK' RE-ENTRY - fine used four margin example, neatly cancelled away from the main area of re-entry at top. Ex Maximus. SG £3000. (Image)

PLATE 92 - MINT CORNER BLOCK OF SIX WITH PLATE NUMBER - SJ-TL block with full margins inc. selvedge at base and right with inscription and plate number, light vertical creasing on SJ-TJ, unhinged with relatively minor gum disturbance along the base and glorious original gum over c90% of the back. Very attractive and rare. (Image)

PLATE 101 - MG-ML - STRIP OF SIX - with four margins and Irish 142 numerals of Clonmel, MH creased and light bend on MK and possibly ML, still displays well, appears carefully torn from the sheet at top and sides, while at base there is evidence of rouletting which the RPSL cert. (2011) notes as 'Not a private roulette'. (Image)

PLATES 105 & 107 - INVERTED 'S' GROUP - plate 105 complete set of the twelve S-row units showing this variety (4 just shaved at one point; the others all with four margins, one with small thin) plus Apr. 1851 EL to BLACKBURN (cds on the back, along with SELBY) franked fine four margin 1d red, SF plate 107, tied by 695 numeral. SG £2340. (13 items)Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 139 - '(C)I-C(H)' - ON COVER - Oct 1852 printed billhead (filing crease through stamp) to MONMOUTH (cds on the back, along with BRISTOL and GLOUCESTER) franked with a grossly mis-cut 1d red resulting in about one-third of stamp CI (double letter I) and two-thirds of stamp CJ, tied by neat 134 numeral. An extraordinary use, possibly indicating some sort of mechanical separation? Purchased in 2010 for £320. Also another superb large margin 1d red, KI plate 130, for comparison. (2)Cross Reference: BRISTOL (Image)