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...

Can't find what you want? Contact me via the 'HELP' button...

***NEWS***

***HOLIDAY TIME!***

SUMMER BY THE SEA!

Yes, it's that time of year again... We are now away until late August. No orders can now be processed before WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST, when orders placed while we are away will be dealt with on the usual FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis. Although internet access abroad can sometimes be patchy, all orders will be acknowledged as soon as possible, and this Website updated as frequently as possible.

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NEW POSTAGE RATES
With regret, after having kept my postage rates static for several years, while prices have crept remorselessly upwards, the latest rise (1 April 2018) forces me to raise my rates - but as little as I can afford! See 'Ordering' for the new rates...

PLATING SERVICE
I currently have no plating backlog, but because of holiday commitments, I will have little opportunity to do any plating. Accordingly please do not send any plating without speaking to me first. In any event, nothing before SEPTEMBER will now be considered. 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: 24.7.2018

Not today's date? We update most days - check you're seeing the latest version - right click in space on every page, then scroll down and left click on 'REFRESH'...

NEW STAMPS STOCK

• A nice C1 PLUM...
• A MAJOR RE-STOCK of the TRANSITIONAL C9 page, with examples from most plates, including MATCHED PAIRS and TRIOS, and plenty of the SCARCER PLATES, including the RARE PLATES 45 & 49...
• On the TWOPENNY BLUES PAGE, a comprehensive selection of FINE 2d BLUES 1840-1875, including most of the SCARCEST ISSUES, some UNUSUALLY FINE examples of PLATE 3 cancelled with MALTESE CROSS, and a useful batch of the later TWOPENNY PLATES...
• The MAJOR RESTOCK of the C8 PAGE is still ongoing - up already, a useful selection of the earlier plates up to PLATE 34, including a SCARCE PAIR of PLATE 26, and a RARE MATCHED PAIR of C8/C9 on Plate 31, the C8 with a GREEN CANCEL. Recently added also is a nice selection of the DIFFICULT shades, including PLUM, DEEP CLARET, and ORANGE-RED, and some nice examples of the LATE PLATES 46 AND 47, including a SPECTACULAR RARE STRIP OF SIX. Lots more to come...

