1902-11 MOSTLY USED SHADES COLLECTION ON PAGES - arranged by shade, apparently inc. 1911 1d aniline rose & 1d aniline pink, 1909 4d brown-orange, 6d royal purple & 6d deep plum both mounted mint plus 1913 6d 'Dickinson' (2, both shades used), 1906 10d slate-purple & deep glossy carmine, plus 10d 'No cross on crown' (Spec M43b). Fair to fine. (c167) (Image)

½d to 1/- FINE COLLECTION ON PAGES - all used, mostly with one page or more per value, inc. 1911 ½d bright green (fine impression) 1960 BPA cert, 1910 7d deep grey-black 2003 RPSL cert, 1913 6d dull purple on Dickinson coated paper 2003 RPSL cert, 1906 10d slate-purple & deep carmine 2000 RPSL cert, etc. Also ½d blue-green imperf plate proof on surfaced card Generally fine. (c165) (Image)

KEVII VALUES ON PARCEL LABELS, PPCs, HAND-DRAWN PICTORIAL, AR FORM ETC. - parcel label group (38) with various values to 1/- inc. with 1/- green & carmine pair on Paddington label or 7d slate strip of three on Victoria Sq, Leeds label; range of PPCs and envs. with ½d to 3d (regd.) frankings inc. 1908 hand-drawn pictorial env. with man crawling on the ground 'looking' for his lady named Agnes franked with ½d green (2) tied by St Orwell cds and 1904 env. with 1d red plus Great-Western Railway 2d blue parcel stamp both tied by PADDINGTON cds; Mar. 1908 AR form with 2d green & carmine tied by Leeds cds. (c65 items) Cross Reference: PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN, PICTURE POSTCARDS, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

2/6 to 10/- HIGH VALUE USED GROUP ON TWO PAGES - apparently the full set of shades per SG part 1, good to fine, the 1912 10/- blue is superb. SG c£3000. (11) (Image)

1902/11 HIGH VALUES TO 10/- GROUP - 2/6 lilac (8), 5/- carmine (3) and 10/- blue (5), on pages all identified as to shade. Generally good to fine. (16) (Image)

1902/11 2/6 LILAC & 5/- CARMINE MINT - fine mounted mint examples of each. SG c£800. (Image)

1902 5/- BRIGHT CARMINE - unmounted mint, horiz. crease. SG263 £850. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - mounted mint, reperfed along the base. SG266 £2000. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - fine used example with neat Guernsey cds. SG266 £825. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - good used, minor surface disturbances that seem to be mitigation of crayon lines, two horiz. bends & minor ink marks apparent on the back. SG266 £825. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - lightly used and in a paler shade, slight toning. SG266 £825. (Image)

1911 £1 DEEP GREEN - one short perf on the base and very minor wrinkle seen on the back, else fine. SG320 £750. (Image)

KEVII 1913 PENNY TRIAL STAMP: Two examples of this trial stamp of 1d denomination in blue showing the profile of KEVII on gummed watermarked (zig-zag) paper. Printed by Bruckmann of Munich c.1913 with a view to tendering for a contract to produce GB stamps. Each stamp is presented in a "Westminster" black plastic folder and accompanied by the usual undated Westminster Cert. and a copy of a David Brandon 2007 Cert. (2 stamps)Cross Reference: COLOUR TRIALS (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY MISCELLANY with useful P.Due items, 1906 env. ex Hayling Island with black/red "POST OFFICE/EXPRESS" label, Huxley, Barton & Sons parcel label addressed to Stony Stratford franked 3d adhesive with a sample of steel wire attached (an amazing survivor!), sundry Parcel Post labels inc. 1911 Paisley Road Toll, Glasgow type with scarce "ROAD-BORNE" cachet (faults), etc. (22 items) Cross Reference: EXPRESS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, GB MIXED POSTAL HISTORY (Image)