SPECIALISING IN FINE G.B. LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS

A sample of the sort of material I stock on this Premium Quality website...

WE SELL...:
Specialised plated material, both on and off cover:

• 1d BLACKS, 2d BLUES of all issues, and 1d REDS

  - this last link takes you to a choice of no fewer than nine pages of 1d Reds, which together with the 1d Blacks and 2d Blues constitutes one of the most comprehensive fully illustrated stocks of these classic issues in the world...



We also have some:

• GB USED ABROAD
• QV SURFACE-PRINTED
• FOUR KINGS
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And in addition, for those extra special items:

• CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE

PLATING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICE:
This service has now ended, but see my 'HELP' page for PLATING CDs for those who wish to take the DIY route...

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LATEST UPDATE: 4.2.2026

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

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NEW STAMPS   B:1143 1840 1d Black (Slight wear) Plate 1a 'BD' EARLY PRINT, UNLISTED SHADE, FAINT BLEUTE PAPER, SUPERB £265.00 B:1144 1840 1d Grey-black (Moderate wear) Plate 1a 'BH' BLEUTE PAPER, IVORY HEAD £325.00 B:1146 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1a 'BI' EARLY PRINT SUPERB £285.00 B:1176 1840/41 1d Grey-black/Intense Black/Red-brown Plate 1a/1b/1b 'PG' AS2/AS4j/AS7j SCARCE MATCHED TRIO CONSTANT VARIETY ON 1b VFU-to-SUPERB £495.00 B:1145 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1a 'GF' EARLY PRINT, BLEUTE PAPER, CONSTANT VARIETY £285.00 B:1138 1840 1d Grey-Black (Very Worn) Plate 1a 'HB' RE-ENTRY & DOUBLE 'H', SUPERB £250.00 B:1165 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'GH' THIN PAPER, BASAL SHIFT, SUPERB £285.00 B:1166 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'GK' TWISTED RE-ENTRY £250.00 B:1001 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'SL' MANCHESTER FISHTAIL MX £395.00 B:1172 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 7 'HE' THIN PAPER SUPERB £250.00 B:1181 1840/41 1d Greyish-black/Red-brown Plate 2 'FA' MATCHED PAIR RED CANCELLED GREENOCK MX £375.00 B:1139 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 7 'JC' THIN PAPER SUPERB £250.00 B:1064 1840 1d Black Plate 8 'CL' VGL NE SUPERB £235.00 B:1123 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 9 'TA' SUPERB, CONSTANT DOT SE, VGLs NE/SE, HUGE MARGINS £375.00   RM:4384 1841 1d Red Plate 5 'BJ' LONDON II MX, CONSTANT VARIETY £40.00 RM:4540 1841 1d Red Plate 10 'IB' SCARCE GREENOCK MX £140.00 BL:1933 1840 2d Blue DS5i Plate 1 'DJ' STATE 2 MAJOR RE-ENTRY SOLD B:1188 1840/41 1d Intense Black/Red-brown Plate 8 'RJ' Matched Pair BLACK IN VERY INTENSE SHADE, RED IN SCARCE STATE 2 £395.00 BL:1932 1840 2d Pale Blue DS6ua Plate 1 'HF' SCARCER SHADE & RED MX £325.00 RM:4456 1841 1d Red Plate 18 'CC' SCARCE PLATE, LARGE MARGINS, SCARCE CANCEL £40.00 RM:4067 1841 1d Orange-Brown Plate 26 'IK' RARE BLUE MX £195.00   RM:4418 1841 1d Red Plate 35 'TJ' SCARCE NO.12 IN MX SUPERB £120.00 RM:4500 1841 1d Red Plate 37 'DK' SCARCE NO.8 IN MX FINE STRIKE £40.00 RM:4357 1841 1d Red Plate 39 'MF' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £125.00 B:1189 1840 1d Intense Black/1841 Red-brown Plate 10 'SH' MATCHED PAIR' BLACK CANCELLED SCARCE RED MX, DISTINCTIVE LETTER 'H' £495.00 RM:4480 1841 1d Red Plate 40 'GI' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE WITH MX, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £40.00 RM:4460 1841 1d Red Plate 44 'SG' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE WITH MX £39.50 RM:4546 1841 1d Red Plate 45 'PG' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE NO.9 IN MX £50.00   BL:1841 1841 2d Blue ES11d,uf Plate 3 'JB' EDINBURGH MALTESE CROSS, IVORY HEAD, SUPERB £115.00 BL:1905 1841 2d Blue ES11a Plate 3 'LC' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £225.00 BL:1884 1849 2d Deep Full Blue ES15q Plate 4 'QJ' THIN PAPER, IVORY HEAD, LARGE MARGINS £75.00 RM:4548 1842 1d Red BS18tr Plate 29 'MB' WATERMARK INVERTED LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MALTESE CROSS RARE COMBINATION £65.00 Ri:6935 1845 1d Red Plate 60 'RF' BASAL SHIFT, HUGE MARGINS, BRIGHT SHADE, SUPERB £17.50 Ri:6961 1849 1d Red Plate 98 'GH' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £85.00 Ri:6938 1850 1d Red Plate 105 'PL' UNRECORDED