NEW STAMPS   B:908 1840 1d Grey-Black Plate 1a 'CJ' VERY FINE £175.00 B:902 1840 1d Black Plate 1b 'IJ' CONSTANT VARIETY, SUPERB £195.00 B:885 1840 1d Grey-Black Plate 3 'CH' SCARCER PLATE HUGE MARGINS £195.00 B:879 1840 1d Black/1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'LE' CONSTANT VARIETY SCARCE MATCHED PAIR £300.00 B:903 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'OK' HGL VALUE SUPERB £165.00 B:906 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 6 'LG' STATE 1 £165.00 B:901 1840 1d Black Plate 7 'NE' HUGE MARGINS SUPERB £225.00   B:897 1840 1d Grey-Black Plate 10 'RC' VERY SCARCE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY, 'P' CONVERTED TO 'R' £365.00 BL:1425 1840 2d Steel Blue Plate 1 'DK' SCARCE SHADE, BASAL SHIFT, 'TWO' FLAWS SOLD BL:1426 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 'FD' LARGE MARGINS SCARCE £200.00 B:895 1840 1d Black/1d Red-brown Plate 9 'GE' MATCHED PAIR 1d RED SCARCE STATE II £325.00 BL:1424 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'KB' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE, HGL VALUE £325.00 BL:1429 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'QC' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE, HUGE MARGINS £325.00 RM:3555 1841 1d Red 'Black' Plate 9 'HG' SCARCE NO.9 IN MALTESE CROSS £150.00   RM:3776 1841 1d Red Plate 12 'TI' SCARCER PLATE, LEEDS 'SPECIAL MALTESE CROSS £125.00 RM:3661 1841 1d Red Plate 13 'DB' SCARCE PLATE, DOUBLE LETTER 'D' £35.00 RM:3749 1841 1d Deep Red-brown SG10 Plate 13 'SG' SCARCE PLATE £48.50 RM:3705 1841 1d Red 'Black' Plate 9 'JL' DOUBLE 'L', LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MALTESE CROSS £280.00 RM:3623 1841 1d Red Plate 20 'LD' GREENOCK MX £65.00 BL:1518 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'KE' HGL VALUE, VGL NE, SCARCE NO.12 IN MX SUPERB £185.00 RM:3765 1841 1d Red Plate 26 'HK' NORWICH MX £120.00   RM:3760 1841 1d Red Plate 28 'HB' MAJOR RE-ENTRY £45.00 BL:1498 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'SB' VGL NE, SCARCER BLACK MX, RPS CERT, SUPERB £95.00 RM:3760 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'KB' SCARCE DUBLIN II MX, SCARCE PLATE £40.00 BL:1428 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'CD-CF' SCARCE STRIP SCARCE MALTESE CROSS CANCELS VGL NE 'CF' SUPERB £250.00 RM:3763 1841 1d Red Plate 38 'EA' SCARCE NO.10 IN MX, TRANSITIONAL PLATE £75.00 Ri:5650 1851 1d Red Plate 121 'KB' SCARCE MOUNTED MINT, WITH GOOD GUM £125.00 Ri:5622 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'DJ' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY Ex STATHAM £265.00   RP:C1:12444 1854 1d Red-brown C1 Plate 192 'GL' RARE IMPRIMATUR Ex STATHAM SOLD BL:1432 1854 2d Pale Blue SG20 Plate 4 'HA' UNUSUALLY FINE £32.50 RP:C1:12446 1854 1d Plum C1(4) Plate 202 'DB' RARE SHADE £185.00 Ri:B2:5649 1853 1d Red B2 Plate 163 'GD-HE' RARE BLOCK FOUR MARGINS, SMALL FAULT £85.00 RP:C2:12215 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 200 'LF' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETIES £75.00 BL:1433 1855 2d Blue SG20a Plate 5 'NB' SCARCE ISSUE £85.00 RP:C2:12212 1855 1d Orange- brown C2(5) Plate 203 'LB' RARE SHADE SCARCER PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £125.00   RP:C3:12445 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 2 'AD' RARE IMPRIMATUR Ex STATHAM £325.00 BL:1434 1855 2d Blue SG23a Plate 5 'QI' SCARCE ISSUE £85.00 RP:C6:12320 1855 1d Yellow- brown C6(2) Plate 10 'OA' DIFFICULT SHADE, CARDIFF CDS SCARCE CANCEL 27 APRIL 1856 £20.00 RP:C3:11827 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 13 'NE-NF' SCARCE PLATE HORIZONTAL PAIR LIVERPOOL SPOON 29 JUNE 1855 £165.00 RP:C6:11722 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 18 'KI' VERY SCARCE PLATE £45.00 BL:1431 1855 2d Blue SG27 Plate 5 'RG' VERY SCARCE ISSUE £85.00 RP:C6:12317 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 20 'OG' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £27.50   RP:C8:12266 1856 1d Deep Claret on Very Blue Paper C8(6) Plate 31 'ND' RARE SHADE IVORY HEAD CONSTANT VARIETY SOLD BL:1442 1855 2d Blue SG34 Plate 5 'LG' RARE CANCEL £25.00 RP:C8:12293 1856 1d Orange- red C8(7) Plate 32 'SA' SCARCE SHADE £30.00 RP:C8:12306 1856 1d Red C8 Plate 22 'II-IJ' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY DATED PIECE OF 11 JUNE 1856 GLASGOW 'MADELEINE SMITH' CANCEL MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £450.00 RP:C9:11685 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 40 'ED' RARE PLATE SCARCE SHADE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £95.00 BL:1448 1857 2d Blue SG35 Plate 6 'II' SUPERB £22.50 RP:C9:12489 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 40 'OI' RARE PLATE SCARCE SHADE CONSTANT VARIETY £125.00   RP:C9:11812 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 49 'EC' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY £110.00 RP:C10:12137 1863 1d Pale Rose-pink C10(6) Plate 48 'HG' SCARCER SHADE, CONSTANT VARIETY £13.50 RP:C13:12005 1862 1d Rose-red C13 Plate R16 'OA' FINE UNUSED (NO GUM) £45.00 BL:1410 1855 2d Blue SG23a/20a/34 Plate 5 'RE' RARE MATCHED TRIO £195.00 Misc:QV:893 1847 10d Brown Embossed SG57 VERY FINE, SCARCE £325.00 Misc:QV:921 1855 4d Deep Carmine SG62a ON SLIGHTLY BLUE PAPER VERY SCARCE £95.00 Misc:QV:918 1856 1s Deep Green SG71 Plate 1 VERY SCARCE £135.00   Misc:QV:933 1856 1s Pale Green SG73 Plate 1 SCARCE £85.00 Misc:QV:916 1867 10d Pale Red-brown SG113/Z72 Plate 1 'SB' 'A26' MALTA USED ABROAD FINE & SCARCE £100.00 Misc:QV:908 1876 4d Vermilion SG152/Z11 Plate 15 'OJ' 'C51' ST THOMAS (WEST INDIES) USED ABROAD FINE & SCARCE £100.00 Misc:QV:879 1884 £1 Brown-lilac SG185 'LA' VERY FINE & RARE £795.00 Misc:QV:875 1874 5s Pale Rose SG127 Plate 2 'BC' FINE & VERY SCARCE £325.00 Misc:QV:878 1878 £1 Brown-lilac SG129 Plate 1 'HD' FINE & RARE £1000.00 Misc:QV:884 1884 10s Pale Ultramarine SG183a 'BG' VERY FINE & SCARCE £165.00

