Image | Item No. | Description | Price |
| | SG 17/18 - Spec C1 | |


| G1815 | SG17 (C1) CA plate 164 lovely example, worn plate, tied by QUEEN STREET, (Glasgow) Scots local to an envelope to EDINBURGH on 8 February 1855. There is a scratch on NW square that is probably non-constant.. | £45 |



| G1538 | SG17 (C1) IE
plate 188 tied by PITT STREET Scots local to a cover to Paisley on 3 May 1855 considerably worn patch above ONE. Fine. | £35 |



| G1537 | SG17 (C1) NI and MK plate 201 tied by CHARLOTTE PLACE Scots locals to a mourning envelope to London on 28 April 1855, fine. | £60 |
| |
SG 22 - Spec C2 | |
| | SG 21, 24, 26, C6 - Spec C4, C3, C5, C6 | |



| G1816 | SG21 (C4) JC plate 1 tied by CASTLE STREET Scots local to an envelope to KINGHORN on 3 October 18455, fine.
| £35 |



| G1779 | SG24 (C3) GD plate 3 tied by green DUBLIN PAID spoon, code 1, dated 20 August 1855, fine and rare. | £350 |



| G1591 | SG26 (C5) LB-NB plate 1 vertical strip of 3 tied by London Inland numerals to an envelope from CRIMEA, posted in Crimea on January 19 1856. The front of the envelope is endorsed at the top with details of the sender. LB has faults but SG26 (C5) is rare on cover and very rare from Crimea. | £150 |


| G1753 | SG Spec C6 plate 6 RC and TG tied by London Inland 18s to an envelope from the British Consulate, Le Havre on 17 March 1856, charged 2 on departure, presumably carried by private bag and stamped on arrival in London.
Some faults but very scarce. | £65 |



|
G1757 | SG Spec C6 plate 7 FI tied by darb blue NOTTINGHAM sideways duplex dated 1 October 1855, code F, to a cover (Notice to Plaintiff of payment of Instalment) used locally, fine. | £55 |



| G1679 | SG21 (C4) plate 7 JF tied to a cover from London to Manchester on 1 November 1855, fine. | £15 |



| G1682 | SG Spec C6 MD plate 8 tied by London Inland 14 to a
Great Northern Railway envelope to Gloucester on 10 December 1855. | £20 |



| G1597 | SG21 (C4) IK plate 9 tied by PLYMOUTH SIDEWAYS DUPLEX of 16 August 1855 to an envelope to TOWCESTER, fine | £25 |



| G1688 | Spec C6 ID-KD plate 11 strip of 3 tied by London Inland 17s to a cover to Hull on 18 December 1855, fine and scarce. | £75 |



| G1685 | SG Spec C6 PB plate 17 tied by
CHELTENHAM Sideways Duplex of 1 August 1856 to a cover to London, fine. | £18 |



| G1069 | SG C6 TB plate 17 tied by Derry English type spoon to an envelope to Strabane on February 2 1856, good to fine | £60 |
| |
SG 29/33 - Spec C8 | |



| G1733 |
SG29 (C8) DC unplated tied by KILCRENNAN Scots local to an envelope from GLASGOW to BOLFRACKS on 18 November 1857, fine used and late use of SG29 (C8). | £125 |



| G1829 | SG28 (C8) unplated SL tied by R.W. in oval and by YORK sideways duplex of 20 May 1856 to an envelope to TADCASTER. There is an additional strike of the R.W. mark at the left of the front of the envelope.
Very rare use of this mark to cancel a stamp, it is an Inpsector's mark issued in 1854 and used at YORK STATION between 1855 and 1858 but not intended to cancel the stamp. | £300 |



| G1817 | SG29 (C8) ED plate 22 (distinctive E) tied by B MUIRHEAD Scots local to an envelope to Aberdeen on 14 May 1856. Rare. | £495 |



| G1818 | SG29 (C8) EF (distinctive E) plate 22 tied by B MUIRHEAD Scots local to an envelope to Aberdeen on 12 May
1856, some nibbled perfs at top. Rare. | £350 |



|
G1633 | SG29 (C8) IG unplated tied by WREXHAM Spoon code C dated 15 September 1856 to an envelope to Bangor, good to fine used and very scarce. | £150 |



