1880 Tender Essays by Perkins, Bacon comprising perforated ½d (2, one lilac, one brown-red) & 1d in salmon, some gum disturbance. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1864-79 1d Red Plates complete (ex Pl.77) incl Pl. 225 (Cat £800) with tiny corner fault, in average condition. (153) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1883 or 84 ½d to 1/- usual colour fades on the "greens", generally fine for this set. SG #187-96, Cat £1,600. (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1840 1d Black Plate 7 [CL] SG #1, very close (at lower-right) to very good margins, indistinct MC cancel in black, Cat £400. (Image1)

Estimate AU$160

1840 1d Black Plate 4 [LC] SG #2, margins close but largely complete (very close at upper left & right), red MC cancel, Cat £400. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1840 2d Blue Plate 1 [OL] SG #5, complete even margins, lightly struck MC cancel in red, Cat £900. Most attractive. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1841 1d Red-Brown [IF] SG #8, complete even margins, BN '328' cancel in blue SG Spec #B1xb, fine, Cat £375. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1856-58 Wmk Large Crown Die II P14 1d red-brown, pale red, pale rose, rose-red x2 (one Watermark inverted) & deep rose-red between SG #37-41, generally fine, Cat £545. (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1855-57 No Corner Letters Wmk Emblems 6d pale lilac on Azure paper SG #70a, single nibbed corner perf, plus a normal paper stamp (SG #70) included for comparison, Cat £950. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1848-1904 incl imperf 1d reds (2), 1d Stars (3), 1d Letters (2), 1864 (Mar & Oct) 2 tatty covers to Jamaica both with 1/- Pl. 1. tied by RYDE duplex, 1884 Cover to Paris with 2½d pair, 1890 cover to USA. Few PTPO Stationery items incl QV ½d (3), QV 3d yellow uprated with KEVII 1d to USA. (17 Items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1859 (Feb 2) Entire to Spain with 1/- green (SG #72) tied by BN '21' cancel along oval 'PD' in red, backstamped with London transit and Cadiz arrival cds. Cat £425 on cover. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1936 KEVIII accumulation incl (1 Sep) 7 sets on plain FDCs, plus ½d (4 covers), 1½d (2 covers) and 2½d, (14 Sep) 1d red 2 covers plus group of later covers (37) all with KEVIII issues incl several perfins on proving covers, 'CPA' (Calico Printers' Assoc) to Australia, 'QI/Co Ld' (Queensland Insurance Co Ltd) on 1½d block of 10 to Australia, few covers to USA, two endorsed "NORMANDIE" or "EUROPA". Very mixed condition. (50+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1960s-90s FDC array incl few pre-decimal issues (no phosphor), later issues incl M/Ss, Greetings strips of 5 or blocks of 10, booklet panes blocks of 9, 1988 (Oct) £1, £1.50, £2 & £5 Castles, 1992 (Mar) £1, £1.50, £2 & £5 Castles, 1993 £10 Britannia, 2000 Stamp Show M/S, few Regionals, few commem covers incl 1990 Cunard Sesquicentennial Cruise. Many neatly addressed. (43) (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1875 Price Lists to Launceston [1] (Feb) with 1d red Pl 168 on printed circular from Robt Christie & Co London with 'Via Southampton, Singapore & Brisbane' printed at top left & [2] (May) with 2d blue Pl 14 on entire from Camroux & Calland, with printed letter seeking orders for beer, wine etc. several export lists were included, hence the additional 1d in postage. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1843 (Jun) outer to Leeds with imperf 1d red-brown tied with by '7'-in Maltese Cross cancel in black, fine Leeds 'JU15/1843' arrival datestamp in black alongside; the MC cancel alone Cat £160 as a used stamp. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1864 (Apr 8) entire letter fom Manchester to Uruguay with Small Uncoloured Letters 1/- green SG #90 x2 (one wing-margin) plus 6d lilac SG #84, all cancelled by BN '498' cancels, the two 1/- values tied by Crown Registered handstamp in red, fine 'REGISTERED/8AP64/MANCHESTER' oval datestamp in red at upper-left; fine condition overall. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1864 (Nov 24) entire to Vatican, Italy with 2d blue & 9d bistre SG #86 (scarce on cover), tied by BN '75' cancels with Birmingham datestamp alongside, French 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS' tpo, Paris and Italian 'VIA/DI MARE', transit datestamps; small opening faults. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1867 5d rate registered covers from Devonport or Plymouth to same addressee in Whitchapel, London, the former with 1d red Pl 96 & 4d deep vermilion Pl 8 tied by BN '250' cancels, the latter with 1d red Pl 72 x2 plus Emblems 3d rose Pl 4 SG #92 (scarce on cover) tied by BN '620' cancels. Attractive duo. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1974 (Nov 19) commercial airmail cover at the 10p rate to WA with fine strike of the 2-line 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/AIRCRAFT HIJACKED' in black on reverse. Roughly opened and stained. [On 21/11/1974, a British Airways plane en route to Singapore was hijacked at Dubai. 23 passengers, including Australian aboriginal activist Kath Walker, were taken as hostages to Libya. The release of Palestinian prisoners was agreed to after a German national was executed.] (Image1)

Estimate AU$260

1870s-1910s Datestamp Selection: with may fine thimble types including Ilminster on 6d grey-brown Pl 16 SG #147, Crowborough-Cross on 4d grey-brown Pl 18 SG #160, hooded-circle Bradford/Late Box on QV10d Jubilee, complete 'Aviemore RSO Inverness-Shire on KEVII ½d pair, Plumpton Green/Lewes on KEVII 6d, Royal Military College/Camberley on KEVII 6d; also TPO/train cancels, two Hoster cancels, V(crown)R machine cancels, etc. Nice lot. (42 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200