Booklet Panes: 1924-26 wmk upright 1 ½d. booklet pane, perf. type P and “CANCELLED” type 33P, folded through all units as usual, fine. S.G. Spec. NB14x.

1924-26 watermark block cypher 1½d. red-brown imperf. imprimatur, large part original gum, fine and very rare. One of only three known which do not emanate…

1924-26 1½d. red-brown, imperforate tête-bêche gutter pair of imprimaturs displaying marginal pillars, mint NH, with “BPMA” handstamp on reverse, fine.

1924-26 watermark block cypher 9d. olive-green, corner A24 control block of four from the lower left of the sheet, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 23),…

1929 UPU Congress £1 black used with light central cds, very fine (S.G. £600).

1929 UPU Congress £1 black mint n.h. top marginal, slightly yellowish gum, very fine (S.G. £1’100).

1929 P.U.C. £1 black overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 32 in red, with sweated gum, fine. Copy of R.P.S. certificate (1979) for strip of three (S.G. Concise…

1934-36 Photogravure 1½d. red-brown, intermediate format, imperforate horizontal pair, fine with gum. Cert B.P.A. (1989).

1934-36 5d. lower marginal imperforate imprimatur, with “BPMA” handstamp on reverse, large part OG fine.

1936 1/2d green imprimatur pair with “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” handstamp on reverse, mint n.h., very fine (S.G. £11’000).

1937-47 2d. pale orange variety imperf. single used on piece, scarce. Cert Brandon (2005) for the item when on cover, states “fault at base of adhesive”.

1937-47 5d. brown block of six with doctor blade flaw, fine unmounted mint.

1939-48 Arms High Values 2s6d to £1 set of six imprimaturs, mint n.h., all side marginals, the £1 brown perforated, each with “BPMA” handstamps on reverse,…

1952-54 1d. ultramarine, marginal imperf. tête-bêche pair, large part OG, hand stamped “BPMA” on reverse. Scarce.

1952-54 Watermark Tudor Crown 6d. reddish purple, imperforate imprimatur pair, both with “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” hand stamped on reverse, minor wrinkle, otherwise…

1958 3d. deep lilac ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, very fine perforated horizontal pair with narrow and 3mm short phosphor band straddling perfs., unlisted….

1958 Wildings 2d. light red-brown ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, no watermark vertical pair, one central green phosphor band, without gum, fine. S.G. Spec….

1958-65 1d in block of four mint n.h, grossly misperforated with double horizontal and vertical perforations. Very striking.

1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d. imperforate imprimatur hand stamped “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” on reverse, with gum. Rare.

1965 Arts 6d. “Delacryl” die proof essay, on gummed un wmk’d wove paper gum, fine. B.P.A. certificate (2017).

1966 Birds 4d mint n.h. se-tenant block of four (phosphor) with bistre omitted, very fine, post office fresh, a rare variety (S.G. Concise 2025 £4’000+).

1966 Birds 4d Blue Tit (phosphor) in vertical pair mint n.h. with ‘normal’ Blackbird, showing ‘bright blue’ omitted. Scarce.

1968 Bridges mint n.h. group incl. 4d printed on the gummed side, 4d marginal blocks showing SG763c and 763d, 1s6d with variety SG765d in cylinder block,…

1967 Machin head trial, undenominated plate proof in mauve, on cream paper, upper marginal example, fine.

1967-70 1/- light bluish violet in lower marginal vertical strip of nine mint n.h., 4 stamps with complete and three with partial ‘dry prints’, a spectacular…

1968 Paintings 1/- ‘Pinkie’ the unique traffic light block of four showing ‘gold (value and Queen’s head)’ omitted. Due to poor storage of the sheet, the…

1969 Cathedrals 5d lower left corner marginal cylinder block of 18, with the first column showing the missing “d” variety, mint n.h., very fine and fresh…

1969 Cathedrals 1s6d mint n.h. with black (value) omitted variety, some faint yellowing on the gum, very fine and scarce; cert. Brandon (2019) (S.G. Concise…

1969 Christmas 1s6d mint n.h. group incl. greenish-yellow omitted (S.G. £400), gold omitted (S.G. £130), and traffic light block with broken arch variety,…

1970 Anniversaries mint n.h. group incl. 5d with emerald omitted variety (S.G. £200), 5d with gold misplaced, 1s with brown omitted (S.G. £250), 1s with…

1971 Literary Anniversaries 3p and 5p mint n.h. with gold omitted (Queen’s head), very fine (S.G. Concise 2025 £1’125).

1972 Christmas 3p mint n.h. with gold omitted and 7 1/2p mint n.h. with ochre omitted, very fine and fresh (S.G. £1’150).Note: Gold was printed using two…

1973 Paintings mint n.h. group of varieties incl. 3p with gold & embossing omitted, 5p with greenish-yellow omitted, 5p with gold omitted, 7 1/2p with…

Withdrawn (added to lot 10623)

1973 Explorers group of three mint varieties incl. 5p with gold omitted mint n.h. (S.G. Concise 2025 £250), 7 1/2p with shift of grey-black mint l.h.,…

1973 British Explorers 5p with grey-black omitted variety, mint n.h., very fine, incl. normal for comparison (S.G. Concise 2025 £1’800).

1982 Maritime Heritage 15½p. imperf. pair with part inscription at foot, fine mint NH. Very rare with around five pairs known.

Withdrawn

1997 Christmas (2nd) in imperforate pair mint n.h., fine and scarce (S.G. £1’400).

2003 A British Journey variety value error “42p.” instead of “2nd” (perforated trial), fine mint NH with normal for comparison.

2003 A British Journey value error (1st) instead of (E) (perforated trial), with full gum. Rare.

2003 A British Journey value error “37” instead of “47” (perforated trial), with full gum. Rare.

2004 Christmas set of six, five with ‘wrong’ values, comprising (2nd), (1st), “E” for 40p., 53p. for 57p., £1.12 for 68p. and 68p. for £1.12p., each with…

Withdrawn

2016 150th Birth Anniversary of Beatrix Potter, £1.52 Tom kitten and Benjamin Bunny se-tennant complete sheet of 30 with full margins all round, variety…

2016 150th Birth Anniversary of Beatrix Potter, £1.33 Squirrel Nutkin and Jemima Puddle-Duck se-tennant complete sheet of 30 with full margins all round,…

2016 150th Birth Anniversary of Beatrix Potter, £1.52 Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny se-tennant complete sheet of 30 with full margins all round, variety…

2018 (1st issue), Hermione Granger, Hogwarts express, Harry Potter, Flying Ford Anglia and Ron Weasley complete sheet of 25 with full margins all round,…

2003 68p and £1.10 blocks of four used on cover (dated 19th Feb 2012) to Paris France, with each block variety grossly mis-perforated, a visually attractive…

2003 68p and £1.10 blocks of six used on cover (undated) to Paris France, with each block variety grossly mis-perforated, a visually attractive and scarce…