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The following are a few examples
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153969
Leamington Spoon rare sent overseas. New SPOON Section

153967
Worcester Spoon: rare SUNDAY usage. New SPOON Section

154011
Manchester Spoon: Latest Known Date: New SPOON Section

153881
Plate 5: A new Earliest Known Date of usage. 1d Black Section

153882
A likely unique usage of F.H.R. on a Christmas Day sailing to USA: Embossed Section.

153883
A very rare Irish entire combining Philately and Military History; Embossed Section

153866
Cylinder Block with only listed variety, First Day of Issue, largest (24) known usage : Stationery Section

153857
Very rare Free Franking on a front addressed by Lord CARDIGAN to his sister on
the last day of the free franking priviledge: Prestamp and Stampless Section

153861
1d Letter Sheet from WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Sunday May 24th 1840: Mulready Section

153858
Entire from a famous Victorian lady in Ambleside to the USA in the Retaliatory Period:
Other Line Engraved Section

153863
1d Lilac Die 2: believed to be the largest Control Block (48) extant with INVERTED WATERMARK.
Surface Printed and Watermark Varieties Sections.

153859
The 5th sailing in the Retaliatory Period with a very rare Dublin Late Fee on reverse: Embossed Section

151568
Second Trial of Azemaar Machine: Early Machines Section

151527
Boston Trial Machine 1898: Early Machines Section

151526.
Boston Trial Machine 1898 very rare/unique usage to Malta: Early Machines Section

154120.
Envelope from the Bishop of Lincoln during U 4d Post period, his wax seal on reverse,
and part of a unique Trio: Prestamp and Stampless Section

153545:
December 5th 1839: Prestamp and Stampless Section

152196
'Madeleine Smith' Glasgow Experimental Duplex in GREEN:
Scottish Postal History Section

151678
1d Plate 55 Lisnaskea 306: Irish Section

153853
Superb CRIMSON Cross of Sleaford May 12th 1840 Stereo A11: Mulready Section

15136
Front with Number 2 in Cross: Mulready Section

15139.
Rare May 1840 usage: Mulready Section

15140
2d Letter Sheet OHMS Gloucester Double Lined Cross: Mulready Section

153845
Hand Drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section


Silver Jubilee of George V
Hand drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section

151785
1d lilac Die 2 hand painted Front:
Hand drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section

152171
Plate 1b: 1d Black Section

151503
Pair 1d Plate 9 'PC-PD' on cover: 1d Black Section

151801.
1d Plate 10 with Leeds Distinctive Cross on cover: 1d Black Section

SUNDAY MAY 31st 1840, Plate 3 on Bristol entire: 1d Black Section

15143
IRISH COVER with Mixed Plates, 6 and 8 both full margins: 1d Black Section

151443
Plate 10 with RED cross with varieties: 1d Black Section

151851
Plate 1b INVERTED Watermark: 1d Black and Watermark Varieties Sections.

151440
Plate 6, BLUE cross with Certificate but faults:
1d Black Section.

1109
Plate 1: 2d Blue (1840) Section

151547
Plate 1 Worcester numeral: 2d Blue (1840) Section

152206
Greenock Cross with RPS Certificate:
2d Blue (1840) Section

15195
Plate 2 DUBLIN Cross with outer break:
2d Blue (1840) Section

153805.
Super Number 2 in Cross: Other Line-Engraved Section

152162
1d Plate 70, NOTTINGHAM '583' in GREEN, RPS Certificate: Other Line-Engraved Section

152490
Red numeral 466? of Liverpool:
Line-Engraved Section

15141
Dr Perkins Experimental Blued Paper
a gummed unprinted block with Cert:
Line-Engraved Section

1039
1d Plate 44: Line-Engraved Section

309
2d Plate 9: Line-Engraved Section

151380
RED Numeral Cancellations Plate 158 with BPA Certificate:
Other Line-engraved Section

152095
Very Rare Forwarding Agent cachet on a Pair of Entires: Other Line Engraved Section

152108
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company one of the first sailings: Other Line Engraved Section