OTHER RECENT ADDITIONS:

• On the ALPHABET I IMPERFS PAGE, three nice examples of the very scarce PLATE 107...
• On the ALPHABET II IMPERFS PAGE, a useful selection of the SCARCE LATE PLATES, including several nice PLATE 175s...
• On the C1 PAGE, an EXCEPTIONAL selection of WELL-CENTRED and LIGHTLY CANCELLED SUPERB QUALITY C1s, and a useful small batch of VERY FINE examples of the DIFFICULT C2 ISSUE, including examples of the SCARCE PLATES 200 and 201...and another 30 or so further C1s have now been added, including a useful SCARCE PLATE 199 and a FINE PLATE 166 MATCHED PAIR...
• On the Die II Alph II 1d Stars page, to add to the recent MAJOR RESTOCK, a selection of a couple of dozen particularly fine C3s, C4s and C6s, including some SCARCER PLATES, a couple of the more DIFFICULT SHADES, and some interesting SCARCER CANCELS...
• A MAJOR RE-STOCK of the 'PLATE NUMBERS' page - consisting of a FINE batch of carefully selected examples of the better 1d plates, including a useful PLATE 225 and OVER 85 OTHER PLATES, with MINT and CDS used copies, SCARCER cancels and dated pieces. Also now loaded: over 40 ½d 'Bantams', including PLATE 9s, PART IMPERF, WMK INVERTED, and CDS examples, and a useful dozen or so 1½d 'Shields' from both plates...
• On the MISCELLANEOUS LATER ISSUES page, a useful selection of the SCARCE EARLY SURFACE-PRINTED issues ...
• IMPRIMATUR PHOTOS: I have a number of duplicate NPM Imprimatur Photos, superfluous to my collection, which I am offering for sale at £10 each. These are high quality ACTUAL SIZE black-and-white photographs of the First Registration Sheet, i.e. the first sheet off the press of each new plate, and are invaluable plating reference tools. Another batch of these has now been loaded, most on the 1844 1d REDS page, but including the RARE PLATE 22 on the DIE II ALPH III (C7-C13) page. More will be loaded progressively over coming weeks. (In addition to those plates already listed, I also have the following Die I plates available: 5, 13, 18, 20, 47-56, 58, 59, 100-103, 107, 109-112 and 114. Please contact me if any of these are required.)

