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

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POSTAGE PRICE INCREASES: I have managed to keep my postage prices more or less static, with only minor variation, for several years now. Unfortunately however, swingeing price increases by Royal Mail, with effect from MONDAY 23 MARCH 2020, mean that I have been forced to increase my prices across the board...sorry!

PLATING SERVICE
I now have a considerable plating backlog, and with current commitments, I cannot accept any more before April 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...

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LATEST UPDATE: 6.4.2020

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

WORK IN PROGRESS...

An exceptionally pretty and VERY SCARCE DATED PIECE on the 2d BLUES PAGE, bearing a HORIZONTAL PAIR of the SCARCE SG23 Small Crown, Perf.14, Plate 4 issue, on a letter Liverpool to Bordeaux, cancelled with LIVERPOOL SPOONS...

NEW STAMPS   B:944 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 2 'TE' STATE 2 SCARCE SOLD B:950 1840 1d Black Plate 3 'AH' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE £210.00 B:951 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'EF' ORANGE MALTESE CROSS SOLD B:948 1840 1d Black/1d Red-brown Plate 2 'TJ' MATCHED PAIR STATES 1 & 2 HGL ABOVE NE,VGL NE PEGB CERTIFICATE £475.00 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: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:1665 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'CB' SCARCE RED MALTESE CROSS SOLD BL:1664 1840 2d Blue Plate 2 'KK' £275.00 BL:1662 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'DK-DL' SCARCE PAIR £575.00 BL:1667 1840 2d Blue Plate 2 'OC' RARE 1844 NUMERAL £250.00 RM:3892 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 1B 'NF' SCARCE PLATE RETOUCHED LETTERS SUPERB £150.00 RM:3886 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE £115.00   RM:3922 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'NC' SCARCE PLATE PALE SHADE BURR-RUB S SOLD RM:3970 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'PE' SCARCE PLATE £85.00 RM:3896 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 8 'AE' STATE 2 RE-ENTRY SUPERB £115.00 RM:3920 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 1b 'HK' SCARCE PLATE MAJOR RE-ENTRY LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MX SOLD RM:3887 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 8 'MJ' CONSTANT VARIETY £50.00 RM:3899 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 9 'TB' DOUBLE 'T' £75.00 RM:3941 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 10 'DH' SCARCE STATE 2 £70.00   RM:3903 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 10 'RH' 'P' CONVERTED TO 'R' £85.00 RM:3904 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 11 'EC' CONSTANT VARIETY £35.00 RM:3926 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 11 'LD' SUPERB £45.00 B:961 1840/41 1d Black/Red-brown Plate 11 'ID' RARE PLATE MATCHED PAIR £995.00 RM:3905 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 11 'TK' RE-ENTRY £55.00 RM:3800 1841 1d Red Plate 12 'SG' SCARCER PLATE, GREENOCK MALTESE CROSS £85.00 RM:3884 1841 1d Red-brown 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 £60.00 RM:3968 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 18 'MH' SCARCE PLATE BASAL SHIFT £35.00 RM:3889 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 18 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE VERY RARE WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE MALTESE CROSS £1250.00 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 RM:3823 1841 1d Red Plate 40 'KD' SCARCE PLATE SCARCE NO.8 IN MALTESE CROSS £50.00   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:5804 1848 1d Red Plate 84 'KG-KH' HUGE-MARGINED PAIR BASAL SHIFTS, CONSTANT VARIETIES RARE SO FINE SOLD Ri:5736 1850 1d Red Plate 95 'OC' SCARCE BLUE LONDON DISTRICT '41' SUPERB £100.00 Ri:5807 1851 1d Red Plate 107 'RK' RARE PLATE SOLD Ri:5803 1851 1d Red Plate 110 'HL' SCARCER PLATE SUPERB £18.50   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:B2:5802 1853 1d Red Plate 173 'LC' SCARCER PLATE, SOLD BL:1548 1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue Plate 4 'TA' LAVENDER PAPER £195.00 RP:C1:12549 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 163 'RF', SCARCE PLATE £75.00 RP:C1:12557 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 164 'SG' STATE 2 SUPERB £50.00 RP:C1:12562 1854 1d Plum C1(4) Plate 173 'CL' STATE 2 RARE SHADE £225.00   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:C1:12547 1854 1d Red C1yb Plate 204 'II', SCARCE PLATE, BLUE 'INNELLAN' SCOTS LOCAL £95.00 RP:C2:12540 1855 1d Red C2 Plate R5 'OG-OH' SCARCE PAIR £125.00 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:C2:12541 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 200 'EC' SCARCE PLATE SUPERB £125.00   RP:C5:12758 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 8 'PK' NORTHWICH '574' RARE CANCEL RARITY 'H' £20.00 RP:C5:12709 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 7 'SL' SCARCE ISSUE LONG STAMP £37.50 RP:C6:12759 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 8 'EE' 'CASTLE STREET' SCOTS LOCAL £10.00 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:C6:12317 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 20 'OG' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY SOLD 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:C7:12760 1856 1d Red C8 Plate 30 'QE' SCARCE SCOTS STRICHEN '315' £8.50 RP:C9:12489 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 40 'OI' RARE PLATE SCARCE SHADE CONSTANT VARIETY £125.00 RP:C9:12670 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 47 'NA' RARE UNUSED (NO GUM) £110.00 RP:C9:12674 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 49 'NG' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY DATED PIECE OF 25 JULY 1857 LIVERPOOL SPOON £120.00 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 Misc:QV:921 1855 4d Deep Carmine SG62a ON SLIGHTLY BLUE PAPER VERY SCARCE £95.00

OTHER PHILATELIC MATERIAL:

A lovely batch of 1d 'STARS' COVERS from the C3-C6 GROUP, including SCARCER plates and nice cancels. Also a fine RARE PAIR OF SG27 on cover to FRANCE. Added previously a useful selection of earlier 1d 'STARS', with several C1s from PLATE 175 to R5, a RARE PAIR of C2 PLATE 200, and a further very nice selection of C3-C6 covers, including several SCARCE PLATES...

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 £85.00 C:RM:1602 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 12 'SC' BASINGSTOKE TO LONDON 12 JULY 1841 SCARCER PLATE MISSING IMPRIMATUR £30.00 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: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) £30.00 C:C3:1576 1855 1d Red-brown C3 Plate 10 'FG' Bristol to Machynlleth 11 SEPTEMBER 1855 SCARCER C3 PLATE SUPERB USED 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 £72.50 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:C6:1539 1855 1d Red-brown C6 Plate 18 'DB', Newcastle (Staffs) to Stafford 19 JUNE 1856 SCARCE C6 PLATE SOLD 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:BL:1597 1855 2d Blue SG27/F5 Plate 5 'GE-GF', Bolton to Rouen, France 28-30 NOVEMBER 1855 RARE ISSUE, RARE PAIR RARE ON COVER SOLD 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: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 £75.00

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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