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Great Britain 1878 £1 Die Proof. SG129var. Very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (91x60mm), dated at upper left "Apr 30, 1878" an...

Great Britain 1841 1d Red brown PL157. SG8VAR. Superb unused top right hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AL, showing part sheet ...

Great Britain 1913 7d Eve's Wreath design colour essays, SG387var. A very fine ungummed imperforate block of four essays (Fig 30a) in tyrian red on...

Great Britain 1840 1d Black PL2 SG2. Very fine wrapper sent from London to Hedon, Yorkshire bearing a close to large four margin example lettered R...

Great Britain 1921 1d Die Proof variety, SG357var. A fine stage 5 uncleared example printed in red on white gummed multiple cypher watermarked pape...

Great Britain 1884 10s Cobalt. SG182. Superb used example lettered EF, neatly cancelled by a crisp Victoria St./ Liverpool cds for AP.17.1885. Love...

Great Britain 1841 Postal Notice. SGPN3. Very fine complete example bearing a 1d red brown PL10 and a top marginal 2d trial with blank corner lette...

Great Britain 1875 1s green Plate 8 imprimatur, SG150var. A very fine unused imperforate imprimatur, with original gum, lettered 'AC'. Very scarce,...

Great Britain 1915 2s6d very deep brown "Seahorses" (Watermark Inverted), SG406wi. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original ...

Great Britain 1958 1s3d Green (Wales, Whiter. paper), SGW5var. A superb unmounted mint bottom marginal horizontal pair, with full original gum, of ...

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trIal (State 3), SGDP20b. A very fine imperforate four margin bottom left hand corner marginal example printed in red...

Great Britain 1973 3p-5p "Britain's Entry into European Communities" (EEC), SG919/21var. A superb unmounted mint right hand marginal set of three i...

China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress "Mollendorf" special printing on thicker unwatermarked paper set of 9 to 24ca deep rose-red, SG16/2...

Great Britain 1840 1d Rainbow trial (State 2), SGDP20. A very fine unused four margin imperforate example printed in deep red-brown on thin white w...

Great Britain 1899 1s colour trial, SG211var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in emerald. Very scarc...

Great Britain 1911 £1 deep green, SG320. A superb unmounted mint bottom interpanneau marginal example, with full original gum, printed at Somerset ...

Great Britain 1880 1½d colour trial, SG167var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in blue. A scarce col...

Great Britain 1958 2d light red brown "Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial", SG573var. A very fine perforated horizontal strip of three on gummed crowns wat...

Great Britain 1911 ½d "Downey" head die proof (Accepted die without value), SG321var. A very fine and fresh example in deep carmine on proof paper ...

Great Britain 1840 1d greyish black Plate 11 cover, SG3. A very fine used close to good four margin example lettered 'CH' with rough torn margin at...

British Levant 1916 'Salonica' 4d grey-green, type S1 overprint, block of 4, all with inverted albino overprints on the gummed side, SG5var. A bril...

Great Britain 1840 1d "Houses of Lords" Envelope, SGPE6. Very fine used example of this rare envelope printed in vermillion, sent to Clifton and ne...

Estimate £625 - £725 Great Britain 1881 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG172var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked...

Great Britain 1879 2½d colour trial Plate 15, SG141var. A very fine unused imperforate colour trial with original gum, lettered 'JD' printed in dul...