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NOTES: 1: The most recent research into this period, primarily by Mike Williams and David Slattery, but with contributions from other experts, has established that the 'Transitional' issues can be loosely broken down into three groups, all printed on UNBLUED paper (paper is not necessarily 'toned', and not usually 'thicker'):

I am delighted to see that the most recent edition (2021) of the SG Specialised Catalogue Vol I Part I, now primarily treating Line-engraved issues, has at last got to grips with these difficult issues!

C8A, the Red-brown on 'White' paper shades, occurred both in early and late 1856, and may be found used as late as early 1857 - the use of unblued paper at these times being almost certainly entirely accidental. In effect, this should be regarded more as a 'variety' than an 'issue' as such. In early 1856 Plates 23-26, 28 and 30 were so affected, and then in late 1856 and early 1857, Plates 27, 29, 31-38, 40 and 42-46 appear on white paper. Plates 47 and 48 have now been removed from SG's list of plates known with this variety, as they were put to press too late to be so affected (stamps said to be C8As from these plates should be re-examined, as they are either misplated, or very faintly blued);

The C9 shades are now correctly classified in two groups, the first consisting of what are best termed the 'Pre-fire' shades: C9(1) Orange-brown, C9(2) Red-orange, C9(3) Pale Red, C9(4) Bright Red (formerly listed in error by SG as 'C10(1) - March 1857'), and C9(5) Dull Red appeared in February and March 1857, printed at Perkins Bacon's Whitefriars Fleet Street premises. Plates 27, 31, 33-38, 40 and 42-48 were at press during this period.The new 'Bright Red' shade is closely related to the other pre-fire shades, with no 'Rose-red' in it, the true Rose-red shades not appearing until July. The unblued paper arose as a result of changes in the chemical ingredients of the ink, which were probably not designed to reduce the blueing - there is no evidence to suggest that the removal of the blueing was as a result of any deliberate attempt to achieve this effect.

The C9A shades: In mid-March 1857, Perkins Bacon's Fleet Street premises suffered a major fire, as a result of which much of the prepared stock of stamps (and ink ingredients) was destroyed. The printing operation moved to temporary premises in Savoy Street, at which time, as a result of the use of a temporary 'make do' mix of ink ingredients, the Pale Rose shades (C9A(1)) appeared, giving rise to complaints by the authorities of 'thin and gritty' ink. During the middle of the Savoy Street period, slightly deeper shades appeared (C9A(2) Rose), which are very similar to some pre-fire Pale and Dull Red shades, though lacking the faint orange ingredient. Plates 27, 31, 34, 36-38, 40, 43, 44, 47, and 49-55 were used at Savoy Street. Stamps from plates other than these in 'Pale Rose' shades are probably from printings in the early 1860s, approaching the 1863 Pale Rose-pink, and will usually be found to have the Type II Large Crown watermark - an important distinguishing feature. If not, later postmarks may help to determine these difficult 'wanderers'!

Towards the end of the Savoy Street period, around 26 June 1857, the true 'Rose-red' shades (including a rich Deep Rose-red) appeared, but these are indistingishable from the shades produced on the return to Fleet Street in July 1857, and can only be definitely identified from dated pieces or covers used prior to 21 August 1857 (a Saturday). The current earliest date of use known of a plate not at press until the return to Fleet Street (Plates 56 onwards) is Plate 57, used on 25 August 1857 (a Wednesday), which is exactly 6 weeks after the plate was put to press (14 July 1857). This seems from evidence currently available to be the usual minimum gap between PTP and EDU. Such definite Savoy Street printings are now legitimately regarded as C9s for historical reasons, and are listed as C9A(3).

2: What are described as CONSTANT VARIETIES in the listings for these issues are generally features described and illustrated in 'Penny Red Stars', Parts 1 and 2, by Wiggins and Tonna.

