1840 1d Black Plate 4 [DH] 4 margin, SG-Spec #AS23, used on outer (May 21) to Scotland with 'GLASGOW/22MY1841' rectangular arrival stamp on rear. (Contains transcription of letter). Cat £750+. (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

1840 1d Black Plate 9 [OK], 4 clear to large margins, SG #2, tied black non-distinctive MC of York (black rec backstamp March 23, 1841) to lightly folded large part outer to Sheffield (red arr backstamp). Attractive cover, Cat £1,200. (Image1)

Estimate AU$230

1840 1d Black Plate 8 [SE] 3 full margins just touching right, SG #2b tied red MC to folded outer to Peebles (poor backstamp), backstamp s/ring 'SEP/S 25 F/1840' in black. Cat £1,000. (Image1)

Estimate AU$170

1840 1d black [LC] cancelled by red MC, SG #2g, 3-margins, 4th just touching/cut-into, Cat £425. (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1840 1d Black & Red-Brown Plate 10 [TA] matched pair 4-margins (close at right on 1d black), neat black MCs, each clearly showing Re-entry each upper square & through value SG-Spec #AS66b & 69b, Cat £1,140+. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 11 [LF], SG #7, tied to entire (few wrinkles) by black MC of Arbroath, backstamp boxed 'ARBROATH/DE18/1841' and arr similar for Dundee possible same day. Minimum Cat £350. Very nice. (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 23 fine to very fine horiz pair [JJ-JK], SG #8, distinctive Triple NE corner breaks and Square-footed 'J' SG-Spec #BS12. Margin at right touching, otherwise clear to large margins. Minimum Cat £160+. [Affixed, and tied to, Irish front Portumna to Ballinastoe, Jan 1843] (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1841 1d Red-Brown Deeply Blued Paper nearly 3-margins [HG], distinctive Norwich cancel, SG-Spec #B1ts, on small outer (creased, fragile) to Gt Yarmouth, backstamp oily 'NORWICH/JA17/1844/B' d/arc cds and d/arc 'YARMOUTH-NORFOLK/JA18/1844' cds front left roughly struck. Very scarce - cat on cover £1,800 (on stamp only £550). Appears not tied, excellent value. (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1841 1d Red-Brown Later Plates fine horizontal strip of 4 [GI-GL] Wmk inverted, SG #8Wi, clear margins all round, each with firmly struck 1844 type Scottish BN '114' of Dundee. Blocks of 4 cat roughly 12x normal, ie c£4,500! Excellent value. (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1841 2d Blue White Lines Added Plate 3 3-margins [DJ], plus [NA] with tear; Plate 4 4-margins [ED] with Ivory head. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$42

1841-51 2d Blue Plate 4 4-margins pair [EJ-EK] (some oxidation), and 2 singles [JJ] (margin close top right) & [PB], SG #14, Cat £360. (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1841-51 2d Blue Plate 3 [PA] with Shifted transfer (elongation of stamp) SG-Spec #ES11c, strong Ivory head. 3-margins, corner crease, fine black London '7' Maltese Cross. Cat £1,200. (Image1)

Estimate AU$90

1841-51 2d Blue Plate 3 [QJ] with J flaw, 4 good margins minor oxidation, black London '9' Maltese Cross, tied to piece, Cat £1,200. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1855 1d Red-Brown Wmk Small Crown Perf 14 [QL], SG #22 on 1856 (Mar 11) small cover from Tutshill to London, Cat £160. (Image1)

Estimate AU$46

1d Red & 2d Blue Collection on special pages, 1d (130) nearly complete with plates 183 to 224, ex 86, 88, 108, 132, 133, 136, 169, 220, 222-3. 2d blue (9) with plates 8 to 14 ex 13. (139) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1870-79 ½d Rose SG #48-49 selection with [1] Plate 1 on small piece with West Bromwich 1972 duplex; [2] Plate 5? vertical pair on piece with two '5N/EDINBURGH/FE 29/76/131' duplex; [3] Plates 11 & 14 on attractive pre-printed entires of Chambers of Accountant of Court, HM Register House, Edinburgh' June 1879 and 1880 with 6-bar (thin) and 4-bar (thick) '*131*' duplex cancels respectively, on same matter to Anstruther (b/s). (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1847-54 1/- Pale Green and 1/- green, both three margin examples, SG #54,55, fine used, Cat £2,000. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1854 6d Mauve Embossed SG #58. A very scarce horizontal strip of three (some spotting) with London BN Diamond '21' x3 cancels. From upper row of sheet (monster margin at top), touched/shaved right and bottom. Cat £3,000+. [A block of four Cat £16,000!] (Image1)

Estimate AU$460

1867-80 Large White Letters 3d rose wmk Spray, SG #102-03. Display page presentation comprising Plate 7 [BA] on cover to Prussia tied Edinburgh duplex [IG], deep shade tied to small piece by Bradford duplex [MD], right wing margin with Harwich s/ring cds; Plate 8 [LC] with Yarmouth cds. All 1872 pmks, fine to very fine, Cat £280+. (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1867-80 Large White Letters 9d pale straw Plate 4 [BE], SG #111, with London diamond BN '95' cancelling a fine wing-margin example of a difficult stamp, Cat £300. (Image1)

Estimate AU$46

1871 6d Die Proof for SG #122 in black on white glazed card, undated, no plate numbers, no check letters. Recorded in SG Specialised Catalogue Vol 1 (16th Edition), p201, below #J81, Cat £2,500. Scarce survivor. (Image1)

Estimate AU$460

1874 5/- Pale Rose Wmk Maltese Cross Plate 2 [FC] SG #127, small perf blemish, firmly struck duplex cancel (London District?) clear of QV. Attractive example of a difficult stamp, Cat £1,500. (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1873-83 Large Coloured Letters 6d grey neat display page presentation comprising Wmk Spray 1876 Plate 15 [FB] x2, 1878 Plate 16 x3 [BJ, GI & OH] (latter two with wing margins); Wmk Imperial Crown 1881-82 Plate 17 [JD] and 18 [BH]; [3] 1882 (Jan 11) env to South Australia (aged) via Brindisi with Plate 17 [LA] SG #161 tied London duplex, alongside s/ring d/arc 'G.P.O.ADELAIDE/FE21/82/S_A' (date lines inverted, '8' inserted?), backstamp the renowned Norwood cogwheel cds same day (cogs complete). Neat presentation, fair only to fine, inspection needed. (8) (Image1)

Estimate AU$46

1873-80 Large Coloured Letters 6d grey Pl 17 wmk Spray inverted, SG #147Wi, fine used, Cat £350. (Image1)

Estimate AU$55

1880-83 Large Coloured Letters 2½d Blue Imprimatur Plate 21 [AC] imperforate top marginal (marginal crease, hinge trace). Variety of SG #157 (SG-Spec #J23), Cat £2,500. Superb. (Image1)

Estimate AU$550