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The introduction of perforating machines in 1854, was to change the evolution of stamp design. The printing of the embossed issues was slow and unsuitable for perforating, whilst the original recess-printing still presented problems as a result of paper stretch due to the moistening of the paper during printing. In relief or surface printing, the design is raised instead of being recessed into the plate or die. Only the raised portions of the plate receive ink and it is unnecessary for the paper to be moistened. Thomas De La Rue & Co. were awarded the contract for printing the new stamps.

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1855-1857 NO CORNER LETTERS

SG 66 1857 4d Pale Rose. Watermark Large Garter. A very fine used wing margin example, struck by part Charles Rideout machine cancel. Scarce on this issue. Spec J51(2). Order: 6117 - £35.00 - SOLD

SG 69 1856 6d Deep Lilac. A very fine used trimmed wing margin example, watermark Emblems INVERTED. Lightly cancelled in Gibraltar - A26. Also showing split frame with damage at base. Scarce as such. Order: 6354 - £135.00 - SOLD

1862 SMALL WHITE CORNER LETTERS

SG 84 1862 6d Lilac (CA) Watermark Emblems INVERTED & REVERSED. A fine used example of this rarity, unpriced by Gibbons. A couple of short perfs. Order: 6357 - £125.00 - SOLD

SG 86 1862 9d Bistre (LG) Watermark Emblems. A very fine used example, lightly struck by the scarce 772 vertical oval of Tadcaster - Yorkshire. Parmenter rating "H" SG 5963 - £150.00 - SOLD

1865 LARGE WHITE CORNER LETTERS

SG 110 1867 10d Straw (AJ/AK) Plate 4. A very fine use pair, each neatly cancelled by London Royal Exchange CDS for August 24 1871. Very pretty and scarce in multiples. Order: 5970 - £375.00 - SOLD

SG 112 1867 10d Red Brown (CL) Plate 1. Watermark Spray. A superb unmounted mint marginal example with inscription overprinted 'Specimen' type 9. Very scarce so fine. Spec J94(2)s Order: 5971 - £375.00 - SOLD

1867 HIGH VALUES

SG 137 1882 £5 Orange (DB) A very fine used example of this beautiful stamps, neatly struck by Glasgow CDS for April 1 1895. Very pretty. Order: 4032 - £2995.00 - SOLD

1873 LARGE COLOURED CORNER LETTERS

SG 159 1883 3d on 3d Lilac (EI) Plate 21. Watermark Imperial Crown. A very fine mint example, hinged with large part original gum. Good colour. SG Cat £500.00 Order: 6370 - £165.00 - SOLD

SG 162s 1883 6d on 6d Lilac (PJ) Plate 18. Watermark Imperial crown. A superb unmounted mint example, overprinted 'specimen' type 9. Scarce so fine. Order: 5989 - £195.00 - SOLD

1880 ISSUE

SG 168a 1880 2d Very Deep Rose. Unmounted block of four. This stunningly deep shade comes from a well known sheet, examples of which have appeared over the years. They are all unmounted mint unhinged with full original gum, which is difficult enough to find on a single in the ordinary shade. Take a look a Gibbons site - they do not have one example for sale there (6/6/10). They are selling 5d Indigos at well over Catalogue Price - which proves the scarcity of this issue. There are the smallest of imperfections on the back if you want to be fussy, but just try to fine another. A stunning exhibition item. Order: 6758 - £1295.00 - SOLD

1881 1d LILAC

SG 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. Order: 6525 - £175.00 - SOLD

1883 - 1888 HIGH VALUES

SG 176 1883 5s Rose (DA) Watermark Anchor. A superb exhibition quality used example of this scarce stamp on BLUED paper. Neatly cancelled by Edinburgh CDS for Feb 12 1885. Royal certificate accompanies. The best example of this stamp we have seen in years. SG Cat £5250 inc premium. Order: 5147 - £2495.00 - SOLD