Item No.	SG/Spec	Plate/Letters	Description	Price	Key
SG37, SPEC.C8A (Die II Alph III, Large Crown, Perf.14, Red-brown on White Paper)
RP:C8A:14727	37 C8A	23 NF	A FU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR from this SCARCER early plate, a C8 in Red-brown on Blued paper, matched with the SCARCE C8A RED-BROWN on WHITE PAPER variety, both centred slightly low, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with Manchester '498' and Derby '242' SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES. E margin narrow and blurred. Cat.£425+.	£95.00
SG-, SPEC.C9 and C9A SHADES (Die II Alph III, Large Crown, Perf.14, Transitional Printings on Unblued Paper)
RP:C9A:14373	- C9A(1)	27 GC	A FU+ single in an early Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, centred somewhat left, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a London District '72' duplex. 'G' misplaced right. Cat.£50.	£11.50
RP:C9:14718	- C9(2)	27 KF	A FU single in a SCARCE PRE-FIRE RED-ORANGE shade, off-centred low, but with FULL PERFS, somewhat messily cancelled with English Provincial numerals. GOTHIC 'K'. Cat.£200+.	£40.00
RP:C9:14599	- C9(4)va	27 MD	A VFU single in a SCARCE PRE-FIRE BRIGHT RED shade, centred somewhat low, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a neat IRISH CORK '156' SPOON (Irish type). Upper E blurred, and large 'M' misplaced low. Cat.£250+.	£65.00
RP:C9A:14601	- C9A(1)	27 ME	A VFU single in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with an IRISH DERRY '172' duplex. Blur outside SE, and 'E' misplaced left. Cat.£50+.	£13.50
RP:C9A:14602	- C9A(1)	27 NE	A VFU single in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred a smidgeon low left, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Scots numeral. Upper E blurred. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14258	- C9A(1)	31 EJ	A VFU single, in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, but tiny production wrinkles NE, lightly cancelled with a Salisbury '683' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. CONSTANT VARIETY: blur SE; also letters misplaced high right and low left, with the 'E' tilted E. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14210	- C9A(1)	31 KF	A FU+ single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre low, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a London District '72' duplex. GOTHIC 'K', and upper E blurred. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14209	- C9A(1)	31 MJ	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred a whisker high, and with a couple of 'nibbled' perf-tips at SW corner, lightly cancelled with a London Inland '13' numeral. Large 'M'. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14397	- C9A(1)	31 OE	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred a whisker high, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a Southampton '723' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Letters misplaced right. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14212	- C9A(1)	31 QB	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London District '73' duplex (Dubus Type 8 - a LATE C9 USE IN 1862 - Plate 31 not at press in 1862). CONSTANT VARIETY: mark SE (very faint), and letters misplaced right. Cat.£50+.	£15.00
RP:C9A:14681	- C9A(1)	34 BF	A FU single in a Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, but with a couple of 'nibbled' perfs upper W, cancelled with a London District '75' duplex. 'B' misplaced right. Cat.£50.	£10.00
RP:C8:C9A:14617	29/- C8/C9A(1)	34 LA	The C8 ex WIGGINS (from his personal Plate 34 collection), a VFU MATCHED PAIR in Red-brown on Blued paper, and a Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, both reasonably WELL-CENTRED, and with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with an English Provincial numeral, and a London District '73' duplex. Letters misplaced low right, with the 'A' blind. Cat.£72+.	£18.50
RP:C8:C9A:14629	29/33/- C8(1)va/C8(5)/C9A(1)	34 MG	All three ex WIGGINS (from his personal Plate 34 collection), a F-VFU SCARCE MATCHED TRIO in Red-brown and the SCARCER ORANGE-BROWN (with a hint of BROWN-ROSE) shades on Blued paper, and a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, reasonably WELL-CENTRED as seen, with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with a DUBLIN SPOON (English type), a Brighton '132' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX, and a London District '72' duplex. Lower W weak, and distinctive large 'M' misplaced left. Cat.£132+.	£35.00
