MOSTLY MINT MIXED RANGE ON CARDS - with 1912 Downey wmk crown 1d very deep bright scarlet vert. gutter pair; Apr. 1912 2/- part booklet (SG BB2); 1912 royal cypher ½d & 1d each coil join strip of six, ½d to 2d wmk inv, ½d & 1½d apparently without wmk, & 1d with part POSTAGE wmk; 1918 BW seahorse 2/6d brown (2, shades, both apparently with re-entries); and 1934 photogravure 1½d (2) with major perf. misplacement. Plus 1912-24 ½d (2), 1d, 1½d and 2d panes of six each with London EC pre-cancels, and Junior Philatelic Society printed 1912 Coronation day FDC of the ½d Downey & Oct. 1912 JPS dinner menu. Generally good to fine. (22 items) (Image)

DAY OF ISSUE COVERS ETC:22 June 1911 env. from London to Bolton bearing Downey Head Crown Wmk. 22 Jan 1922 ½d green pair clearly cancelled with a 22 June 1911 machine cancellation. 22 June 1911 env from Hackney to Stoke Newington bearing single Downey Head Crown Wmk 1d tied by a good cds Another similar env to Earls Colne. 9 Sept 1911 1st U K Aerial Post brown PC (faults) flown from London to Windsor with printed J & J Colman Ltd advertisement. (4 covers). (Image)

1912 ½d GREEN & 1d SCARLET 'CANCELLED' & 1924 9d OLIVE-GREEN 'SPECIMEN' - royal cypher ½d & 1d in blocks of four CANCELLED type 24, plus block cypher 9d single SPECIMEN type 26; SG £780. (3 items) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

1912-22 2½d & 3d & 3d INTERESTING USAGES:17 Oct 1912 env registered within London bearing 3d lilac tied by a fine large "INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION/JUBILEE/1912/ROYAL//HORTICULTURAL/HALL S.W./OC 17 12" hs Also a 2½d blue on unaddressed and un posted env with a similar large cds of 18 Oct 1912 the day of issue. Fine. (2 covers) (Image)

1924 UPU STOCKHOLM PRESENTATION FOLDER: 1924 Congress Postal Universel de Stockholm 1924 folder contains mounted mint 1912-24 ½d to 1/-, 1918 Bradbury 2/6d to 10/- (5/- natural crease) and 1924 Wembley 1d & 1½d. A rare item. (Image)

COIL LEADER: 1924 1½d brown, wmk. sideways (N), coil leader with one stamp attached. SG Spec. N35d £200. (Image)

1929 PUC FIRST DAY COVER WITH £1 BLACK:10 May 1929 env. registered within London bearing 1929 ½d (marginal), 1d, 1½d (marginal), 2d and a top marginal £1 black. All tied by oval REGISTERED/St JAMES' SQ S.W 1" ds of 10 MAY 1929 and on reverse a fine oval REGISTERED/10MY/2/STOCKWELL. S.W.9". Fine and one of the scarcest GB 1st day covers. (Image)

1929 PUC FIRST DAY COVER:10 May 1929 local Leighton env bearing PUC ½d to 2½d cancelled with fine "LEIGHTON/HUNTS" cds of 10 May 1929 the day of issue. Scarce so fine. (Image)

1929 £1 BLACK PUC - minor effects of prior gum curling, else fine lightly mounted mint. SG 438 £750. (Image)

1929 £1 BLACK PUC - used with black parcel cancel, central rust spot mostly noticeable on the back. SG 438 £550. (Image)

1934-35 PHOTOGRAVURE FIRST DAY COVERS:A selection of covers (8) bearing ½d strip of three, 1d (2, one on card one on env flown from Cardiff to Liverpool by R.A.S.), 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 4d and 9d (registered to Cape Town - oval d. s. a little smudged but date clear). Also a special R.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" env carried on the 1st voyage from Southampton to N York on 27 5 1936. (Image)

1934 PHOTOGRAVURE REGISTERED EXPRESS ENVELOPE:2 Dec 1935 env registered express env from Liverpool to Wallasey bearing photogravure ½d, 1d and 9d. The 9d being the 1st day of use. Scarce. (Image)

1934-35 PHOTOGRAVURE FIRST DAY COVERS:A group of envs (5) bearing photogravure 1d pair, 1½d block of four, 2d pair, 2½d pair and 4d. All cancelled with the relevant 1st day of issue d. s. Fine. (Image)

1935 SILVER JUBILEE ISSUE - AN EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY COLLECTION inc. mint ½d to 2½d cylinder blocks of six, ½d to 1½d blocks of four of types 1 to III and 2/- & 3/- booklets. An interesting selection of covers/cards (31) illustrating various postal rates, inc. 26 March 1936 env. to UK with 1½d x 4 tied by large double ring "BOMBAY FOREIGN/PAQUEBOT" c .d.s. 1935 ½d rate env. with v. fine "SHREWSBURY - ABERRYSTWYTH S.C." c.d.s . 1935 1½d rate env with "SHREWSBURY-ABERYSTWYTH S.C." cds 1935 2d rate env with "SHREWSBURY-YORK T.P.O." c.s. 1935 (Aug) env. posted on board with German ship post cancellation. Plus other interesting items. Also a sheet of twenty Irish Sweep Stake labels. (59 items) (Image)

1935 JUBILEE FIRST DAY COVERS: 7 May 1935 env from Liverpool to Newtownards bearing 1935 Jubilee ½d to 2½d clearly dated 7 May 1935 the day of issue. Green boxed "ARDS AIRPORT" hs on front. Also another env (faults) of the same date bearing Jubilee ½d & 1924 4d registered from Blackheath to York. Cross Reference: IRELAND (Image)