CHATHAM '173' IN BLUE £50.00   Ri:6962 1851 1d Red Plate 107 'AF' SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £50.00 RP:CE2:14203 1850 1d Red CE2ub Plate 99 'DK' ARCHER PERF RARE BLUE ASHBURTON '29' CANCEL, BPA CERT £950.00 RP:CE2:14851 1850 1d Red CE2 Plate 101 'DD' RARE ARCHER PERF, SCARCER PLATE, RARE CANCEL, VERY FINE £350.00 RP:C1:14759 1854 1d Red C1va Plate 170 'NG' RAREST C1 PLATE, HULL SPOON DATED PIECE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £425.00 RP:C1:14744 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 157 'PG' SCARCER PLATE, LIVERPOOL SPOON £38.50 RP:C1:14345 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 190 'TJ' SUPERB IMPRIMATUR £425.00 RP:C1:13830 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 199 'PL' SCARCE PLATE Ex WITHAM WORN PLATE, MW CERT £120.00   BL:1896 1854 2d Deep Blue F1(1) Plate 4 'JC' UB SHIFT, CORROSION BLURS £25.00 BL:1894 1854 2d Pale Blue F1(2) Plate 4 'QD' VERY FINE £35.00 BL:1921 1855 2d Blue SG23/F2 Plate 4 'JB' SCARCE ISSUE VERY FINE £55.00 BL:1926 1849/55 2d Blue (shades) SG13/23(ES13/F2f) Plate 4 'TF' SCARCE MATCHED IMPERF STATE 1, PERF STATE 2 SCARCE SG23 CANCELLED GREEN DUBLIN SPOON FAULTS BUT RARE £125.00 BL:1919 1855 2d Blue SG23a/F3 Plate 5 'RK' SCARCE ISSUE £65.00 BL:1891 1855 2d Deep Blue SG20a/F4ya Plate 5 'NF' SCARCE ISSUE, SCOTS LOCAL, LONG STAMP £85.00 BL:1865 1855 2d Blue SG34/F6c Plate 5 'ME SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £65.00   RP:C2:14425 1855 1d Red C2f Plate 201 'CI' SCARCE PLATE, RE-ENTRY £75.00 RP:C2:14750 1855 1d Orange-brown C2(5) Plate R2 'KG' VERY SCARCE SHADE £125.00 RP:C3:14824 1855 1d Red C3k Plate 4 'LC' SCARCE DOUBLE PERFORATIONS £85.00 RP:14836 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 6 'SC-SE' SCARCE STRIP OF THREE 'FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE CHIEF EXAMINER' OVERPRINT VERY SCARCE £250.00 RP:C3:14912 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 16 'JB' VERY RARE PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR, MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £150.00 RP:C5:14873 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 13 'SL' RARE PLATE MW CERT £200.00 RP:C7:13686 1856 1d Red C7 Plate 22 'TJ' RARE ISSUE, VERY RARE PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £750.00   RP:C8:14352 1856 1d Red C8 Plate 22 'HI' VERY RARE PLATE, DOUBLE 'H', MW CERT £165.00 RP:C8:14231 1856 1d Red C8vd Plate 31 'MI' RARE GREEN KILLARNEY '272' SPOON £145.00 RP:C8:14735 1856 1d Orange-red C8(7) Plate 32 'BB' SCARCE SHADE £50.00 RP:C7:14841 1855 1d Red C8h Plate 25 'AC-BD' EXTREMELY RARE UNUSED IMPERF BLOCK OF FOUR EXHIBITION PIECE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £4950.00 RP:C8:14680 1856 1d Deep Claret C8(6) Plate 36 'KF' RARE SHADE £135.00 RP:C8:14598 1856 1d Orange-brown C8(5) Plate 40 'CE' SCARCE BRIGHT SHADE, BRISTOL SPOON £16.50 RP:C8:14731 1856 1d Red-brown C8(1) Plate 40 'DG' SCARCE LIGHTLY MOUNTED MINT, FULL GUM £60.00   RP:C8:14586 1856 1d Deep Brick-red C8(2) Plate 46 'EA' SCARCE PLATE, SCARCE CDS £16.50 RP:C9:14877 1857 1d Orange-brown C9(1) Plate 35 'AH' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £65.00 RP:C9:14416 1857 1d Pale Red C9(3) Plate 45 'HC' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, SCARCE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY £75.00 RP:C9A:C10:14805 1857 1d Pale Rose C9A(1)/ Pale Rose-red C10(3) Plate 55 'AK' MATCHED PAIR RARE PLATE C9A(1) MISSING IMPRIMATUR CONSTANT VARIETIES £350.00 RP:C9:14405 1857 1d Pale Red C9(3) Plate 46 'HA' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE £65.00 RP:C10:14911 1857 1d Rose-red C10 Plate 33 'AK' RARE PLATE MISSING IMP SHORT STAMP MW CERT £125.00 RP:C10:14347 1857 1d Rose- Red C10/Z1 Plate 43 'CL' 'A10' USED ABROAD ST VINCENT, RARE USE £350.00   RP:C10:14918 1857 1d Pale Rose-red C10(3) Plate 64 'PK' RARE PLATE £125.00 RP:C11:14715 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 49 'QE' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETIES, MW CERT £185.00 RP:C12:14734 1861 1d Pale Rose-red C12(2)e Plate 50 'BI' UNUSED (NO GUM), RARE WMK INVERTED £150.00 BL:1918 1857 2d Deep Blue SG35/F7 Plate 6 'RA-RB' SCARCE PAIR CONSTANT VARIETY 'RA' £35.00 RP:C12:14734 1861 1d Pale Rose-red C12(3) Plate 51 'LE' UNUSED (NO GUM), SCARCE £65.00 PN:718 1879 1d Lake- red G1(2) Plate 225 'JE' RAREST 'PLATE NUMBER' £175.00 BL:1922 1859 2d Blue SG45/G2 Plate 8 'JA' UNMOUNTED MINT FINE & RARE £450.00

