Lot 70237 – 1868-1885, Collection study of the line engraved penny plates mint and used plus 81 covers

1868-1885, Collection of the Queen Victoria line engraved penny plates written up on 100 pages, including mint as well as used stamps and covers, comprising a run of used singles from plate 71 to 225 (excluding 77, 219 and 224), the 225 well centered and fine used, as well as 5 mint blocks of four (plates 218, 208, 192, 191 and 136 – 136), two blocks of six plate 221 and 180, a rejoined block of twelve plate 177 (two blocks of six) and a superb looking plate number top marginal corner strip of four plate 146, some imperfections and the odd fault but some super examples, also 81 covers (some fronts) including a hand illustrated 1867 cover sent from Sheffield (plate 74) depicting a bearded man in a top hat wheeling a suitcase, an 1865 cover to Canada franked with 8 penny reds, an 1868 inland registered envelope from Leicester to Hinkley franked with strip of 5 plate 98, condition is mixed although mostly good to fine, many interesting covers, worth closer inspection.