| G1735 | SG29 (C8) unplated (OB?) tied by LONDON DISTRICT 78 of CRESWELL type to an envelope to Alfreton dated 27 November 1857, scarce, good to fine used. | £40 |



| G1627 | SG29 (C8) LK plate 24 tall L and gothic K
matched on and off cover - the cover from London to Bath on 28 August 1856. | £25 |



| G1646 | SG29 (C8) plate 24 SC-TD scarce block of 4 tied by 185s of INVERGORDON to a long entire to Edinburgh on 28 May 1856. Horizontal filing crease crosses the bottom pair. | £65 |



| G1593 | SG33 (C8(5)) FL 1d orange-brown plate 25 tied to an envelope from Glasgow to Paisley on March 27 1856 by
BRIDGE STREET Scots local. Scarce plate. Horizontal filing crease above and clear of the stamp. | £35 |



| G1598 | SG29 (C8) plate 27 AD re-entry a very fine example tied by TORQUAY sideways duplex to an envelope to Ashburton, very rare on cover | £150 |



| G1316 | SG 29 (C8) plate 29 KD (gothic K) tied at the left of a neat envelope used in London by London district 79 with another
strike (January 15 1857) applied where the stamp should have been. Pretty and unusual | £80 |




| G1608 | SG29 (C8) plate 30 DL and, as late fee, DK (gothic K) each in typical chocolate brown of this
plate, each tied by London Inland 17s to an envelope to Pocklington on June 11 1856, fine. | £20 |



| G1611 | SG29 (C8) plate 33 JB-JE strip of 4 tied by LONDON SW24 duplexes of 29 May 1862 to a mourning envelope to BIARRITZ, France. Very late use (5 or 6 years late). The strip slightly overlaps the top of the envelope. | £100 |



| G1727 | SG29 (C8) BI plate 37 re-entry tied by DUMFRIES experimental duplex of 19 July 1856 to a cover to London,
good used. | £45 |



| G1599 |
SG33 (C8(5)) TI plate 40 bright orange-brown tied by EDINBURGH 131 ROLLER to an envelope to KIRKWOODHOUSE on 1 June 1857, good used | £30 |



| G1612 | SG29 (C8) plate 44 FK tied by BRIDGE STREET (Glasgow) Scots local to an envelope to PAISLEY on 13 October 1856. | £35 |
| | SG Spec C9 transitional | |



| G1800 | SG Spec C9 (4) 1d pale rose EC unplated, 1d rate from HASTINGS to BOMBAY, India, Hastings sideways duplex of August 18 1857, some toning but attractive. | £125 |



| G1729 | SG Spec C9 (4) 1d pale rose II tied by DERBY sideways duplex (no code) of 26 August 1857 to an envelope to
Alfreton, fine. | £20 |



| G1731 |
SG C9 (4) unplated KD 1d pale rose tied by NEWARK sideways duplex, code C, of 22 December 1857 to an envelope to Alfreton, fine, late use. | £25 |



| G1830 | SG Spec C9 unplated NF tied by fine London Inland 27 to a cover to SHAFTESBURY on 11 July 1857, fine and attractive. | £16 |



| G1659 | C9 (4) HD plate 38 tied by a very fine HULL sideways duplex to a cover to YORK on 21 July 1857. |
£35 |



| G1319 | SG C9 (4) plate 40 (rare plate on this issue) HG tied by London district 76 to an envelope to Kings Cross on 24 July 1857, fine apart from a small fault at the middle left of the stamp (stamp showing variety: recut lower right frameline) | £50 |



| G1628 | SG Spec C9 (4) AE plate 47 (missing imprimatur) tied by HUDDERSFIELD sideways duplex to cover to Dewsbury on 5 June 1857, very fine. |
£25 |
| | SG 38-41: Spec C10 | |



| G1771 | SG40 (C10) BG unplated tied by STOURBRIDGE sideways duplex of 6 November 1857, code F inverted, to an envelope to Worcester, fine. | £45 |



| G1744 | SG40 (C10) DH tied by RHYL sideways duplex, code D, of 29 June 1859 to a neat envelope to London, fine.
| £18 |



| G1737 | SG40 (C10) FF unplated tied by London Inland 51 to a cover to PARIS on 8 August 1859, red LONDON PAID cds alongside, red PD in circle and other marks, fine. | £75 |



