1d BLACKS

101. 1d black SG3 plate 1a, EB, exceptional 4-marg'd, tied to small piece by red MX. Considerable wear to plate giving a 'dry print' appearance in some areas, overall toning. Cat £275.00. £80.00  IMAGE

296.  1840 1d black plate 2, SI, Manchester fishtail cross: very fine 4-margined tied to wrapper to Knighton, North Wales by a fine strike of this distinctive cross, spec A1ub, catalogued at £2,500.  Plate 2 is scarcer with a black cross, specAS15m.   Manchester cds on reverse for March 6th 1841 – this is a very early usage of this cross, and is the earliest recorded on plate 2, as the earliest known is March 3rd 1841 on a 1d black plate 8. Remarkable, and probably unique combination of features.  Price: £1390.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

32.    1d black SG 1 plate 2, RE, very fine large 4-margined in scarcer intense black shade, spec AS14, tied to entire by fine red cross, cover with couple of vertical filing folds clear of adhesive, used locally in Edin/Portobello. £350.00 IMAGE1  IMAGE2

298.   1841 1d black plate 4 and 1d red plate 8 Manchester fishtail cross: 1d black, MD, on wrapper to Liverpool , double strike of this cross, spec A1ub, and 1d red, ED, on printed advertising wrapper with a partial double strike of this same cross, spec A2ub.  The 1d black catalogued at £2,500 and the 1d red at £1800.  Each is 3-margined but remarkably USED on the SAME DAY, with a Manchester date stamp in red on the reverse of each for March 26th 1841.  A unique same-day of usage pairing.  Price:  £890.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2  IMAGE3  IMAGE4

34.   1d black SG 2 plate 5, KG, fine/v fine, margins huge at top to v close but clear, tied to wrapper, filing folds, from Maidstone to Liverpool by very fine orange cross of Maidstone, Maidstone dbl arc date stamp on front for Aug 21 1840.  £245.00  IMAGE

1014. 1840 1d black plate XI: fine 3+ margined example ‘PL’, large margins on three sides and in to part way along the bottom margin.  Black cross clear of NE ray flaw and the distinctive weak looped letter ‘P’, illustrated on page 91 of the QV Specialised Catalogue, characteristic of this rarest of plates and catalogued at £4,000. A very collectable example of this rarity. £585.00 IMAGE