ERIC PAUL (STAMPS) P O BOX 44 MARPLE CHESHIRE SK6 7EE

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1 G.B.P.S P.T.S. M.&D.P.T.A. ERIC PAUL (STAMPS) P O BOX 44 MARPLE CHESHIRE SK6 7EE POSTAL ONLY TELEPHONE FAX (ANYTIME) info@ericpaul.co.uk LOTS & COLLECTIONS DECEMBER 2017 TERMS: STRICTLY UNSOLD FULL REFUND if not satisfied and items returned within 7 days. REGULAR CLIENTS - Items sent on approval NEW CLIENTS - Cash with order please. MASTERCARD & BARCLAYCARD (VISA) ACCEPTED A discount of at least 10% will be available for the purchase of two or more lots throughout this list and payment may be spread over a period We are also including WHAT IS STILL AVAILABLE FROM Colour Illustrated List 71 GOOD HUNTING! All lots are suitable for copies or scans except for the few marked with an asterisk* GENERAL COLLECTIONS W /41 with 1d Black HK 4 margin horizontal guide line through value. Complete set of Reds from Black Plates 1B to 11 which are 3 margin or better. Four more Maltese Cross incl 4 margin with Blue Maltese Cross, one with Montrose Maltese Cross (both with slight faults), 13 Imperfs 1844 cancels, several 4 margin, good range of shades. Total Cat 3,400+ assuming plated correctly, although not guaranteed, does look accurate. Good lot would reward closer inspection. 400 W1513 Lovely collection of Good/Very Fine used Inverted watermark GV to QEII definitives on neat album pages, with some difficult issues. Noted are Photogravure Intermediate format with CDS, PUC ½d to 1½, 1935 Silver Jubilee, Edward VIII, GVI Dark, Light & Change Colours, QEII Tudor & St Edwards all CDS, 1958 Multiple Crown & Graphites mainly CDS & 1960 Phosphor CDS incl V scarce 2½d 2 Band. All complete & extraordinarily difficult sets 225 W1514 Good Album Page with Used sets of 2d SG 45/47 Plates 7 to 15, 1870 ½d SG 48/49 Plates 4 to 20 except 9 & d SG 94 Pls 7 to 14 except 10 & 14. Mostly Good Used, a few would need upgrading better include 2d Pl.12, ½ d Plate 8 & 9 & 4d Pl.7. Total Cat 1,173. Snip at d BLUE IMPERFS B1515 Album page of d Blues Plate 3 and 4 includes very attractive strip of 3 Plate 4 FD-FF which demonstrates how stamps laid out. Attractive pair of Plate 3 TI-TJ, two other singles with 1844 cancels, and 3 stamps with Maltese Cross possibly two with Numbers in cross (2 or 12). Mostly 3 to 4 margin or better. Ten stamps in total Cat approx 1,970. Attractive lot at just 150 B unplated Imps in pairs, just a few 4 M, but still worth consideration & plating Cat 2, B unplated Imps largely 3/4 M or better with a fair percentage 4 margin. All appear platable & several have 131 Edinburgh numeral cancels. Appear to be different letterings. Cat 3, d BLUE PERF (Stars in top corner squares) C d Blue Plate 5 - A lovely partial reconstruction with 129 different letter positions of which 60% appear to be good ones. Lots of varieties listed in Ken Statham's Essential Guide noticed, as well as shades and interesting postmarks (including London 32 and 42 in Diamond). Cat 7,700+ and initially valued at 1,450. Excellent basis for expansion at

2 GENERAL LINE ENGRAVED D1519 Attractive Hagner page of 19 2d Blues. Plate 3 x 10, Plate 4 x 5 Some 4 M incl spectacular looking Plate 3 EH with Lovely MX (Cat 275), plus 5 others together with perforated Plates 8, 9 x 2, & 15. Some postmark interest as well. Total cat 1,568. Nice lot for 175 D1520 QV 2d Blues - Small but nonetheless very interesting selection of 2d Blues Imperf and Perf. Imperf Plate 3 pair EK-EL, margins nearly all round, just touching left side of EK, tied to piece by two lovely Maltese Xs. Faint horizontal filing crease hardly detracts. Plate 4 Perf SG 19 RE centred a little low but lightly cancelled. Then 3 examples which all appear to be SG35 Plate 6 (L.C. P 14), one lettered KL tied to neat piece by upside down Dundee Experimental cancel for JA , then FC tied to neat piece by sideways Duplex & a small part of pen cancel (at base), the third a lovely single lettered TA. Superb little lot. Minimum cat D1521 Mixed Line Engraved Inverted watermarks 3 x 1d Red Imperf (1 x Alpha 1 Plate 99, 2 x Alpha 2 Plate 164), 1d Star White Paper (Plate 44) & 4 x d Plates (71, 86, 101 x 2). Not very good condition; the unplated Imperf is 3 margin but cut across one letter square, 1d Star is reasonable as is one of the 1d Plates. Representative copies. Total cat value is 1, d IMPERFS MIXED PLATED/UNPLATED E with Maltese Crosses- 5 plated & 2 unplated. Incl 4 Plate 30 s, RE with recut R Cat 200 E1523 but small thin, total cat of Plated 605. All but one 3 or 4 margin, all nice looking & platable including a mint copy (Plate 35 but badly damaged). Mixture of plated and unplated with several better 3/4 margin. 