1840 1d & 2d Mulready lettersheets unused (1d Forme "A30", 2d "a92"). SG cat £775. (Image)

1840 1d Mulready lettersheets x 2 used. One apparently sent from Oswestry to Bury St Edmunds (AP-MY 1841 Forme "A232"), the other Selby to Howden (Feb 1841). Forme cut off. SG ME1. Cat £1100. (Image)

1840 1d & 2d Mulready lettersheets, some stain marks on front & hinged on back of both, unused. SG ME1, ME3. Cat £775. (Image)

1840 2d Mulready envelope, Forme "a201". Unused. SG ME4. Cat £450. (Image)

1840 "Mulready" postal stationery (& derivatives) range of 21 items on Hagner pages. Noted 4 originals incl 1d envelopes x 2 used (stereo "A153", canc black MC; "A151" canc red MC with pre-printing paper fold); 1d lettersheet ("A94" canc black MC with Hammersmith Broadway h/s); 2d blue lettersheet "A94", unused, with vert central crease). These cat SG £2150. Also: 8 later facsimile repros c1890-1900 (1d x 6, 2d x 2) incl 2 1930 covers ex Toronto, Canada stamp dealer; 1880s "Whitaker's Almanack" advt cover (PU 1883); & 4 caricatures c1890 (publ Menzies, Southgate, Deraedermaker). Also 3 other C.19 pictorial printed covers (themes Temperance, Xmas, Ocean Penny Postage, all publ Deraedermaker) & 1876 Aldershot Camp front. Nice condition overall. (Image)

1840-1 1d Black x 3 & 2d blue x 3: 1) 1d "II", plate 4, 4 margins (close at left), red MC; 2) 1d "SF", plate 2, 3 margins, red MC back thin; 3) entire with 1d "OK, plate 5, 2 margins (one wide with part of next stamp), red MC, JA 21 1841 b/s; 4) 2d "QI", plate 1, 3 margins (2 close), black MC; 5) 2d "TC", plate 1, 2 margins, top left corner half missing, black MC; 6) 2d "TJ", plate 2, 3 margins (1 close), black MC. SG cat £4550. (Image)

c1840s-80s Mulready envelopes x 3. Two caricatures Fores/Deraedemaker No. 1 & punch (both unused). Whitaker facsimile with 1d Red (pl 185) tied by London 5 NO 77 duplex. Noted that this is a "Type B" and it is the 2nd earliest use of 53 recorded. (Image)

1840-1 1d Black x 13 incl 6 with 4 margins, rest 3 margins except 1 has 2 & 1 has none - 9 with red MC cancels, 3 with black & 1 indeterminate. Appears to be plates 1a, 2 x 2, 3 x 2, 5, 6 x 3, 7 x 2, 9 & 10. Also plate 1b on piece very badly creased & plate 5 (1 nearly 2 margins) on entire, red MC cancel. Total cat about £6500. GU/FU. (Image)

1840-1 2d blue x 9 - incl 3 with 4 margins, rest 1-3 margins. Two with red MC cancels, rest black MC cancels. Mix plate 1 & 2. SG cat £9000+. (Image)

1840 2d pale blue, plate I (CE), imperf 4 margins (close at right). Very neat red MC cancel. Lovely example. SG 6. Cat £1250. FU. (Image)

1841-51 1d red & 2d blue imperfs specialised used colln on annotated pages, identified by SG No's. 1d: 38 plus 6 covers noted 16 MC cancels incl numeral 2 & 7 (London sorting offices) 4 on covers. Various blued papers incl 2 Ivory Heads, shades etc. 2d: 20 stamps noted 4 MC cancels incl numeral 12 & also Ivory Head. High cv. (Image)

1847-54 Embossed seln 6d x 6, 10d x 3 & 1/- x 4, all cut square. Virtually all about 2-3 margins, 1 x 10d excellent 4 margins. Various dies & shade vars. Tidy lot. SG cat approx £15,000. GU/FU. (Image)

c1854-8 1d red & 2d blue perf 2 corner letters specialised used colln on pages, identified by SG No's. Nice range of shades, plates, perfs, wmks etc 1d x 72, 2d x 27. Very tidy. High cv. (Image)

1855-7 no corner letters specialised used colln on pages, identified by SG No's. Virtually all the SG No's covered, shades, papers incl 4d & 6d invtd wmks. 4d x 15, 6d x 10 & 1/- x 5. Very tidy lot. SG cat approx £8000. GU/FU. (Image)

1857 cover to Sydney, NSW, franked 1856 6d pale lilac on azure paper (no corner letters), GU/FU, canc 50" diamond in bars obliterator. Red m/s endorsement "17½"(?) B/s "Brixton End" straight-line h/s (blue), London red cds (with crown) 21 FE, 4 partial "[SH]IP LETTER / [SYDNEY]" unframed semi-circular d/s MY 19. Flap tear, otherwise fine. SG 70a. Cat approx £900 on cover. (Image)

1858-76 2d blue perf 4 corner letters colln of 25 used on page - all 7 plates represented. SG cat £1240. (Image)

1862-4 surface prints small uncoloured letter specialised used colln on 3 pages, identified by SG No's. Nice range of shades, several paper & perf vars. 3d x 7, 4d x 16; 6d x 17 (+ 1 on entire); 9d x 5 & 1/- x 8. SG cat well over £15,000. (Image)

1864-79 1d red 4 corner letters complete colln of 151 different plate No's (no plate 77!) Well above average condition plate 219 FU, plates 223-5 GU/FU. Plus plates 92, 102 & 122 on cover. (Image)

1865-73 3d - 1/- surface prints large uncoloured letters specialised used colln on 3 pages, identified by SG No's. Good range of both wmks, plate no's, shades (stating to incl 2/- cobalt & milky blue shades), pmks (incl San Juan & Valparaiso). 3d x 16, 4d x 12, 6d lilac x 19, 9d x 8, 10d x 5, 1/- x 10, 2/- blue x 11, 6d chestnut x 8 & 6d grey x 4. Very tidy. SG Cat well over £20,000. (Image)

1867-83 high values large uncoloured letters. Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- x 4 (pale rose x 2 pl 1, pl 2 pale rose, pl 2 rose), 10/-. Wmk anchor 5/- blued paper, £1 white paper (perfinned). All GU (10/- & £1 very heavy) except 5/- pl 2 pale rose VFU. SG 126-8, 130, 136. Cat £16,850. (Image)

1870-9 ½d rose/rose-red used colln of 46 on page. Each plate x 3 except pl 4 x 7 (incl 2 vert pairs), plate 8 x 2 & plate 9 (GU/FU. SG cat £2985. (Image)

1870 ½d rose-red block of 4, plate 20 (letters S/C-D & T/C-D). SG 48. Cat £1400. Mint with strengthening hinge (perf separation). (Image)

1870-4 1½d rose-red used colln on page - plate 1 x 5, plate 3 x 10. Tidy lot. SG cat £1300. (Image)

1873-83 2½d - 1/- surface prints large coloured letters specialised used colln on 5 pages, identified by SG No's. Nice range all 3 wmks, shades, plate no's etc. Total 2½d rosy mauve x 18, 2½d blue x 10, 3d x 18, 4d orange x 2, brown x 2, 3d ovpt x 2 & 6d ovpt x 5. SG Cat £14,000+. (Image)

1877-84 £1 brown-lilac x 3 - Telegraph & 2 x Postage both wmk crowns. All minor faults 1 x Postage FU (but slightly faded), others GU. SG 185, T17. Cat £6950. (Image)