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1887 Jubilee Issue
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January 2010 - Take a look below for a selection of new stock added this month.

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SHOWCASE ITEM OF THE MONTH

Order: 6521

SG 52
1870 1½d Lake Red (KE/NG) Plate 3. A superb unmounted mint block of 12 with very fresh original gum. Missing 4 perf pins. A very rare multiple. Spec G6(2) SG Cat £6000 as mounted singles.

Order Code: 6521 - £3750.00

 

January stock additions are below:

Order No  SG No  Description Price
Queen Victoria Pre Stamp Postal History
6501
6501 + Fores Comic Envelope.
A very fine unused example of the lettersheet by John Leech, published by S.W. Fores in 1840. Some light folds but it has not been folded into the envelope shape. Very scarce and rarely seen so fine.
£525
Queen Victoria Line Engraved Stamp issues
6505 6506
Queen Victoria Line Engraved 1841 One Penny Red
6505 10 1841 1d Deep Red Brown (EA/ED) Plate 15. A very fine used strip of 4 on blued paper, with 4 clear margins around, each neatly cancelled almost full strikes of a neat Maltese Cross. Spec BS4. £185
6506 9 1842 1d Pale Red Brown (CC/CF) Plate 28. Worn plates - a very fine used strip of 4, with 4 margins around, each cancelled by Maltese Cross. Spec BS17. £155
6507 6508
6507 8 1843 1d Red Brown (EA/HA) Plate 31. A very fine used 4 margin vertical strip of 4, each neatly cancelled by a London "2" in Maltese Cross. A scarce multiple as the London "12" was usually used for overweight packages. Spec BS20ub. £395
6508 8 1843 1d Red Brown (TG/TJ) Plate 34. A very fine used 4 margin strip of 4 on lightly blued paper, each struck late for this plate by scarce - Parmenter rarity "E" 1844 type cancellation of Harling "791" Norfolk. State 1. A scarce multiple. Spec BS23. £175
6510 6513
6510 8 1844 1d Red Brown (SG) Plate 45. A very fine used 4 margin example, cancelled by Parmenter rarity "H" Harwich "340" hand stamp. Very rare. £75
6513 8
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1841 1d RED BROWN (LJ/LK) Plate 75. UNION JACK RE-ENTRY PAIR ON PART COVER. Cut into on the right margin, but very scarce as a multiple and even scarcer tied to part dated lettersheet from Penryn to Chumley for March 5 1849 in blue. SG CAT £2700 as a fine used single. £595
6514 6515 6516
6514 8 1852 1d Red Brown (AD) Plate 134. Alphabet II. A very fine unused example from the IMPRIMATUR sheet. From the top row with full margin right to deckled edge. Most over the years have been trimmed. Part inscription "Sheet, Place the". £1250
6515 8 1852 1d Red Brown (AF) Plate 135. Alphabet II. A very fine unused example from the IMPRIMATUR sheet. From the top row with full margin right to deckled edge. Most over the years have been trimmed. Part inscription "Addrefs and tow". £1250
6516 8 1852 1d Red Brown (TH/TI) Plate 160. Alphabet II. A very fine used 4 margin pair from the bottom of the sheet showing large part bottom margin and small part inscription. Cancelled in Edinburgh. £75
6517
Queen Victoria Line Engraved 1841 Two Pence Blue
6517 14 1841 2d Blue (OF/OL) Plate 3. A very fine looking strip of 7, margins all around except the last stamp "OL" which is cut into. There is a horizontal bend down "OI". Each stamp has been neatly cancelled by a Maltese Cross. A very scarce multiple. £595
6518
6518 14 1841 2d Blue (BH) Plate 4. A fine 4 margin - just clear to large - example of this scarce listed variety "BH without spectacle" from the early printing. Cancelled in London. SG Cat £1200.00 Spec ES14n. £295
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1858-1870 Line Engraved Plate Numbers
6519 47 1871 2d Deep Blue (JJ/JK) Plate 15. A superbly fresh unmounted mint pair, with full original gum. £495
6520 48 1870 ½d Rose Red (IO/KQ) Plate 15. A very fine unmounted mint block of 9 with full original gum. Some light wrinkling as usual. Very fresh. SG CAT £1350.00 as mounted singles. £495
6521 52 1870 1½d Lake Red (KE/NG) Plate 3. A superb unmounted mint block of 12 with very fresh original gum. Missing 4 perf pins. A very rare multiple. Spec G6(2) SG Cat £6000 as mounted singles. £3750
6522 6523
Queen Victoria Surface Printed 1881 1d Lilac Stamp Issue
6522 172 1881 1d Pale Lilac Die II. A very fine mint strip of 3, mounted in the margin only, from the top of the sheet showing Total Split in Marginal Line, giving the effect of two thin lines instead of the usual one thick one. £35
6523 172 1881 1d Lilac Die II. A fine mint interpanneau marginal pair from the right side of the sheet, both upper and lower showing similar damage to the frame line. £45
6524 6525
6524 172 1881 1d Lilac Die II. A very fine unmounted mint control "O" strip of three, the control stamp showing Error of Watermark - break in base of crown. This is known but still unlisted. The is also damage to the margin line in the corner. £65
6525 172 1881 1d Lilac Die II. A Fine unmounted mint control "U" block of 6, with Watermark INVERTED. Control pieces with the watermark inverted are very scarce. Light diagonal bend does not affect control stamp. £175
6526 6527
Queen Victoria Surface Printed 'Jubilee' Stamp Issue
6526 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint corner marginal block of 4 from the scarce 1st setting - without Jubilee line, from the January 1887 printing. £175
6527 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint - stamp unmounted - corner marginal example, from the top left corner of the pane of 120 from the very scarce marginal setting "3" with broken squared corners. Listed by Gibbons on controls as KC22bcd. 25.00 £25
6528 6529
6528 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint strip of 4 from the bottom of the pane of 120 showing substantial damage to the Jubilee line in the margin. 25.00 £25
6529 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint corner marginal example, showing dramatic fold while perforating, leaving part of the stamp imperforate. There are no more than a handful of these in collections and seldom appear on the market. £275
6530
King George VI High Value Stamp Issues
6530 476/78b 1939-1948 Very fine and fresh unmounted mint set of 6 values in marginal blocks of 4. £1195

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