** MX CANCELLED FOUR MARGIN GROUP - all four margin with some very fine examples inc. a very fine strip of three. Lovely lot. (100+ items) (Image)

PLATES 1b TO 172 COLLECTION MOSTLY ON PAGES - neat and clean collection arranged by plate with virtually all plates to 172 having at least one example a good many on cover. Better items include plate 32 tied to piece by blue MX, plate 30 on large piece and two plate 33s on cover both items with Norwich distinctive MX, plate 107 (2, SI inverted S, JJ on June 1851 cover, both with four margins), plate 112 strip of six. Generally good to fine four or three margin examples, the black plates (on a Hagner sheet) mostly cut into. (c280) (Image)

PLATED/UNPLATED GROUP ON THREE HAGNERS - with at least 80 being four margin examples, also inc. strips of six and four (neither with four margins) and on an 1849 env. The plated are all MX cancelled and inc. plate 9 (3, inc. with No 6 in MX, two margins), plate 10 and plate 11(2). Also 6 common QV covers, a few KGV-QEII issues inc. mint Machins selection to £5 and two French 1855/67 ELs. (c210 items) Cross Reference : FRANCE (Image)

ACCUMULATION ON PAGES - with black plates range inc. plate 1b (4), 2 (2), 10 (4) and a group arranged by plate number (not checked by us), plus others. Mixed condition with many four margin examples. (c310) (Image)

** MX CANCELLED GROUP - a few with four margins, generally close on at least one side, the rest generally sound two or three margin examples; all with MX cancels. (c165) (Image)

** DORCHESTER CDS & COLOURED CANCEL GROUP - Dorchester cds on four margin stamp with small shallow thin, blue MX group (4), blue numerals (2, inc. fine four margins) and C6/C8 1d reds with blue (2) or green numerals plus C8 with unidentified 'St GE...' udc. (11 items) Cross Reference : 1854-65 1d REDS, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

** NUMERAL CANCELLED GROUP - a few fine with four margins inc. SE plate 105 inverted S though condition and margins a mixed; also a fair plate 103 block of four with four margins ('103' written on the back in pen). (88 items) (Image)

1843 COVERS WITH LONDON NUMBERS 1, 6, 7 & 8 IN CROSS - group of Es to Sheffield (3) or Bewdley all franked with fine four-margin 1d reds and mostly tied by fine strikes (No. 8 not tied). Fine lot; SG £1900. (4) Cross Reference : LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, YORKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE (Image)

1844 LATE FEE COVER WITH LONDON NUMBER 1 CROSSES - Jan. 1844 EL to Penrith franked with DH (two margins) and HH (four margins) plate 40 1d reds paying the postage plus 1d late fee and one tied, the other cancelled with No. 1 MXs. Scarce; 2019 Mike Jackson cert. Cross Reference : LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, CUMBERLAND, LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)

1843 COVERS TO SHEFFIELD WITH LONDON NUMBERS 2, 3 & 9 IN CROSS - to the same addressee, fine strikes on three margins stamps, No. 9 additionally with fine 'Hope Town' straight line on the front. SG £1700. (3) Cross Reference : LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, YORKSHIRE (Image)

LONDON NUMBER 4 CROSS ON 1d RED & 2d BLUE - 1d red AC plate 19 with four close to good margins and 2d blue SG plate 3 with four margins, close but clear at one point, both cancelled with neat No. 4 MXs. SG £1300. (2) Cross Reference : LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

1843 COVER WITH LONDON NUMBER 11 CROSS - Sep. 1843 EL to York franked with 1d red HC plate 38, very fine with four large margins, tied by fine No. 11 in MX and with London & YORK cds on the back. SG £1100. Cross Reference : LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, YORKSHIRE (Image)

