1840 1d Black pl.11 FG, good balanced margins all round, neatly tied to wrapper from London to Newport Pagnell by a superb complete and almost upright...

1840 1d black, selection of sixteen used singles and strip of three, plus two unused singles, one on cover and part cover, also 2d blue with four used...

1840 1d black group of 12 used examples, unplated, nearly all four-margined, a few with very fine strikes of the MC, mostly with small faults (small thins,...

1840 2d blue pl.1 BH, fine to good margins, light and neat red MC, very fine, and 1840 2d blue pl.1 OF, very close to good margins tied to small piece...

1840 2d blue pl.1 GH tied by fine black MC on full wrapper sent registered to Hitchin, with 'Wincanton AU 23 1841' departure strike, London Paid strike...

1840 2d. deep full blue, Pl. 1, KC-KD, a superb mint pair variety watermark inverted, with good balanced margins all round, large part original gum, a...

1840 2d blue pl.1 KI with four margins and neat strikes of 2 black MC, unusual and most attractive.

1840 2d blue pl.1 in pair KI-KJ with (just) 4 margins (small fault in margin of KI), with red MC cancels, on entire printed letter to Thrapstone, Northants,...

1840 2d. deep full blue, Pl. 2, IK-IL, a lovely unused marginal inscription pair from the right of the sheet, with good margins on other sides and showing...

1840 2d deep blue pl.2 pair QG-QH, touched to good margins, horizontal pair tied on a fragment by 1844 type postmark, a very rare usage (SG D1xc, £4'000).

1841 1d red-brown pl.23 BI/CJ mint block of four, just cut into at foot, two pinholes (one between BI/BJ and one on cheek of BJ), fresh colour and gum,...

1846 1d red-brown die I pl.70 mint block of six, just cut into on LI otherwise fine to good margins, fresh gum, very fine and scarce multiple (S.G. Spec....

1841 1d red-brown pl.90 MG with "SPECIMEN" type 1 overprint, fine to good margins, mint o.g., two horizontal creases at foot, scarce (S.G. £2'500).

1841 1d red-brown group of three items incl. ND with 3 margins (just touched upper left) on cover (slightly reduced) tied by the distinctive Coventry MC,...

1842 (Jul 23) entire from Totnes to London with 1841 1d red-brown pl.21 TA with good to very large margins tied neat upright strike of 'Totnes JY 23 1842'...

1843 (Jan 10) entire sent within Scotland from Hawick to Edinburgh with 1841 1d red-brown pl.131 BG, fine margins, tied by a highly distinctive and distorted...

1844 (May 28) entire sent within Scotland from Greenock to Paisley with 1841 1d red-brown BG, mixed margins, with folded over corner and cancelled by a...

1845 (Jan 3) wrapper from Much-Wenlock (Shropshire) to London with 1841 1d pl.47 AD and AB and pl.49 QJ-QK pair, mixed margins, all neatly cancelled by...

1846 (Dec 30) wrapper from Cranbourne (Dorset) to London with 1841 1d red-brown pl.67 LA with four very large margins, tied by part barred oval and superb...

1847 (Jun 28) small envelope from London to Lymington with 1841 1d red KA with fine to large margins cancelled with a manuscript obliteration, reverse...

1849 (Feb 2) envelope from Abingdon (Oxfordshire) to Basingstoke with 1849 1d red-brown pl.80 TB lower marginal with full margin showing inscription "bel....

1849 (Sep 28) 1d postal stationery envelope sent by The Lord Mayor (Sir James Duke, endorsed at lower left) to Lord John Russell (who served as Prime Minister...

1850 (Jul 23) entire letter from Shipston-on-Stour (Warwickshire) to Bourton-on-the-Water with 1850 1d pale red-brown pl.101 (fine to large margins) tied...

1850 (Aug 10) envelope from Scotland to London and redirected to Prussia, sent from Kirkbean with 1850 1d red-brown pl.98 NI, fine to good margins, tied...

1852 (May 8) entire from the Strand, London, to Ireland, with 1d red FJ pl.129 alphabet I and LL pl.133 alphabet II, both four-margined examples, tied...

