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***

CHILL-OUT TIME!

**HOLIDAY TIME** We're now away until TUESDAY 8 JANUARY 2019. Orders placed in our absence will be processed on our return on the usual FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis. Internet access can be somewhat patchy where we're going, but I will acknowledge orders as soon as possible...

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 FEBRUARY 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: 14.12.2018

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

LATEST ADDITIONS:

...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...

OTHER NEW ADDITIONS FOR THE NEW AUTUMN SEASON! A massive amount of wonderful new stock, including 1d Blacks, 2d Blues, 1841 1d Reds with Maltese Cross, 1844 1d Reds, Archer Perfs and lots more...and not to forget a couple of lovely £1 Seahorses... Notable items: a MATCHED PAIR in black and red of the SCARCE PLATE 10, several DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSSES, a few nice NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS, a couple of SIGNIFICANT BLOCKS of 1d Reds, including a VERY RARE BLOCK OF SIX on LAVENDER PAPER, and a selection of ARCHER PERFS including one ON COVER. 2d BLUES include nice examples from most issues, with a SPECTACULAR BLOCK OF FOUR cancelled with EDINBURGH SPECIAL MALTESE CROSSES. Enjoy!

NEW STAMPS   B:902 1840 1d Black Plate 1b 'IJ' CONSTANT VARIETY, SUPERB £195.00 B:917 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 2 'LI' SCARCE BLACK MX £250.00 B:918 1840 1d Black Plate 3 'TC' SCARCER PLATE ORANGE MX SUPERB £250.00 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 B:921 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'LF' CONSTANT VARIETY SUPERB £225.00 B:925 1840 1d Black Plate 6 'LB' CONSTANT VARIETIES £165.00 B:928 1840 1d Black Plate 8 'NK' SCARCER PLATE HGL VALUE £200.00   BL:1521 1840 2d Plate 1 'BF' RED MX, 'TWO' FLAWS £325.00 B:930 1840 1d Black Plate 9 'PL' SCARCER PLATE HGL VALUE AND SE £285.00 BL:1426 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 'FD' LARGE MARGINS SCARCE £200.00 C:B:1532 1840 1d Greyish-Black/1d Red-brown Plate 11 'BL' RARE MATCHED PAIR BLACK ON COVER DOUBLE LETTER 'L' (NEW DISCOVERY) £3750.00 BL:1424 1840 2d Deep Blue Plate 2 'KB' SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE, HGL VALUE £325.00 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:3749 1841 1d Deep Red-brown SG10 Plate 13 'SG' SCARCE PLATE £48.50 RM:3837 1841 1d Red Plate 14 'CI' SCARCER PLATE ?DOUBLE 'I'? £35.00 BL:1522 1840 2d Deep Full Blue Plate 1 'KG-KH' SCARCE PAIR £475.00 RM:3801 1841 1d Deep Red-brown Plate 15 'BK' BASAL SHIFT £25.00 BL:1518 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'KE' HGL VALUE, VGL NE, SCARCE NO.12 IN MX SUPERB £185.00 RM:3806 1841 1d Red Plate 18 'GC' BASAL SHIFT SCARCE PLATE £39.50   RM:3623 1841 1d Red Plate 20 'LD' GREENOCK MX SOLD 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 BL:1519 1841 2d Deep Full Blue Plate 3 'HD-IE' RARE BLOCK WITH MXs, SCARCE EDINBURGH SPECIAL 'BALLOON' TYPE 6 MALTESE CROSS CANCELS VGLs NE ALL UNITS, HGL VALUE 'HE' £750.00 RM:3760 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'KB' SCARCE DUBLIN II MX, SCARCE PLATE £40.00 RM:3808 1841 1d Red Plate 30 'SB' SCARCE NO.2 IN MX, SCARCE PLATE £50.00 RM:3823 1841 1d Red Plate 40 'KD' SCARCE PLATE SCARCE NO.8 IN MALTESE CROSS £50.00   Ri:5679 1841 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:B2:3622 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'DJ' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY, Ex STATHAM CREASE £155.00 BL:1548 1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue Plate 4 'TA' LAVENDER PAPER £195.00 Ri:B2:5655 1853 1d Red Plate 175 'MB' RARE PLATE £175.00 RP:C1:12555 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 157 'DG' SCARCER PLATE £50.00 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:C3:11827 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 13 'NE-NF' SCARCE PLATE HORIZONTAL PAIR LIVERPOOL SPOON 29 JUNE 1855 £165.00 RP:C5:12531 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 10 'GE' SCARCE ISSUE £32.50 RP:C5:12675 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 15 'CD' RAREST C5 PLATE, SCARCE ISSUE & CANCEL SOLD RP:C6:12320 1855 1d Yellow- brown C6(2) Plate 8 'OA' DIFFICULT SHADE, CARDIFF CDS SCARCE CANCEL 27 APRIL 1856 £20.00   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:C7:12672 1855 1d Red C7 Plate 24 'FC' RARE ISSUE £195.00 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:C7:12673 1855 1d Red C7 Plate 26 'DB' RARE ISSUE SCARCE PLATE £195.00 RP:C8:12293 1856 1d Orange- red C8(7) Plate 32 'SA' SCARCE SHADE £30.00 RP:C9:12406 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 27 'PE' Ex TONNA SCARCE CANCEL 'THIN AND GRITTY' INK £30.00   BL:1431 1855 2d Blue SG27 Plate 5 'RG' VERY SCARCE ISSUE £85.00 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:C9:12674 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 49 'NG' RARE PLATE CONSTANT VARIETY DATED PIECE OF 25 JULY 1857 LIVERPOOL SPOON £120.00 RP:C9:12670 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 47 'NA' RARE UNUSED (NO GUM) £110.00 RP:C9:11812 1857 1d Pale Rose C9(4) Plate 49 'EC' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY £110.00 BL:1448 1857 2d Blue SG35 Plate 6 'II' SUPERB £22.50   RP:C11:12574 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 37 'JL' SCARCER PLATE, SCARCE CANCEL £40.00 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 RP:C10:C11:12579 1857 1d Rose-red C10/C11 Plate 49 'BJ' VERY RARE PLATE C11 SCARCE MATCHED £200.00 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:GV:947 1913 £1 Dull Blue-green 'Seahorse' SG404 VERY FINE & SCARCE £550.00 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:

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

LATEST 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...

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY   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: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: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: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: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: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 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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