1883 - 1884 LILAC & GREEN ISSUE

SG 188 1884 1½d Lilac (SK) Watermark Imperial Crown. A fine unused hinged example with large part original gum. Well centred, good colour. Order: 6380 - £40.00 - SOLD	SG 192 1884 4d Dull Green (HE) Watermark Imperial Crown. A very fine mint example, extremely lightly mounted mint, if at all, with full original gum. Almost perfectly centred, which is almost impossible for this issue, and lovely deep original colour. Very scarce so fine. Order: 5827 - £225.00
SG 193 1884 5d Dull Green (RK) Watermark Imperial Crown. A very fine unmounted mint example in good original colour. The very lightest gum crease noted for accuracy. Very fresh. Cat £450.00 as mounted mint. Order: 6138 - £300.00	SG 193 1884 5d Dull Green (LL) Watermark Imperial Crown. A very fine mint hinged example, very fresh, good original colour and very difficult to find as well centred. Order: 6383 - £175.00

1887 - 1902 "JUBILEE" STAMP ISSUE

These new stamps appeared on 1st January 1887, the same year the queen celebrated the 50th anniversary of her accession, so it was inevitable that they should become known as the Jubilee Issue. They were however not intended as commemoratives. They were in fact the result of the work of the 1884 Stamp Committee, appointed to remedy the problems arising from the confusion of values and colours, especially the universally disliked 'Lilacs and Greens' of 1883-84. These, with the Edward VII designs derived from them, are the most colourful British Definitives ever issued.

