Sturminster Stamps GB QUEEN VICTORIA: 1840 1d Blacks SG1-3, and 1841 1d Reds printed from 'Black' Plates SG7

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Item No.	SG/Spec	Plate/Letters	Description	Price	Key
B:576	3/2 AS2,AS5h	1a,1b GF	1840 1d Grey-Black/Black: A VFU/VFU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the Plate 1a in the GREY-BLACK shade (moderate wear), both with four good-to-LARGE margins, the 1a neatly cancelled with a BROWNISH-RED (almost MAROON) MALTESE CROSS, and the 1b VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Plate 1a: CONSTANT VARIETY: scratch below base-line, and NW 5 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws; Plate 1b: W RECUT (NW 7 & 10 o'clock Ray Flaws hardly visible). Cat.£600+.	£275.00
B:538	3 AS2,A1ve	1a MC	1840 1d Grey-Black: A FU+ single in the GREY-BLACK shade (moderate wear), with four close(but clear NE)-to-LARGE margins, neatly cancelled with a VERY FINE strike of the SCARCE RUBY MALTESE CROSS. NW 5 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and UNRECORDED vertical scratch upper W margin. Cat.£1000+.	£285.00
B:595	3 AS2	1a MG	1840 1d Grey-Black: A VFU+ single in the GREY-BLACK shade (moderate wear), with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. NW 5 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and 'G' misplaced left and tilted W. Cat.£300.	£135.00
B:644	2 AS5	1b AH	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled high right with a red Maltese Cross, leaving a large part of the lower HEAD CLEAR. CONSTANT VARIETY: vertical scratch in W margin. Also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and guide dot outside NE. Cat.£275+.	£125.00
B:653	1 AS4h	1b BG	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, lightly cancelled with an indistinct red Maltese Cross. W FRAME-LINE STRONGLY RECUT (UNLISTED SG, and UNREPORTED by any other authority, but clearly visible in comparison with the Imprimatur photo of Plate 1A). Also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and top of NE weak. Cat.£375+.	£160.00
B:609	1 AS4i	1b BH	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. RECUT NW & SW CORNERS, and also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws. Cat.£375+.	£160.00
B:655	2 AS5g	1b CF	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a lovely CRIMSON Maltese Cross. BURR-RUB VALUE, CONSTANT VARIETY: blur around 'C', NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and SW corner frame-line extending S. Cat.£300+.	£135.00
B:509	1 AS4k	1b DE	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: Roller Flaw NW. Also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, E of NE weak, and letters misplaced high right and left respectively. Cat.£375+.	£135.00
C:1087	2 * AS5g	1b DF	1840 1d Black: A FU+ single in a slightly greyish shade (worn plate), with four good-to-LARGE even margins, but tiny corner fault SE, on empty WRAPPER of 6 NOVEMBER 1843, an UNUSUALLY LATE USE, from Stockton to Stokesley (North Yorkshire), cancelled and tied with a neat black Maltese Cross (with wide cove loops as noted by Rockoff & Jackson, Vol.2). NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and BURR-RUB VALUE: 'NE' of 'ONE' joined. Cat.£550+.	£150.00
B:640	2 AS5n	1b EF	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. On BLEUTE PAPER. NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, VGL NE, and 'E' misplaced low left. Cat.£500+.	£200.00
B:661	1 AS4h	1b LA	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. W RECUT and VERTICAL SCRATCHES W MARGIN. Also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and 'A' blurred. Cat.£375+.	£150.00
B:613	2 AS5h,A1vg	1b LB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, cancelled with a FINE almost COMPLETE STRIKE of a clearly ORANGE MALTESE CROSS (sadly unpriced SG off cover!). W FRAME-LINE RECUT, and also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and E of NE weak. Cat.£300++.	£150.00
B:652	1 AS4m	1b MB	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. Printed on EXPERIMENTAL THIN PAPER. NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, SE corner frame-line extending E (slight), and 'M' misplaced high. Cat.£375+.	£165.00
B:615	1 AS4e	1b NF	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. 'N' RECUT, and also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws. Cat.£375+.	£135.00