RP:C8:C9A:14628	29/33/- C8(1)/C8(5)/C9A(1)	34 ML	All three ex WIGGINS (from his personal Plate 34 collection), a F-VFU SCARCE MATCHED TRIO in Red-brown and the SCARCER ORANGE-BROWN shades on Blued paper, and a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, reasonably WELL-CENTRED as seen, with FULL PERFS (one or two tips slightly trimmed), cancelled respectively with a London District duplex, a Braintree '112' numeral, and an unidentifiable English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. E of SW concave, and letters misplaced right and low right, with the distinctive large 'M'. Cat.£132+.	£35.00
RP:C9A:14398	- C9A(1)	34 OD	A FU single in a Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, off-centre left, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a VERY SCARCE HOWDEN (Yorks) '382' numeral (Parmenter RARITY 'F' - 'RARE'). E margin narrow, base of SE weak, and letters misplaced low left and low right, with the base of the 'D' weak. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C8:C9A:14626	29/- C8/C9A(1)	34 OF	The C8 ex WIGGINS (from his personal Plate 34 collection), a VFU MATCHED PAIR in Red-brown on Blued paper, and a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, both WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, and lightly cancelled respectively with a London District '79' duplex, and an OLDHAM '591' numeral (Parmenter Rarity 'E' - 'SCARCE'). Lower W weak with blurs, and letters misplaced low to centre. Cat.£72+.	£20.00
RP:C9A:14625	- C9A(1)	36 PE	A VFU single in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a Scots Lockerbie '233' numeral. 'P' with large loop misplaced low right. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9:14743	- C9(2)	36 SL	A FU single in a SCARCE PRE-FIRE RED-ORANGE shade, centred slightly right, with FULL PERFS, but faint diagonal crease, cancelled with a SCARCE WELSH BRIDGEND '120' numeral (Parmenter Rarity 'E' - 'SCARCE'). NW corner frame-line extending W, W margin narrow, and 'L' misplaced low left. Cat.£200+.	£35.00
RP:C9:14682	- C9(2)va	37 OJ	A FU single, in a FINE SCARCE PRE-FIRE RED-ORANGE shade, off-centre high, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a LIVERPOOL SPOON. Lower E frame-break, and letters misplaced low. Cat.£200+.	£42.50
RP:C9A:14399	- C9A(1)	37 RE	A FU+ single in a Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, centred a whisker high, with virtually FULL PERFS (one short N), lightly cancelled with a Skipton '714' numeral (Parmenter Rarity 'D' - 'Not Common'). Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, base-line weak, blur over 'R', and 'E' sloping SE. Cat.£50.	£11.50
RP:C9A:14639	- C9A(1)	38 AG	A VFU+ single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, VERY WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled low with a London 'W.*' duplex, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR HEAD. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR and VERY SHORT stamp (two perf holes), showing lower E frame-break, and letters misplaced low and right respectively. Cat.£50+.	£15.00
RP:C9A:14683	- C9A(1)	38 CA	A FU+ single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred slightly low left, and with one short perf S, cancelled low with a SCARCE LEATHERHEAD (Surrey) '445' numeral (Parmenter RARITY 'E' -'SCARCE). Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, blur SE, and letters misplaced left and low respectively. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
C:C9A:1739	- * C9A(1)	38 NC	1857 1d Transitional Pale Rose on Unblued paper, a FU single, in an early Savoy Street PALE ROSE shade, centred somewhat high left, but with FULL PERFS, on clean neatly folded entire letter (to simulate an envelope - unusual) London to Pwllheli on 25 May 1857, cancelled with a London Inland '21' numeral. 'TOO LATE G.P.O.' on front. Lower E frame-break, and E margin very wide. Cat.£140+.	£27.50
RP:C9A:14263	- C9A(1)	38 OE	A FU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre low left, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with an English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'O' misplaced right. Cat.£50.	£8.50
RP:C9A:12424	- C9A(1)	38 OG	A FU+ single, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred slightly low left, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Chipping Norton '195' numeral. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot in 'G'; also lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and E margin narrow and blurred. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14606	- C9A(1)	40 RB	A VFU single from this RARE plate, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, a good example of the 'THIN AND GRITTY' printing complained about by the authorities, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a SCARCE LONDON DISTRICT 'W.7' numeral (Parmenter RARITY 'F' - 'RARE'). Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'R' misplaced low. Cat.£450+.	£125.00