5 pairs, Plate 58 FI with re-entry & 2 with lovely Ivory heads. Just 100 E1524 Plate 78 x 65 stamps, one pair & one cover. Apparently all different & majority being 3/4 margin or better, incl several perfect 4 margin copies. Varieties include inverted S on SC cat 160 very worn plate just touching C square but letterings very clear, postmarks English & Irish and many shades. Plating not guaranteed. Should reward closer inspection at just 200 E1525 E Alpha 2, all different letterings of which 44 have 4 margins (31 good examples) & the others are 3 margin +. Stamps have been plated by a reconstructor (not guaranteed). From accompanying list only 12 Plates missing between 132 and 173. Includes at least one Stock book with 385 being a mixture of 174 plates (in front part) and 210 unplated (back part). Mainly 3 margin with a few 4 margin. The plating not guaranteed and notes are separate so could be treated as completely unplated, but apparently, includes many useful plates such as 88, 103, 104, 106, 113, 118, 119, 137, 139, , 158, 159, Plenty of postmarks and shades which makes up for the usual mixed condition of this sort of quantity. A must at just 225 E on Black Hagner stock sheet, 3 have Maltese Cross & 32 x 1844 with many 4 margin. Plating not guaranteed but by an experienced source and included on separate list.. Some slight duplication but difficult plates noted such as 40 (MX), 106, 111, 113, 116 etc as well as good postmarks e.g. Scottish 46 for Blairgowrie and 217 for Largs Good Lot 150 E x Alpha I Imperfs plated 1844 cancels. Specially selected as mainly 4 margin & from 14 E1529 E1530 different plates between 43 and 95. Plating is not guaranteed but from an experienced source x Alpha I plated with 1844 cancels. Specially selected mainly 4 margin copies. Some slight duplication of plates. Approximately 22 different plates which include some of the more difficult such as 88, 109, 114 and 151. Plating not guaranteed but from an experienced source Alpha I plated with numeral cancels. Specially selected as mainly 4 margin copies. Approximately 32 different plates which include some of the more difficult plates such as 106, 108, 110 and 122. Although plating is not guaranteed they are from an experienced source d IMPERFS UNPLATED The following 6 lots of Imperf Maltese Cross & 1844 cancels come from a large stock of UNPLATED LINE-ENGRAVED 1d & 2d Values (see also Perforated Section). Should provide a genuine opportunity for the study of these interesting stamps. F1531 F Unplated MX Several 3-4 M. All appear platable. Incl obvious varieties, early plates & possible Distinctive Crosses. Should reward plating Unplated MX Several 3-4 M. All appear platable. Incl obvious varieties, early & possible Distinctive Crosses. Should reward plating. 175 F Unplated 1844 Numerals. Completely unplated & incl several 4 M and several 3-4 M 250 F Unplated 1844 Numerals. Completely unplated & incl several Good 4 M & several 3-4 M 300 F Unplated 1844 Numerals. Completely unplated & incl several Good 4 M & several 3-4 M 250 F Unplated 1844 Numerals. Completely unplated & incl several Good 4 M & several 3-4 M 160 1d IMPERFS PLATED RECONSTRUCTIONS etc G1543 Plate 78 x 65 stamps, one pair & one cover. Apparently all different & majority being 3/4 margin or better, incl several perfect 4 margin copies. Varieties include inverted S on SC cat 160 very worn plate just touching C square but letterings very clear, postmarks English & Irish and many shades. Plating not guaranteed. Should reward closer inspection at just 200 G1544 G unplated -69 with 1844 cancels. Mixed condition but many 3/4 margin incl about 13 better quality. None have been plated & 5 from Q Row all have 831 numerals for Wakefield & might be from the same sheet! Other pmks noticed so should reward closer inspection and plating at very good looking with variety P converted to R (hand cut tail) all 3 margin plus, 2 are 4 margin, very slight faults hardly noticeable. Stated to be Plate 30 RF and RJ, Plate 31 RF, Plate 33 RA. Quite difficult & very nice looking with varieties clear. Total Cat