B:617	2 AS5a,n	1b OA	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Printed on BLEUTE PAPER. The ORIGINAL PLATE 1a RE-ENTRY. NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws. Cat.£500+.	£250.00
B:610	2 AS5g,h,n	1b PD	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. A FINE example of the BLEUTE PAPER variety, unusually showing a faint IVORY HEAD. Also BURR-RUB VALUE ('NE' of 'ONE' joined), RECUT SIDE-LINES, NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and 'D' misplaced high left. Cat.£500+.	£225.00
B:639	2 AS5m	1b TE	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Printed on EXPERIMENTAL THIN PAPER. Also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and 'E' weak and misplaced right. Cat.£375+.	£150.00
B:630	2 AS15a	2 HL	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. FINE MAJOR RE-ENTRY, with all re-entry marks clearly visible. Cat.£375.	£150.00
C:B:1124	1 * AS14f,A1vg	2 IG	1840 1d Intense Black: A FU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, but tiny corner bend SE, on ENTIRE LETTER (interesting personal contents) of 9 DECEMBER 1840, from Liverpool to London, cancelled and tied with a SCARCE LIVERPOOL ORANGE MALTESE CROSS. Double line 'ST JAMES'S LIVERPOOL' at lower left. NO RAY FLAWS this lettering. Cat.£2200+.	£500.00
B:565	2 AS15b,f	2 IL	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled centre right with a red Maltese Cross, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. CONSTANT VARIETY: mark in 'O' of 'ONE'. Also NO RAY FLAWS this lettering, but showing BASAL SHIFT and guide dot SE. Cat.£300+.	£125.00
B:514	2 AS15f	2 JD	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, cancelled with an oily red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: top of 'D' weak, and also NO RAY FLAWS this lettering. Cat. £300.	£125.00
B:629	2 AS15i	2 MH	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. HORIZONTAL GUIDE-LINE ABOVE NW, and also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws. Cat.£300+.	£145.00
B:665	2 AS15	2 TF	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, lightly cancelled high with a red Maltese Cross. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR in the VERY SCARCE STATE 1 before the early repair of May/June 1840 (and thus used in this state for only about a month). The very obvious weak NW corner is diagnostic of this first state (see Osborne and Stone). CONSTANT VARIETY: dots below SE, and also NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and VGL NE. Cat.£275++.	£165.00
B:545	3 AS21	3 AA	1840 1d Grey-Black: A VFU+ single from this SCARCER plate, in the GREY-BLACK shade, with four good-to-HUGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots above NE and NW (both faint), and also both 'A's blind, and W 'A' misplaced right. Cat. £375.	£150.00
B:637	2 AS20	3 DD	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Letters misplaced low right and right. (NOTE: What appears to be a fault just above the SE corner is a fragment of paper adhering to the Hagner sheet used for scanning!) Cat.£375.	£160.00
B:551	3 AS21/A1ub	3 EJ	1840 1d Grey-Black: A FU+ single from this SCARCER plate, in the GREY-BLACK shade (WORN), with four well-clear-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a SUPERB neat almost COMPLETE strike of the SCARCE MANCHESTER 'FISHTAIL' MALTESE CROSS. E of NE weak, and 'J' misplaced high. Cat. £1200+.	£265.00
B:626	2 AS20e	3 GJ	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, showing some wear to the plate, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with a FINE ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. A FINE relatively STRONG example of BLEUTE PAPER (this variety is usually very subtle). 'G' misplaced high left. Cat.£600+.	£225.00
B:628	2 AS20	3 KA	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Die dot, and 'K' tilted W. Cat.£375.	£165.00
B:625	2 AS20	3 LB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Prominent BASAL SHIFT (unaccountably UNLISTED on most 1d Black plates!), and die dot. Cat.£375+.	£150.00
B:648	1 AS19A	3 QK	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, in an INTENSE BLACK shade most UNUSUAL on this generally greyish plate, with four good-to-mostly LARGE even margins, cancelled with a lovely neat CRIMSON Maltese Cross. Slight upper border shift, vertical blur E, and 'Q' misplaced high left. Cat.£425.	£165.00
