Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a (F-K), four even margins and lovely bright red Maltese cross cancel. The first of 9 superb penny blacks sele...

Great Britain 1840 1d grey-black, plate 1b (N-E) showing worn plate, very good even margins, red Maltese cross.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1b (T-K), very attractive with generous and even margins and a light red Maltese cross postmark.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 2 (I-E), four margins and very neat and clear red Maltese cross cancel.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 2 (S-A), four margins with parts of adjoining frames at top and bottom, neat red MX cancel. Shows a strong fram...

Great Britain 1840 1d intense black, plate 4 (J-D), excellent margins (frame of adjoining stamp showing at right), red Maltese cross postmark.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 5 (E-G), four margins and neat red Maltese cross cancel.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 5 (J-A), very attractive with four margins and red Maltese cross postmark.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 8 (B-G), four margins with part of adjoining stamp at right, light red Maltese cross cancel.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'A' letters (12) from a vintage album acquired in the 1940s, six are with four margins, the rest three-marg...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'B' letters (11), six with four margins of which one creased, the rest mostly three-margins, two with fault...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'C' letters (12), ten with four margins of which two creased (C-B, C-E). C-H is with bleuté paper.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'D' letters (12), eight with four margins.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'E' letters (11), ten with four margins. E-D thin, E-F faults. Very handsome E-A plate 5 grey shade, E-B pl...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'F' letters (11), six with four-margins, including lovely F-F (plate 5) with bright red MX on intense black...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'G' letters (12), seven with four-margins.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'H' letters (12), ten with four margins, one of the best pages, particularly H-A (plate 4) and H-F (plate 3...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'I' letters (11), ten with four margins, another excellent page. Subtle crease on I-J. Distinctive missing ...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'J' letters (10), nine with four-margins, some very attractive particularly plate 2 (J-E) and plate 5 (J-B)...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'K' letters (12), eight with four margins, K-C with light thin spot.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'L' letters (12), six with four margins incl. very attractive plates 1a (L-K) and 2 (L-I). Close margins no...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'M' letters (12), unplated page, eight with four margins, including M-L. Scissor cut on M-J just into lower...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'N' letters (11), unplated page, all eleven with four margins. N-I torn at bottom, otherwise a most attract...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'O' letters (12), unplated page, eight with four margins including some excellent examples.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'P' letters (12), unplated page, nine with four margins especially P-L superb with mostly huge margins and clea...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'Q' letters (12), unplated page, eleven with four margins. Q-K with horizontal crease, excellent examples in Q-...

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'R' letters (12), unplated page, nine with four margins including superb R-K.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'S' letters (11), unplated page, five with four margins.

Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'T' letters (11), unplated page, all eleven with four margins, T-C and T-D creased, T-A with impressive margins.

Great Britain 1855-'62 early surface-printed mint/unused group, incl. 1857 4d wmk large garter unused and mint, the latter the thick glazed paper ...

Great Britain 1855 6d lilac mint with inverted watermark, SG.70Wi, the gum dulled from the application of detection fluid, yet very decent appeara...

Great Britain 1865-'70, large uncoloured corner letters mint/unused group (9) to 2/- incl. 9d straw plate 4 mint (SG.110), 10d red-brown plate 1 m...

Great Britain Surface-printed specimen overprints: 1856 1/- green (SG.71s, ovpt type 4), 1862 9d bistre (SG.86s, type 6), 1867 10d pale red-brown ...

Great Britain 1873-'83, coloured corner letters mint/unused, 11 different (6d on 6d with faint trace of pen so not counted), including 1/- orange-...

Great Britain 1883-'84 high values mostly mint group, with shades on the 2/6, the pale shade cited as blued paper but we aren't so sure and have n...

Great Britain 1884 £1 brown-lilac, wmk crowns, with specimen overprint (type 9), SG.185s, faint traces of a second strike or offset of the overpri...

Great Britain 1902- Edward VII high values mint group (7) all different shades/printings with three 2/6d and two each 5/- and 10/-, very attractiv...

Great Britain 1913-'34 seahorse group incl. Waterlow set mint with well-centred 2/6 pale shade and 5/-, the 10/- with toned edges and the £1 with ...

Great Britain The balance of the album, with 28 stamps from 1840 to KGVI, incl. unused penny black plate 7 and 1841 2d blue (both requiring expert...

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 7 (E-C), four margins and light red Maltese cross postmark.

Literature Penny Black Nissen Plates 'The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840' by Charles Nissen, republished by Stanle...

Great Britain 1840 2d blue, plate 2, four-margin example neatly tied on cover by black Maltese cross, along with MR.20.1841 Folkingham cds. Most a...

Great Britain 1840/41 accumulation of 18 stamps, with 15 penny blacks (two on cover), incl. plate 6 purporting to be mint with gum, crease and nic...

Great Britain 1840-57 line-engraved used group in appealing quality, with four penny blacks: plate 1b S-K thin or natural paper unevenness yet exc...

Great Britain 1864-79 1d red, complete reconstruction of plate 80, mixed condition with some shaved perfs or cut-in edges, many very attractive ex...

Great Britain 1864-79 1d red, complete reconstruction of plate 112, a vintage collection on four quarters of a large card page, updated with black...

Great Britain 1864-79 1d red collection of the plate numbers complete with attention to quality, generally light cancels, the pl.225 sound bar can...

Great Britain 1841 1d reds with ten different numbers-in-cross postmarks, four margins on numbers 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 though the latter is...

Great Britain 1867 2/- pale blue, beautiful mint example with lovely clear colour, well-centred and intact perforations all round. Seldom seen thi...

Great Britain 1867 2/- blue shades (5) SG.118 etc, and 5/- plate 1, SG.127. All presentable examples, especially the 2/- cds with inscription marg...

Great Britain 1869 6d mauve, plate 9, overprinted Specimen type 6A. Believed to be unique in private hands, having been part of an 1872 presentati...

Great Britain 1880 2/- brown, SG.121, used, with trimmed wing-margin at left (as used to be the practice) well clear of the frame. A very acceptab...

Great Britain 1878 10/- greenish-grey SG.128, outstanding used example with central and horizontal Huddersfield cds. Cat. £3,200.

Great Britain 1882 £5 on white paper, SG.137, with two neat strikes of Mark Lane cds, an excellent example with no imperfections whatsoever.

Great Britain 1875 1/- green, plate 9 (SG.150var) top margin imprimatur lettered A-F, showing part sheet inscription. Extremely scarce, being one ...

Great Britain 1876 4d vermilion, plate 15, SG.152, mint, tiny blemish in front of chin and light stain on neck, nevertheless a presentable example...

Great Britain 1873-80 large coloured corner letters mint/unused group incl. 3d rose plate 20, possibly regummed along with others, 3d plate 16 wit...

Great Britain 1879/80 Perkins, Bacon & Co. essays for the 1880-81 issue written-up on pages, twenty-one different examples of their unadopted desi...

Great Britain 1880-83 mint trio, the 3d and 6d surcharges on lilac (SG.159, 162, cat. £1,325) and 4d grey-brown plate 18 (SG.160, cat. £450) MNH.

Great Britain 1880-81 set to 5d indigo mint (SG.164/169) with both ½d shades, a few trivial bends, attractive. Cat. £1,300.