| G1736 | SG40 (C10) 1d red unplated, tied by LONDON DISTRICT 71 of scarce CRESWELL type to an envelope used in London on 2 December 1857, fair only. | £15 |



| G1574 | SG40 (C10) 1d red KG unplated tied by BELFAST Irish type spoon dated 15 September 1859 to an envelope to
Bundoran with ENNISKILLEN double ring datestamp (scarce) of September 16 1856 (error for 1859) on reverse. Fine. | £45 |


| G1740 | SG40 (C10) QC unplated tied by WOLVERHAMPTON sideways duplex of 23 February 1858 to an envelope to Liverpool, good used. | £18 |



| G1745 | SG40 (C10) SJ tied by rare but indistinct HPI of Houses of Parliament with red H Inspector's Mark below the stamp, fine Houses of Parliament datestamp of 19 July 1859 (very rare) on reverse -
envelope to Putney. | £150 |



|
G1282 | SG40(C10) IF plate 34 tied by Edinburgh Posted Since 7 March Last Night to an entire to Hawick with straightline GRASSMARKET on the reverse. Part of the upper reverse flap is missing | £16 |



| G1346 | SG40 (C10) NK plate 34 tied to an envelope by London district 72F Creswell type duplex of 31 December 1857 with Deptford Broadway u.d.c. on the reverse | £18
|



| G1075 | SG39 (C10(3)) SK plate 36 in
pale rose on white paper, tied to an envelope from Worcester to Holburn and redirected (charged 1) to Wymondham, July 20/21 1857. Fine KEMPSEY undated circle on the reverse - scarce shade on cover | £25 |



| G1618 | SG38 (C10(2)) 1d pale red plate 37 SB (double B) tied by London Inland 27 to a cover to Beverley on 25 July 1857, very fine. | £25 |


| G1754 | SG40 (C10) plate 39 BI-CJ fine used block of 4 tied to a cover from LEOMINSTER to
Bristol on 5 April 1864 by Leominster duplexes. Fine and scarce. | £110 |


| G1671 | SG32 (C8(4)) SI plate 40 in brown-rose tied by a WEYMOUTH sideways duplex of 29 June 1857 to an envelope to GREAT BERKHAMPSTEAD. An early date for this duplex but not the earliest known to us. | £20 |



| G1624 | SG40 (C10) plate 42 JA and JG-JH strip of 3 (the strip all comprising missing imprmaturs)
tied to long envelope used at PEEBLES by PEEBLES datestamps of 17 January 1862. Filing crease through JI. Attractive. | £125 |



| G1494 | SG40 (C10) KF plate 42 used in combination with SG70 6d deep lilac and SG66 4d rose carmine on cover from London to NAPLES on March 3 1860, attractive and fine. | £190 |



| G1177 | SG40(C10) OC plate 42 tied to cover from TOTNES to Beverley by a blue 807 of TOTNES. Scarce and fine | £125 |



| G1076 | SG40 (C10) AG plate 43 tied by Pearson Hill second D
machine to an entire to Leith on October 10 1860, fine | £25 |



| G1648 | SG40 (C10) plate 43 BI single plus CJ-CL strip of 3 of fine colour tied by Leeds duplexes of 9 November 1859 to an entire, being a fine illustrated billhead of THOS. R. HARDING, to LILLE, FRANCE. | £85 |



| G1547 | SG40 (C10) plate 43 PC, RB, SB, SB tied by London SW16 duplexes of 16 April 1860 to a neat envelope to
PARIS, France, endorsed Insufficiently Prepaid, PD in oval erased by London Inland 30, attractive. | £175 |



| G1706 | SG40 (C10) RH-RI plate 43 attractive pair tied by LONDON NW9 duplexes to a small envelope to LOUTH on 11 October 1859, very fine. | £14 |



| G1571 | SG40 (C10) plate 47 QG-RG pair and plate 62 EC-ED pair tied by London EC duplexes of 30 June 1863 to a cover to PARIS, TOO-LATE G.P.O. undated circle lower left, fine and attractive. |
£55 |



| G1741 | SG40 (C10) RH plate 48 tied by a Newcastle on Tyne sideways duplex to part medical report to Arbroath on 5 October 1858. | £12 |