15196
Plate 3 DUBLIN cross with outer break: Other LIne-Engraved Section

151220
2d Plate 3: Line-Engraved Section

SS7
Plate 3 Aberdeen Numeral: Other Line Engraved and Scottish Sections
1040
1/2d SG48 PLATE 9: Line Engraved-Section

15005
1/-SG55 and 4d SG63 Scots Local: Embossed Section

151403
10d on Entire: Embossed Section
15002
One shilling pair Liverpool Floating Receiving House (FRH) cds on reverse:
Embossed Section

152223
SG130 Plate 4 the famous UNIQUE Missing Design:
Surface Printed Section

152186
4d SG62e White Paper Variety: Surface Printed Section

152032
4d SG66a with RPS Cert: Surface Printed Section

153802
Second Day of Issue: Surface Printed Section

153803
6d Plate 11 Pale Buff all on same date with Certificate: Surface Printed Section
6d SG84c, Plate 3, 'TF', Watermark Error, MISSING SHAMROCK:
Surface Printed and Watermark Varieties Sections

WM10
4d SG153 Plate 16 INVERTED watermark:
Watermark Varieties Section

151464
4d SG152 variety LARGE 5 in plate number:
Surface Printed Section.

152030
6d Plate 12 ABNORMAL ON COVER with RPS Cert: Surface Printed Section

151464
6d SG108 Plate 8 used before official issue date: Surface Printed Section

151381
Imperf Control E with Certificate:
Surface Printed Section

153710
PONTYCLOWN squared Circle, only three reported examples:
Surface printed Section.

153798
Control V with sheet division ornament: Surface Printed Section

152031
Stock Exchange Forgery with Genuine: Surface Printed Section

152372
Mint Block of 40 INVERTED WATERMARK: largest extant
Jubilee Issue Section

153412
Block of 10 Irish usage: Jubilee Issue Section

151576
Jubilee Issue Section

151669
CITY of DUBLIN perfin with top row INVERTED: Jubilee Issue Section
153419
A Puzzling Forgery? on watermarked paper: Jubilee Issue Section

151388
I
mprimatur: Jubilee Section

151644
2d INTENSE CARMINE Shade: Jubilee Section

152215
SG206a Deep Bright with Certificate:
Jubilee Issue

151396
1d Imperf on Envelope used at the Exhibition: 1890 Penny Post Jubilee Section

15060
Furniss Caricature Envelope: very rare Christmas Day usage 1895
1
890 Penny Post jubilee Section

153794
National Postal Strike 1971: Stationery Section

151272
SECOND DAY of usage: Stationery and Registered Section

153789
1911 Postcard from London to Kwanghi, China: Stationery Section

153784.
Postcard from Swanage to Japan in 1904 and others: Stationery Section

153027
SG17 Inverted watermark on cover: Watermark Varieties Section,

152377
SG20 Inverted watermark and 51 of Registration Clerk London:
Watermark Varieties Section.

1505
Watermark Error SG84d unique usage in MALTA:
Watermark Varieties Section.

152472
The pair of 1/-s have INVERTED Watermark: Watermark Varieties Section

WM7
1d SG166 INVERTED Watermark:
Watermark Varieties Section.
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SECTIONS.
Early Machine Cancellations and Trials
Pre - stamp and Stampless, U4dPost, U1dPost and FREE FRANKS
Postal History of Scotland, Ireland and Wales
The 1d and 2d Mulready
Hand Drawn & Pictorial Envelopes
1d Reds, 2d Blues and other Line Engraved and SPOONS
Surface Printed, Used Abroad, High Values, Lilac and Greens,
1d Lilac and EDWARD 7th (New Section)
Stationery, Registered Envelopes and Printed Adverts.
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