PERFORATION VARIETY - GROSS MISPERF. PLUS BROKEN PINS - C1 plate 174 pair (some separation between units), grossly misperfed to upper left resulting in checkletters at top, cut from the selvedge at right giving a pair approx. one-third of a unit wider than usual, also superbly showing the Simpson & Sargent broken perf variety No. 4 state 4 (perf holes 5, 8, 10 & 14-18 missing at right). Striking piece. (Image)

PERFORATION VARIETIES - INC. ON 2d BLUES - C1 AB plate 167 double perfed tied to piece by part Bristol spoon; C4 SC plate 1 extremely long stamp with a significant part of TC attached tied to piece by Liverpool spoon; and 2d blue plate 4 perf. 14 (2, BG triple perfed with two extra horiz. rows through the centre, and FI short stamp and double perfed with one extra row of perfs through the centre). (4) Cross Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)

PERFORATION VARIETIES - TRIO OF COVERS - Apr. 1854 E London to Bristol franked C1 AK and BH plate 172, AK double perfed fully on the sides and BH double perfed approx. the lower one-quarter of the sides; July 1854 env. Bridgwater to Exeter franked C1 TL plate 164 perfed high showing part inscription and '16' of the plate number; and Dec. 1855 env. Burton-on-Trent to London franked C4 FA plate 2 neatly cut from the sheet with scissors having perf. holes through the left and top of the portrait. Attractive trio. (3) Cross Reference: SOMERSET, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, STAFFORDSHIRE (Image)