FINE COLLECTION IN A BINDER, MINT & USED - specialised range, mint (a good number are unmounted) values to 1/- inc. ½d blue-green corner pairs control A perf V1 (SG £125, light toning) and B perf V4A (SG £75), a further group of ½d (6) & 1d (10) control singles, all unmounted mint, and 1d red group inc. SPECIMEN type 15, no wmk, etc. Used inc. 2/6 lilac (5), 5/- carmine (7) and 10/- ultramarine (2). Also official ovpts mostly used inc. I.R. OFFICIAL on 2½d ultramarine and 1/- green & carmine (colour washed out), GOVT. PARCELS 9d purple and blue, ADMIRALTY on 2½d and 3d purple/yellow, O.W. OFFICIAL on ½d blue-green & 1d red (2), ARMY on mint 6d purple. Plus small mint & used KEVIII group. (c350 items)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

DOMESTIC & FOREIGN MAIL GROUP; Range with 1903 ½d wrapper to Yokohama, 1903 PPC franked ½d with framed "Contrary to regulations/594" h.s. and taxed "1" on front due to a pasted on photo, 1905 ½d embossed unsealed env. to Berlin, 1906 2d + 1d reg. env. to France uprated 1½d with "HOLBECK S.O/LEEDS" and "HOLBECK LANE/LEEDS" cds on front, 1906 PPC to Hill franked ½d tied by "DOUGLAS/ISLE OF MAN" cds, 1907 PPC to Bootle franked ½d with "LIVERPOOL/X/MAS" cancel, 1910 PPC to Bridgend franked ½d tied by "SCILLY" cds, 1911 1d PC to St Thomas with a London machine cancel and other related examples. (121) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, CORNWALL - SCILLY ISLANDS, PRINTED MATTER, CHRISTMAS INCLUDING CANCELLATIONS (Image)

LOW VALUES SET UNMOUNTED MINT - simplified set of fifteen to 1/- all unmounted, 1½d creased and a couple of others with gum wrinkles. (15) (Image)

1902/11 MINT HIGH VALUES - 2/6 lilac, possibly unmounted, small imperfections; 5/- carmine, large part gum; 10/- ultramarine, part gum and light stain on front. Also 1883 5/- rose, probably redistributed gum, horiz. crease. (4) Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES (Image)

1902/11 HIGH VALUES QUARTET - 1902 2/6 lilac very fine; 1911 2/6 dull reddish purple, vert. crease; 5/- carmine, minor toning; and 10/- ultramarine, small faults. (4) (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - fine lightly mounted mint. SG 266 £2000. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - fine used example. SG 266 £825. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - fine used neatly cancelled example. SG £825. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - very slight surface rubbing, else fine used. SG 266 £825. (Image)

1902 £1 DULL BLUE-GREEN - used example, toning most noticeable on the back, else fine. SG 266 £825. (Image)

DOMESTIC & FOREIGN FRANKINGS GROUP; Range with 1902/06 2d + 1d reg. envs. to Frankfurt or Dresden uprated 9d and tied by Surbiton or Hampstead NW cds, 1904 2d + 1d reg. env. to Lisbon uprated 1/-, 6d, 3d & ½d all with perfins, 1905 env. to Lille franked 5d strip of three tied by oval London reg. d.s., 1906 2d + 1d reg. env. to Hamburg ex Manchester uprated 6d, 4d & 1½d all with perfins, 1905/06 defective env. or front to Nuremberg or Naples franked 1/- or 1/- + ½d, 1906 2d + 1d reg. env. to Vienna uprated 4d and tied by Huddersfield reg. d.s. and other related examples. (59 items) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, REGISTERED MAIL, PERFINS (Image)