3 1d IMPERFS PLATED RECONSTRUCTIONS etc - continued The following 6 lots are partial reconstructions from the late Ken Statham's collection. Although the stamps were selected by Ken for their plating quality rather than margins, they do contain many nice examples. Most have margins of some sort including 4 Margin and we notice that Ken has not tried to identify Distinctive Maltese Crosses. Most of the lots appear to have some very interesting unidentified crosses as well as varieties. We are pretty sure that they will be 100% plated correctly and represent a great opportunity to learn why Ken allocated them to the particular plate. Why not see if you can identify the individual characteristics G1537 Plate stamps, Plate stamps, Plate stamps. Total Cat from 6,540. Good Value at less than 5% of Cat. 325 G1538 Plate stamps from AA to TK. Total Cat from 9,095. Approx 5% of Cat 495 G1539 Plate stamps from AA to Tl. Total Cat from 7,315. Less than 5% of Cat 350 G1540 Plate stamps from AC to TK, Plate stamps from AG to TC. Several Very Interesting Crosses. Total Cat from 5,885. Good Value at approx 5% of Cat. 325 G1541 Plate stamps. Total Cat from 3,189. Good value at approx 5% of Cat 165 G1542 Plate Stamps from AA to TJ. Total Cat from 3,780. Good value at approx 5% 195 G1546 Imperf 1d Red Plate 27 MX. Old style plating book containing 339 stamps with MX attributed to Plate 27 but not checked. Although some stamps have been removed it would form a good basis for a reconstructed plate. Several have varieties, incl Re-Entries and appear unchecked for Distinctive Crosses. Nos 3,5,7,8,9 & 10 in MX are included. Condition is mixed but many 4 Margin and virtually nothing less than 3 Margin Cat in excess of 18,600. Worth closer look at less than 6.5% Cat. Made it 1,500 Bargain at 1200 G x Plated/Unplated Maltese Cross from a reconstruction which was unplated mainly 3 to 4 margins with some perfect from letterings EK to JG. Most of others have slight faults but very presentable. The stamps have now been plated and although not guaranteed are by an experienced plater. We note plates 17 (1), 18 (1), 19 (15), 40 (1). Absolute Bargain at 150 G x Plated/Unplated Maltese Cross from unplated reconstruction, mainly 3 to 4 margins with some perfect from letterings OI to TB. Most of others have slight faults but very presentable. The stamps have now been plated and although not guaranteed are by an experienced plater. We note plates 5 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 18 (3), 19 (11), 37 (1), 39 (1), 40 (1), 44 (1) Huge cat value. Bargain at 180 G1549 Attractive lot of 23 1d Red Imperfs including a vertical strip of 4 and 4 pairs. Most 3/4 margin or better with many of the singles having identifiable characteristics. Amongst these we notice a nice number 2 in cross (4M) Cat 140, Plate 119 on Lavender Tinted Paper, superb 4M example, just a slight scissor cut at NW Cat 225, Blue Maltese Cross Cat 550 but 2 margin, and a 3 margin copy with Black Town Cancel and Maltese Cross. The multiples are in excellent condition and one is plated as 131, which is not common in multiples. A lovely lot. 200 G1550 Two album pages with some quite interesting Imperfs, which includes a reasonable block of 6 attributed to Plate 71 Cat 300 as a block of 4. Plate 28 pair, Plate 14 tied to piece,plate 17, Plate 85 Major Re-entry, Plate 29 Double Letter, Plate 20 Vertical Guide Line, 2 pairs and a single from Alpha 2 (unplated). Although not 4 margin or checked by us, a very useful lot at just 100 The following 5 partial reconstructions of Alphabet I, all come from the same source. They have been collected and plated over a period of 40 years & include some multiples as well as many Fine 4 Margin copies. They would