B:642	2 AS23f	4 CB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with an ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. On BLEUTE PAPER. Also CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots NE and SW, die dot, E of NE weak, SE corner frame-line extending S, and 'C' misplaced low left. Cat.£550+.	£200.00
B:662	2 AS23b	4 DF	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'D', and also dot above NW, and SE corner frame-line extending S. Cat.£325.	£140.00
B:527	2 AS23	4 FE	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with TWO strikes of an indistinct red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot in 'E' of 'POSTAGE'. Also basal shift, and 'E' misplaced low and tilted W. Cat. £300+.	£115.00
B:517	2 AS23	4 FJ	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Basal shift. Cat.£300.	£110.00
B:410	2 AS23	4 HB	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with TWO neat strikes of a red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots SE, and scratch above NW. 'H' misplaced right. Cat.£300+.	£135.00
B:439	2 AS23,A1ve	4 HI	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a faint but distinctly RUBY MALTESE CROSS. 'H' misplaced high right. Cat.£1000.	£225.00
B:503	2 AS23	4 KG	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four LARGE even margins, cancelled with an indistinct red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot over 'A' of 'POSTAGE' (faint). Cat.£300+.	£110.00
B:601	1 AS22f	4 MD	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-mostly LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. On SCARCE BLEUTE PAPER. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots SE, SW, 'POSTAGE', value and margins. Cat.£550+.	£215.00
B:513	2 AS23	4 ND	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, neatly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETIES: numerous dots and scratches NE, SE and elsewhere. Cat.£300+.	£115.00
B:403	1 AS22	4 OC	1840 1d Intense Black A FU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four well clear(SW)-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with a light but indistinct red Maltese Cross (probably TWO strikes). CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots SE and SW, and scratch below base-line. 'O' misplaced left. Cat.£375+.	£135.00
B:627	2 AS23	4 OJ	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. W weak, and 'J' tilted W. Cat.£300.	£135.00
B:406	2 AS23	4 OL	1840 1d Black A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled low right with a smudged red Maltese Cross, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots NE and in N margin. 'L' misplaced left. Cat.£300+.	£125.00
B:604	2 AS23b	4 PA	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-mostly HUGE margins, cancelled with a smudged black Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'P'. Cat.£325.	£135.00
B:531	2 AS23,A1vi	4 RC	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four LARGE even margins, cancelled with a good strike of the RARE BROWN MALTESE CROSS. SE corner frame-line extending E, and 'C' misplaced left (dots in 'O' of 'POSTAGE' illustrated in Statham are ABSENT). Cat. £2800+.	£795.00
B:408	2 AS41	6 AB	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four mostly HUGE but somewhat uneven margins, neatly cancelled with a BRIGHT ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. Printed on THIN PAPER (UNLISTED SG on Plate 6). Letters misplaced right and high respectively. Cat.£375++.	£150.00
B:645	2 AS41	6 BF	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: mark in 'S' of 'POSTAGE', and also VGL NE, and letters misplaced to centre. Cat.£275+.	£140.00
B:634	1 AS40	6 DE	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, cancelled with a FINE ORANGE MALTESE CROSS. 'D' misplaced low right. Cat.£375+.	£160.00
B:487	2 AS41	6 DE	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a BROWNISH-ORANGE Maltese Cross. 'D' misplaced low right and tilted W. Cat.£275+.	£125.00
B:650	2 AS41	6 DJ	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a LOVELY PALE PINK MALTESE CROSS. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot SE, and also VGL NE, and letters misplaced high right and left respectively. Cat.£275+.	£150.00
