1841 2d SMALL TRIAL PLATE WITH VOID CORNERS - fine corner pair with four large margins. SG DP43 £3000 as two singles. Cross Reference: DIE PROOFS ETC (Image)

1842-52 GROUP OF COVERS INC. WITH PAIRS - inc. Feb. 1842 E to Welshpool with close to four margin 2d blue tied by MX; 1847 E to Ludlow with four margin KA-KB plate 3 pair tied by London numerals; and 1852 E to Covent Garden with NC plate 4 (may not belong?) redirected to Ludlow with another 2d, four margin GA on lavender-tinted paper. Mixed condition. (9) (Image)

1843-51 MOSTLY PLATE 3 GROUP OF COVERS INC. WITH MX CANCEL - mostly four margin stamps, 1843 pair of Es to Birmingham or Egg Buckland each with 2d blue tied or cancelled with MX, and numeral range with 1846-49 E trio to Edinburgh or London, 1849 front plus part flap used in Suffolk with TJ-TK pair (3 margins) tied by 907 of Woodbridge, and 1851 Irish EL with ED plate 4 (three margins) tied by 149 of Coleraine. Attractive group. (7)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SCOTLAND, SUFFOLK, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

PLATE 3 - RARE MX STRIP OF ELEVEN - extraordinary piece lettered GA-GK, mostly good to large margins at base and sides, three units cut into at top, creases on GF and GK, and with MX cancels. SG £3000 as singles. (Image)

PLATE 3 - RARE BLOCK OF FOUR ON GLOUCESTERSHIRE COVER - 2 Aug. 1844 legal EL to WORCESTER (cds on the back, along with STROUD), franked with a fine block of four lettered AA-BB, just touched along the top and close but clear at left, good/large on the other two sides, tied by 757 numerals of Stroud, this date of use being a month earlier than recorded in Parmenter. SG £1500 for off-cover. Cross Reference: GLOUCESTERSHIRE (Image)

PLATES 3 & 4 - GROUP INC. PAIRS & STRIP OF FOUR, VARIETIES ETC - on pages and mostly fine four margins, inc. JA-JD plate 3 strip of four, pairs (4, inc. 2 with MX cancels), and singles (9 with MX, 31 with numerals); guidelines, double letters etc annotated plus a "violet-blue" (early stage). (46 items) (Image)

PLATES 3 & 4 - FINE GROUP INC. CANCELLED CONTRARY PAIR & SINGLE WITH BLUE NUMERAL - MA-MB plate 3 pair barely touched at right on piece with just one numeral strike; RD-RE plate 4 very fine four margin pair; and singles (4 with four margins inc. 1 with MX, plus 1 three margin with blue numeral cancel). Generally fine. (7 items) (Image)

PLATES 3 & 4 - GROUP OF SIX STRIPS OF THREE - AJ-AL plate 3 with MX cancels just touched in two small places; numerals on IA-IC plate 3 and JD-JF (JF cons. variety), KA-KC & NJ-NL plate 4 all four margins, plus PG-PI plate 4 three margins. (6) (Image)

PLATE 3 - TE-TH - STRIP OF FOUR - fine with four margins and MX cancels. SG £1100 as singles.Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 3 - LONDON NUMBER 12 IN CROSS ON STRIP OF THREE & ON PIECE - PD-PF strip of three, very close to four margins, creased; plus PJ & PI singles tied to piece with mixed margins, PI creased. Good to fair. (2 items)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 4 - SUPERB BLOCK OF FOUR CANCELLED CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS - very fresh and with four margins, lettered ME-NF and with just two 186 numerals cancels of Dublin. SG £1100++.Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 4 - BH - WITHOUT & WITH SPECTACLES VARIETY - scarce early print near fine used with four good margins, later print with the variety good used with a couple of tiny corner creases and very close at top right. (2) (Image)

PLATE 4 - STRIP OF FOUR CANCELLED CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS - with four good to large margins, lettered TA-TD (TB & TC in state 1) and cancelled just two 545 numerals of Newcastle, corner crease on TD. Scarce. (Image)

PLATE 4 - CD - "VIOLET-BLUE" - good used with four margins and cancelled leaving a clear profile. 1989 RPSL cert; SG ES16 £1500. (Image)