SG 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint strip of 3 from the rare control "D" setting 3 with square corners. This setting arises from an attempt to attach marginal rules to a plate which did not have them when created. Very rare. Spec K27(2)KC22b. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7407 - £522.50	SG 197 1887 ½d Deep Vermilion. A fine mint pair from the very scarce control "E" without Jubilee lines. Apart from KC1, this is the scarcest of all the controls and rarely seen. Unmounted but some creasing. Spec K27(1)KC6. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7405 - ££374.50
SG 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A very fine mint control "F" pair, the control stamp is unmounted mint. Damage to frame lines and double row of perfs in the margin. A scarce item. Order: 6384 - £125.00
SG 197 1887 ½d Vermilion & ½d Orange Vermilion. A very fine mint matched corner marginal pair from the control "I" position, both imperforated and perforated, showing a constant but unlisted break in frame line at lower right. Plate 16 (R20/12). Scarce as such. Spec K27(2/3)KC14. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7409 -£147.50
SG 197 1887 ½d Orange Vermilion. A very fine unmounted mint strip of 3 from the control "J" position showing variety "vertical rule becoming detached from the horizontal rule with distortion at the top. Spec K27(3)KC15. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7410 - £67.50	SG 197 1887 ½d Vermilion. A fine mint pair from control "P" showing listed constant variety "Join in inner oval under VE" R20/11. Spec K27(2)l. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7412 - £38.50
SG 197 1887 ½d Vermilion (shades). A very fine collection of 4 mint examples from control "Q" from plate 88 showing 3 distinctive states of damage to the marginal rule. Spec K27/KC22. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7414 - £147.50
SG 198 1887 1½d Pale Purple & Pale Green. A very fine lightly hinged example in a very pale shade, overprinted by the scarce "specimen" type 12. Spec K29(1)s. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7419 - £104.50	SG 198 1887 1½d Duty plate in green, printed on the side margin. Note also the green marginal rule is extremely pale but just visible. Very scarce and seldom seen. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7422 - £357.50
SG 198 1887 1½d Pale Purple & Pale Green. A fine unmounted mint block of 4, light creasing affecting lower pair. Spec K27(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7420 - £52.50
SG 200 1887 2d Deep Grey & Deep Carmine. A superb unmounted mint corner marginal block of 20 from the SE corner of the lower right of the Post Office Mill sheet of 4 panes of 120 stamps. Small watermark cross in corner confirms position. From the 3rd marginal setting, continuous head plate rule and broken duty plate rule around pane. This is a scarce and underrated shade and very rare in multiples. Spec K30(4). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7427 - £1257.50
SG 200 1887 2d Grey Green & Deep Bright Carmine. A superb unmounted mint marginal block of 4 from the 3rd setting, full head plate and broken duty plate rules in margin. A lovely example of the still as yet unlisted but known "Deep Bright Carmine" shade. The carmine bleeds through to the back as it should. Far scarcer than the scarlet shade SG199. With RPS cert. A very scarce multiple. Spec K30(3)-. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7428 - £1195.00	SG 200 1887 2d Grey Green & Carmine. A fine unmounted mint example from the extremely rare 2nd setting, with continuous head and duty rules in margin. This is only the 3rd example we have seen in over 20 years. Spec K30(3). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7432 - £1375.00
SG 201 1887 2½d Pale Purple/blue. A very fine extremely lightly hinged example, overprinted "SPECIMEN" Type 9. Spec K31(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7435 - £39.50	SG 201 1887 2½d Purple/blue. A very fine unmounted mint block of 4. Spec K31(2). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7437 - £67.50
SG 201 1887 2½d Deep Purple/blue. A fine unmounted mint block of 4. Spec K31(3). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7438 - £67.50	SG 201 1887 2½d Pale Purple/blue. A very fine unmounted mint (hinged in margin only) corner pair from the scarce 1st setting, without marginal rules. Spec K31(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7439 - £109.50
SG 201 1887 2½d Very Deep Purple/blue. A fine unmounted mint corner block of 15 from the 2nd or 3rd setting, single rule. Large watermark cross NW corner. Unlisted "very deep" purple shade. Spec K31(-). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7442 - £344.50
SG 201 1887 2½d Purple/blue. A unique printing error, way off to the right and low on watermark crown paper. Probably not an imperforate top margin although it appears to be so. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7444 - £654.50	SG 201 1887 2½d Pale Purple/blue. A fine mint corner margin pair showing a major per-printing paper fold. The corner has folded over during printing, leaving part of the stamp unprinted, the printed portion ending up on the reverse side of the margin. Extremely rare and possibly unique. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7445 - £1375.00
SG 201 2½d Purple/blue. A major pre-printing fold with parts of both stamps printed on the gummed side, leaving large unprinted portion on the front. Perfin 'H.S'. Very scarce and possibly unique. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7446 - £1045.00	SG 202 1887 3d Purple/yellow. A fine lightly mounted mint example of the scarce "SPECIMEN" type 12 overprint diagonally placed. Spec K32(1)s. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7450 - £57.50
