ACCUMULATION ON PAGES INC. COVERS - part plate recon. of 176 units, plus c48 with MX inc. some from black plates and a Norwich cross, DORCHESTER cds tying three margin 1d red to piece, groups arranged by 1844 type numerals some on piece, and 1844-54 covers range (23). Also four pages of 1840s-70s excised datestamp strikes (c105). Virtually none with four margins, mostly good two or three margin examples. (c450 items) (Image)

SCARCE CDS CANCELLED GROUP - with Aylesbury in blue, Lyme, Wincanton, Totness, Honiton, Brighton and two others; mixed condition and very mixed margins. (8)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

UNPLATED GROUP ON CARDS - inc. numbered MXs 1, 4 and 8; Dublin MX (2); blue numerals (20); IA mint with almost full gum and three margins; etc. Mixed condition with many four margin examples. (180+) (Image)

PLATES 2 to 11 - BLACK PLATES SELECTION - inc. RE plate 2 three margins; NE, OC & SB plate 8 all four margins; BD plate 10 state 1 scarce pre-provisional print (SG £475, four margins, ink spot) and BI state 2 cut into; and OA plate 11 re-entry two margins. (11) (Image)

PLATE 2 - CDS CANCEL ON A FRONT - Feb. 1842 front plus part of a flap, to CREWKERNE (cds on the front) with near four margin 1d red, JD plate 2 minor imperfections, tied solely by small-type DORCHESTER cds. SG £2750 for a cover.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, DORSET (Image)

PLATE 11 - KI - ON FINE SUSSEX COVER - Sep. 1841 EL to EAST GRINSTEAD (cds on the back, along with UCKFIELD transit) with very fine large margin 1d red tied by MX, HAILSHAM udc on the front. Fine cover.Cross Reference: SUSSEX (Image)

PLATES 12 to 60 - COLLECTION ON PAGES - annotated and generally two stamps per plate, inc. BI plate 12 state 3 very near four margins, GE plate 16 (poor) with DORCHESTER cds, TD plate 18 state 1 fine four margins, ME-MH plate 59 strip margins in places, etc. (c98) (Image)

PLATES 14 & 48 - ON COVERS INC. SUCCESSFUL (!) RE-USE OF A STAMP - Feb. 1842 E to "EAST GRINSTEAD" (cds on the back, along with UCKFIELD) with "Rotherfield/Penny Post" on the front and franked with DG plate 14 1d red, previously used and so endorsed 'old stamp' yet apparently not charged; and 8 Sep. 1844 EL to Shoreham with three margin 1d red, SB plate 48, tied by 822 numeral, "Fletching/Penny Post" on the front, UCKFIELD cds on the back (new EKU for this cancel). (2)Cross Reference: SUSSEX, 1840s CANCELLATIONS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)

PLATE 15 - FA-FH - ON SUSSEX COVER, SHOWING PARTIAL KNIFE CUTS TO AID SEPARATION - Nov. 1841 EL to Mayfield franked with eight 1d reds arranged as two strips of four, importantly the units in each strip cut to a point very close to the top where still joined to facilitate quick separation, cancelled by MX strikes (the lower four stamps two strikes only) though tied to the cover in a fashion by the corresponding blue staining on the cover under the stamps (stamps lifted and hinged back), ARUNDEL cds on the back. Rare, especially this early.Cross Reference: SUSSEX (Image)

PLATE 49 - QD - TIED TO COVER SOLELY BY HAWKSHEAD PP - 7 Jan. 1845 EL used locally, with 1d red having two good margins, very close or into on the other sides, tied by blue "Hawkshead/Penny Post", no other markings. Very scarce; SG £8000.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, CUMBERLAND (Image)

PLATES 52 & 83 - MULTIPLES ON CUMBRIA COVERS - Oct. 1845 EL to Brampton with DF-DK plate 52 strip of six, four margins, tied by 877 numerals and WHITEHAVEN cds on the back; and Feb. 1849 EL to Cockermouth with fine large margin RB-RC plate 83 (PtoR) pair, tied by 413 numerals, KESWICK cds on the top flap. (2)Cross Reference: CUMBERLAND (Image)

PLATE 54 - PE - ON MILNTHORPE COMBINATION MALTESE CROSS/NUMERAL COVER - Sep. 1845 E to Lancaster with four margin 1d red cancelled with heavily inked MX (extra ink gives the appearance of a handstruck "4") and later tied by 530 numeral, BACKBARROW udc overstruck by LANCASTER cds plus MILNTHORPE cds all on the flap. Very scarce combination that includes late MX use.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, WESTMORLAND (Image)

PLATES 61 to 131 - COLLECTION ON PAGES - annotated and generally two stamps per plate, re-entries on EJ plate 61, TK plate 62, SG plate 71, EI plate 84 and JI plate 124; constant marks on OA plate 89 and TG plate 118; JH plate 77 and HI plate 100 with blue numerals; BL plate 85 on 1850 Scots env. (c119 items) (Image)

PLATE 91 - RARE VERY LATE 1864 USE ON COVER - Oct. 1864 env. to FOCHABERS (cds on the back) with very near four margin 1d red tied by GLASGOW B3-type duplex.Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 94 - AJ - WITH YELLOW-BROWN NUMERAL OF WALMER - possibly just touched at lower right, mostly large to huge margins elsewhere, cancelled with 259 numeral of Walmer (as recorded by Parmenter on 1850 cover). SG £2000; 2022 BPA cert.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, KENT (Image)

PLATES 132 to 174 - COLLECTION ON PAGES - one or two examples from most plates, inc. AC plate 135 in very deep red-brown on lavender paper (cut into), DB-EC plate 138 block of four good used with four margins, and EB plate 174 on May 1854 EL to Sheffield (SG £250 off-cover). (38 items) (Image)