1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with full gum which appears to be original, from position KF, and identified as plate 6 by owner. Horizontal crease and slight toning at top, else a fine appearing mint stamp missing from many collections. (Image)

Scott $ 12,500

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with crisp Maltese Cross cancel in red, from position BE, four margins and fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 370

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with Maltese Cross cancel in black, from position KL, four good margins but a very light horizontal crease, else very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with all-over Maltese Cross cancel in red, from position JJ, four margins and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with Maltese Cross cancel in red, from position MC, four margins and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate 9, used with a complete Maltese Cross cancel in black, from position DF. The stamp has four clear margins, close at right, fine. Ex Dick Lamb. (Image)

Scott $ 625

1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, tied to piece with a Maltese Cross cancel in red, with JUN.13.1840 datestamp from Liskeard. The stamp is from position DF and has three clear margins plus one just cutting into at right, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 375

1840 2d Deep Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with indistinct cancel in black, a very fine stamp with intense colour and four large and even margins. (Image)

Scott $ 950

1840 2d Light Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with red Maltese Cross cancel, from position CA, with "CE" of PENCE joined by a small line. A fine-very fine stamp with four large to well clear margins. (Image)

Scott $ 900

1841 1p Red Brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, mint with small part original gum, from position IE, three large margins and fresh colour, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 625

1841 1p Red Brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, a bulk lot of used pairs and multiples, with 77 vertical or horizontal pairs, one strip of 3, two strips of 4 and one block of four. A good number of these have grid numeral cancels, and it appears the collector might have been in the process of collecting all different ones (although there is duplication of numbers). We noted a few blued papers and most have one or more close or cut into margin, overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 6,347

1841 2d Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, unused (no gum) from position AB, margins are close to just touching at left, with good colour and fine. A rare mint stamp. SG 14, £5,000. (Image)

Scott $ 6,250

1841 2d Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, tied to small piece by a lovely strike of the #6 in Maltese cross in black, the stamp has ample to large margins, showing part of the next stamp at top, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 725

1854 6d Red Violet Embossed Queen Victoria Imperforate, Watermark VR Inverted and Reversed, used with grid numeral cancel, two margins are clear and two are very close, fine-very fine. An attractive example of this scarcer watermark variety. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1854-55 2d Blue Queen Victoria on Bluish Paper, Perforated 16, a used horizontal strip of three, with light numeral grid cancels. The stamps are perforated upwards vertically by several millimeters, showing a large part of "TWO PENCE" at top. A nice example showing the problems being encountered during the first attempts at perforating stamps, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 270

1864 1p Rose Red Queen Victoria, Perforated 14, a collection of 109 all different plate numbers, all with mint stamps, ranging from plate 71 to 224, including 10 plate numbers cataloguing $100 and over. A nice quality collection all displayed in 102 cards or black stock cards, assumed all hinged but unchecked for possible never hinged stamps, overall fine. Includes an inventory, also scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 7,677

1864 1p Red Queen Victoria Plated Collection, all mounted on old time quadrille pages, with all plate numbers identified, missing #s 75, 77, 126, 128, 225. We note a few small faults and plate 224 is trimmed, else overall fine. All pages scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 1,313

1864 1p Red Queen Victoria, Plate 225, used with part numeral duplex, fine. A nice example of this sought-after plate number. (Image)

Scott $ 825

1857 5sh Pale Rose Queen Victoria, Plate 1, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A few shorter perfs at right, still a rare and fine stamp. SG 127, £9,500. (Image)

Scott $ 11,000

1918 5sh Rose Red King George V Seahorse, printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., mint hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 275