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY STOCK

LATEST OFFERINGS:

An interesting batch of EIGHT COVERS all featuring various SCARCE ABERDEEN AREA SCOTS LOCALS. They range from a nice PLATE 41 WITH MX, via a range of 1844-52 COVERS FROM PLATES 44 TO 152, to a SCARCE C1 PLATE 204 and a couple of nice ROSE-RED COVERS (PLATES 36 AND 49)...

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY   C:B:1803 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'AB' ENTIRE LEITH TO ABERDEEN, 8 DECEMBER 1840, ADHESIVE APPLIED WITH SEALING WAX £325.00 C:B:1793 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'BA' ENTIRE STROUD TO CANTERBURY, 24 NOVEMBER 1840, NAILSWORTH UDC, PERSONAL 'CROSS-WRITTEN' LETTER £345.00 C:RM:1606 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 34 'PJ-PK' LONDON LOCAL 1 FEBRUARY 1844 SCARCE '10' IN MX PAIR CONSTANT VARIETIES £295.00 C:RM:1651 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 42 'IA-JA' LIMERICK-LONDON 15 MAY 1844 RARE LIMERICK MALTESE CROSS BOXED 'TOO LATE' £385.00   C:C1:1837 1854 1d Red-brown C1/Z2 Plate 182 'IH-KH' CRIMEA-to-Dublin envelope of September-October 1854, via MARSEILLES and LONDON, CRIMEA 'CROWN BETWEEN STARS' OBLITERATION. FAULTS BUT RARE £250.00 C:BL:1654 1855 2d Blue SG23a(F3) Plate 5 'KH-KI' IRISH Derry to Letterkenny 28 JULY 1855 SCARCE ISSUE, RARE PAIR SCARCE IRISH USE £225.00 C:C8:1829 1856 1d Purple-brown C8(8) Plate 28 'BI' London local envelope of 10 MARCH 1856 VERY SCARCE SHADE, OUT-OF-DATE RPS CERT AS 'DEEP SHADE OF C8(1)' £100.00 C:Misc:QV:1725 1857 1d Rose-carmine SG66/J51 London to St Etienne (Loire) via Calais and Paris 30-31 MAY 1860 Entire Letter in French £55.00

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