SPECIALISING IN FINE G.B. LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS

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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:
I provide this service for the modest charge of £1.25 per stamp (£1.50 for stamps on cover) - for more details, click on the 'HELP' button above... Most of my regulars also know that I supply PLATING CDs for those who wish to take the DIY route...see my 'HELP' page for details...

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***NEWS***

THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY: We wish to reassure our customers that we are complying with all Government instructions regarding personal hygiene and social distancing, and in view of our advanced age(!) are self-isolating apart from essential shopping and exercise, during the course of the current emergency. At the time of writing a relatively modest number of cases has been reported in Dorset, most in the major conurbations, between 20 and 30 miles away from us. We feel relatively safe in our placid backwater, and are still in good health - we will keep you all in the loop! In the meantime, with your favourite stamp fairs and most auctions being cancelled, KEEP LOOKING ON OUR WEBSITES, because lots of new stock is being loaded all the time - KEEP SAFE AND BUY ON LINE!

Our local POST OFFICE is operating slightly limited opening hours TUESDAY-to-FRIDAY, and in order to minimise my exposure to lengthy queues early in the week, I am now restricting my trips to the Post Office as much as possible, and will aim to despatch on THURSDAYS ONLY as long as the current emergency lasts - Royal Mail have just announced that Saturday deliveries are being stopped (allegedly!) temporarily, and I hate to keep customers waiting longer than absolutely necessary! I am sure you will understand, and hope you will bear with us for the time being!

PLATING SERVICE
I now have a considerable plating backlog, and with current commitments, I cannot accept any more before August 2020. That may change if the Coronavirus emergency drags on much longer! So for the time being at least, please do not send any plating without speaking to me first - packages are liable to languish indefinitely in the sorting office! Unsolicited plating, sent without prior contact, will be automatically relegated to the bottom of the heap, in the 'Maybe One Day' basket...

The last EBAY LIST has long since finished - hopefully I will be able to find time to load a new list soon! Just click on the link at the bottom of this page...and HAPPY HUNTING!

LATEST UPDATE: 12.7.2020

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

GEMS FOR JULY!

On the C3-C6 page, a spectacular RARE STRIP OF THREE C3 PLATE 20, a C4 PLATE 1 cancelled with a FINE GREEN DUBLIN NUMERAL, a lovely batch of the DIFFICULT C5s including the RARE PLATES 13 & 15 in C5/C6 MATCHED PAIRS, a couple of C6s cancelled with BLUE BELFAST SPOONS, a small batch of the SCARCE C6 PLATE 18, and a couple of nice examples of the RARE C6 PLUM shade.

