Auction of Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1840-2003 Mint and used collection in four stockbooks and loose including 1d blacks (7) and 1840 2d blues (3), 1858-76 2d plate 13 mint block of f...

QV-QEII Mint and used collection on pages including 1867 5/-, 1902 5/- (3), 1953-89 QEII issues with many varieties and multiples, some duplicatio...

1840 1d Black, OC plate 2 used with a red Maltese Cross, four good even margins, very fine. Photo on Page 12.

1840 1d Black, KC plate 2, four good to large margins, cancelled by distinctive Plymouth Maltese Cross in black, scarce so fine. With B.P.A Certif...

1840 1d Blacks, all plate 6, IL, QE (state 2) and SF all used with black Maltese Crosses, QE with corner crease and IL with trace of a pressed cre...

1840 1d Blacks, all plate 8, AI, BB and OD all used with black Maltese Crosses, all fine with four good margins. (3). Photo on Page 12.

1840 1d Black, TE plate 8, good to large margins, superb used with a red Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 12.

1840 1d Black, SC plate 10, four large margins, superb used with a black Maltese Cross. With R.P.S. Certificate (2000). S.G. £950. Photo on Page 1...

1840 Large part entire (reduced at left) bearing 1d black PD-PG plate 2 strip of four each tied by a red Maltese Cross, PD with four margins, PF j...

c.1840 Small cover posted within London, from the poet and art dealer Edwin Atherstone to his daughter Mary, a 1d black IL plate 5 with four small...

1840-41 Entire letter and entires (2) bearing 1d blacks, all four margins, comprising SH plate 5 on entire letter from Uttoxeter to Cheadle with r...

1840 (May 8) Small cover posted within London bearing 1d black TJ plate 1a, good to large margins, red Maltese Cross cancel and superb MY 8 datest...

1840 (May 24) Entire from Gloucester to London franked 1d black QL plate 1a, four margins, tied by a brown Maltese Cross, fine Gloucester and Lond...

1840 (Sep. 18) Printed "Statement of the number of prisoners committed to the House of Correction at Wakefield, for eight months, from January 1st...

1840 (Nov. 27) Printed "Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the safe delivery of the Queen, and the happy birth of a Princess, to ...

1840 (Dec. 16) Entire letter to Gatehouse franked 1d black, NE plate 3 with four small to large margins tied by purple maroon Maltese Cross, with ...

1840 (Dec. 31) Printed entire letter announcing the liquidation of a business partnership, and the formation of a new firm with two of the previou...

Plate 11. 1841 (Mar. 13) Entire letter from Newcastle to Berwick bearing a 1d black, PL plate 11, very fine with good to large margins, tied by a ...

1841 (Mar. 20) Entire letter from Manchester to Preston with 1d black KL plate 9, four close to huge margins, with central distinctive Maltese Cro...

1842 (Nov. 14) Entire letter from Sheffield to Wath near Sheffield bearing a 1d black, FI plate 9, the stamp partly torn away at left in an appare...

1857 (Dec. 10) Cover from Edinburgh to Perth bearing a 1d black, ED plate 4, tied by straight line "HANOVER STREET" Scots local cancel type VII. T...

1840 2d Steel blue, plate 1, BG-BH pair with orange-red Maltese Crosses, a superb pair with good margins, this shade very scarce in multiples. Wit...

1841 (Apr. 22) Entire from Kirby Lonsdale to Kendal bearing 1840 2d blue, KL plate 1 with four margins (close at foot) tied by a neat Maltese Cros...

1842 (Feb. 3) Registered entire from Mildenhall to Norwich endorsed "Money Letter" and "Registered", the 1/- registration fee paid in cash with re...

1841 1d Red-brown, PD plate 15 with four margins, close at left, cancelled by a Maltese Cross in red. With R.P.S Certificate (1979). S.G. £2,500. ...

1841-43 Cover and entires (2) with 1d reds tied by black Maltese Crosses, 1841 items from Plympton to Place House, Fowey with 1d plate 9 (four mar...

1842-53 Entire letters and covers bearing 1d reds (12, two with two singles or a pair) or 1841 2d blue, all selected stamps with four margins, inc...

