15 JAN 1841 2d BLUE TRIAL WITH BLANK CORNER SQUARES: A single example from the plate of twelve [po. 3/3] three wide margins, close at right. Excellent colour. SG Spec DP43 £1,500 RPSL Cert (2011) (Image)

PLATES 3 & 4 - RANGE ON PAGES - mostly plate 3, inc. JA-JB huge margin pair with MX cancels, v attractive but creased; RC four margins with London No. 12 in MX; EE-EG strip of three near fine, just some minor wrinkling; July 1846 E to Kirkheaton with four margin 2d blue cancelled Huddersfield numeral; etc. (15 items) (Image)

PLATE 3 - DJ-EK - SCARCE BLOCK OF FOUR ON LONDON COVER - 24 Dec. 1845 legal EL used in London with three margin block, just touched at right, tied by "14" numerals, matching London ds (2) on the top flap. SG £1500 for off-cover. (Image)

PLATE 4 - EB-FB & GA-HA exceptional vertical pairs , and PA-QA a good vertical pair. EB-EC & ND-NE good margined horizontal pairs. Also 1840 1d TD with four margins. A fine used lot. (6) (Image)

PLATE 4 - BH - SPECTACLES VARIETY MATCHED WITH PERF. 16 - two BG-BH pairs, imperf. with three margins, perf. centred low. SG £1700. (2 items)Cross Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)

PLATE 4 - GROUP INC. MULTIPLES - singles (11), pairs (4) and a strip of four; two singles and one pair are on 'early stage' lavender-tinted paper. Some mostly minor faults and cut into, many attractive with four margins. (16 items) (Image)

PLATE 4 - BH - WITHOUT & WITH SPECTACLES VARIETY - four margin early print without the scratch, and three margin later print after plate scratch. SG £2500. (Image)

PLATE 4 - AK - "VIOLET-BLUE" ON THICKER, LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER - with four mostly very large margins, and showing a good degree of lavender-tint. SG £1100; 1994 PEGB cert. (Image)