| G1746 | SG40 (C10) KG plate 49 tied by POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT duplex of 27 June 1862 to an envelope from EDINBURGH to Peebles, good to fine used. | £15 |



| G1742 | SG40 (C10) QH plate 49 tied by CHARLES RIDEOUT No 2 trial machine cancel to an envelope from London to Alfreton on 28 January 1859, fine and scarce. | £100 |



| G1080 | SG40(C10) AG plate 52 wrongly plated as 49 on the scan, tied by very early use of a Cambridge duplex of November 13 1857, some envelope damage top left and otherwise fine | £30 |



| G869 | SG 40 (C10) SJ plate 52 tied by Castle Street boxed Scots local to an envelope used within Edinburgh, Posted Since 7 Last Night February 12 1858 on reverse, fine | £50 |



| G1738 | SG40 (C10) AC-BC (re-entries) vertical pair tied by LONDON INLAND twin 46s to an entire to Liverpool on 11 February 1863, fine. | £35 |



| G1085 | SG40(C10) TA plate 55 re-entry tied by a Birmingham duplex of September 3 1858 to an entire
to Sheffield, very fine | £15 |



|
G1718 | SG40 (C10) HL plate 56 tied by very fine Edinburgh POSTED SINCE 7.20 LAST NIGHT duplex to a cover to PERTH on 3 October 1860. | £28 |



| G1629 | SG40 (C10) plate 56 OI second state coincidental re-entry fine used, tied by LONDON WC duplex of 18 June 1863 to a cover to Dewsbury. | £25 |



| G1606 | SG40 (C10) plate 57 CC-CF strip of 4 tied by HULL duplexes of 12 October 1863 to cover to BEVERLEY, very fine.
| £50 |



| G1088 |
SG40(C10) QB plate 58 (slight perf faults) tied by a York sideways duplex of November 19 1858 used within York, good to fine | £15 |



| G1433 | SG40 (C10) plate 59 LI-LL strip of 4 tied to a cover from London to Marseilles on 1 July 1863 by Newspaper Branch number 12 (Dubus type 2). Fine | £65 |



| G1607 | SG40 (C10) plate 60 BA tied to an envelope used locally by PEEBLES datestamp of May 19 1863. |
£40 |



| G1755 | SG40(C10) KI-KL plate 60 strip of 4 tied by CHELTENHAM duplexes of 22 February 1859 to an envelope to Paris, fine apart from a fault at the bottom of KK. | £45 |



| G1756 | SG40 (C10) OD-OG plate 60 fine strip of 4 tied by large 3734 lozenges of ST MALO to a cover used on 31 March 1863 with red PD and red octagonal ANGL.B.M (BOITE MOBILE) ST MALO datestamp on front. | £750 |



| G1602 | SG40 (C10) plate 61 MI-NJ block of 4
tied by Manchester duplexes of 12 December 1859 to an envelope to Southport, NJ faulty but blocks are very scarce on cover. | £35 |


| G1603 | SG40 (C10) plate 62 DA-EA pair and CB-EB strip of 3 tied by London SW18 duplexes of 28 July 1862 to an envelope to Italy. Some faults but quite attractive. | £60 |



| G1541 | SG40 (C10) 1d red MC plate 62 tied by London Inland 50 to a cover to NAPLES, Lombard Street Paid datestamp of
4 October 1860 in red PD in oval, red Francia in oval, all on the front of this attractive cover. | £75 |



| G1604 | SG40 (C10) plate 63 DE-FE strip of 3 plus NF tied by Liverpool duplexes of 16 October 1860 to a cover to LYONS, France. A scarce plate, particularly in multiple on cover. | £95 |


| G1757 | SG40 (C10) DL plate 64 overlapping DC plate 27 in pale red, tied by London District 88 duplexes of 18 February 1861 to a cover to Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury and Salisbury datestamps of 19 February 1861 on reverse, fine and rare. | £1250 |


| G1673 | SG40 (C10) CC-CD pair plate R17 tied by NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE duplexes of 31 March 1863
to a cover to DERBY, fine. | £12 |



|
G1300 | SG40 (C10) MD plate R17 fine used on cover from Bradford (Yorks) to Derby scarce plate on cover | £15 |
| | SG 36: Spec C11 | |
|