RP:C9A:14742	- C9A(1)va	43 AL	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a BRISTOL SPOON. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR and SHORT STAMP, showing lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced right, with the 'A' nearly blind. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C9A:12974	- C9A(1)	43 JE	A FU single, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre left, and with perf-tips trimmed SE, lightly cancelled with a neat Glasgow '159' numeral. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'J' misplaced low right. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9A:12429	- C9A(1)	43 QD	A FU single, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, but messily cancelled with a smudged GRANTHAM '321' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX (Barton Rarity 'E' - 'SCARCE'). Lower E frame-break, and letters misplaced right and low respectively. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
RP:C9A:14684	- C9A(1)	44 ED	A SUPERB USED single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled low with a small fragment of an ?English? numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR HEAD. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced low left and low right. Cat.£50.	£17.50
RP:C9A:14219	- C9A(1)	44 GA	A FU+ single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre low left, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a Bath '53' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, NE corner frame-line extending E, and 'G' misplaced right. Cat.£50.	£11.50
RP:C9A:14403	- C9A(1)ub	44 NI	A GU+ single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred slightly high right, and with FULL PERFS, but some staining, lightly cancelled with a BLUE IRISH numeral. 'N' misplaced low left, and 'I' with extended serifs. Cat.£180++.	£25.00
RP:C9A:13323	- C9A(1)	44 OB	A FU+ single, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred rather low, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a St Helens '679' numeral. Lower e frame-break, and NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw. Cat.£50.	£11.50
C:C9A:1742	- * C9A(2)	44 PF	1857 1d Transitional Rose on Unblued paper, a FU+ single, in a mid-period Savoy Street ROSE shade, off-centre high, but with FULL PERFS, on entire letter London to Bradford (Wilts) on 9 July 1857, cancelled with a London Inland '44' numeral. Lower E frame-break, and 'P' with large loop. Cat.£140++ (for cheapest shade on cover).	£35.00
RP:C9A:14611	- C9A(1)e	44 RJ	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred somewhat high, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London Inland '44' numeral. DOUBLE LETTER 'J', and CONSTANT VARIETY: mark in top of SE letter-square; also 'R' misplaced low left. Cat.£90+.	£22.50
RP:C9A:14610	- C9A(1)	44 SJ	A VFU single in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled low with an English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'S' misplaced left. Cat.£50.	£12.50
RP:C9:14377	- C9(5)	45 AB	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a SCARCE PRE-FIRE DULL RED shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a Portsmouth '625' numeral. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR, showing lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'A' misplaced low. Cat.£300+.	£85.00
RP:C9:14376	- C9(3)	45 AC	A FU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade, WELL-CENTRED, with virtually FULL PERFS (some minor faults), lightly cancelled with a Brighton '132' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR, showing lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced low and left respectively. Cat.£300+.	£55.00
RP:C9:14415	- C9(3)	45 CL	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), centred a whisker low, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a Cheltenham '177' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. 'L' misplaced low. Cat.£300.	£75.00
RP:C9:14416	- C9(3)	45 HC	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), centred a whisker high, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London District 'W.2' numeral (Dubus Type 1A - Parmenter Rarity 'E' - 'SCARCE'). CONSTANT VARIETY: marks in 'Y' of value. Cat.£300.	£75.00
RP:C9:14414	- C9(3)	45 TL	A GU+ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with one or two shortish perfs and a corner crease SW, rather heavily cancelled with a London Inland '14' numeral. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR, showing lower E frame-break, and letters misplaced low right and low. Cat.£300.	£35.00
RP:C9:14741	- C9(5)	46 DB	A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, in a SCARCE PRE-FIRE DULL RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled low with an English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX (probably Bradford, Yorks.) Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, SE corner frame-line extending E, and 'D' misplaced low. Cat.£275+.	£85.00