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY STOCK

• A useful batch of 25 or so covers of various periods, including a couple of nice MALTESE CROSS COVERS, a ggodly 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...

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY   C:B:1430 1840 1d Black Plate 2 'GJ,JL' TWO SINGLES JEDBURGH TO MELROSE, 8 AUGUST 1840 NO RAY FLAWS £425.00 C:B:1437 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'QI' ABERDEEN TO MUIR OF RHYNIE, 13 NOVEMBER 1840, CANCELLED RARE ABERDEEN RUBY MALTESE CROSS (MIKE JACKSON CERTIFICATE), BASAL SHIFT £1750.00 C:B:1522 1840 1d Black Plate 6 'SJ' MANCHESTER TO BOLTON, 3 SEPTEMBER 1840 LARGE MARGINS £285.00 C:B:1435 1840 1d Black Plate 10 'EB' RARE PLATE ON COVER HUDDERSFIELD TO LONDON, 1 APRIL 1841 £1250.00 C:RM:1481 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 14 'QB' BARROW UPON HUMBER to BRIGG 21 DECEMBER 1841 SCARCE BARROW UDC MAJOR BASAL SHIFT £65.00 C:RM:1519 1841 1d Deep Red-brown Plate 15 'KL' London to Nottingham 28 SEPTEMBER 1841 SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE £30.00 C:RM:1507 1842 1d Red-brown Plate 25 'PE' Manchester to Dundee 26 SEPTEMBER 1842 EARLY USE OF SCARCE MANCHESTER TYPE II MX (ROCKOFF & JACKSON p.194) £40.00 C:BL:1478 1841 2d Blue ES11f,i Plate 3 'HH-HJ' LONDON to NEWPORT (Mon.) 2 JANUARY 1845, 'HH': VGL NE, 'HJ': 'J' FLAW VERY SCARCE MULTIPLE ON COVER £225.00   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:Ri:1495 1845 1d Red-brown Plate 63 'GB,IL' London to Carlisle 24 NOVEMBER 1845 STRAIGHT-LINE 'CLERKENWELL GREEN' LONDON LOCAL 'LATE FEE' USE? BASAL SHIFT 'GB', CONSTANT VARIETY 'IL' £25.00 C:Ri:1510 1846 1d Red-brown Plate 71 'RH' THETFORD to BIGGLESWADE 4 MARCH 1847 'POTTON PENNY POST' DOUBLE 'H', BASAL SHIFT SUPERB £25.00 C:Ri:1494 1851 1d Red-brown Plate 117 'RE' LEEDS to THIRSK 19 APRIL 1852 SCARCE PLATE £25.00   C:C2:1485 1855 1d Red-brown C2 Plate 194 'HB' Shirley (Hants) via Southampton to Godalming 3 MAY 1855 VERY SCARCE PLATE £135.00 C:C4:1467 1855 1d Brick-red C4(3)va Plate 7 'IG-IH' Liverpool-Daventry 10 MAY 1855 CANCELLED WITH LIVERPOOL SPOONS, TYPE A15, CODE X £50.00 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 £72.50 C:C5:1469 1855 1d Red-brown C5 Plate 8 'EK', Leeds to London 17 MARCH 1856 SCARCE ISSUE ON COVER £65.00   C:C9:1518 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 36 'SJ,TI' London to Halifax 8 May 1857, Savoy Street Transitional, Straight-line 'BLOOMSBURY' London local on obverse FINE & SCARCE £65.00 C:C10:1498 1857 1d Rose-red C10 Plate R17 'RD', London local (front only), 8 OCTOBER 1863 SCARCER PLATE, SCARCE CANCEL £12.50 C:BL:1473 1858 2d Deep Blue SG36a Spec F8 Plate 6 'ML', London to Huntingdon 1 APRIL 1858 RARE ISSUE ON COVER £125.00 C:C11:1479 1858 1d Rose-red C11 Plate 55 'FK', Buckie to Lossiemouth, via Elgin, 12 JULY 1858 SCARCE ISSUE ON COVER, CONSTANT VARIETY £45.00

OTHER RECENT ADDITIONS:

• 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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