B:660	2 AS41	6 DK	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a small smudged fragment of a red Maltese Cross, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. E of NE weak, SE corner frame-line extending S, and 'D' misplaced high right. Cat.£275.	£150.00
B:489	2 AS41,A1h	6 EE	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-mostly VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with TWO strikes of a black Maltese Cross. VGL NE. Cat.£300.	£125.00
B:486	2 AS41	6 GD	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a neat black Maltese Cross. Letters misplaced high left and low respectively. Cat.£275.	£120.00
B:488	2 AS41	6 GI	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with an indistinct BROWNISH-RED Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots SE and SW, and letters misplaced high left and low respectively, with both tilted W. Cat.£275+.	£125.00
B:494	1 AS40,A1h	6 HC	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. VGLs NE and SE, and letters misplaced high right and low left. Cat.£375+.	£150.00
B:497	2 AS41e	6 LL	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, cancelled with an ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. Printed on BLEUTE PAPER (faintly blued). CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots SW and below SE. E 'L' misplaced left. Cat.£600.	£235.00
B:621	3/1 AS41e/AS42	6 NC	1840 1d Greyish-Black/Intense Black: A VFU RARE MATCHED PAIR in STATES 1 & 2, the State 1 in a GREYISH-BLACK shade on BLEUTE PAPER, the State 2 in the INTENSE BLACK shade, both with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE margins, the State 1 VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a faint Red Maltese Cross, the State 2 cancelled high left with a black Maltese Cross. The SCARCE STATE 2 shows frame-lines strengthened (particularly top NW and E), 'C' thin, and the lines on the Queen's face strengthened. Base SW weak on both, and a slight extension S of SW frame-line visible on State 1. A RARE pair... Cat.£1050++.	£400.00
B:422	2 AS44	7 CE	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins (minute marginal nick in SW corner not affecting design), VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with (probably TWO strikes) of a faint PINKISH-RED Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, 'C' misplaced left, and 'E' tilted W. Cat.£300+.	£125.00
B:529	2 AS44b	7 NB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a neat orange-red Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'N', and also CONSTANT VARIETY: scratch below 'PEN' of 'PENNY'. Cat.£350.	£135.00
B:475	3 AS45	7 ND	1840 1d Greyish-Black: A VFU single in the GREYISH-BLACK shade, with four well-clear(SE)-to-mostly LARGE even margins, cancelled with a FINE neat COMPLETE SCOTS-type Maltese Cross. WORN PLATE and DRY PRINT. Cat.£375.	£135.00
B:589	3 AS45	7 NH	1840 1d Greyish-Black: A VFU single in the GREYISH-BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with an orange-red Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2 - faint), NE Ray Flaw, and 'H' misplaced high. Cat.£375.	£135.00
B:556	2 AS44	7 SD	1840 1d Black: A FU+ single, with four well-clear-to-good even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Die dot, and letters tilted W. Cat.£300.	£95.00
C:1056	2 * AS44	7 SI	1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four LARGE even margins (tiny marginal nick NE), just tied (faint blur at base) to neat clean entire letter of 10 MAY 1841, from Wolverhampton to London, lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE Ray Flaw, die dot, 'S' misplaced high left, and 'I' tilted W. Cat.£650.	£195.00
B:544	2 AS46	8 CH	1840 1d Black: A VFU+ single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a red Maltese Cross, leaving most of the HEAD CLEAR. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), SE corner frame-line extening E (slight), letters misplaced low left and high right, and 'H' tilted W. Cat.£400.	£165.00
B:668	2 AS46e	8 JH	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four well clear(E)-to-mostly LARGE even margins, neatly cancelled with an ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. Printed on EXPERIMENTAL THIN PAPER (also HARD, almost PELURE, paper - UNUSUAL). 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw (faint), and 'H' misplaced high right. Cat.£500.	£220.00