1846-54 BLUE NUMERAL CANCELLED GROUP OF MAIL - all 1d red imperf frankings, includes 1846 E with blue 382 of Howden, 1849 env. with blue 49 of Barnsley, 1851 env. (2) with blue 539 of Narbeth or 684 of Downton, plus early 1854 group (9) with blue Scots 186 of Irvine; generally average strikes. (14) Cross Reference : YORKSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, PEMBROKESHIRE, AYR (Image)

LONDON NUMBERED CROSS SET OF TWELVE - generally good strikes, seven stamps have four margins including with the scarce number 4 and a very fine number 11. (12) Cross Reference : LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

LONDON NUMBERED CROSS SET OF TWELVE - generally good strikes, three stamps have four margins including with the scarce number 4. (12) Cross Reference : LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

DISTINCTIVE CROSS GROUP INC. SCARCE MANCHESTER TYPE 2 CROSS ON COVER - 14 Jan. 1843 E (creased, soiled) used locally to Oldham franked with a fine four margin 1d red and tied by a very fine Manchester type 2 MX (this cover noted and illustrated in Rockoff & Jackson; significantly more elusive than the Manchester fishtail). Also four margin 1d red with Manchester fishtail MX and a single and strip of four, both three margins and both having what appears to be Perth MXs. (4 items) Cross Reference : 1840s CANCELLATIONS, SCOTLAND, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image)

** MIXED 'BLACK' PLATES GROUP INC. PLATE 1 RE-ENTRIES - on small cards, inc. HD fine four margins and OA with faults inc. heavy crease, both plate 1b showing 'original plate 1a re-entries', plus plate 5 (2) and plate 8 (6). Mixed margins and condition. (10) (Image)

DORCHESTER SMALL CDS CANCEL ON COVER - Dec. 1841 EL to Evershot franked by 1d red LL plate 17, margin just touched in one place, and solely tied by fine DORCHESTER small cds; SG £3000. Also July 1841 and Dec. 1841 covers franked with 1d reds, plates 2 and 13, tied by MX cancel and with DORCHESTER cds alongside away from the stamp. Attractive trio. (3) Cross Reference : DORSET, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

** PLATE 8 - RARE MINT PAIR - DC-DD with part gum, three margins, cut into along the top, surface stains. Rare; SG £12000 for a fine single; 2017 RPSL cert. (Image)

PLATE 8 - VERY RARE BLOCK OF FOUR & COVER WITH A PAIR - MA-NB block, just into at a small place on two sides and with crease affecting the lower pair. Blocks of the reds from black plates are rare; unpriced by SG. Plus July 1841 EL (ship manifest, filing notes on the front inc. partly on the stamps) from Berwick to Hull with QK-QL state 1 pair with four margins just tied by MX cancels. (2 items) (Image)

PLATE 8 - 1841 COVER WITH MANCHESTER FISHTAIL CROSS CANCEL - 17 Apr. 1841 EL (crease, well clear of stamp) to Glasgow franked with four margin 1d red TG plate 8 state 2 tied by mostly fine distinctive Manchester MX, MANCHESTER & GLASGOW ds on the back. SG £2500. Cross Reference : LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 9 - QB - WITH RARE WHITEHAVEN CROSS - four margins though extremely close at one tiny point and thinned, cancelled with the rare distinctive MX of Whitehaven that shows broad flat end plates to the inner cross. Not listed by SG on black plates, £2200 for later plates. Cross Reference : CUMBERLAND (Image)

** PLATE 10 GROUP - on small cards, the few with four margins inc. QD with Greenock distinctive MX and DH state 2; also BG state 2 with three margins. Mixed condition and margins. (23) Cross Reference : 1840s CANCELLATIONS, RENFREW (Image)

** PLATE 11 GROUP - on small cards, the four margin examples (10) include very fine examples of DJ & HB plus NL with additional part red postmark at top left. Mixed margins and condition. (38) (Image)

PLATE 11 - WITH RARE RED MALTESE CROSS - lettered EB, cut into on both sides but still a presentable example of this rare combination. SG £5000. Cross Reference : 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)