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***

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
My plating backlog has now cleared, but because of coming travel commitments, I will have little opportunity to do any significant quantity of plating. Accordingly please do not send any plating without speaking to me first. In any event, nothing before MAY 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: 19.4.2018

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

• A useful batch of TRANSITIONAL C9s, including MATCHED PAIRS and TRIOS, and SCARCER PLATES with examples of 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...
• 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...
• Current work in progress: a long overdue MAJOR RESTOCK of the C8 PAGE - 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. Just 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...
• On the MISCELLANEOUS LATER ISSUES page, a useful selection of the SCARCE EARLY SURFACE-PRINTED issues ...

NEW STAMPS   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:903 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'OK' HGL VALUE SUPERB £165.00 B:879 1840 1d Black/1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'LE' CONSTANT VARIETY SCARCE MATCHED PAIR £300.00 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:904 1840 1d Black Plate 8 'LB' SCARCER PLATE VGL NE £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 £200.00 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:3704 1841 1d Red 'Black' Plate 8 'KA' LARGE MARGINS, VERY FINE SOLD   RM:3555 1841 1d Red 'Black' Plate 9 'HG' SCARCE NO.9 IN MALTESE CROSS £150.00 RM:3707 1841 1d Red 'Black' Plate 10 'KE' LARGE MARGINS, VERY FINE SOLD RM:3661 1841 1d Red Plate 13 'DB' SCARCE PLATE, DOUBLE LETTER 'D' £35.00 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 RM:3719 1841 1d Red Plate 37 'BI' SCARCE NO.10 IN MX, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £85.00 Ri:5629 1851 1d Red Plate 107 'EK' SCARCE PLATE SOLD   Ri:5622 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'DJ' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY Ex STATHAM £265.00 BL:1436 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'HB' BASAL SHIFT, VGL NE, SCARCE CANCEL £45.00 Ri:5621 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'RG' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY SOLD BL:1428 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'CD-CF' SCARCE STRIP SCARCE MALTESE CROSS CANCELS VGL NE 'CF' SUPERB £250.00 RP:CE2:12203 1851 1d Red-brown CE2 Plate 98 'JA' RARE ARCHER PERF SOLD BL:1435 1849 2d Blue Plate 4 'HB' UB SHIFT £22.50 RP:C1:11791 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 170 'NG' VERY RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY SOLD   RP:C1:11906 1854 1d Orange- red C1(5) Plate 179 'GD' RARE SHADE SOLD BL:1432 1854 2d Pale Blue SG20 Plate 4 'HA' UNUSUALLY FINE £32.50 RP:C1:12226 1854 1d Brick- red C1(3) Plate 203 'OA' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE SUPERB SOLD RP:C3:11827 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 13 'NE-NF' SCARCE PLATE HORIZONTAL PAIR LIVERPOOL SPOON 29 JUNE 1855 £165.00 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:C4:12345 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 11 'RD' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £45.00 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: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:C6:11722 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:C8:12275 1856 1d Red-brown C8 Plate 46 'CG-CI' SCARCER PLATE RARE STRIP CONSTANT VARIETY 'CH' £85.00 RP:C8:12313 1856 1d Plum C8(3) Plate 40 'KD' RARE SHADE SOLD BL:1448 1857 2d Blue SG35 Plate 6 'II' SUPERB £22.50 RP:C9:11685 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 40 'ED' RARE PLATE SCARCE SHADE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £95.00   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:

• NOW COMPLETED! A long overdue 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...
• 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, 114 and 117. Please contact me if any of these are required.)

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY STOCK

• 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:1474 1840 1d Black Plate 7 'FA' LONDON TO DURHAM, 7 OCTOBER 1840 DOUBLE LETTER 'F' £200.00 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:1406 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 32 'LH' Norwich to Bungay 21 SEPTEMBER 1843 CONSTANT VARIETY, CANCELLED NORWICH MALTESE CROSS, RARE ON COVER £450.00 C:RM:1482 1843 1d Red-brown Plate 33 'PA-PF' OXFORD to WARWICK (VIA LEAMINGTON) 12 DECEMBER 1843 'PA' RARE STATE II RE-ENTRY £450.00 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: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:C4:1468 1855 1d Red-brown C4vb Plate 9 'JK', Tarbolton to Stranraer via Kilmarnock 12 JANUARY 1856 CANCELLED WITH KILMARNOCK '203' EXPERIMENTAL DUPLEX IN BLUE SOLD C:C5:1470 1855 1d Red-brown C5 Plate 2 'QG', London to Wexford (Ireland) 9 OCTOBER 1855 SCARCE ISSUE ON COVER £45.00   C:C5:1469 1855 1d Red-brown C5 Plate 8 'EK', Leeds to London 17 MARCH 1856 SCARCE ISSUE ON COVER £65.00 C:C6:1471 1855 1d Brown-rose C6(4) Plate 19 'GK', sent from Cologne(Germany), addressed to Selkirk, via Earlstone where stamp applied, and cancelled with Earlstone '129' numeral, then re-directed to Fraserburgh, travelling via Melrose and Aberdeen 17-20 SEPTEMBER 1856. SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE. Interesting and much-travelled cover! £45.00 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...

: I list regularly on Ebay... Click on the link below for my current list - and happy hunting!

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