SG 205a 1887 4d Green & Deep Brown. A fine unmounted mint corner marginal example from the very rare 1st setting - no rules in margin - overprinted by the very scarce 'SPECIMEN' type 12. A very scarce combination. Spec K33(2)s. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7454 - £192.50	SG 205a 1887 4d Green & Deep Chocolate Brown. A very fine mint corner marginal block of 4 from the very rare 2nd setting - interpanneau bars between panes, but no marginal rules. Multiples from this setting are very rare and seldom seen, especially in this scarce deep shade. One stamp is U/M. A lovely combination. Spec K33(3). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7456 - £597.50
SG 205 1887 4d Green & Purple Brown. A superb unmounted mint interpanneau block of 8 from the 5th setting. Spanning panes B & D from the right side of the 4 pane sheet. A scarce positional piece. Spec K33(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7457 - £597.50
SG 206 1892 4½d Deep Green & Deep Dull Scarlet. A very fine mint marginal block of 4, one stamp hinged, in this scarce but known shade. Spec K34(-). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7459 - £374.50	SG 207a 5d Dull Purple & Blue. Die II. A very fine unmounted mint marginal block of 4 from the 3rd setting - continuous head plate and broken duty plate rules in margin. Small part divisional ornament in margin. Spec K35(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7462 - £197.50
SG 207a 1887 5d Dull Purple & Blue. Die II. A very fine mint block of 4, upper pair hinged, lower pair unmounted mint. Spec K36(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7465 - £127.50	SG 208 1887 6d Purple/rose-red. A superb unmounted mint - hinged in margin only - top marginal block of 4 from the scarce 1st setting - no rules in margin. Complete divisional ornament in margin which is seldom seen. Very rare. Spec K37(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7469 - £247.50
SG 208 1887 6d Intense Purple/rose-red. A stunning mint block of 4, upper pair hinged, lower pair unmounted mint, in one of the deepest shades of purple we have seen. Very rare as such. Spec K37(-). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7470 - £474.50
SG 208 1887 6d Purple/rose-red. A fine unmounted mint strip of 12 - the full top row of the pane of 120 stamps. From the 1st setting without rule in the margin, it shows 2 full divisional ornaments. Each stamp has unfortunately come away from it's neighbour and has been secured in the margin. It is however a very scarce positional item despite it's faults. Spec K37(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7472 - £497.50
SG 209 1887 9d Dull Purple & Blue. A fine lightly mounted mint example overprinted "Specimen" type 9. Spec K38(1)s. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7474 - £37.50	SG 209 1887 9d Dull Purple & Blue. A very fine unmounted mint marginal example from the very rare 1st setting - no rules in margin. This example from pane "A" (R4/2) showing watermark "P" of POSTAGE in interpanneau margin. Spec K38(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7475 - £237.50
SG 209 1887 9d Dull Purple & Blue. A fine mint block of 4, top left stamp unmounted mint, others hinged. Spec K38(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7478 - £157.50
SG 210 1890 10d Dull Purple & Carmine. A very fine unmounted mint marginal block of 4. Hinged in margin only. Spec K39(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7485 - £197.50	SG 210 1890 10d Dull Purple & Carmine. A very fine unmounted mint corner marginal pair from pane "A", stamp R4/5 showing an unusual "ink dot" in the "0" of the left "10". Probably "dirt on the plate". Light wrinkle in margin. Spec K39(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7486 - £124.50
SG 210 1890 10d Purple & Carmine. A very fresh unmounted mint full pane of 20 from position C/G of the Post Office Sheet. This example is also on Repp or ribbed paper which is unusual. Mounted in the Margin only. Order: 6002 - £1395.00	SG 210 1890 10d Dull Purple & Deep Carmine. Very fine unmounted mint corner marginal block of 4 from pane "C" - stamp R1/4 showing variety "damage to left tablet". Spec K39(1)c. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7487 - £547.50
SG 211 1887 1s Dull Green. A very fine extremely lightly mounted - if at all - example, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9. Spec K40(1)s. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7488 - £54.50 - SOLD	SG 213 1900 ½d Blue Green. A fine mint example, misperforated about 4mm to the right. In over 20 years, this is the first misperforated single we have come across. Very scarce. Diagonal crease. Order: 6150 - £175.00
SG 213 1900 ½d Dull Blue Green. A very fine unmounted mint pair, one stamp showing a full 2/3 offset on the reverse. Spec K28(1). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7415 - £137.50	SG 213 1900 ½d Bright Blue Green. A very fine unmounted mint lower marginal example, showing a full offset on the reverse which is very scarce. Spec K29(2). Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7416 - £192.50
SG 213 1900 ½d Bright Blue Green. A very fine unmounted mint block of 15 with two additional lines of perforations diagonally affecting seven stamps. The distance between the two lines is the same as the width of the stamps. Possibly unique. Ex Lady Mairi Bury collection. Order: 7418 - £437.50
SG 212 1891 £1 Green (LB ) Wmk Crowns. A very fine used example, neatly struck by three London Hooded CDS's for Dec 13 1898. Order: 6390 - £355.00

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