PLATE 5 - QG - ON RARE RUGELEY RED CROSS COVER MISSENT TO FALMOUTH - Jan. 1842 env. from "GREAT HAYWOOD" (udc on the back) to Bath, with almost four margin 1d red from plate 5 cancelled at RUGELEY in transit with a red MX, endorsed 'Missent to FALMOUTH' [cds] on the front. Rare; SG £22000.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, STAFFORDSHIRE, CORNWALL, MISSENT MAIL (Image)

PLATE 8 - MC - WITH WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE CROSS - near fine appearance with four margins, fine part strike, thinned. SG £4500.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 9 - CD - ON LONDON NUMBERED CROSS COVER - 19 May 1843 EL to Sheffield with three margin 1d red tied by good strike of the No. 6 MX, "Mount St Lambeth" alongside. From the 1842/43 plate printing; SG £1600.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 9 - TL - very large single with full strike of the London broken-points MX and part red cds at lower left. (Image)

PLATE 11 - RANGE ON A PAGE - DB-DE strip of four, four margins and small faults; MI three margins tied to Dec. 1841 EL by Greenock MX; and three four margin singles, all DB, inc. with blue MX. (5 items)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATES 16 & 27 - BLOCKS OF FOUR & EIGHT - MF-NG plate 16 block of four with four margins, good used; and EH-FK plate 27 block of eight, three margins and light vert. crease. (2 items) (Image)

PLATE 20 - TF - TIED TO COVER BY GRANTHAM CDS AND MALTESE CROSS - 3 Apr. 1842 EL (repaired splitting, still presents well) datelined 'Waltham [on the Wolds]' to Saxmundham with four margin 1d red tied by both MX and GRANTHAM cds with additional cds strike at lower left. Unusual combination that is not in the same category as stamps that have merely been hit by small part cds as a happenstance.Cross Reference: LEICESTERSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1840s CANCELLATIONS, SUFFOLK (Image)

PLATE 21 - AK - fine imprimatur, four margins though close at right. SG £1000. (Image)

PLATE 23 - KG-KH & MI-MJ - CANCELLED CONTRARY PAIRS - KG-KH three margins, MI-MJ four margins with very shallow thin; each cancelled with just one MX strike. (2 items)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 25 - KF - ON EARLY REGISTERED COVER TO IRELAND - Oct. 1842 E sent reg. to Dublin, with fine four margin 1d red tied by MX, red '1/-' for the fee paid in cash and scarcer red oval "!PAID/at/HUDDERSFIELD" at right. Early registered mail. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, YORKSHIRE, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

PLATE 31 - AC - WITH KILMARNOCK CROSS - fine three margins with large part strike. SG £1400.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATE 34 - QH - ON LONDON NUMBER 4 CROSS COVER - Jan. 1844 E to BRIGHTON (cds on the back, along with London) with four margin 1d red tied by fine strike of the No. 4 MX. SG £1600.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 37 - KH-LI - WITH NUMBER 12 CROSS - just touched at right else fine and with strong ivory heads, cancelled with No. 12 in MX. SG £1400++.Cross Reference: LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY - STATE 1 - superb four margins with barest of cancels, light pre-printing paper crease. State 1 per GBJ Vol 47 No. 3; SG £650. (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY - STATE 3a - very fine with four margins, light pre-printing paper crease. State 3a per GBJ Vol 47 No. 3; SG £1000. (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY - STATE 3b - 12 Mar. 1844 env. (faults) to Plumsted Common with four margin 1d red, minor imperfections, tied by MX, blue "WOODHOUSE-LANE" on the front, LEEDS and London (2) cds/ds on the back. State 3b per GBJ Vol 47 No. 3; SG £1000 off-cover. Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 40 - KB - THE FAMOUS RE-ENTRY - STATE 4 - very fine used with four mostly large or very large margins, final state after erasure and repunching of the checkletter B. State 4 per GBJ Vol 47 No. 3; SG £1600. (Image)

PLATE 45 - AK - very fine four margin imprimatur with part inscription above. SG £1000. (Image)

PLATE 48 - NH - COVER WITH LATE USE COVENTRY CROSS USED AS MISSENT MARK - 10 Jan. 1845 E (heavy horiz. filing crease) to Burton Upon Trent with three margin 1d red tied 498 Manchester numeral, along with MANCHESTER and "BURTON ON TRENT" cds on/across the flap is COVENTRY cds plus a strike of their distinctive MX apparently used as a missent mark. Two others are recorded similarly used, in Dec. 1844 or Jan. 1845. Rare.Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS, WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM, WARWICKSHIRE, MISSENT MAIL (Image)

PLATE 50 - AH - unused with full upper selvedge inc. inscription, no gum, small thin and corner crease. (Image)

PLATE 50 - BK - COMBINATION MALTESE CROSS & NUMERAL CANCELS - 24 Feb. 1845 EL datelined 'Woodhall Mains' to Edinburgh with four margin 1d red initially cancelled with MX at COLINTON (ds on the flap), later additionally cancelled with the Edinburgh numeral. Rare.Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 60 - LD-LK - STRIP OF EIGHT ON YORKSHIRE COVER - Oct. 1845 legal-size EL (filing creases, faults) to York with 1d red strip having very near four margins, tied by 623 numerals of PONTEFRACT (cds on the front and back), later endorsed 'Try Tadcaster'. Cancelled contrary as only six strikes for eight stamps; possibly another stamp is missing from the right side.Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL (Image)

PLATE 69 - STRIP WITH FULL SELVEDGE ON COVER - Dec. 1847 env. (folded under at left to fit upright on a page) to CONGLETON (cds on the back, along with CREWE and MANCHESTER) with PA-PD strip of four having full selvedge at left showing tiny part inscription, full margin at base, slightly into in places at top and right, tied by 498 numerals. Impressive and scarce. (Image)

PLATE 75 - LK - UNION-JACK RE-ENTRY ON COVER - 18 May 1848 EL to WEDNESBURY (cds on the top flap, along with SOLIHULL) with four margin 1d red tied very lightly indeed, well away from the re-entry marks and leaving a clear profile. Superb; SG £3000 for off-cover.Cross Reference: WARWICKSHIRE (Image)

PLATE 75 - LK - UNION-JACK RE-ENTRY - near four margins, close/touching at right, and neatly tied to piece well away from the re-entry marks at top. SG £3000. (Image)