| G1819 | SG36 (C11) JH plate 34 tied by LONDON INLAND numeral to an
envelope to NEWCASTLE ON TYNE on 12 May 1858, scarce. | £28 |



| G1820 | SG36 (C11) NB plate 34 tied by LEITH duplex of 16 June 1858 to a cover to LONDON , fine and scarce. | £35 |



| G1661 | SG36 (C11) FE plate 36 tied by BOSTON sideways duplex of 4 March 1858 to an envelope to Peterborough, fine and scarce. | £45 |


| G1619 | SG36 (C11) plate 43 BL tied by ELM ROW (Edinburgh) Scots local on 24 April 1858 to an
entire to Inspector of Poor in Wick with fine Edinburgh Posted Since 7 Last Night on reverse. Scarce. Cover damage on reverse where seal removed. | £65 |


| G1620 | SG36 (C11) QJ plate 43 a very fine example tied by LONDON EC 77 duplex on 14 January 1858 to a cover to WITHAM, ESSEX. Scarce. | £50 |



| G1095 | SG36 (C11) IE plate 56 used from London to Edinburgh on February 20 1858 with straightline
QUEENS ELM on reverse, good to fine | £35 |
| | SG 42 - Spec C12 plates 50 and 51 | |
| | SG Spec C13 plates R15, R16 and R17 | |
| | | |
| |
SG 43 plates 71 to 225 and 1870 1/2d issues | |



| G1382 | SG 43 BG-BL strip of 6 plate 71 tied by Edinburgh DOTTED CIRCLE duplexes of 30 May 1860 to an envelope to PRUSSIA. Very scarce. Some faults at the top left and right of the strip | £100 |



| G1654 | SG43 JD-JF and KD-KF plate 71 strip of 3 tied by PORTSMOUTH duplexes of 5 June 1867 to an envelope to AUSTRIA, red PD
alongside has then been obliterated by another Portsmouth duplex of the same date, fine and attractive. | £125 |



| G1553 | SG 43 AI-AL plate 73 strip of 4 tied by Margate duplexes of 10 August 1865 to an envelope to PARIS, very fine and attractive. | £65 |



| G1496 | SG 43 HI-HJ pair and GI-GK strip of 3 plate 74 plus JE plate 99 tied to an envelope from London to Germany on 26 May 1867, very attractive |
£100 |



| G1497 | EJ plate 76 used
with SG94 4d vermilion plate 9 and SG97 6d lilac plate 6 (scarce) together in a fine attractive combination on a cover from Manchester to MILAN on 30 December 1867. | £200 |



| G1437 | HB plate 81 tied to a cover used in London on 14 April 1869 with circular MORE TO PAY and manuscript 2 alongside. Fine | £20 |



| G1438 | SG 43 PA-PF plate 84 strip of 6 tied by London district 72s to a cover to France on 18 June 1867, fine |
£55 |



| G1498 | SG 43 DC and CG plate 87 used with 4 vermilion plate 8 on very attractive cover from Middlesbrough to PRUSSIA- very fine. | £95 |


| G1747 | SG43 AD-AE plate 89 tied by LONDON INLAND twin 45s to a cover to Liverpool on 28 September 1864. | £25 |



| G1499 | SG 43 TE plate 92 and SG110 9d straw tied by London Paddington duplexes of 23 July 1868 to an envelope to BERNE, Switzerland, attractive |
£150 |



| G1758 | SG43 KF plate 93 applied
as late fee to an envelope bearing 1s green plate 4, tied by LONDON SW 24 duplexes dated 1 May 1868, attractive. | £65 |


| G1759 | SG43 QC plate 94 and 4d vermilion plate 9 tied by 107s of BRADFORD (Yorks) to a neat mourning envelope to PARIS on 7 May 1868, fine. | £35 |



| G1748 | SG43 QE plate 95 tied by Exeter Creswell type duplex of 20 February 1866 to an envelope to London, scarce. | £45 |



| G1687 | SG43 DJ-EK plate 96 a separated block of 4 tied by Brighton 132s on 30 October 1866 to a small envelope to Paris. Bedford Street Brighton datestamp on reverse. Good used. | £35 |