RP:C9:14405	- C9(3)	46 HA	A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Stourbridge '750' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced high right and low left, with the 'A' blind. Cat.£250.	£65.00
RP:C9:C11:14758	-/36 C9A(2)/C11	47 AF	A SUPERB USED SCARCE MATCHED PAIR in the TRANSITIONAL ROSE shade from this SCARCER C9A plate, and a PALE ROSE-RED shade UNUSUAL for the Perf.16 issue, both WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with English Provincial numerals. A MISSING IMPRIMATIUR, showing CONSTANT VARIETY: 'A' with extended lower right serif; also lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced low right and far right, with the 'A' tilted W. Cat.£180+.	£65.00
RP:C9A:14223	- C9A(1)	47 BK	A VFU single from this SCARCER Transitional plate, in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with an English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, 'B' misplaced high right, and 'K' tilted W. Cat.£80.	£20.00
RP:C9A:12441	- C9A(1)	47 DA	A VFU single from this SCARCER Transitional plate, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred slightly low left, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a London District '75' duplex. Lower E frame-break, and letters misplaced to centre, with the 'A' nearly blind. Cat.£80.	£20.00
RP:C9A:14685	- C9A(1)	47 DJ	A VFU single from this SCARCER Transitional plate, in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a VERY SCARCE LONDON INLAND '16' numeral (Parmenter TYPE 16J, RARITY 'F' - 'RARE'). CONSTANT VARIETY: blur SE (very faint); also lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and NE and SE corner frame-lines extending E. Cat.£80+.	£25.00
RP:C9A:14686	- C9A(1)	47 IK	A VFU single from this SCARCER Transitional plate, in a SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre low, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Glasgow '159' numeral. A useful example of the 'THIN AND GRITTY' printing complained about by contemporary authorities. Letters misplaced high, with the 'K' tilted W. Cat.£80+.	£15.00
RP:C9:14687	- C9(3)	48 FG	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Bradford '107' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, and 'G' misplaced right. Cat.£275+.	£65.00
RP:C9:14749 MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE	- C9(3)	48 HD	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with an Exeter '285' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. Lower E frame-break, and 'D' misplaced low right. MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE. Cat.£275+.	£75.00
RP:C9:14407	- C9(3)	48 KE	A FU+ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a PRE-FIRE PALE RED shade (this plate not at press at Savoy Street), WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, but rather firmly cancelled with a London District 'W.C.3' numeral (Dubus Type 1B, Parmenter Rarity 'D' - 'NOT COMMON'). 'K' misplaced right. Cat.£275+.	£60.00
RP:C9A:C10:13237	-/40 C9A(1)/C10	49 BL	A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE C9 plate, in a nice early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade on unblued paper, centred a whisker left, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London Inland numeral, MATCHED with a FU Rose-red on White paper, off-centre low left, but with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Manchester '498' numeral. CONSTANT VARIETY: blur below the 'L'; also lower E frame-break, NE 1 o'clock Ray Flaw, and letters misplaced low right, with the 'B' tilted E. Cat.£308+.	£80.00
RP:C9A:9848	- C9A(1)	49 JI	A FU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, centred a whisker left, with FULL PERFS, but somewhat heavily cancelled with a London Inland '27' numeral. CONSTANT VARIETY: blurs SE. Also lower E frame-break, E margin narrow, and 'J' misplaced right. Cat.£300+.	£65.00
RP:C9A:9851	- C9A(1)	49 NF	A FU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, off-centre high right, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a Brighton '132' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. A good example of the 'THIN AND GRITTY' INK complained about by contemporary authorities. CONSTANT VARIETY: diagonal mark SW from corner of letter-square to below 'O' of 'ONE'. Also lower E frame-break. Cat.£300+.	£65.00
RP:C9A:13267	- C9A(1)	49 TF	A FU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in an early SAVOY STREET PALE ROSE shade, WELL-CENTRED, but with rounded perfs SE and SW, cancelled with a neat RARE KINGSTON '422' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX (Barton RARITY 'G' - 'VERY RARE'). CONSTANT VARIETY: marks in 'P' and 'S' of 'POSTAGE'; also lower E frame-break, and 'F' misplaced high left'. Cat.£300+.	£75.00