NEW STAMPS   B:950 1840 1d Black Plate 3 'AH' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE £210.00 B:953 1840 1d Black Plate 6 'PJ' £150.00 B:957 1840 1d Black Plate 9 'RG' SCARCER PLATE HGL VALUE MINOR FAULTS £125.00 B:971 1840/41 1d Black/Red-brown Plate 11 'IB' RARE PLATE SCARCER BLACK SHADE MATCHED PAIR UNUSUALLY FINE £1950.00 B:958 1840 1d Black Plate 10 'OJ' VERY SCARCE PLATE, THIN PAPER DOUBLE 'J' 'J' FLAW £365.00 BL:1659 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 'HC' RED MX SUPERB £450.00 BL:1664 1840 2d Blue Plate 2 'KK' £275.00   BL:1667 1840 2d Blue Plate 2 'OC' RARE 1844 NUMERAL £250.00 RM:3892 1841 1d Red Plate 1B 'NF' SCARCE PLATE RETOUCHED LETTERS SUPERB £150.00 RM:3886 1841 1d Red Plate 2 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE £115.00 BL:1675 1840 2d Deep Full Blue Plate 1 'KK' LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MAKLTESE CROSS RARE ON 1840 2d £650.00 RM:3970 1841 1d Red Plate 2 'PE' SCARCE PLATE £85.00 RM:3896 1841 1d Red Plate 8 'AE' STATE 2 RE-ENTRY SUPERB £115.00 RM:3979 1841 1d Red Plate 9 'BH' IVORY HEAD £60.00   RM:3980 1841 1d Red Plate 9 'HB' DOUBLE 'H' £75.00 RM:3978 1841 1d Red Plate 9 'OE' DEEP SHADE VGLs NE & SE £55.00 RM:3977 1841 1d Red Plate 9 'RH' VERY FINE SOLD RM:3976 1841 1d Red Plate 9 'NF' SCARCE DUBLIN II MALTESE CROSS SCARCE 1843 USE £120.00 RM:3941 1841 1d Red Plate 10 'DH' SCARCE STATE 2 £70.00 RM:3904 1841 1d Red Plate 11 'EC' CONSTANT VARIETY £35.00 RM:3800 1841 1d Red Plate 12 'SG' SCARCER PLATE, GREENOCK MALTESE CROSS £85.00   RM:3884 1841 1d Red Plate 13 'FE' SCARCE PLATE £55.00 RM:3801 1841 1d Deep Red-brown Plate 15 'BK' BASAL SHIFT £25.00 RM:3843 1841 1d Orange-brown Plate 16 'NE' SCARCE SHADE SOLD BL:1548 1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue Plate 4 'TA' LAVENDER PAPER £195.00 RM:3968 1841 1d Red Plate 18 'MH' SCARCE PLATE BASAL SHIFT £35.00 RM:3916 1841 1d Red Plate 23 'LA' RARE BLUE MX £175.00 RM:3972 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'CF' SCARCE PLATE DOUBLE LETTER 'F' NO.6 IN MX £120.00   Ri:5760 1844 1d Red Plate 45 'GA' CONSTANT VARIETY SCARCE CANCEL £18.50 Ri:5765 1844 1d Red Plate 48 'PI' 'E' & 'T' FLAWS, BASAL SHIFT, HGLs SE/SW £22.50 Ri:5727 1844 1d Orange-brown Plate 52 'QE' SCARCE SHADE E/W RECUT £65.00 Ri:5965 1846 1d Red Plate 65 'QC-RD' SCARCE BLOCK OF FOUR £35.00 Ri:5736 1850 1d Red Plate 95 'OC' SCARCE BLUE LONDON DISTRICT '41' SUPERB £100.00 Ri:5803 1851 1d Red Plate 110 'HL' SCARCER PLATE SUPERB £18.50 Ri:6070 1851 1d Red Plate 117 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE SOLD   Ri:B2:5984 1852 1d Orange-brown Plate 145 'LL' SCARCE SHADE, BLUE CANCEL, WATERMARK INVERTED £65.00 Ri:B2:5799 1852 1d Orange-brown Plate 150 'BC' FINE SCARCE SHADE, CONSTANT VARIETY £80.00 Ri:B2:5800 1852 1d Red Plate 153 'AG' MISSING IMPRIMATUR £12.50 Ri:B2:C1:6042 1853/54 1d Red B2/C1 Plate 175 'JK' RARE MATCHED PAIR £225.00 RP:C1:12848 1854 1d Red C1n Plate 155 'MK' SCARCE STATE 2 £22.50 RP:C1:12855 1854 1d Orange-red C1(5) Plate 157 'HG' SCARCE PLATE & SHADE, CONSTANT VARIETY £50.00 RP:C1:12856 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 163 'PE' SCARCE PLATE £65.00   RP:C1:12549 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 163 'RF', SCARCE PLATE £75.00 RP:C1:12864 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 173 'BD' STATE 2 SUPERB SOLD RP:C1:12562 1854 1d Plum C1(4) Plate 173 'CL' STATE 2 RARE SHADE £225.00 RP:C1:12832 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 194 'DK-EL' SCARCE BLOCK £125.00 RP:C1:12564 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 