form an ideal basis for expanding to completion. We would expect a high degree of accuracy from this collector though we have not checked them for ourselves, we can see varieties etc. listed in Ken Statham's Essential Guide. An individual description is given for each lot. Please remember that we give a discount of at least 10% for the purchase of two or more lots and payment can be spread over up to 12 months. G1551 1d Red Imperf Plate 30 Small interesting partial reconstruction of 35 letterings difficult plate all with Maltese Cross. Although most of the stamps appear to have slight defects many are good looking examples. This is added to by the presentable strip of 8 from the T Row, TB to TI with margins on 3 sides and in places at the top (the longest strip I can remember seeing from this plate), lovely looking strip of 4 OI to OL, margins close above NW square OI and touched and slightly cut into on side of OL, otherwise very good. It would make a superb pair, or attractive trio, or, as it is, a very difficult multiple of 4 from this scarce plate. Also, a good looking 4 margin copy with almost upright number 4 in Maltese Cross (has a pinhole) and at least two other stamps with varieties listed in Ken Statham's Essential Guide. The Cat value of 3,850 (QV 14 th G1552 Edition) ignores multiples, varieties and numbers in cross. Excellent lot for the specialist d Red Imperf Plate 61 A superb partial reconstruction comprising of 190 stamps, which includes 5 pairs, a vertical strip of 3, strip of 4 (horiz), 2 blocks of 4 and at least 2 re-entries. Majority are 4 margin examples; those that are not 4 margin are generally at least 3 margin. Many appear to show characteristics that cross-reference to Ken Statham's Essential Guide, so it would suggest that the plating is above average as well. Based on quality, condition and multiples etc this is a superior part reconstruction and a very good basis to expand on. Minimum Cat value is 5,800. Excellent value at 595 G1553 1d Red Imperf Plate 69 - A part reconstruction of 50 stamps, including block of 4 and 3 covers. Over 50% perfect 4 margin & appear to be different letterings, the block of 4 has margins and is reasonable (Cat 250). Plating is likely to be very accurate. Good lot at 250 3

4 G1554 G1555 1d Red Imperf Plate 70 Part reconstruction of 56 stamps and one cover. 55% appear to be perfect 4 margin, with the remainder ¾ margins. No duplication of letterings noticed. Plating is likely to be very accurate. Good basis to work from d Red Imperf Plate 71 Lovely part reconstruction of 91 stamps mainly different letterings, incl very presentable block of 4, a lovely looking strip of 6, 5 strips of 4, one on cover (difficult), one strip of 3, 4 pairs and Lovely Good to Large 4 M SG re-entry (Statham P. 993), slight scissor cut into NW square, 46 other singles (one on cover, one with blue cancel) with several good 4 M, the rest being 3 to4 M or better. A really good lot to build from. Plating likely to be accurate d RED PERF STARS BLUE & WHITE PAPER - Plated & Unplated The following 3 lots of 1d Perf Blue Paper Stars (mainly perf 16 unless otherwise noted) come from a large stock of unplated Line-Engraved 1d & 2d Values (see also Imperfs 1d & 2d Sections). Centring on these issues is usually difficult but they represent a genuine opportunity for the study of these interesting stamps. Y Unplated Approximately 26 Good Well Centred copies. All platable. 200 Y Unplated Approximately 24 Good Well Centred copies. All platable. 190 Y Unplated Approximately 27 Good Well Centred copies. All platable. 200 Y singles on Piece with Glasgow CDS alongside variety of different postmarks 160 Y All English and mostly different Towns. Some interesting postmarks. 140 Y All English and mostly different Towns. Some interesting postmarks. 