1841 (June 19) Entire letter from Dalry to Edinburgh franked 1d red, IH plate 11 with four margins (very close at base, large margin on other side...

1842 (Feb. 17) Entire from Redruth to Hayle bearing a 1d red, RA plate 2 with four good to large margins, cancelled by a blurred Maltese Cross in ...

1841 (Mar. 29) Entire from Kirkcudbright to Gatehouse bearing a 1d red, AG plate 20 with four margins, cancelled by superb Maltese Cross with unus...

1842 (Jan. 28) Partly printed letter from the Admiralty in London acknowledging a request to be appointed an agent in charge of mails in a contrac...

1843 (June 29) Entire letter posted within London, a 1d red-brown with four large margins cancelled by fine No. "10" in Maltese Cross, reverse end...

1843 (Dec. 15) Entire letter from Montrose to Aberdeen, bearing a 1d red, LB plate 36 with four margins, cancelled by a superb Maltese Cross of Mo...

1848 (Dec. 5) Entire letter from Wolsingham to Weardale with a 1d red, PL plate 79 with four margins, cancelled by blue "WOLSINGHAM" undated circl...

1841 2d Blue plate 3, AA-AE strip of five used with Maltese Cross cancels, margins on all sides, pressed crease through AA-AC but still an attract...

1843 (Apr. 19) Long entire letter from London to Loughborough, 4d postage paid by 1841 2d blue plate 3 PK-PL pair applied at upper right, a 1d lat...

1846 (Sep. 18) Part entire (side flaps removed) from Greenock to Bombay, with 1841 2d blue plate 3 LG - LL strip of six, good to large margins on ...

1858 2d Blue plate 9, MA with error of watermark, used, scarce. With R.P.S Certificate (1990). Photo on Page 12.

1870 (Oct. 1) "British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females" printed voting form listing seven females for possible admission to the asylum, with 1870 ½...

1854 Embossed 6d, cut square, four good to enormous margins, used with Irish numeral "156" of Cork, an unusually fine stamp. S.G. £1,000. Photo on...

1848 Embossed 10d, cut square with four good to large margins, vertical crease just touching the left frame, used with a London numeral cancel, a ...

1848 Embossed 10d, cut square, four good margins, used with London "74" cancel, fine. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 14.

1847 Embossed 1/- pale green, cut square, four good margins, used with a London numeral cancel, fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 14.

1857 4d Rose-carmine, watermark Large Garter, used with red oval "PD" cancel, very unusual. Photo on Page 12.

1862-64 4d Pale red plate 4, watermark Large Garter, FF with margin at right, variety imperforate, four good margins, fine mint with original gum....

1867-80 3d Rose, watermark Spray of Rose, plates 7, 8 and 9 in blocks of four, all superb used with single ring datestamps of Nottingham, Dorking ...

1867-80 10d Pale red-brown plate 1, watermark Spray of Rose, GI-HJ block of four with wing margin at left, fine used with Seething Lane single rin...

1867-80 1/- Deep green plate 6, watermark Spray of Rose, KB with right plate number double, fine used with Littlehampton c.d.s. S.G. £400. Photo o...

1867-80 2/- Deep blue plate 1, watermark Spray of Rose, PG-QH block of four with wing margin at right, fine used with Aldgate single ring datestam...

1867-83 5/- Rose, plate 1, watermark Maltese Cross, EG superb used with Liverpool datestamps. S.G. 126, £675+. Photo on Page 14.

1874 5/- Rose plate 2 mint, fine fresh colour and perfect perforations, original gum, a rare stamp so fine. With Brandon Certificate (1998). S.G. ...

1874 5/- Pale Rose, plate 2, watermark Maltese Cross, CH fine used with Greenock c.d.s. S.G. 127, £1,500. Photo on Page 14.

1878 10/- Die Proof in black on white glazed card, dated "Apr. 30, 1878", fine and scarce. S.G. £3,500. Photo on Page 16.

1878 £1 Brown-lilac, watermark Maltese Cross, BB fine used with London S.E c.d.s. S.G. 129, £3,750. Photo on Page 14.

1877 4d Sage-green, plate 15, JD imperforate marginal plate proof handstamped type 9 Specimen, superb mint. S.G. £525+. Photo on Page 14.