1850 One Penny Prince Consort Essay, surface printed imperforate in black, with original gum and full margins all around, very fine and fresh with crisp impression. These were produced for Henry Archer, with letters FJ, believed to be the initials of Ferdinand Joubert, who designed Britain's first surface printed postage stamp. A rare offering. SG Specialized #DP71, £4,500. (Image)

Est $ 500

1850 One Penny Prince Consort Essay, surface printed imperforate in red brown, without gum and with full margins all around, very fine and fresh with crisp impression. These were produced for Henry Archer, with letters FJ, believed to be the initials of Ferdinand Joubert, who designed Britain's first surface printed postage stamp. A rare offering. SG Specialized #DP71, £3,000. (Image)

Est $ 500

7d King George V Downey Head Small Essay in Olive Grey, on thin paper measuring 32 x 29 mm, showing a dramatic doubling of the whole impression. Very fine and scarce. Rsv. $220. (Image)

Est $ 250

3d King George V Downey Head Essay in Deep Green, on thin card measuring 25 x 39 mm, showing "SP / 3" marking in margin above, very fine. Rsv. $250. (Image)

Est $ 250

1879-80 Group of Queen Victoria Essays, with 7 stamps, all perforated except one, a "dummy stamp" 1d McCorquodale in pink. Perforated stamps are Perkins, Bacon, with two different designs, in different colours. A very fine group. Rsv. $250. (Image)

Est $ 300

Official Notice of New Issues for 1884, measuring 188 x 270 mm and mounted on a thicker, slightly larger card. The notice reads "Scheme showing the designs and colours of the stamps that will be in use after April the 1st, 1884", showing the 16 issues of that set (½d to £5), all in their colour of issue. A very rare item, with light overall staining, still ideal for the advanced Great Britain collector. Rsv. $375. (Image)

Est $ 500

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 1B, used with red Maltese Cross cancel, from position MI. Owner describes this stamp as having "7 and 10 o'clock ray flaws", and "defective long top of I, possibly recut" and we also note lines in the word POSTAGE at top. A very fine appearing stamp with its four large and even margins, but with a thin. (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 4, used with red Maltese Cross cancel, from position MA. A very fine four-margined stamp. (Image)

Scott $ 400

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 5, used, tied to piece by a black Maltese Cross cancel, from position GH. The piece also has a nice c.d.s. from Aylesbury dated MAY.15.1841. The stamp has two large margins and two close but clear, fine (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate Group, with 8 used stamps, plated by owner as Plate 1A (corner fault), 4 (x3), 6, 7 (x2, both with heavy thins) and one unplated (in that order on our scan). Range of four margins to none, a useful group. (Image)

Est $ 350

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 8, used with a black Maltese Cross cancel, from plate position MG. The stamp has four large and even margins, very fine. Accompanied by a 2002 Sergio Sismondo certificate. SG #2, £525. (Image)

Scott $ 525

1840 1d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 4, used with a red Maltese Cross cancel, from plate position OE. The stamp has four clear margins, clear at top right, very fine. Accompanied by a 2004 Sergio Sismondo certificate. SG Spec. #AS23, £400. (Image)

Scott $ 400

Group of 16 Different One Penny Registration "Imprimatur" Sheet Photographic Reproductions, all in high quality black and white and full size, with plate numbers ranging between 26 and 54. Originally sold to owner by the National Postal Museum in 1985 for £1,440. A most useful group for the One Penny specialist, rarely offered and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 500

1840 2d Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 2, a used vertical pair from positions RG / SG, tied to small piece by two neat Maltese Crosses in black. Accompanied by a 1996 David Brandon certificate stating in part "has been lifted from its piece, supplied with a fake roulette and then replaced to its piece". Faults to the margins all around, else an interesting item. Catalogue value given is for two Plate 2 singles. (Image)

