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***

PLATING SERVICE
I now have a backlog of some 200+, but because of travel and other commitments, I will have little opportunity to do any plating for some time. Accordingly please do not send any plating without speaking to me first. In any event, nothing more before JUNE 2019 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: 22.5.2019

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

LATEST NEW BITS & PIECES!

...on the C10-C13 PAGE, a fine selection of 44 NEW C11s from almost all plates used, including most of the RAREST C11 PLATES, featuring several each of 37, 45, 49 and 58, and some interesting MATCHED PAIRS... Also now added, a SCARCE BLOCK OF FOUR from C13 Plate R15...

NEW STAMPS   B:934 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'JB' CONSTANT VARIETY, £195.00 B:937 1840 1d Black Plate 2 'KA' CONSTANT VARIETY SUPERB £195.00 B:918 1840 1d Black Plate 3 'TC' SCARCER PLATE ORANGE MX SUPERB £250.00 B:936 1840 1d Black/1d Red-brown Plate 9 'MJ' MATCHED PAIR SCARCER PLATE IN BLACK VGL NE, HGL SW £315.00 B:933 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 4 'MJ' 'SPOTTY' PLATE, SUPERB SOLD B:925 1840 1d Black Plate 6 'LB' CONSTANT VARIETIES £165.00 B:939 1840 1d Black Plate 7 'LC' CONSTANT VARIETY SUPERB SOLD   BL:1648 1840 2d Pale Blue Plate 1 'MJ' RED MX, 'TWO' FLAW £275.00 B:928 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 8 'EJ' SCARCER PLATE UNLISTED SHADE VGL NE £225.00 RM:3886 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 2 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE £115.00 RM:3888 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 9 'MJ-MK' RARE PAIR VGLs NE/SE £150.00 RM:3887 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 8 'MJ' CONSTANT VARIETY £50.00 B:931 1840 1d Black Plate 10 'LC' VERY SCARCE PLATE, THIN PAPER £365.00 BL:1429 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'QC' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE, HUGE MARGINS £325.00   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:3837 1841 1d Red Plate 14 'CI' SCARCER PLATE ?DOUBLE 'I'? £35.00 B:912 1840 1d Black/1d Red-brown Plate 10 'RL' MATCHED PAIR SCARCE PLATE IN BLACK 'P' CONVERTED TO 'R', BASAL SHIFT £495.00 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 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:3807 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'CB' SCARCE PLATE SCARCE IRISH CORK MX £45.00 RM:3760 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'KB' SCARCE DUBLIN II MX, SCARCE PLATE £40.00 RM:3889 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 18 'MJ' SCARCE PLATE VERY RARE WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE MALTESE CROSS £1250.00 RM:3808 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'SB' SCARCE NO.2 IN MX, SCARCE PLATE SOLD RM:3823 1841 1d Red Plate 40 'KD' SCARCE PLATE SCARCE NO.8 IN MALTESE CROSS £50.00 Ri:5727 1844 1d Orange-brown Plate 52 'QE' SCARCE SHADE E/W RECUT £65.00   Ri:5679 1846 1d Red Plate 68 'RH' BASAL SHIFT VERY FINE £9.50 Ri:5650 1851 1d Red Plate 121 'KB' SCARCE MOUNTED MINT, WITH GOOD GUM £125.00 Ri:B2:5695 1852 1d Orange-brown Plate 146 'OL' SCARCE SHADE, HUGE MARGINS £85.00 BL:1548 1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue Plate 4 'TA' LAVENDER PAPER £195.00 Ri:B2:5718 1853 1d Red Plate 161 'QF' SCARCE ISLE OF MAN CANCEL, LATE USE HUGE MARGINS £16.50 Ri:B2:5622 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'DJ' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY, Ex STATHAM CREASE £155.00 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 Ri:5682 1851 1d Red Plate 125 'NG-OI' VERY RARE BLOCK OF SIX ON LAVENDER PAPER JERSEY '409' CANCELS £225.00 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: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:C3:12445 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 2 'AD' RARE IMPRIMATUR Ex STATHAM £325.00 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:C5:12531 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 10 'GE' SCARCE ISSUE £32.50 RP:C6:11722 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 18 'KI' VERY SCARCE PLATE £45.00 RP:C6:12317 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 20 'OG' SCARCE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY £27.50   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:C8:12293 1856 1d Orange- red C8(7) Plate 32 'SA' SCARCE SHADE £30.00 RP:C8A:12745 1856 1d Red-brown on White paper C8A Plate 38 'MA' RARE MINT, FULL O.G., MOUNT MARK SELVEDGE ONLY MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £295.00 RP:C9:12406 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 27 'PE' Ex TONNA SCARCE CANCEL 'THIN AND GRITTY' INK SOLD RP:C9:12413 1857 1d Pale Red C9(3) Plate 33 'SJ' SCARCE PLATE FAULT £15.00 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:C9:12737 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 49 'PB' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY £125.00 RP:C11:12574 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 37 'JL' SCARCER PLATE, SCARCE CANCEL £40.00 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: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:GV:948 1913 £1 Dull Blue-green 'Seahorse' SG404 VERY FINE & SCARCE £525.00 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 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: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) SOLD   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:B2:1582 1852 1d Lake-red Plate 158 'IB' Empty envelope London to Ledbury 25 JUNE 1853 RARE SHADE SOLD 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 £45.00 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:C3:1548 1855 1d Red-brown C3 Plate 19 'EJ', Edinburgh to Haddington 30 NOVEMBER 1855 EDINBURGH ROLLER SCARCE C3 PLATE SOLD 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 £75.00   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: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 £285.00 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:C9:1528 1857 1d Red-orange C9(2) Plate 46 'QI' Chesterfield to Bakewell 30 MARCH 1857 Pre-fire Transitional SCARCE PLATE & SHADE £65.00

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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