1847 1/- embossed, cut square & just touched on 2 sides, cut into 1 corner. SG 54. Cat £1000. GU/FU.

1854 1d red, pl 184, horiz mint pair (NI-NJ), aged gum. SG cat £96. Mint.

c1860s 2d blue letters in 4 corners, p14, thick lines, ex plate 8. Seln of 16 on part album page. Mostly sound, many FU. SG 45. Cat c£720.

1867 3d rose, large uncoloured letters. Small back thin, unused no gum. SG 103. Cat £525.

1870 ½d (28v) on album page & sorted into plates, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13. Mostly used-GU. SG cat c£1700.

1879 McCorquodale tender essays 1d imperf printer's trials horiz pairs, rosy-mauve on blued paper, wmk small anchor & 1d carmine on white paper, stout wove card.

1880 1½d rose, 1½d grey-blue & 2d blue Perkins Bacon perf printer's colour trials.

1883 4d dull green, good colour. SG 192. Cat £210. GU.

1902 10/- EVII ultramarine, DLR printing. Fine complete "Smithfield Market E C 21 JY 05" cds. Light creasing upper 2 corners. SG 265. Cat £500. FU.

1902 £1 EVII dull blue-green, DLR printing. Small closed tear at base. SG 266. Cat £825, GU.

1911 1/- EVII green & scarlet, rich colours. SG Spec M47(4). Cat £85. VLHM.

1912, 1916 5d GV royal cypher wmk, yellow-brown & scarce ochre-brown shades, patchy gum. SG Spec N25(3) & (4). Cat £190. Mint.

1913 6d GV slate-purple shade, royal cypher wmk, with top selvedge. SG Spec N26(2). Cat £125. Fine but unused no gum.

1914 WWI cover to GB, posted stampless (on active service) with fine "ARMY POST OFFICE 23" cds AU 20 14 (5th Infantry Div'n HQ in France, very early in war, landed 17 AU 14). Fine crowned censor h/s No 122 (red) with signature (censor?) 1d P Due stamp added, canc Berkhamsted cds 26 AU 14. For the 1st month of the war, only 1d postage due was charged on unstamped letters (even O.A.S.) Minor edge tears, otherwise nice cond (& every h/s fine). Scarce item.

1915 WWI OAS stampless PPC (view of Athens), canc good/fine F.P.O. N.L.2 cds ("N.L.2" very clear) 28 JU 15, with fine rectangular censor h/s No 2568. Used at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, AP 15 - JA 16. Fine & scarce.

1918 WWI OAS stampless censored PPCs (views of Salonica or Malta) x 4 to same GB address, canc good/fine strikes of British A.P.O. R.X.16 cds 26 FE, 25 MR, 18 MY, 12 JY 18 & with octagonal censor h/s No 378. Used in Salonica area of Greece, SP 17 - JL 18. Fine & scarce.

1918-9 WWI (& after) censored OAS stampless correspondence on 12 PPCs ex British soldier in Italian Expeditionary Force, to his sweetheart in GB. All canc British Military cds (mostly fine), incl these A.P.O. or F.P.O : S.55 (camp Musse, Marseille), S.101, F.D.9 (x 3), F.D.1 (x 5), F.D.8 & S.100 (all locations in Italy, from Nov 1917 to Nov 1919). All view PPCs. Mostly shield-shaped censor h/s. Good-fine cond.

1929 long stampless registered cover to NZ, franked fine crowned oval cachet "PRIVY PURSE / BUCKINGHAM PALACE" (violet), with also scarce oval d/s "REGISTERED / BUCKINGHAM PALACE" (violet) 28 MR 29 (also on back), & light hooded cds (red) "London / Official Paid" same date. Red crown on flap. Good condition (light staining on back). Scarce item.

1934 10/- Seahorses re-engraved. SG 452. Cat £350. LH mint.

1946 Victory set on illust (St Paul's Cathedral, flag & dove etc) FDC ex Kensington with "DON'T WASTE BREAD" slogan cancel. Most attractive! SG cat £75.

1952-54 ½d-1/6d QEII, Tudor crown wmk set, (1d, 1½d & 2½d with cylinder nos on selvedge). 17v. SG 515-531. Cat £100. Mint.

1961 2/- (phosphor) stamp booklet (April 1961 date), MUH. Also 4 others (2/-, 4/6d & 5/- x 2 diff), MUH. SG N4p, NP30, LP45, HP26 & 27. Cat £63+.

1969 Machin, the first coil strip (2d + 2d + 3d + 1d + 4d) on plain unaddressed FDC. SG 725m.

1982 Benham set of 4 diff British Motor covers on silk FDCs (1982 - B57a-d).

1988 £1-£5 Castles set. SG 1410-13. Cat £28. MUH.