1840 Penny Black 1d black SG 2 [J-E], margins close to good, Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £375. A very attractive example of the World's First Stamp!

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1840 Penny Black 1d black SG 2 Plate 3 [F - G], margins close to good, neat Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £500+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1840 Penny Black 1d grey-black SG 3 [K - E] unplated, margins close to good, neat Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1840 Tuppence Blue 2d blue SG 5 [F - G], margins close to good except where just shaved at centre-right, neat Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £1250.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1841 White Lines Added 2d pale blue SG 13 ['AB'] Plate 3 with Ivory Head, margins close to good, a couple of thins, stain/smudging at top right, unused, Cat £5000.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1841 White Lines Added 2d blue SG 14, margins good to huge with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right, Scottish BN '131' cancel, Cat £90. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1879 Perkins Bacon Dummy Stamp colour trials 1d in ultramarine imperf on medium paper/thin card.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1883-84 High Values with Anchor Wmk White Paper 2/6d 5/- & 10/- SG 178 180 & 183, well centred, steel cancels, SG £900+. [NB: the 2/6d & 5/- are both lettered N-F] (Qty 3)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1887-92 Jubilee Issue ½d 1½d 2d 2½d 3d 4d 6d (marginal, very fine unmounted) & 9d, fine to very fine with large-part o.g., plus 1/- green & carmine (minor blemishes); Cat £330. (Qty 10)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1902-10 KEVII 2d (minor bend), 6d 9d & 1/-, full unmounted o.g., Cat £330. (Qty 4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1902 KEVII De La Rue two imperf plate proof blocks of 4 in green on thin white card, one block with Double Impression SG Spec M6, Cat £640+. (Qty 2 blocks)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1902 KEVII £1 green SG 266, oval 'REGISTERED [THREADNE]EDLE ST/24 JA 04' steel cancel, Cat £825.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1912-24 Simple Cypher Wmk 1½d brown with Repaired 'PENCE' SG 362av (Specialised #N18h) being the second unit in a marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, light bend just impinges on the L/L corner of the variety, unmounted, Spec Cat £490++ (mounted).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913-19 Seahorses 2/6d sepia (seal brown) SG 408, well centred, tiny black mark in the margin at U/R, Cat £325.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1934-36 Photogravure ½d to 1/- SG 439-449 blocks of 6 (3x2; except for the 10d which is a block of 4 & two singles), a few bends & perf faults but generally very fine with four sets being unmounted, Cat £200+ as mounted singles. (Qty 66)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1951 Festival of Britain 2/6d to £1 SG 509-512, well centred, unmounted, Cat £100. (Qty 4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1952-54 Tudor Crown Definitives ½d to 1/6d SG 515-531, unmounted, Cat £100. (Qty 17)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1967-70 Pre-Decimal Machins 5d Royal blue tête-bêche pair, one unit with a gum blemish. Unlisted by Gibbons, but in their Specialised Catalogue, it is mentioned in a footnote "tête-bêche pairs were not issued".

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1973 Explorers 9p Charles Sturt with Gold Foil (Queen's Head) Omitted SG 927a, unmounted, Cat £250. With a normal stamp for comparison. (Qty 2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'I. R./OFFICIAL' on ½d green SG O2 horizontal strip of 3, minor defects & a little aged, superb 'BANDON/SE20/95 - 59' duplex cancel, Cat £120++. Officials used from smaller Irish towns are very scarce.

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

OFFICIALS - OFFICE OF WORKS: 1902-03 KEVII ½d blue-green, 1d scarlet, 2d green & carmine and 2½d ultramarine SG O36-39, all but the 2d with steel cancels, Cat £1500. Ex 'Bacchus'. (Qty 4)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

CINDERELLAS: 1912 Charles Dickens Memorial Fund 1d black complete sheet of 12 (4x3) with margins, exceptional centring, full unmounted o.g.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

CINDERELLAS: '1916/CROYDON/AMBULANCE/RED CROSS WEEK' 1d poster stamp, minor blemishes, large-part o.g.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50