140 The following 4 lots are from a very neat collection of what are described by the previous owner as the Reserve Plates being Spec C12 Plate 50 and 51, Spec C13 Plate R15 and R16 and Spec C10 Plate R17. They are set out as letterings on an individual page. Mainly fine to very fine used and catalogue value of each page of 5 stamps is 157. Unchecked by us but appear to be accurately plated. Y Stamps lettered EE 55 Y Stamps lettered EG 55 Y Stamps lettered JG 40 Y stamps lettered OG 40 Y1566 Y1567 Y pieces 3 with 2 stamps all cancelled by Scottish Experimental Duplex with CDS. GREENOCK (3), DUNDEE (3), ABERDEEN (1), INVERNESS (1), PERTH (6) A couple of stamps slightly damaged but appear largely unplated copies all quite good and cancelled by PERTH Experimental Duplex & CDS, varying dates & largely unplated so well worth plating. 60 Very attractive series of 24 1d Red Stars on Blue & White paper with at least one copy from each of the Specialised C1 to C12 categories except C7. Some good well centred fine used copies incl a few multiples (on C10 s). One or two minor faults as usual reflected in price of 150 1d PLATES (Letters in All 4 Corners) INDIVIDUAL RECONSTRUCTIONS L1569 Plate stamps part reconstruction Cat The following 1d Red Plate lots came from a recent purchase of reconstructions. They are largely complete & the condition on the cheaper plates is nearly all sound. Condition on the plates cat 540 or more are rather more mixed with an appropriate allowance in the price which ignores the many useful postmarks noticed. L1570 Plate stamps (231 different letterings) Cat L1571 Plate stamps better condition than usual Cat 1, L1572 Plate stamps Cat L1573 Plate stamps Cat L1574 Plate stamps Cat 1, L1575 Plate stamps (220 different letterings) Cat 1, d PLATES (Letters in All 4 Corners) N1576 N1577 N1578 N1579 N d Blue SG45 Plate copies all appear to be difficult letterings, mixed condition but at least 6 appear to be perfect copies. Total cat d Blue SG45 Plate 9. 8 copies all appear to be different letterings but condition very mixed, although 2 seem reasonable copies. Total cat d Blue SG47 Plate copies all appear to be different letterings, usual mixed condition, but some better examples. Total cat d Blue SG47 Plate copies all appear to be different letterings, usual mixed condition, but some are good examples. Total cat 510, one seems to be unused d Blue SG47 Plate Copies all appear to be different letterings, condition quite good with at least 11 perfect copies. Good for reconstructing. Total Cat PERFINS O1581 PERFINS - Nice selection of 19 stamps. 1d Lilac 16 Dots, C S + S, AAO Co (3 in all). 2½d SG157 Plate 22 (cat 25 each), HUTH (x2), BIRD, SCSH & Co, DB (x2), SMS & T??SS, LS & Co, BMI, TSW, CLL (13 in all), 2½d SG 190 PLC, C & C PE?, AG & Co L. Interesting lot 80 A discount of at least 10% will be available for the purchase of two or more lots throughout this list and payment may be spread over a period 4

5 SURFACE PRINTED P Mint/Unused QV Surface Printed on stockcard of which 13 stamps are better higher Cat issues. Incl 3d SG76, 4d SG94(12),1/- SG150(13), 3d on 3d SG159, 4d SG160(18), 6d SG161(17),1/-SG163(13), 2d SG168 & ½d SG 187. Very mixed condition, does included nice U/M marginal block of 1d Lilacs. Enormous Cat over 10,000 but priced as spacefillers at just 395 P different SG/Plate numbers on 2 black Hagner pages. Mainly good to fine used and a superb basis to build a decent Surface Printed collection which includes some difficult values to 2/- including 2½d SG 141 Plate 3, 2/- SG 120, 1/- SG 214 etc. Total cat a massive 3, P Jubilee ½d SG197-1/- SG214 & 2/6 SG178/179 & 5/- SG180/181. Good U Cat P Lilac & Green set of 10 SG 187 to 196 complete including the difficult 9d, some values slightly faded but good colours on 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d and 1/- particularly. Total cat 1, P different mainly sound used from to /- SG 127 Plate 2. Incl 1/- SG101 & 2/- SG /- quite lightly cancelled,couple of short perfs, still very good. Total Cat 2, P stamps. 