1846-88 INTERESTING GROUP OF COVERS MANY WITH RAILWAY INTEREST inc. North Staffordshire Railway env. to Edinburgh; 1 July 1857 env. from Derby to Mansfield bearing a transitional 1d and on reverse a fine "SHARDLOW" UDC. Other UDCs inc. blue "GROSVENOR", "WINSON- GR", red "RATHWELL" and "DUFFIELD DERBY". 20 Feb 1855 env. from Manchester to Macclesfield with SC14 1d plate 194 CE; 8 April 1879 Midland Railway env. from Derby to York with 1870 1½d plate 3 OA; 2 Nov 1840 EL from Measham to Leicester with a v. fine "Measham/Penny Post" hs; and other similar items. (31 items) Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL (Image)

1854-69 THREE INTERESTING PERFORATION ERRORS: Sound used 1855 SC 14 1d Die II plate 1 OE centred a little to left, with vertical perforation bisecting the Queen's head, imperf. at sides; 1869 1d plate 124 TL with lower left corner misplaced perforation due to a pre-perforation paper fold; and 1854 1d plate 201 TB with greatly misplaced horizontal perforation. (3) (Image)