1902 5d DULL PURPLE & BLUE a used example with almost complete central "S.W.D.O." parcel cancellation. Scarce. SG O81 £1,500. (Image)

1885 LARGE ANCHOR 10/- COBALT ON WHITE BG with part "LONDON CHIEF/P.C.O." (PUBLIC CARRIAGE OFFICE ?) c.d.s. Fine. SG 09 £7,750. (Image)

1901 1/- GREEN & CARMINE with part oval registered d.s. cancellation. Sound. SG O19 £1,800. (Image)

1865-79 TRIO - 1865 front depicting five figures in various dress apparently for a birthday, and 1879 env. (toned, creasing, etc) with a mounted knight carrying a banner bearing the stamp. Plus 1879 printed env. (faults) with a canal scene inc. a fisherman and a rider being thrown by his horse into the water. All with 1d red plate frankings. (3)Cross Reference: PICTORIALS, PRINTED, 1864-79 1d PLATES (Image)

1877/78 GROUP OF FOUR COUNTRY SCENES - quartet of fronts to the same addressee in Birmingham with illustrated country landscapes, posted at various places so possibly local scenes while on travel, all franked with 1864 1d plates. (4)Cross Reference: 1864-79 1d PLATES (Image)

1914-24 THE COLLECTION; 1914-24 ½d to 1/- and 1924 ½d to 2/6d. Fine mint. Also the two used sets inc. some watermark varieties. Mostly fine. (50) (Image)

c1870s PAIR OF FANCY EMBOSSED COVERS - undated env. apparently hand-delivered (1841 1d red doesn't belong) with light tone spots, together with the letter comprising a delightful acrostic poem 'Could Charles the Martyr's lot be mine...' spelling 'Charlotte Strong'; and 1873 env. to Chobham with 1d red plate 147 tied "FARNBORO·STATION" duplex. (2) (Image)