1852 (Aug 10) envelope from York to Bedale with 1852 1d red-brown pl.133 AJ/BL block of six, fine to large margins, tied by "930" numerals, reverse with...

1852 (Sep 6) part wrapper from Bath (Somerset) to Budleigh Salterton with 1852 1d red-brown pl.138 wing marginal showing a large part of the marginal ornament...

1852 (Sep 13) Entire letter (written in Norwegian in blue ink) from Hull to Trondheim Norway, bearing 1d red-brown pl.151 ML with good to enormous margins...

1853 (Sep 27) wrapper from London to Cornwall with 1841 1d red pl.37 QC, good to very good margins, tied by a superb London "4" in MC as well as a very...

1841 1d red with Numbers in Cross: Attractive group of singles and singles on covers, showing a fine array of numbers in crosses including No.1 on cover...

1841 1d red, an array of 47 folded covers, some with MC cancels, plus array on numerals cancels also present, mixed to fine (47).

1841 2d blue pl.3 BA with "SPECIMEN" type 1 overprint, fine to good margins, unused (no gum) with horiz. crease, rare (S.G. from £5'500).

1841 2d blue pl.3 BH, with huge margins on three sides and very good at top, struck by a superb Kelso distinctive MC in black, very fine and superb stamp;...

1841 2d blue pl.3 DC-DD mint o.g. pair, fine to good margins, fresh gum, very faint internal bend, very fine; signed Bloch and Calves (S.G. £9'400).

1841 2d blue pl.3 EA, mint left inscriptional sheet marginal single, cut into to good margins, fresh and rare unused example (SG £5'000).

1841 2d blue pl.3 FJ, mint with large margins all round, a lovely fresh example with large part o.g., very scarce so fresh; cert. BPA (2009).

1841 2d blue IG-II pl.4 mint o.g. strip of three, fine to very large margins, fresh colour and a scarce multiple; cert. Brandon (2003).

1841 2d Blue pl.4 RG-RI horizontal strip of three, close to huge margins, neatly cancelled by crisply struck deep blue Torrington "806" numerals, small...

1841 2d blue pl.4 RK unused (regummed), with good margins all around, fresh colour, faint discolouration at top right, fine (S.G. 13'000).

1842 pair of entires from Rome to London, addressed Lord Clifford, one dated Dec 15 and franked with 1841 2d pl.3 KL (very close at foot otherwise fine...

1842 (Jul 20) wrapper sent within London with 1841 2d blue BC pl.3, good to large margins, tied by neat black MC, plus 1841 2d blue pl. 3 pair (close to...

1843 (Mar 7) 1d pink postal stationery envelope from Bristol to Somerset, uprated with 1841 2d blue pl. 3 AB, good margins all around, both tied/cancelled...

1852 (Jan 3) 1d pink postal stationery sent registered from Chester (Cheshire) to Bakewell, uprated with 1841 2d blue pl.4 strip of three with fine to...

1852 (Apr 2) wrapper from London to Southampton with 1841 2d blue pl.4 QL with full margin at right, otherwise fine to large margins, tied by London "7"...

1854 wrapper bearing 1841 2d PK and SC imperf. in combination with 1854-57 perforated 2d II and CI tied '498' cancels of Manchester, addressed to Macclesfield...

1854 (Jul 22) envelope from Bridgewater (Somerset) to Exeter with 1854 1d red-brown TL badly misperforated showing the marginal inscription "the Cement."...

1854-57 small crown 1d red-brown perf.16, die I (S.G. 17) and large crown 1d rose-red perf.14, die II, pl. 34 (S.G. 40) each with fine MC cancel, very...

1855 1d red-brown, pl.2 wmk small crown, perf.14, alph. II, mint block of eight with complete "Frank Ives Scudamore / Chief Examiner" handstamp (which...

1855 2d blue pl.5, LC wmk, perf.14, in top left corner strip of three and adjoining strip of four with part of the margin at top showing the inscription...

1983 Format Security Printers 125th Anniversary of Great Britain stamps used in British Guiana, original line work of the 1d red in black on glazed card....