| G1822 | SG43 LA plate 96 and 4d pale red SG82 (with Lairlines) tied by 700s of SHEFFIELD to a mourning envelope to Manchester with circular dated REGISTERED SHEFFIELD on the front, 6 July 1865, fine. | £35 |



| G1707 | SG 43
QA-QC plate 97 and RE-RF tied by LONDON SW 17 duplexes of 21 July 1866 to an envelope to Switzerland, good used. | £35 |


| G1708 | GF plate 98 tied by London district 80 duplex of 21 October 1867 to a cover used within London, with red examiner's mark at the top of the cover, fine. | £20 |



| G1251 | OA plate 124 tied by a Brunswick star to a cover used within Edinburgh on 19 January 1870 |
£14 |



| G1831 | OH plate 127 tied to an envelope used in LONDON with an octagonal NPB backstamp, 30 January 1874, unusual. | £10 |



| G1638 | SG43 PJ plate 134 tied to envelope to Peebles by very fine Edinburgh Posted Since 11 Last Night duplex of April 10 1873, a rare cancel. | £125 |



| G1526 | SG 43 TB plate 137 and 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by LONDON EC65 duplexes to
an entire to NORWAY, attractive | £45 |



|
G1587 | SG43 DK plate 138 and 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by 498s of MANCHESTER to an envelope to Paisley with red Registered Manchester oval of 5 February 1874 at left, good to fine | £30 |



| G1518 | SG 43 AF and BD-BE 1d red plate 139 tied by DERBY duplexes of 5 July 1872 to an envelope to USA, no arrival marks. | £35 |
|



| G1556 | SG 43 SG and SH plate 145 plus 3d rose plate 7 pair tied by
London Inland 87s to an entire to MARSEILLE on 14 March 1872, some staining. | £45 |


| G1760 | SG43 OH plate 152 and 3d rose plate 8 tied by LONDON 88 duplexes to a cover to ST MALO, FRANCE on 6 August 1872, LI
alongside in red, fine and attractive. | £45 |



|
G1557 | SG 43 FD and GD plate 158 plus 1/2d rose-red plate 12 tied by Edinburgh duplexes of 15 December 1875 to an envelope to NOVA SCOTIA, attractive. | £45 |



| G1501 | SG 43 LA plate 158 and PB and QB plate 140 tied by London East Central District duplexes of 15 July 1876 to an envelope to ST. TROND, BELGIUM. Fine | £25 |



| G1811 | SG43 plate 171 JL tied by LONDON DISTRICT 92
duplex to KENNINGTON CROSS on 10 October 1878 with purple boxed Undelivered for reason stated alongside. Good used. | £12 |


| G1504 | SG43 NL and NJ-NK pair plate 190 tied by London East Central 74 duplexes to an envelope to BELGIUM, fine. | £20 |



| G1441 | PG plate 198 tied by Paddington P15 duplex to a mourning envelope on 6 December 1879 to Bath, redirected on 13 December 1879, refused, addtional datestamps of 17 and 18 December 1879 applied at
Bath. Fine and attractive | £22 |



|
G1823 | SG43 SJ plate 201 tied by IONA STEAMSHIP GREENOCK duplex of 12 November 1879 to an envelope to DUNOON, good to fine used and scarce. | £65 |



| G1649 | AC plate 208 tied to a postcard from LONDON to MUNICH by lovely LONDON WC SMP datestamp of 2 May 1879 which also ties the 1/2d imprint. Very attractive. | £50 |



| G1522 | 1/2d rose-red plate 3 pair used with SG109 6d
mauve plate 9, tied by LONDON Inland 106 duplexes of 24 August 1871 to an entire to VENICE, fine and attractive | £65 |


| G1559 | 1/2d plate 10 HS tied by GLASGOW datestamp of 22 June 1877 to a printed envelope of JOHN E SWAN & BROTHERS Limited to Manchester, fine. | £25 |



| G1523 | 1/2d rose-red plate 12, perfinned, tied by LIVERPOOL squared circle to a BRAUN & Co statistical circular (in
French) to LE HAVRE, FRANCE, attractive | £16 |



|
G1524 | 1/2d rose-red plate 14 used with scarce 3d rose plate 20, tied by LONDON Inland 75s to an entire to GENOA, Italy on 8 April 1880, fine | £50 |