B:524	2 AS46	8 SB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four well clear(SE)-to-mostly LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a red Maltese Cross, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), and 'N' misplaced high left. Cat.£400.	£135.00
B:550	1 AS46	8 SE	1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in a FINE INTENSE BLACK shade UNLISTED on Plate 8, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. In STATE 1 before the PROVISIONAL repair, which makes the black Maltese Cross cancel particularly interesting, as it was introduced at about the same time as this repair. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. In spite of the densely over-inked state of this print, the 'O' Flaw (Stage 1) is just visible, and the 'S' is misplaced high left and tilted W. Cat. £425+.	£150.00
B:585	2/7 AS56a,AS57a	9 EH	1840 1d Black/1841 1d Red-brown: A VFU/FU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR from this SCARCE plate, in Black and Red-brown, both with four good-to-LARGE margins, but the Red-brown with a very faint ironed-out vertical crease, cancelled with black Maltese Crosses. MAJOR RE-ENTRY, and also 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), and NE Ray Flaws. Cat.£750+.	£250.00
B:583	2 AS56c	9 HB	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, in a GREYISH shade (slightly worn plate), with four good-to-LARGE even margins (tiny marginal cut below SW does not touch design), cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'H', and also 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, HGL SW, and 'H' misplaced low left. Cat.£475.	£185.00
B:587	2 AS56c	9 MA	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'M', and also 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), VGL NE, HGL value, and 'A' misplaced high left. Cat.£475.	£195.00
B:500	2/7 AS56/57	9 NA	1840 1d Black/1841 1d Red-brown: A FU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR from this SCARCE plate, both with four close-to-LARGE margins, cancelled respectively with a RED Maltese Cross (SCARCE on Plate 9), leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE, and a neat black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and HGL VALUE, SE and SW, and VGL NE. Cat.£625+.	£150.00
B:552	2 AS56	9 QI	1840 1d Black: A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, with four LARGE even margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, top of NE weak, and 'I' misplaced low. Cat. £450.	£165.00
B:528	2 AS66	10 ID	1840 1d Black: A FU+ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a slightly GREYISH shade typical of this plate, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, but a couple of tiny very shallow thins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, VGL NW, and letters misplaced low and high right respectively. Cat.£700+.	£200.00
B:580	2 AS67	10 QH	1840 1d Grey-black: A FU+ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, in a good GREY-BLACK shade, with four well-clear(W)-to-LARGE mostly even margins, but a tiny gritty inclusion in the paper above the first 'N' of 'PENNY', lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, SE corner frame-line extending E, and distinctive SQUAT 'H' unique to Plate 10. Cat.£725.	£250.00
B:482	2 AS73	11 EE	1840 1d Black: A FU single from this RARE plate, in the SCARCER BLACK shade, with four mostly LARGE margins, but just touched at tips of NE, SE and SW corners, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE break and 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, and DISTINCTIVE SHORT 'E's misplaced high. Cat.£5000.	£650.00
B:581	2 AS72	11 OJ	1840 1d Greyish-black: A GU single from this RARE plate, in the typical GREYISH-BLACK shade, with four close margins, close-but-just-clear at NE and SE corners, but thinned upper W margin, slight corner flaws NE and SE, and very faint horizontal crease below 'POSTAGE', cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, and DISTINCTIVE SQUARE-FOOTED 'J' misplaced high. A COLLECTABLE copy of this RARE plate... Cat.£4000.	£400.00