6d SG 122, SG 122A with RICHMOND AP SURREY CDS but one short perf, SG 125 Plate 12, Good Used but straight edge to left. Cat P stamps, 6d SG 147 Plate 13, 1/- SG 150 Plates 11 & 13, 4d SG 153 Plate 15, 8d SG 156(1), VFU, cancel clear of Queen's profile, others G/U, slight faults. Cat POSTMARKS GENERAL ENGLISH - IRISH LONDON - SCOTTISH - WELSH S1589 Black Hagner stock card with 8 1d Red Imperfs all cancelled by Blue English numerals with all but one identified. They consist of 45 Baldock, 340 Harwich, 291 Fareham, 263 Dudley, 460 Wragby and 80 Bishops Auckland (2). The other stamp is Plate 110! Rated by Danzig & Goldsmith as "A" (3), B (1), C (1) and D (2). Basic Cat is 1,440. Cheap lot at just 150 S1590 Newspaper Branch Cancels on L/E, 1858/59 2d Blue SG47 Plate 14(3), 6 x 1870 ½d Rose SG48/49 incl Pl. 5(2), 6 & 8,1870 1½d SG51/2 Pl 1 Mixed condition some better. Min Cat S1591 Stock book with 59 1d Red Plates on pieces with London Duplexes and CDS alongside. The majority have been plated and we noticed several better ones including 133 and 136 (x2). Good variety of cancels and little duplication of Plates. Good lot at just 125 S1592 A mixed collection of largely later Surface Printed/Edward VII comprising Squared Circles, Newspaper Cancels, Triangular Cancels, Parcel Post, Double and Single Circles and a page of Liverpool/Bristol cancels stamps including a good 1/- SG 211 excellent colour still on piece Cat 60. Other interesting cancels. Nice lot for just 50 COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY T1593 T1594 T1595 Blackpool (Fylde) collection 1807 to entires pre-stamp to 1d Stars, several Penny Post and Undated Circles incl South Shore Fleetwood 1839 to covers (including 2 postcards), several Penny Post, Red Undated Circle with another with 2 x Imperf Plate 15 s with Black Undated Circle in bottom left, further covers include Preston and Wyre Railway Company NO , nice Missent to Fleetwood. All very well written up with the history etc 400 Amazing collection of almost 200 covers, several addressed to Roger Hosking (who wrote the major Paquebot reference work Paquebot Cancellations of the World & the Schilling Family (Germany). Virtually all French ports represented, different types including Antibes, Bordeaux (7), Boulogne (4), Brest (4), Caen, Calais (5), Cannes, Cherbourg (7), Dieppe, Dunkirk (4), Fecamp (2), La Rochelle (2), Le Harve (4), Le Treport (2), Marseille (13), Monaco/Monte Carlo, Nantes (2), Nice (5), Notre Dame de Graven Chon, Ouistreham (3), Pauillac, Port St louis (2), Port Vendres,Port-de-Bouc (3), Roscoff (2), Rouen (4), Sete (2), St Breiuc, St Malo (3), St Nazaire (2), Toulon (5), Villefranche (5). Covers from all periods QV to QEII, which includes several early, majority have a retail price indication which totals 3,800+. Lovely collection with 102 different types of cancels, several interesting destinations, with a large number of colourful stamps which include rating D and DD (highest). Brilliant collection ideal to build from at just 1,500 Fascinating lot of 14 entires and fronts - mainly early Prepaid and mostly unusual. Amongst which we note Bishop Mark for 4 IV 1765 (17 mm) to Salisbury, front 1¼ oz 2/6 with Hull Circle to Parliament Street Coffee House London, 1807 entire with Red stamp for Sunday 4 May used as a TOO LATE stamp, 1822 entire to Lord Lorton Rockingham Boyle Ireland with large TO PAY 2d ONLY, London TP Roehampton & signed Bilsborough several backstamps including 7 o clock DE , entire with Sunday 2 JA 1831 arrival mark from Dublin to London, entire to John Murray Post Office Glasgow with Brumell Date Stamp Fig 22 for M OC on reverse and boxed ½d on front entire to Ashby De L Zouch with large manuscript 5 on front, reasonable Red Boxed TOO LATE and Leicester AP on reverse. Front addressed to Lord Kensington and redirected to Langham Carmarthen with large 3, TP Harrow & EX 3 Fe 1830 used to supplement the two stamps daily provided for evening duty Brumwell Fig 27, 1838 entire to Ashby De La Zouch with Manuscript 5 on front & lovely Red Boxed TOO LATE and faint LEICESTER MA on reverse. Prepaid 1d entire nice A 1 MY 1840 Tombstone on front (6 days before the introduction of the 1d Black) to Portsmouth. Large entire with several postmarks written 31 DEC 1840 to Margate with HOLBORN BAR 1d PAID, Tombstone PAID 1 JA 1841 and Scrolled TOO LATE all in Red, entire to London with Manuscript 8 on front & excellent JA LIVERPOOL SHIP on reverse. Entire from London to Nottingham with large red 2 PAID JU A ON FRONT and NOTTINGHAM JU TEMPORARY DATE STAMP on reverse. Envelope addressed to Lord Murray Edinburgh with crown 9 FE 1853 in circle on front Brumell D.S. 41 & initial bottom left. Superb interesting lot worthy of research

