1970 £1 bluish black Queen Elizabeth II Machin Head, Imperforate block of four, mint never hinged, very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Modern Postal Forgery Machin Heads, includes a cover mailed from Southend on Sea in 2008 franked with a gold 1st class single, also several more unused self-adhesive gold 1st class stamps with nine singles plus two different booklets of 12 (one with illustrated back, one with blank back). Also includes a 1994 complete booklet of 10 blue 2nd class stamps, without phosphor and with elliptical perfs sloping to the right (SG 1664 var). Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

1840 Mulready Stationery Cover, mailed from Bridgewater on JUN.23.1840 (broken circle in red on front) to Newport, with red Maltese Cross, with stereo # A 18. Faults including creases, still presentable. (Image)

Scott $ 500

1840 1d black Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with part original gum. The stamp possesses two large margins, plus two that are just touching to just into. From position BI, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 11,000

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with red Maltese Cross cancel and four large and even margins. Identified by owner as being from plate 1b, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 325

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, a used horizontal pair with red Maltese Cross cancels, from positions BE-BF. The pair has margins that are large at right to just cut in at places, still a scarce multiple and fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,250

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of twelve used copies, plated by the owner (and unchecked by us) to be from plates 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 9. A nice group, all with black or red Maltese Cross cancels, a few have four margins, overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 4,575

1840 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with a black Maltese Cross cancel, four even margins, from position DG and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 700

1840 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with a black Maltese Cross cancel, with four margins (close at bottom), from position SI, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 700

1841 3c red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, unused (no gum) with three good margins, cut into at right, position KL. There is a corner crease visible in fluid, else fine. (Image)

Scott $ 625

1841 1d red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of mint or unused items including three singles, a horizontal pair, a vertical right sheet margin pair and a horizontal upper plate margin strip of three with a plate inscription along the whole length of the margin. There is a range from full original gum to no gum, and each stamp has one or more faults, to varying degrees, still a high catalogue lot. All scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 6,250

1841 3c red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate Plate Reconstruction, with 240 stamps, each representing a different plate position, from AA to TL. A nice collection, with many four-margin copies, lots of postmark interest, and includes three pairs. All scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 2,160

Collection of Numerical Maltese Cross Cancellations on 1d Red Brown Imperforates, with all numbers represented from 1 to 12, all easily identifiable except #10 which is smudgy. A few small faults to the stamps, else overall fine and difficult to assemble. (Image)

Scott $ 3,120

1841 3c red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, an old time collection of 48 stamps, all with plate letter errors and oddities. Many are described by owner as shifted, doubled, smear, repaired letter, burr, deformed, "E on F" and much more, some are also identified by plate number. A close inspection should reveal lots of interesting and useful material here. Great lot for the specialist, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 350

1841 3c red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of 56 used singles, collected for the wide range of shades and papers. Scott lists three basic shades: red brown ($9), orange brown ($55) and lake red ($825). At the very least there should be examples of these here, as well as examples from the many other Stanley Gibbons shades listed. Some of these are described by the owner as being brown red, puce, plum, mulberry, brown, rose, red-lake and orange red, and there are also a few examples on very blued paper. A great lot for the specialist, overall fine with the usual small faults. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection of 1d and 2d Imperforates with "Ivory Heads", includes 8 copies of the 2d blue and 86 copies of the 1d red brown, 6 of which have been separated out by owner as they clearly show the watermark on the back. Catalogue value is for #4e (x8) and #3f (x86, listed as deep blue paper, which is not the case for many of these). Overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 2,784

1841 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with part original gum, two large margins plus two others that are just touching to cut into, position IL, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 4,500

1847 1sh pale green Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with light numeral grid cancel, four clear to very large margins and sharp embossing, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 900

1847 1sh green Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with numeral 5 grid cancel, four clear to large margins and sharp embossing. Tad bit of soiling at bottom, still very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 925

1854 6d red violet Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with numeral grid cancel, four clear to large margins and sharp embossing. Tad bit of soiling at left from oily postmark ink, still very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1864 1p rose red Queen Victoria, Perforated 14, collection of plated used singles, with each plate represented from 71 to 225 (except 77). Plate 225 is easily identifiable but has a tear and a crease, rest appear generally fine. (Image)

Scott $ 2,250

Group of Queen Victoria High Values, 1867 to 1884, with Scott #s 57 (fine), 74 (two corner creases else very fine appearance), 96 (very fine with c.d.s. cancels), 108 (very fine with oval registration cancel) and 109 (very fine with light oval registration cancel). (Image)

Scott $ 4,815

1880 1d red brown Queen Victoria Sheet Reconstruction, with 240 used stamps, each representing a plate position, from AA to TL. Fine. (Image)

Scott $ 3,000

1884 £1 brown violet Queen Victoria, Watermark Imperial Crown, used with bold boxed cancel plus a c.d.s. from Liverpool dated November 1889. There is a very light diagonal crease, still a scarce stamp with fine-very fine centering. (Image)

Scott $ 3,000

1891 £1 green Queen Victoria, used with oval registration datestamp, from position SD, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 800