PLATE 1 - ON FIRST DAY PIECE - lettered JK and centred to right else fine, tied to small piece by LONDON cds clearly dated 1 Oct. 1870, the first day.Cross Reference: FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS (Image)

PLATE 8 - VERY SCARCE MINT BLOCK OF EIGHT - upper marg. with part inscription & current number, fair gum, centred right. SG £2400 as singles. (Image)

PLATE 9 - very fine example lettered AM, with neat part cds cancel. SG £850. (Image)

PLATE 9 - very fine used, lettered ED, with neat cds cancel. SG £850. (Image)

PLATE 9 - PAIR ON COVER - Feb. 1872 env. (splits at the sides) to NAIRN (cds on the back along with RUTHERGLEN) with DS-ES vert. pair (still joined at left though separated at right end, DS damaged) tied by GLASGOW duplex; 1981 Brandon cert.Cross Reference: SCOTLAND (Image)

PLATE 9 - SE - UNUSED - no gum, adherence on the back and perf faults. SG £6000 for mint. (Image)

PLATE 12 - UNUSED BLOCK OF SIX WITH INVERTED & REVERSED WATERMARK - no gum, reinforced perfs. SG £1800 as mint singles. (Image)

PLATE 19 - MINT BLOCK OF EIGHT - good gum, slight reinforced separation. SG £2400 as singles. (Image)

PLATE 20 - MINT BLOCK OF FOUR - redistributed gum, light soiling. SG £1400 as singles. (Image)

STUDY ON PAGES - inc. fine set of plates (ex 9) all with neat cds cancels, plate 12 block of six showing full watermark over three stamps, plate 8 pair & single tied to piece by HAWKHURST sq. circle, imperf at right (4) or left (3) group, range of misperfs, plate 11 tied to piece by Azemar cancel, etc. (35) (Image)

GROUP OF WATERMARK VARIETIES - inverted on plates 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 (2), 14, 15 (pair) and 20; reversed on plate 12; and inv/reversed on plates 1, 3 (pair), 4, 8 (pair), 10, 11, 12, 15, 19 & 20. Plus plate 12 block of six displaying full wmk across each three stamps. Fair to fine. (21 items) (Image)

MINT RANGE INC. ALMOST FULL SET OF PLATES ETC. - set of plates missing only plate 9 (plates 1,3, 8, 19 & 20 all with fair gum), plate 10 SPECIMEN ovpt type 9 (1980 RPSL cert.), plate 15 with CYPRUS ovpt, and plate 1 or 12 imperf at left or right, etc. (22)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

PLATES 3, 5 & 10 - MINT BLOCKS - plates 3 (no gum) and 10 (soiled) blocks of four, and plate 5 fine black of eight. (3 items) (Image)

PLATES 6, 11 & 14 - MINT MULTIPLES - plate 6 left marg. strip of three imperf at side, and plates 11 and 14 blocks of four. Good to fine. (3 items) (Image)

PLATES 12, 13 & 15 - MINT BLOCKS - plate 12 block of nine, plate 13 vert. block of eight, and plate 15 block of four. Generally fair to good with fair gum. (3 items) (Image)

1872-79 GROUP OF COVERS - inc. 1874 ½d green wrapper uprated with plate 3 endorsed 'House Pulled Down', 1874 large part E with plate 6 tied WINCHESTER duplex and large boxed "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS/S.W" and circled "1D", c1875 pair of wrappers to Leeds or in London with plates 10 or 11, 1877 front with plate 13 tied by "GLASGOW-CARLISLE/SORTING TENDER" duplex, 1878/79 pair of ½d green wrappers each uprated with plate 11 to Sweden endorsed 'Per Book Post', 1878/79 pair of envs. with plate 13 uprating 1d pink or plate 11 pair each tied by DUNDEE or CALLANDER duplex. Fair to fine. (20)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SCOTLAND, PRINTED MATTER (Image)

UNDERPRINT GROUP - COPESTAKE on plates 6 (2) and 12 (with wmk inv/rev.) SG PP39; and 'R. & S./M.' on plate 6 (fair only, and possibly bogus as seriffed letters). Plus plate 1 with unusual 'K.' possibly a private mark(?) on the front. (5) Cross Reference: UNDERPRINTS/SECURITY OVERPRINTS (Image)

PERFIN GROUP ON FIVE PAGES, INC. A COVER - inc. 'Cn Co' of Caron Co Ltd, 'J. Y/& S', and '333' all on unused stamps; 'C·A·E·S' of Church Army Evangelical Society, 'STOTT/& Cº', large 'H' of WH Haydn & Co, 'S . S' of G Small & Sons Taunton, and 'FOX' of GC Fox & Co Falmouth (on piece with 1d red), etc; plus 1879 billhead used in Kings Lynn with ½d (plate unclear) perfinned by Carron Co. (c60 items)Cross Reference: PERFINS (Image)

USED ABROAD SELECTION - part "MALTA" cds/duplex on plates 12, 20 & plate 14 block of four (missing corner perf), "C51" of St. Thomas on plate 10, "A26" of Gibraltar on plate 13, part "CALLAO" cds on plate 10(?), and part Constantinople cds on plate 3 on piece (this plate not listed by SG, plate number very clear). Also with 'CYPRUS' ovpt on plates 15 and 19 (fair only, with detached & replaced corner; SG £850). Fair to fine. SG £1200++. (12) Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, LEVANT - BRITISH, CYPRUS, MALTA (Image)