1855-62 4d ROSE GROUP - inc. small garter on blued glazed paper (3), medium garter (4, inc. on 1856 env. to Paris (faults)), and large garter block of four (slightly trimmed perfs at top). (16 items) (Image)

1855-57 6d LILAC & 1/- GREEN GROUP - 6d lilac (6, inc. on azure paper, and two with inv. wmk), and 1/- green (4, inc. on thick paper. (10) (Image)

1862-64 RANGE ON TWO PAGES - 3d rose plate 2 (single + strip of four); 4d red plates 3 (3 + with SPECIMEN ovpt) and 4 (6, inc. with inv. wmk, and poor mint); 6d lilac (5, inc. rev. wmk, and another with French dotted cancel); 9d straw/bistre (2); and 1/- green (3, inc. inv. & rev. wmk). (22 items) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

1862 1/- GREEN PLATE 2 - 'K IN CIRCLE' VARIETY - poor used, spacefiller quality. SG 90a £2750. (Image)

1865-67 RANGE ON THREE PAGES - 3d rose plate 4 (3); 4d vermilion plates 7 to 14 (22); 6d lilac plates 5 (3) and 6; 9d straw plate 4 and 1/- green plate 4. both wmk emblems. (31) (Image)

1867-80 RANGE TO 1/- ON TWO PAGES - 3d rose plates 4 to 10 (9 + plates 6 & 8 in blocks of four); 6d lilac/mauve plates 6 to 9 (8); 9d straw (2); 10d red-brown (3); and 1/- green plates 4 to 7 (5). (29 items) (Image)

1872 1/- GREEN STOCK EXCHANGE FORGERY 'PLATE 5' - on telegraph form piece, tone spot on one perf. else fine, lettered DB and matched with a genuine cds-cancelled 1/- plate 5 similarly lettered. SG c£900. (2) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS (Image)

1867 2/- BLUE GROUP - range of shades on a page inc. three possibly in the milky/cobalt band. Fair to fine. (9) (Image)

1880 2/- BROWN - close to fine used with cancel leaving an almost clear profile. SG 121 £4250. (Image)

1872-72 6d PLATES 11 & 12 GROUP ON THREE PAGES - plate 11 chestnut shades (7 + block of four + on 1872 EL London to Messina; plate 12 buff shades (2 + a pair + on 1873 E Liverpool to Messina); and plate 12 grey (2 + on 1873 E Dundee to Valencia). Generally fine with several neatly cds cancelled. (16 items)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SCOTLAND, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)

1867-83 5/- & 10/- VALUES - 5/- rose plates 1 & 2 (2 of each), and 10/- grey-green (2) wmks MX or anchor. One 5/- plate 1 is fine, others all with faults. (6) (Image)

1874 5/- ROSE PLATE ON PIECE TO SOUTH AMERICA - July 1877 large piece (rebacked at top) with 5/- used together with 1d red plate 197 and 1/- green plate 12 all tied by LONDON hexagonal late/too late duplexes. Very scarce; SG £1500 for the 5/- off-cover. (Image)

1873-80 RANGE ON SIX PAGES - 2½d rosy-mauve range inc. plate 2 blued paper tied to piece (toned), and plate 12 mint strip of three, and covers inc. plate 1 on blued used with ½d rose-red plate 6 on 1875 E to Bordeaux; 2½d blue plates 17 to 20; 3d rose plates 11 to 20 (ex 13); 6d grey plates 13 to 17; 1/- green plates 8 to 13 and 1/- orange-brown plate 13 wmk spray (fair only); and 1880 garter wmk 4d plate 15 vermilion (2) and sage-green, plate 16 sage-green, and plate 17 grey-brown. Fair to fine. (57 items)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

1875 2½d ROSY-MAUVE PLATE 2 FL-LH ERROR - fine used example. SG 140 £2750. (Image)

1876 8d ORANGE GROUP - on a page, two singles, a pair, and on 1878 env. to Bombay. (4 items)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INDIA (Image)

1881 WMK CROWN MINT TRIO - 2½d blue plate 21 lightly mounted, 4d grey-brown plate 17 unmounted with minor bend, and 6d grey plate 17 possibly unmounted. SG £1400. (3) (Image)

1880-83 RANGE ON PAGES - 2½d blue plates 21 to 23 group (6, inc. two with Italian or TRIPOLI (Levant) cancels); 3d rose plates 20 & 21, and 3d on 3d lilac single plus tied to 20 Nov. 1883 reg. env. by rare H-rated 387 3VOS numeral of Huddersfield (new LKU); 4d grey-brown plates 17 & 18 (3 each); 6d grey plate 17 & 18, plus 6d on 6d plate 18 lilac (3); and 1/- orange-brown plates 13 & 14 (2 each). (27 items)Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, REGISTERED MAIL, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1881 3d ROSE PLATE 20 WMK CROWN - fine and fresh apart from a shortish perf. at base, a tiny spot of gum disturbance else unmounted mint. SG £900 for mounted. (Image)

1880-84 PROVISIONAL ISSUE, RANGE ON PAGES - mint and used complete sets; 1d venetian red mint block of six and ½d slate-blue mint block of nine; 1883 env. to Holland with ½d green, 2d rose & 5d indigo, and 1883 env. used in Ireland with 1½d venetian red. Also 1881 1d lilac range inc. Die I on July 1881 env. to Huddersfield and mint Die II with inv. wmk. (38 items) (Image)

1880-83 SPECIMEN SELECTION INC. BLOCK OF 24 - 1883 ½d slate-blue and 1880 1½d venetian red, plus 1880 2d pale rose marginal block of 24 (some perf reinforcement and minor bending from gum curling). SG c£2700. (3 items)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

1881 1d BLUISH LILAC DIE I SPECIMEN BLOCK OF SIX - fine unmounted mint. SG £960+.Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

1883-84 HIGH VALUES GROUP - 2/6 lilac (3, inc. a possible blued paper), 5/- rose (3, inc. a possible blued paper), and 10/- ultramarine (2). (8) (Image)

1883 2/6, 5/- & 10/- ON REGISTERED PARCEL PIECE - 2/6 lilac, 5/- rose & 10/- ultramarine used with 1d lilac & 6d purple/rose for a total franking of 18/1d tied by Edinburgh *131* roller cancel and blue crayon registered item lines. Scarce. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

1884 10/- ULTRAMARINE MINT - top marginal where mounted, stamp itself is unmounted, creasing mainly from gum curling. SG 183 £2250. (Image)

1884 £1 BROWN-LILAC WMK CROWNS - of good appearance, closed internal tear affects the left-hand '£1'. SG 185 £3000. (Image)