1855 1d yellow-brown die II alphabet II pl. 14 in used block of 8 DB/EE with « 814 » postmarks of Truro. Fine and attractive, a scarce multiple (S. G. Spec…

1854-70 wmk Large Crown 1d pale red FH pl.48 imperf. variety, fine to good margins, mint o.g. (seems never hinged), very fine; cert. RPS (2004) (S.G. Spec….

1857 1d pale rose on yellowish to cream paper perf.14, die II, alphabet III, pl. 37 used with distinctive MC of Whitehaven, trimmed perfs at right but…

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1858-79 1d red pl.146 ND overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 9), large part o.g., minor creasing, otherwise fine.

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1870 1/2d. rose-red, pl. 8, LP-MQ block of four, some perf. reinforcement, fine mint.

1851 (Aug 2) entire to Mexico bearing embossed 1s green in strip of four, two pairs and a single to form the 9s rate for up to 2oz by British Packet, tied…

1847-54 1/- green irregular strip of three, mainly good margins, fine used.

1855 (Sep 8) wrapper from Preston to Manilla in the Philippines, franked with Embossed 6d and 1s, with margins just about clear except for small nick on…

1855-57 4d., eleven used examples, mainly fine. (11)

1855-57 4d. carmine, fine used.

1855-57 4d. carmine on thick, highly glazed, deeply blued paper, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 2 vertically, minor crease, otherwise fine with full gum (S.G….

1856 4d. carmine marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet, on thick highly glazed paper, overprinted « SPECIMEN » (type 2), superb mint NH showing…

1855-57 1/- green, with watermark inverted and reversed, good used (S.G. unpriced).

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1862-64 3d. pale carmine-rose, pl. 2, CF, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 2, part gum, adhesion on reverse at top, otherwise fine.

1864 (Aug 25) envelope from Kibworth Harcourt (Leicestershire) to Bern in Switzerland, bearing 1854 2d blue and 1863 4d red pl.4 (trimmed wing margin),…

1865-67 3d rose pl.4 wmk Emblems right marginal unused (regummed), fine and scarce (S.G. £1’800).

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1867-78 10/- die proof with blank corner squares and plate no. circle, in black on glazed card (92 x 60mm), dated “Apr. 30, 1878”, fine.

1882-83 5s rose, pl. 4, GC, trimmed perfs. and perfin. S; scarce.

1867-83 5s rose pl.4 on white paper, neatly used with Leadenhall St. cds, improved perf. or two at top right side, faint abrasions at foot, fine and presentable…

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1873-80 6d. grey, pl. 17, HK, watermark inverted, fine mint.

1880-83 2 1/2d blue pl.23 KK/LL mint corner marginal block of four, stamps mint n.h., faint natural gum bends, a superb multiple; cert. RPS (1979) (S.G….

1880-83 2½d. blue, pl 22, KA-LB corner block of four, large part OG, lightly toned gum, otherwise fine.

1880-83 watermark crown 2½d. blue pl. 23, AJ, imperf. imprimatur, with good to very large margins, large part original gum. Rare. (S.G. Spec. £2’500)….

1881 1d. lilac, die II, 16 dots, imperf. imprimatur, fine with gum. Scarce.

1883 2s6d BG imperf. imprimatur on blued paper, with gum, fine and rare.

1883-84 5s rose on blued paper neatly used with London « 105 » numeral, thin and creases; cert. RPS (2006) (S.G. £2’500); and 2s6d on blued paper used but…

1883-1884 2/6 lilac fine and attractive mint with right margin., lightly hinged, with a couple of small thins (one only a gum thin, the other tiny thin…

1883-84 10s cobalt, IB, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, fine with gum; cert Hendon (2019) (S.G. Concise 2025 £3’400).

1883-84 1/2d deep slate blue, lower marginal mint n.h. block of four (hinged in selvedge), the top pair with minor gum wrinkles, otherwise fine.

1883-84 ½d. slate-blue imprimatur, small inclusion at upper left otherwise fine with gum.

1891 £1 green used vertical strip of three (top stamp reattached) with « Lancaster Street / Hyde Park » cds and « G.P.O » boxed hs cancels, very fine (S.G….

1869 ‘Mousell’s City Depository, Gloucester’ fine printed envelope with image of steam train and two carriages, the carriages with slogans similar to that…

1870-76, group of four covers to Cuba including 1876 (14 SepP) entire to Havana endorsed « Per City of Richmond/ Via Queenstown » franked 1/2d pl.12, and…

1898-99, group of six envelopes to Japan with various stamps paying the 2 1/2d rate, one sent to SS Hakata Maru in Singapore and redirected to Yokohama…

Bolivia: Group incl. 1876 1/- plate 13 used only by part ornated Franca handstamp plus two 1862 entires from London to Cobija showing VIA PANAMA handstamps…

Chile: Accumulation of covers and entires on pages with Paid At Valparaiso handstamps to Scotland and USA (2), red PAID -TO/ PANAMA and PANAMA/ TRANSIT…

Chile: 1867 9d straw JA-JB pair, fine used on piece with “C30” duplex of Valparaiso, scarce (S.G. £400).

Chile: 1867 5s pale rose, pl. 1, BG, cancelled by Valparaiso c.d.s., fine (S.G. £400).

Guatemala: Four entires to France with 1862 Guatemala cds, three-line Panama transit and 2f87 5/£10 accountancy, 1868 entire with double-ring blue despatch,…

Haiti: Group with 1841 Cape Haitien faint date stamp, 1843 double arc Jacmel, 1859 A Jacmel entire with G.B./1f60c accountancy, 1854 entire St Marc, 1870…

Peru: 1875 (Oct 12) envelope from the British P.O. in Callao to Italy, franked with Peru 1866 20c brown bisect paying the 10c rate to the Port of Callao,…

Venezuela: Small accumulation with 1845 outer letter sheet from Caracas via La Guayra date stamp, similar 1846 from Larraloe (in red), two 1847 outer…

1849-56, Group of Crown Circles with 1850 and 1851 Canadian PAID AT QUEBEC in red, 1853 envelope to Bombay bearing good strike of PAID AT HONG KONG 1859…

Argentina: 1855 entire to Cadiz bearing good to fair strike of Buenos Ayres handstamp, endorsed « por Tenerife » whose transit date stamp appears on reverse,…