176 'SA' STATE 2 VERY WORN LATE USE £16.50 RP:12551 1854 1d Orange -red C1(5) Plate 182 'OD', SCARCE SHADE £85.00 RP:C1:12873 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 204 'CD' SCARCE PLATE £65.00   RP:C1:12547 1854 1d Red C1yb Plate 204 'II', SCARCE PLATE, BLUE 'INNELLAN' SCOTS LOCAL £95.00 RP:C1:12558 1854 1d Plum C1(4) Plate 204 'KE', SCARCE PLATE, RARE SHADE £185.00 RP:C1:12493 1854 1d Red C1i Plate R2 'BB' SCARCE DOUBLE PERFS £50.00 RP:C2:12540 1855 1d Red C2 Plate R5 'OG-OH' SCARCE PAIR SOLD RP:C2:12874 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 194 'IC' SCARCE PLATE Ex FOLKARD £85.00 RP:C2:12875 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 197 'IJ' RARE PLATE Ex FOLKARD £150.00 RP:C2:12541 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 200 'EC' SCARCE PLATE SUPERB £125.00   RP:C3:12699 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 1 'GK' RICH SHADE BRICK-RED? £20.00 RP:C3:12076 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 15 'IG' SCARCE PLATE £62.50 RP:C4:12327 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 2 'FD' CLEAR PROFILE £16.50 RP:C3:12833 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 20 'NG-NI' SCARCE PLATE RARE MULTIPLE £350.00 RP:C4:12758 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 8 'PK' NORTHWICH '574' RARE CANCEL RARITY 'H' £20.00 RP:C5:12834 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 2 'DJ' SCARCE ISSUE VERY FINE £37.50 RP:C5:12841 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 7 'TC' SCARCE ISSUE DEEPISH SHADE £32.50   RP:C5:12842 1855 1d Deep Red-brown C5(2) Plate 9 'FF' Ex WIGGINS, SCARCER SHADE, CONSTANT VARIETY SOLD RP:C5:12843 1855 1d Deep Red-brown C5(2) Plate 11 'FK' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE £46.50 RP:C5:12845 1855 1d Brick-red C5(var) Plate 14 'BH' SCARCER PLATE UNLISTED SHADE £39.50 RP:C5:C6:12847 1855 1d Red C5/C6 Plate 15 'EI' RAREST C5 PLATE MATCHED PAIR £225.00 RP:C6:12846 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 15 'MD' SCARCER PLATE £11.50 RP:C7:12713 1855 1d Red C7 Plate 22 'PL' RARE ISSUE VERY RARE PLATE £650.00 RP:C7:12714 1855 1d Red C7 Plate 26 'PF' RARE ISSUE SCARCER PLATE £325.00   RP:C8:12878 1856 1d Orange- brown C8(5)j Plate 27 'KD' SCARCER SHADE GOTHIC 'K' £16.50 RP:C8:12880 1856 1d Brown- rose C8(4) Plate 31 'OI' LATER SHADE £13.50 RP:C8:12884 1856 1d Orange- red C8(7) Plate 34 'IA' SCARCE SHADE Ex WIGGINS £25.00 RP:C8:C8:C10:13111 1856/57 1d Deep Claret/ Orange-Brown/Deep Rose-red C8(6), C8(5), C10(4) Plate 36 'MJ' SCARCE MATCHED SHADES C8s EX WIGGINS £135.00 RP:C8:12780 1856 1d Brick- red C8(2) Plate 34 'PH' FINE SHADE SUPERB £15.00 RP:C8:12879 1856 1d Orange- brown C8(5) Plate 36 'DF' UNUSUAL VERY PALE SHADE SUPERB £20.00 RP:C8A:13229 1856 1d Red-brown on White Paper C8A Plate 27 'MD' SCARCE ISSUE £110.00   RP:C9:12885 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 31 'AF' SCARCER PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £25.00 RP:C9:12891 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 37 'JF' UNUSUALLY PALE SHADE £35.00 RP:C9:13204 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 55 'CG' VERY RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETIES £295.00 Misc:GV:950 1929 PUC £1 Black SG438 UNMOUNTED MINT £450.00 RP:C10:13116 1857 1d Rose- red C10 Plate 45 'MJ' RARE PLATE £125.00 RP:C11:12576 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 45 'GC' VERY RARE PLATE £215.00 RP:C11:12580 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 58 'JD' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £68.50

