INVERTED WATERMARK GROUP - C1 GC & SB plate 164, HK plate 174 and QH plate 191; C4 KB plate 8; C8 GG plate 38 (perf faults); and C10 from plates 27, 34, 39, 44, 48, 49 and 63 plus one unplated. Difficult assembly; SG c£2000. (14) (Image)

1854-60s COLLECTION ON PAGES - inc. 1854 C1 (10, inc. on Aug. 1854 env. to Bath), 1855 C2 (single & pair, plus another pair on 1855 large part E to Stratford); C3-C6 range inc. KH-LI plate 5 rejoined C4 block of four, TD plate 3 C4 with green cancel, Apr. 1855 EL to Coventry with C4 having S&S perf pin var. No. 10 state 2, very fine RD plate 9 C5 and LB plate 1 C5 (off-centre) on Nov. 1855 env. to Grantchester; C8 range of shades etc, and C9-C13 range inc. C10 plate 46 block of four and C12 plate 50 block of six. Fine lot. (63 items) (Image)

1855-63 GROUP OF COVERS - generally fine on pages, inc. July 1855 Scots EL with C1, Feb. 1855 env. to York with C2, 1855/56 pair of envs. to London or Exeter with C6, 1857 pair of E with ABERDEEN or STIRLING experimental duplex tying single or pair of C8, and 1856 env. to Birkenhead with C8 tied by HULL spoon. (15 covers) (Image)

1855 COVER WITH 'HALF' A 1d RED - POSSIBLE PO FRAUD - Sep. 1855 EL (some crumpling) to New Ross franked with C6 1d red approx. half of which is missing and nicely tied in the void by fine B14 type LIVERPOOL spoon, green Dublin and ROSS cds on the back. Possible successful re-use of a stamp by tearing away the cancelled portion. Very attractive and unusual. (Image)

UNPLATED GROUP OF BLUE PAPER ISSUES ON COVER - much with a Salop flavour, useful range inc. Feb. 1855 E to Ludlow with two C2 1d reds inc. CA with broken perf pin var. 9 state 1, Feb 1856 env. Dover to London with vert. pair of C8, July 1856 env. to Wen with C8 strip of four, and Oct. 1856 EL London to Ludlow with two C8. Mixed condition. (37)Cross Reference: SHROPSHIRE (Image)

UNPLATED GROUP OF WHITE PAPER COVERS - C9-C13 range, inc. June 1857 env. Leominster to Cheltenham with C9 1d red; Jan.-June 1858 trio of scarce C11 perf 16 on envs./EL to Colchester, Ashbourne or Kilmarnock; Feb.-Aug. 1862 env./EL to Hinckley or Halifax each with C12 pair; and 1863 long EL (faults) to Oswestry with C10 and endorsed '2 more'. Mixed condition. (68) (Image)

RARE BLUE C.D.S. CANCELLATION ("DERBY") ON 1d RED MISSENT COVER EX GATESHEAD; Remarkable and attractive 8 Feb. 1857 env. from Gateshead to York but Missent further south to Derby; there the very poor cancellation by the Gateshead Sideways Duplex on the 1d Red was noticed and so the stamp was additionally tied by the “DERBY” c.d.s. in blue (smaller lettering than in the Derby Sideways Duplex). No ‘Missent to Derby’ mark was applied, perhaps because the c.d.s. on the stamp (and the second strike on the reverse) were thought sufficient. This is the only recorded example of the blue Derby c.d.s. used to cancel a perf. 1d Red ‘Stars’ (although three examples on the 1d Red imperfs. are known). Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., DURHAM, DERBYSHIRE, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

PLATE 2 DIE II - ON VERY FINE ADVERTISING ENVELOPE - Apr. 1856 env. (opened flat for display) to Dunoon with C6 1d red lettered SL tied by Scots numeral, GREENOCK, INVERARY and DUNOON marks on the flaps, the entire internal surface printed with an advert. for ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY and showing a fine office building illustration.Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS, SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATE 23 - FC - VERY SCARCE C7 PRINTING - fine, centred slightly to left. SG £850; 2011 RPSL cert. (Image)

PLATE 24 - HA - VERY SCARCE C7 PRINTING - centred left and with minor discoloration along the top perfs. SG £850; 2011 RPSL cert. (Image)

PLATE 65 - BJ & OI - RARE PLATE - OI fine with light cancel and corner crease; plus BJ with some trimmed perfs at top left & right. 2010 (BJ) & 2016 (OI) RPSL cert; SG C10 £1700. (2) (Image)

PLATE 67 - JJ - VERY RARE ERROR IMPERFORATE ON COVER - 20 Jan. 1864 EL (Court of Probate part-printed notice) to Newport, Salop with fine example of this rare error, just shaved at right, mostly large margins elsewhere, tied by SHREWSBURY s/ways duplex and NEWPORT cds on the back. Very rare on cover; SG £2800 for off-cover. Cross Reference: SHROPSHIRE (Image)