MISCELLANY INC. FREES, perf. 1d REDS, RAILWAYS MARKS ETC. - pre-stamp group (4) inc. 1790s large part EL with "KIDDER/MINSTER" and written in shorthand; 1815-80s free front/env. range (24) all signed by various bishops inc. three Archbishops of Canterbury and 1833 front to London with double-ring "FREE/DUBLIN" cds signed Bishop of Clonfert; small stockbook with range of 1d reds mostly C10 and 1864 plates, later GB issues, plus Br. Empire selection; loose 1d stars/plates (a few hundred); 1860-KGVI range of covers/pieces with railway marks inc. 1875 E ex London with "WHITEHAVEN/S.T." cds on the flap; etc. (600+ items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, T.P.O.s AND STATION MARKS (Image)

QV-QEII MIXTURE: Pages & two small stockbooks containing duplicated ranges inc. c200 1864 1d plates; a few surface-printed mixed condition, 1867 5/- rose plate 1 (damaged but with rare "FB" Foreign Branch cancel) and small later range of QV, KEVII mint values to 1/-, 1913-19 Seahorses 2/6 brown (2) & 5/- red (2); a few covers inc. 1890 env. to Walsall with ½d vermilion (2) & 'LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND' seal signed by Lord Coleridge at lower left; group of 1860s-90s mostly fronts to Sheffield (generally poor); 1860s-80s group of receipts mostly with 1d fiscal issue attached, some interesting printed billheads though condition is generally poor; etc. Mixed condition. (high hundreds) (Image)

1880-1935 MINT & USED COLLECTION inc. used 1880 provisional set to 5d indigo; 1881 1d lilac Die I (2, both unmounted mint); 1883 lilac & green used set, plus mounted mint 1½d, 2d & 6d; used KEVII used shades all values to 10/-; and mostly used KGV selection. Generally good to fine. (250+) (Image)

KEVII-QEII COLLECTION: Album pages, stock books, etc., containing KEVII used with shades to 1/-; KGV Downey Heads used & MacKennal set mint & used to 1/-; KGVI sets mint & used (no high values); QEII pre-decimal issues inc. a box file containing a technical study of QEII Wildings (mint & used) to the 2/6d value; plus many loose, an album of Scout post covers (Woodseats, Dronfield, and Chesterfield), and a patchy 1982-89 used Australian stamp collection in a padded album. (qty) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA (Image)

QV TO PRE-DECIMAL QEII MINT & USED COLLECTION: Pair of slip cased "Wyon" two-peg albums with a fairly comprehensive collection. Includes 2 x 1840 1d blacks (3 & 4 margin), 1840 2d blue (4 margin), 1841 1d reds (9) & 2d blues (12) and later perf. issues inc. 1d reds to Pl. 225, ½d 'bantams' (19) inc. good Pl. 9; the 3 embossed values inc. lightly cancelled 10d and a fine range of surface printed issues with a good variety of plates and shades with values to 5/-; fine used Jubilee set to 1/- (both) & KEVII defin. set to 1/- mint and extensive range of used shades to 10d (3) & 1/- (6) plus ½d (11) & 1d (10) control singles; KGV inc. both mint & used defin. sets, 3 Seahorse vals. used and KGVI similarly represented by both mint and used sets, many inc. 'Arms' set of 6 unmounted and 1951 high vals. unmounted; detailed treatment of Wildings & Castles, with watermark varieties, violet, blue & green phosphors, etc. Early QEII special issues inc. phosphors typically both mint & used sets, many of the mint values being unmounted mint corner singles. Also a small range of listed inv. wmk varieties. (Very many 100s) (Image)