OTHER PHILATELIC MATERIAL:

A lovely batch of 1d 'STARS' COVERS from the C3-C6 GROUP, including SCARCER plates and nice cancels. Also a couple of useful C9/C10 COVERS and a very nice 2d BLUE SG35 - SCARCE on cover...

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY   C:B:1522 1840 1d Black Plate 6 'SJ' MANCHESTER TO BOLTON, 3 SEPTEMBER 1840 LARGE MARGINS £285.00 C:B:1532 1840 1d Greyish-Black Plate 11 'BL' RAREST BLACK PLATE LONDON TO NORTHFLEET, KENT 17 FEBRUARY 1841 DOUBLE LETTER 'L' MATCHING 1d RED £3750.00 C:RM:1601 1841 1d Red-brown 'Black' Plate 9 'OH' MAIDSTONE TO LONDON 11 APRIL 1841 SCARCE ON COVER SOLD C:RM:1602 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 12 'SC' BASINGSTOKE TO LONDON 12 JULY 1841 SCARCER PLATE MISSING IMPRIMATUR £30.00 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:Ri:1511 1843 1d Red-brown Plate 38 'TB' Leeds local wrapper of 13 JUNE 1844, SCARCE STANNINGLEY UDC SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE STATE 1, BASAL SHIFT £22.50 C:CE2:1526 185 1d Red-brown CE2 Plate 99 'TG' London local cover of 23 FEBRUARY 1854 RARE ARCHER PERF ON COVER £525.00 C:C3:1588 1855 1d Red-brown C3 Plate 6 'PC' Liverpool to Machynlleth 22 MARCH 1855 FINE LIVERPOOL SPOON (TYPE B1) SOLD C:C3:1543 1855 1d Deep Red-brown on VERY BLUE paper C3(2) Plate 13 'RK' London-Staines 19 APRIL 1856 SCARCE PLATE AND SHADE £65.00 C:C5:1520 1855 1d Red-brown C5 Plate 1 'KI', Taliesin (Wales) to London via Shrewsbury, 17 SEPTEMBER 1855 TALIESIN UDC, SHREWSBURY SPOON SCARCE ISSUE ON COVER SOLD   C:C6:1574 1855 1d 'Red-brown' C6 Plate 9 'SI', Ottery St Mary to Exeter 18 JULY 1855 POSSIBLE SCARCE LAKE-BROWN SHADE? £20.00 C:C6:1578 1855 1d Red-brown C6 Plate 11 'LK-LL', Keswick to Penrith 30 DECEMBER 1855 SCARCE PAIR 'LK' CONSTANT VARIETIES £32.50 C:C6:1584 1855 1d Brown-rose C6(4) Plate 16 'AF', London to Manchester 26 MARCH 1856 SCARCER SHADE AND PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETIES, MISSING IMPRIMATUR, SUPERB £45.00 C:C6:1551 1855 1d Red-brown C6ya Plate 20 'RH', Edinburgh local 25 JULY 1856 'PITT STREET' SCOTS LOCAL 'POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT' SCARCE C6 PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £40.00 C:C9:1639 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 27 'GC' Lewes to London 9 MAY 1857 Savoy Street Transitional SCARCER PLATE £40.00   C:C9:1637 1857 1d Rose-red C9 or C10(?) Plate 38 'AF' Burton on Trent to Ashby de la ZOUCH 31 AUGUST 1857 Late Savoy Street or early Fleet Street? 'BURTON ON TRENT' SPOON FIRST 1857 RECORD MISSING IMPRIMATUR £25.00 C:C9:1600 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 43 'JG-JH' Liverpool to London 7 JULY 1857 Savoy Street Transitional LIVERPOOL SPOONS TYPE C3 RECUT £75.00 C:C9:1607 1857 1d Orange-brown C9(1) Plate 48 'MC' Glasgow to Belfast (via Liverpool) 2 MAY 1857 CONSTANT VARIETY 'MADELEINE SMITH' cancel Pre-fire Transitional SCARCE PLATE & SHADE SOLD C:BL:1640 1857 2d Deep Blue F7 Plate 6 'KJ' IRISH Dundalk to Drogheda 20 NOVEMBER 1857 SCARCE IRISH USE £45.00 C:C10:1621 1857 1d Deep Rose-red C10(4) Plate 55 'AH-BI' London to Keighley, Yorks 11 JULY 1862 SCARCE BLOCK & CANCEL CONSTANT VARIETIES MISSING IMPRIMATURS 'AH' & 'AI' £35.00

OTHER RECENT ADDITIONS:

• A useful batch of 25 or so covers of various periods, including a couple of nice MALTESE CROSS COVERS, a goodly number of 1844+ 1d IMPERF COVERS including some interesting cancels and a SCARCE PLATE 117, and a couple of pretty later 1d 'STARS' COVERS, including a SCARCE C9 PLATE 36 COVER with two stamps...
• A small batch of interesting earlier 1d 'STARS' COVERS, including COLOURED CANCELS, SPOONS, SHADES and SCARCE C5s...
• A FINE batch of 1d BLACK COVERS, including a RARE ABERDEEN RUBY MALTESE CROSS cover (Mike Jackson Certificate), two RARE PLATE 10s on cover, and a very fine SCARCE PLATE 2 RED on cover...
• A VFU single from PLATE 32 on cover, cancelled with SCARCE NORWICH MALTESE CROSS...
• A FINE and RARE 'ARCHER' PERF ON COVER...
• A REMARKABLE selection of FINE and SCARCE 1857 TRANSITIONAL COVERS, including examples from the RARE PLATES 40, 49 AND 52, a SCARCE VERTICAL PAIR in the RED-ORANGE shade, and a couple in an EARLY DEEP ROSE-RED shade, printed at SAVOY STREET...
  
• An interesting and varied batch of other covers: a nice 'BLACK' PLATE RED from Plate 8 in STATE 3, and a useful example of the RARE C1 PLATE 204 on cover...

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