1913 Waterlow 2/6d sepia-brown upper left corner marginal example mint (trace of mount only), showing a striking misperforation in margin due to paper…

1929 PUC 1d mint with ‘1829’ and 1 1/2d with ‘Q’ for ‘O’ varieties (trimmed perfs at base), also 1924 Wembley 1d mint n.h. with ‘Tail to N’. (S.G. £1125).

Army Official: 1896-1901 1/2d blue green with “SPECIMEN” type 15 overprint mint o.g., light crease, and 1d lilac with “SPECIMEN” type 9 mint o.g., fine,…

Army Official: 1896-1901 6d purple on rose with “SPECIMEN” type 15 overprint in mint pair, light gum bends, blunt corner on one. (S.G. £1000).

Board of Education: 1902 5d dull purple and blue mint with part o.g. (toned) optd. SPECIMEN (type 15). (S.G. £1400).

Chancery Court: 1855-67 unissued 3/6d purple with “SPECIMEN” type 6 overprint, mint o.g., very fine and scarce.

Collection: 1860-90 accumularion of Revenue material on pages and Hagners, some written up and identified, with a group of 1860 Customs stamps, embossed…

Collection: 1875-93 Revenue stamps on 3 pages with 32 mint each optd. SPECIMEN, 24 from 5/- to £1 incl. Land Commission and Land Registry, Law Courts,…

Collection: 1881-1901 Revenue Stamps group of 11 mint on page, each optd. CANCELLED, incl. 1891 3d Transfer Duty in blue and 1890 in orange and black,…

1845-70 Electric Telegraph Company collection written up on pages with the Telegraph labels in various colours to 4/- with control numbers, 3/- blue Telegraph…

Specimens: 1841-83 small group of seven mint on a page each optd. SPECIMEN, the Crown Colonies types, mixed condition but incl. 1841 2d very fine o.g….

1856c. black and white “Carte de Visite” (100x60mm) of Sir Rowland hill,, the reverse printed “Photographed from life by Mayall” very fine condition and…

1772c. printed map of Aldersgate ward with its divisions into preceints and parishes, showing St Martins Le Grand, the eventual site of th General Post…

Uniform Penny Post. 1840 (May 5) entire from Todmorden to Halifax with large cursive “P2” handstamp in red with a very fine matching red “Todmorden / Penny…

1840 (6 May) stampless cover from Tonbridge Wells to London, the front handstamped “PAID 1d. ” of the uniform penny post in red, and showing London tombstone…

Uniform Penny Post. Group of six covers all with different 1d penny post handstamps (except one with ms “1”) incl. 1844 cover from Marlborough “PAID /…

Uniform Penny Post. 1843 (Aug 30) large part wrapper from Waltham Cross to Royston bearing a fine strike of the “Paid 4” handstamp (Willcocks & Jay HE566)…

1850 Incoming wrapper from Saxony to London, sent registered with “Recomandirt” handstamp, Leipzig despatch, different Crown registered handstamps in black…

1990 Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a personally signed photograph dated 1990 and presented in its original green leather-bound frame with the Prince…

Perkins Fairman and Heath “Specimen of the Plan for preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes submitted to the bankers of the United Kingdom” a very fine example…

1839 Charles Whiting 1d essay in red and black, “unused” affixed to cover, a very fine and rare example.

1837 Dickinsons “London District post” One Penny envelope in buff; fine unused; Rare.

1837 Dickinsons “London District post” One Penny letter sheet in buff; fine unused; Rare.

1840 Mulready 1d. lettersheet with Atlas Assurance advert, used 1843 (Aug. 29) to Cheltenham bearing a fine strike of number “6” in Maltese Cross. Rare.

1840 1d black, pl. 1b BA tied to INCOMING folded letter from Malta by black Maltese Cross, privately forwarded from Malta, then posted at ‘T.P. Ebury St’…

1840 1d black pl. 9 FA with close to large margins, mint original gum, fine and scarce; cert. Manzoni (2025) and Bolaffi (2007).

1840 1d pl.9 IL, red printing from “black plate”, variety WATERMARK INVERTED, clear to good margins all around, black MC, small tear at right, still very…

1840 one Penny Black, HB-IC, Pl. 2, mint block of four with good to large margins and large part original gum, some sympathetic cosmetic retoration, including…

1840 Penny Black Official VR, an incomparable group of seven SPEARTI forgery items, comprising five glass clichés (one with mirror image), all lettered…

1840 2d blue pl.1 BA/CE, a magnificent used block of ten, with close (CA just touched at foot) to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by good strikes…

1840 2d blue pl.1 BH, fine to good margins, light and neat red MC, very fine, and 1840 2d blue pl.1 OF, very close to good margins tied to small piece…

1840 2d blue pl.1 KI with 4 margins and neat strikes of 2 black MC, unusual and most attractive.

1840 2d. blue, pl. 1, RD, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the red Maltese Cross, very minor wrinkle, otherwise fine.

1841 1d red-brown OB with 3 margins, very large at left, just cut into at right (tiny thin spot) with a fine strike of the scarce Wotton-Under-Edge distinctive…

1841 1d red-brown ND with 3 margins (just touched upper left) on cover (slightly reduced) tied by the distinctive Coventry MC, with ‘Atherstone’ cds adjacent,…

1841 1d red-brown pl. 21 DJ with 4 margins and fine, full strike of blue MC, a lovely example (S.G. £650).

1841 1d. red-brown, pl. 25, BH, close to good margins, cancelled by Coventry distinctive Maltese Cross in black, fine (S.G. £750).

1841 1d red-brown pl.25 TF tied to piece with black Maltese Cross and Kelso 1843 (Sept. 19) boxed cancellation, fine.

1841 1d red pl.31 HA, very close to large margins, cancelled by neat bluish MC, small tear at right, attractive.

1841 1d. red, pl. 33, NA, close to good margins, cancelled by black Greenock Maltese Cross, fine.

1841 1d. red-brown, pl. 34, GG, good to very large margins, used with black Coventry Maltese Cross, fine; cert R.P.S. (2011) (S.G. Spec. £750).

1842 (Jul 20) wrapper sent within London with 1841 2d blue BC pl.3, good to large margins, tied by neat black MC, plus 1841 2d blue pl. 3 pair (close to…

York: 1841 2d. deep full blue, pl 3, EB, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by York distinctive Maltese Cross in black, fine. Cert Brandon (2002)…

1841 2d blue pl.3 IH-JI, block of four, just touched at left and large margins on other sides, neatly cancelled by good strikes of the number “4” in black…

1841 2d blue pl.3 PJ-PK pair with large part of adjoining adhesive at left, good margins, tied to piece by London barred numerals and 1848 Portsmouth c.d.s.;…

1841 2d. blue, pl. 4, GH, good to large margins, watermark inverted, cancelled by Derby barred numeral cancellation, fine.

1841 2d blue pl.4 TI, mint, touched at foot, good to large margins other sides, paper inclusion and minor wrinkle, otherwise fine (S.G. Concise 2025 £3’000).

1854-57 small crown 1d red-brown perf.16, die I (S.G. 17) and large crown 1d rose-red perf.14, die II, pl. 34 (S.G. 40) each with fine MC cancel, very…

1854 die I, alphabet II, 1d. red-brown, pl. 200, HK-IJ block of four, on blued paper, mint large part o.g., light wrinkle, otherwise fine; cert. Brandon…

1855 1d red perf.16 pl.15 die II, alphabet II, IG-II mint strip of three, centred low, fine.