6 COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - continued T Victorian Covers and Pieces some useful noticed 4d SG 66/66a (x3), 1d Lilac 14 Dots, 1½d SG 167 Pair, 1d SG 166, 1½ SG 167 pieces (2), ½d SG 164 and 165 on separate pieces, 3d SG 191 Lilac & Green on piece & envelope with House of Commons seal on reverse, Uniform Penny Postage Stationery Envelope and Card. Some mixed condition but has to be worth 100 T Victorian prepaid Postcards and Envelopes with 19 having London District cancels, 12 with English and Irish with 2 unused. Worthy of closer inspection at less than 1 each. 30 T Victorian O.H.M.S. Envelopes mostly used including Inland Revenue Crown Office Queens Bench with seal, The Lord Chancellor with seal and Court of Probate Exeter District Registry. 20 T Postage Due Envelopes, 1937 ½d Edward VIII from the Proprietress Anchorage Priory Road Sheringham to the Evening News London with ½d P.D. tied by 20 MY 37 CDS with blue cachet, ½d Postage Due for Return to Sender, ½d GV Gold Coast on Pre-addressed envelope to Staffordshire with handstamps T in circle and 2d to pay and 2d tied by OLD HILL 1 DE 37. Small envelope with no stamp to Mr Timmins Crown Hotel Deansgate Manchester 3, MANCHESTER 16 DE 54 CDS and 5d TO PAY POSTED UNPAID and 5d GVIR tied. 30 T1600 Railway 3 Envelopes with interesting postmarks, 1d Lilac tied by 92 Bolton and CDS MY 8 86 alongside and Edinb - Carlisle Sorting Tender MY 9 85 on reverse, Mourning Envelope with 1d Lilac tied by 930 and York MY 3 85 CDS alongside and good Edinburgh and Newcastle S.T. Day Mail D MY 3 86 CDS on reverse (some damage where envelope torn to open) ½d SG 185 Pair tied by BIRMINGHAM AP Squared Circles to Edinburgh 25 THE FOUR KINGS EDWARD VII, GV, EDWARD VIII and GVI U1601 Mixed Four Kings Mint & Used. Starts with Edward VII Mint set to 1/- & P14x15 Mint or Used & Fine Used to 2/6d & 5/-, 1924 Block wmk to 10d Mint,1924/25 Wembleys Mint, 1929 PUC Sideways Mint then other GV Mint & Used. Very Mixed condition but good value at 195 U EDWARD VII ISSUE Full set of values to 2/6d including both shades of ½d 16 stamps in total. Good Used & Good Colours. Cat (as cheapest shades) 50 U1603 GV Mackennals Black Hagner page with Downy Heads U/M & Mint, with shades & inverted wmks. Includes ½d SG 335 & 1d SG 336 (possibly Deep Bright Scarlet) unmounted mint Cat 115 as normal and ½d SG 335 inverted mounted mint, other apparent good shades. 6 of the 16 stamps are unmounted and only one poor copy. Worth careful checking 115 U1604 GV Collection on 3 Windsor album pages and black stock card with values to 2/6d (3) and 5/- (2) Seahorses. Includes some Postage Dues and Commemoratives, 1929 PUC used, 1935 Jubilee Mint. Quite high minimum catalogue value 450 (Seahorses only) Stockbook of the De La Rue printing sorted into SG and Spec numbers De La Rue Value Quantity Minimum Individual Cat Total Cat Value Comments ½d Blue/Green Incl Pairs ½d Yel green Incl Pairs 1d shades 1½d shades 2d shades 2½d shades 3d ,278 some good shades 4d ,080 all green & brown 5d shades 6d shades 9d shades 10d shades 1/ shades 2/6d shades 5/ shades Officials ½d Army Blue Green ½d IR Blue/Green 1d Army 1d IR 1d Govt Parcel 1d Admiralty 2d Govt Parcel 6d Govt Parcel Totals 594 8,118 Mixed condition as usual but many are quite good used and include some of the more difficult shades (on 3d for instance), valued according to overall condition at less than 4% of catalogue

7 THE FOUR KINGS EDWARD VII, GV, EDWARD VIII and GVI - continued 74 Stockbook of Harrison & Somerset House printings. Mixed condition,many good with cross section of more difficult values well worth sorting. Valued according to condition at less than 4% of Cat 1911 Harrison Perf 14 Value Quantity Minimum Cat Value Total Cat Value Comments ½d Some shades 1d Some shades 2½d ,330 Some shades 4d Some shades 1911 Harrison Perf 15 x 14 ½d Some shades 1d Some shades 2½d Some shades 3d Some shades 4d Some shades Somerset House 1½d Some shades 2d Some shades 5d ,232 Some shades 6d ,474 Some shades 7d Some shades 9d ,620 Some shades 10d Some shades 1/ Some