1841 2d SMALL TRIAL PLATE WITH VOID CORNERS - superb corner pair with very large margins. SG DP43 £3000 as two singles.Cross Reference: DIE PROOFS ETC (Image)

NUMBER 1 - on stamp lettered OL. SG £700.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 2 - on stamp lettered OE, light corner crease. SG £700. Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 3 - on stamp lettered CJ, superb full upright strike. SG £700.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 4 - on stamp lettered OA. SG £700Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 5 - on stamp lettered IJ (lightly soiled, thin). Plus NUMBER 6 - on stamp lettered LC. SG £1550. (2) (Image)

NUMBER 7 - on stamp lettered NA. SG £1200.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 8 - on stamp lettered OH. SG £1000.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 9 - STRIP OF SIX - with four margins, one corner with minor bend, neatly cancelled with the London No. 9 MX. Very usual for such a multiple to not have No. 12 cancel. Ex Victoria 1975 sale, where bought for £825. SG £7200 as singles.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 9 - ON COVER - 18 Apr. 1843 E to Wellington franked fine four margin 2d blue tied by fine strike of the London No. 9 MX, Lombard Street ds on the back. Purchased in 1975 for £230. SG £3200. Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 9 - on stamp lettered IB (tiny corner crease, minor tone area). SG £1200.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 10 - fair, readily identifiable strike on stamp lettered SJ. SG £1500.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 11 - on stamp lettered JE. SG £850.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NUMBER 12 - on stamp lettered II. SG £550.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

CJ-CK - MINT PAIR - lightly mounted else with full original gum, four margins, very light diagonal bend. SG £10000. (Image)

EE - ENORMOUS SINGLE ON COVER - Oct. 1844 E to Kendal franked with a superb, enormous margined 2d blue showing parts of six adjacent impressions, neatly tied by London numeral leaving a clear profile, London and KENDAL ds on the back. A beautifully clean and attractive cover. Purchased in 1994 for £294(!). Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

GA-ID - EXTREMELY RARE USED BLOCK OF TWELVE WITH FULL SELVEDGE & INSCRIPTION - incredibly with margins all around, black MX cancels, full selvedge to the deckle edge at left, some very minor wrinkling seems frivolous to mention on what is a spectacular exhibit piece. (Image)

JB-JD - MINT STRIP OF THREE - lightly mounted else full gum, four margins, vertical crease in the margin between JC-JD. SG £15000. (Image)

CE RE-ENTRY - in a fine four margin CE-CF pair, matched with a CE single perf 16 plus a CE-CG strip of three perf 14. Lovely trio. SG £1365. (3 items) (Image)

FA-FC - fine strip of three paper with 'early stage' lavender tint, mostly large margins all around. SG £1200 for singles. (Image)

JH - with inverted watermark, enormous four even margins, minor wrinkling does not detract. SG £875. (Image)

PK-PL - superb pair with very large margins, on thin paper. SG £450. (Image)

TA - on generally thicker, lavender-tinted paper, fine with four mostly large margins. SG £1500. BPA cert. (1977). (Image)

TC - very fine with four margins, early print in state 1 prior to development of corrosion and the consequent cleaning attempt and later repair by re-entry; matched with a later perf 16 example in state 2 showing extreme wear including the absence of the base line under TWO PENCE, on June 1855 E Glasgow to Manchester. The cover ex the A.G. Brewer 2d blue collection. (2)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)

MIXED GROUP - KJ-KK pair with mostly very large margins, RD-RE pair very fine four margins, DD superb single with large margins and clear profile, DE with part of adjacent unit at right and very small amount of cancellation leaving the entire portrait clear, and CE good used with large margins and clearly showing the duplication of re-entry in the stars etc. Very fine group. (5 items) (Image)