COLLECTION ON PAGES - very little has four margins: blue cancels range inc. MX (2) and numerals (4, inc. pair with Irish 2 of Adair, plus 1850 env. to Edinburgh with three margin 1d red tied by blue 120 numeral of Dunning and "MORE/TO PAY" & '2' alongside); other covers inc. 1846 Scots pair with Mae West-type "TOO LATE" on the backs; London numbered crosses set of 12 plus No. 1 on a pair (all good to fair strikes on cut into stamps); etc. Very mixed condition. (80+ stamps, 10 covers)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

UNPLATED ACCUMULATION - mostly on old album pages, mixed margins though generally better than usual, HE plate 11 tied to 1841 WINCANTON piece, JI plate 5; cancel interest with 70+ having MX, blue numeral range (3) and boxed "No. 1" (three margins); inv. S (3), etc. Mixed condition. (400+) (Image)

LOOSE ACCUMULATION - all cut into and/or with faults, about a third with MX cancel. (1000+) (Image)

UNPLATED COVER/FRONT GROUP WITH MX CANCELS - inc. Dec. 1842 large part E to Wakefield with three margin 1d red pair and YORK & WAKEFIELD cds on the top flap; Apr. 1842 EL to Wath with four margin 1d red and BARNSLEY cds on the flap; and Apr. 1842 EL to Middlewich with 1d red cut very close at one extreme corner and huge margins elsewhere, cancelled with Dublin common MX. (4 covers + 3 fronts)Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

LONDON NUMBERED CROSS GROUP OF COVERS/FRONTS INC. EARLY DATES - No. 2 on pair of fronts with receiving "NEWCASTLE ON TYNE" or GLASGOW cds/ds for 23 Mar. 1843 (so ex London on 22nd, the second earliest known date); No. 3 on NEWCASTLE dated 18 Mar. 1843 part front (16th is the earliest known); Jan. 1844 EL to Chatham with three margin 1d red tied by v. fine No. 9; Oct. 1843 EL to LYNN with two margin 1d red tied by No. 10; Mar. 1844 part E with four margin 1d red tied by No. 11; and five fronts (three of which are 'spot glued' down) with stamps cancelled by Nos. 2, 6, 7 & 8 (3), mixed margins. (2 covers + 10 fronts/part covers) Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

BLACK PLATES GROUP OF COVERS - KA plate 2, four margins, on Oct. 1841 E Kilmarnock to Edinburgh; RF plate 2, almost four margins, on Dec. 1841 E Horsham to London; SE plate 5, two margins, on undated London front; OG plate 8 state 1, three margins, on May 1841 EL Edinburgh to Cheltenham; and EJ, MD & MJ plate 11 with three or four margins, on Aug.-Nov. 1841 trio of Es. (7) (Image)

1841-54 COVER GROUP INC. IRISH - Oct. 1841 E to London with four margin 1d red, JG plate 8, tied MX and DEVIZES cds on the front, Jan. 1844 env. to Peebles with three margin 1d red tied No. 7 London MX, and 1853 E to Peebles with four margin 1d red tied by Scots numeral, etc; Irish range (18) inc. 1845 E to Dublin with two margin 1d red tied by 156 of Cork and boxed "No. 2" alongside, and 1849 E (faults) with 1d red tied by scarce 20 numeral of ATHY. Very mixed condition. (c50)Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

PLATES 11 & 12 - WELSHPOOL SOLID-CENTRE CROSS TRIO INC. COVERS - Feb./Apr. 1842 pair of covers to Oswestry or Ludlow each with a three margin 1d red tied by good or fine strike of this famous MX, WELSHPOOL cds on the lower flaps; SG £6000. Also four margin single with similar cancel. (3 items)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 16 - COVER WITH WELSHPOOL SOLID-CENTRE CROSS - 30 Jan. 1841 EL to Bishop's Castle with 1d red, MB plate 16 four margins, tied by fine strike of this famous MX; SG £3000. Also an off-cover 1d red with a similar MX, fair only. (2 items) Cross Reference: WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Image)

PLATES 46 to 67 - COLLECTION IN AN ALBUM - arranged by plate, as plated by the vendor; generally fair cut into examples. (c800) (Image)

PLATES 68 to c170 - COLLECTION IN AN ALBUM - arranged by plate, as plated by the vendor; generally fair cut into with the occasional four margin example. (c680) (Image)