shades 2/6d Some shades 5/ Totals , Stock book of the de La Rue Printing sorted into SG and Spec numbers. Mixed condition but many quite GU & incl some more difficult shades (on 3d for instance), & biggish quantity of 7d, very useful for making sets. Valued according to overall condition less than 4% Cat De La Rue Value Quantity Minimum Cat Value Total Cat Value Comments 1½d ,012 Some shades 2d ,036 Some shades 3d ,458 Some shades 4d Green & Brown 4d Orange 5d ,320 Some shades 6d Some shades 7d ,342 Some shades 9d ,050 Some shades 10d Some shades 1/ Some shades 2/6d Some shades 5/ Some shades Totals , A collection of 428 stamps Edward VII with Perfins, mainly De La Rue but lots of shades. Lovely lot, has a very good variety of different perfins as well as the shading possibilities. Mixed condition as usual but several quite good. Sensibly valued at an average of 15p per stamp. Value Quantity Minimum Cat Value Total Cat Value Comments ½d Blue/Green ½d Yellow/Green 1d Shades 1½d Shades 2d Shades 2½d Shades 3d Shades 4d Green & Brown 4d Orange 5d Shades 6d Shades 7d Shades 9d Shades 10d Shades 1/ Shades Totals 428 2,

8 QUEEN ELIZABETH II Stockbook with first set of Machins Unmounted Mint in s d, ½d SG 723 to 1/6d SG 743 including different gum types. 55 Value SG Head Gum Bands Quantity Cyl Blocks Blocks ½d 723 A PVA Many 1d A PVA 2 8 1d 724 B PVA d U4 B GA 1 Centre 3 2d 726(I) A PVA Many 2d 727(II) B PVA Many 2d 728 B GA 1 Centre 4 3d 729 A GA 1 Centre 120+ Many 3d U8(1) B GA 1 Centre 2 3d U9(1) A PVA 1 Centre 15 3d 730 A PVA Many 4d 731 A GA Yes 4d U12 A PVA 2 63 Yes 4d 732 A PVA 1 Centre 28 4d U13 B PVA 1 Centre 36 Yes 4d 733 A PVA 1 Centre 46 Yes 4d U14 B PVA 1 Centre 53 1 Yes 4d U15 B GA 1 Centre 3 4d 734 B PVA 1 left band 3 5d U17 A PVA d 735 B PVA 2 37 Yes 6d 736 A Yes 6d U18(2) A PVA 2 9 Yes 6d U18(3) A PVA 2 6 7d 737 B PVA d 738 A PVA Yes 8d 739 B PVA 2 26 Yes 9d 740 A GA 2 6 9d U23 A PVA d 741 C PVA Yes 1/- 742 C GA Yes 1/- U26 C PVA 2 5 1/6d 743 A GA Yes 1/6d U28 A PVA 2 7 Yes 1/6d 743b A PCP 61 Yes 1/9d 744 A GA Yes 1/9d U31 A PVA 2 8 Yes Over 1,525 stamps all Unmounted Mint and sorted as a SG/Specialised stock. Should reward 100 V1605 checking and adding to collection with useful swaps, especially at less than 7p a stamp Postal Strike Mail on stocksheets several different Mint Sets, which unfortunately have probably sweated at some stage and become stuck together. Would probably reward careful removal. Noticed Exeter (several different), Airmail to Germany via Berlin, Lymington, Isle of Stroma, Isle of Pabay Europa etc. 25 V1606* Magnificent Deluxe Green Boxed Lighthouse Ringed Hingeless Album specifically for the GB Decimal Definitive Issues 1970 to Superb lot with many of these issues complete. Unmounted Mint all the way through including some awkward Miniature Sheets etc. Face value alone about 425 which will have increased significantly as postage rates went up April Still leaves some spaces that need filling but absolutely ideal for a collector who wants a superb basis to start with, especially with it being a deluxe album that can be added to in future if required. 650 V1608* Super Deluxe Boxed Hingeless Green Lighthouse Album set up to house the Regional Issues of GB from 1971 onwards. Appears complete with Unmounted Mint stamps and Miniature Sheets from 2001/2202 to 2013/14 apart from one stamp & 3 self-adhesive stamps from similar sheets 2009/10. Face value in excess of 110, ideal for filling the earlier gaps and with plenty of room for additional leaves. Very cheap at our price, taking into consideration the cost of this quality album and box 170 ISLANDS JERSEY, GUERNSEY, ISLE OF MAN X1607* Isle of Man - Super Deluxe Presentation Boxed Green Linder Album with 4 packs of additional leaves/year supplements with stamps complete Unmounted Mint 1973 to 1977 with definitives to 1, many commemoratives (complete), To Pay labels to 1 and most Miniature Sheets. Lovely starter collection, our price would be cost of the album and pages without the stamps. 50 A discount of at least 10% will be available for the purchase of two or more lots throughout this list and payment may be spread over a period 8