Scott $ 2,200

Advanced Collection of Two Penny Blue Queen Victoria Issues, all displayed and well identified (by S.G. #s) on 8 quadrille pages. This lovely collection starts with four SG #4/6 (plates 1 and 2, SG £3,900 as cheapest variety), two SG #14 with very fine strikes of #s 1 and 8 in Maltese Cross (SG £1,700) plus another 11 imperforates (including two pairs) with various postmarks, including a lovely #12 in diamond grid on a very fine stamp. The collection follows with 31 various perforated issues including SG #s 45/47 (plates 7, 8, 9, 12, 12, 13, 14, 15) again with various postmarks. A clean collection, with mostly fine, but also some very fine stamps. All pages scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 600

1850 1d Red Brown Queen Victoria with Henry Archer Trial Perforation, used, perforated 16, fine. This stamp is from plate 97, position MD and shows the M tilted to the left, characteristic to this plate. SG #16b, £550. (Image)

Est $ 200

1841 1d Red Brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with full original gum, never hinged. This fresh stamp with bright colour is from plate 119, position GH (with misplaced H),with full to well clear margins, very fine. SG #8, £600. Both catalogue values are for hinged. (Image)

Scott $ 625

1841 1d Red Brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with full original gum, from left of sheet and showing plate inscription in margin. This pair is from plate 89 positions OA-OB and shows the constant variety markings in the OA letter squares. A fresh pair with bright colour, right stamp has a light vertical bend, still very fine. SG #8, £1,200. (Image)

Scott $ 1,250

1841 1d Red Brown Queen Victoria, a quality group of 90 used copies (including two pairs), most with 4 margins, and a great lot for postmarks, papers, shades and plating. Ex. Richard Lamb. (Image)

Est $ 300

Collection of 1841 One Penny Red Imperforate Issues, with about 2,000 stamps in all, neatly displayed and well identified on quadrille pages, alphabetically sorted by corner letters (AA to TL). Many of the stamps have 1844 Type numeral postmarks and many of those are identified by owner as per town of origin. Huge catalogue value and overall fine with some very fine and some faulty as well. Scans only give a small sampling. (Image)

Est $ 750

Advanced Extensive Collection of One Penny Red Imperforates, all neatly displayed and described on quadrille pages in two Oriel albums, with 41 covers plus 304 stamps, including 4 mint, a lovely horizontal plate strip of six, a block of four, and many pairs. The collection is mostly arranged by plate number, ranging from plate 2 to 173 (not all plates present). The stamps and covers in this collection all have a high level of description, noting shades, alphabet types, blued papers (some quite so), Ivory Heads, re-entries, lettering varieties, different dies, guidelines, various flaws and more. There is also extensive attention given to postmarks, noting that about 150 of the stamps have Maltese Crosses, some identified, including a few with numbers (#2, 5, 6 and a lovely #8 on cover), and the rest are mostly identified numeral grids of all sorts, and we noted a few items where the stamp is cancelled by a circular date stamp. We note a higher than usual presence of 4 margin stamps. Our several scans only show a small portion, and we recommend seeing this one in person to better appreciate the overall high quality and variety of the material. (Image)

Est $ 2,000

Collection of One Penny Red Imperforates with Numeral Maltese Cross Cancels, with 12 stamps representing all twelve numbers, all easily readable on sound stamps with mostly 3 to 4 margins. SG £2,945. (Image)

Scott $ 3,180

Collection of 1841 One Penny Red Imperforate Issue Numeral Postmarks, with over 650 stamps and 5 covers, the collection is mostly presented and organized by type of numeral postmark, with numbers 1 to 897, including many 1844 types. Also includes a page of 50 stamps chosen for their 4-margins, with various postmarks (this page ex. Dick Lamb and sold by him long ago for $160). An overall nice quality collection. Scans only show a small portion. (Image)

Est $ 500

1841 2d Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with full original gum, hinged, cut into at top and a bit on the left side, two other margins are clear. A fresh stamp with bright colour. (Image)

Scott $ 6,250

1847 1sh Pale Green Queen Victoria Embossed, used with grid numeral, margins are just clear to just touching, with pronounced embossing, fine. SG #54 £1,000. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000