B:483	- -	- RT	1840 1d Black: A BIZARRE PHOTOGRAPHIC FORGERY, with four LARGE margins, on small possibly ?contemporaneous? piece, cancelled with an equally bizarre and unlikely forged black Maltese Cross! IMPOSSIBLE LETTERING 'RT'.... A curiosity only....	£25.00
1d RED-BROWN PRINTED FROM 'BLACK' PLATES
C:B:1073	7 * AS6	1b BK	1841 1d Red-brown: A GU++ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins except trimmed just at the SE corner, on ENTIRE LETTER of 15 JULY 1841, a SCARCE ISLAND USE, from PORTREE, SKYE to Dingwall, cancelled and tied with a neat black Maltese Cross. NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and top of NE weak. Cat.£500+.	£150.00
C:B:1074	7 * AS18	2 EC	1841 1d Red-brown: A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, on ENTIRE LETTER of 17 MAY 1841, a nice EARLY USE, from Inverness to Dingwall, cancelled and tied with a neat black Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot below full-stop after 'PENNY', and also NW 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'E' weak. Cat.£400+.	£120.00
RM:2521	7 AS18f	2 GJ	1841 1d Red A FU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, with four good even margins, but thin W, cancelled with TWO black Maltese Crosses. NO RAY FLAWS this lettering, and letters misplaced high. Cat.£275+.	£45.00
RM:2117	7 AS47,A2vc	8 HF	1841 1d Red-brown: A GU+ single, with three-and-a-half good-to-LARGE margins, but just trimmed at top NE and with diagonal crease, cancelled with a LOVELY NEAT strike of a VERY SCARCE LIGHT BLUE MALTESE CROSS. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and SE corner frame-line extending E (faint). Cat.£1200.	£75.00
RM:2116	7 AS54	8 HL	1841 1d Red-brown: A FU single, with four close(but clear W)-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. In the SCARCE STATE 2 of the late repair, with no 'O' Flaw, and 'L' thinned. Cat.£225.	£40.00
RM:2119	7 AS47	8 KB	1841 1d Red-brown: A FU+ single in a RICH DEEP RED-BROWN shade, with four close(but clear SE)-to-LARGE margins, neatly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, die dot, and 'K' tilted slightly W. Cat.£150+.	£32.50
RM:2257	7 AS47	8 PJ	1841 1d Red-brown: A GU+ single, with four close(but clear SE/NW)-to-LARGE margins, but faint horizontal and vertical creases, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE. In STATE 1 before the late repair, with 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), dot SE, and 'J' misplaced high left. Cat.£150.	£17.50
RM:2139	7 AS65	9 GD	1841 1d Red: A good RARE UNUSED single, with almost four mostly VERY LARGE margins, but damaged at SW corner, and with no gum. In the SCARCE STATE 2 of the late repair, with no 'O' Flaw, NE Ray Flaw accentuated, and letters thinned. VGL NE, and showing strong TRL in E margin. Cat.£2250++.	£250.00
RM:2145	7 AS71	10 BA	1841 1d Red-brown: A good used single, with three-and-a-half good-to-VERY LARGE margins, but close-to-trimmed lower E, cancelled with a smudged black Maltese Cross. In the SCARCE STATE 2 of the PROVISIONAL repair, with no 'O' Flaw, NE Ray Flaw, and letters thinned. Cat.£200.	£18.50
RM:2147	7 AS71	10 CF	1841 1d Red-brown: A good used single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, but close SW and toned, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. In the SCARCE STATE 2 of the PROVISIONAL repair, with no 'O' Flaw. Cat.£200.	£25.00
RM:2154	7 AS69f	10 HA-HB	1841 1d Red-brown: A good-to-FINE used SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR, with good-to-mostly LARGE margins all round, except close NW of 'HA' and just touched centre E of 'HB', and with a diagonal crease and damage centre S of 'HA', cancelled with two black Maltese Crosses, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE on 'HA'. PROMINENT DOUBLE LETTER 'H' on 'HA', and also 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), and NE Ray Flaw on both, and VGL NE on 'HA', and SE and SW corner frame-lines extending S on 'HB'. ATTRACTIVE and SCARCE in spite of faults... Cat.£330+.	£40.00
RM:2150	7 AS69	10 LG	1841 1d Red-brown: A FU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, but faint corner wrinkle SW hardly visible from the front, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and E of NE weak. Cat.£150.	£28.50
RM:2561	7 AS69,A2uj	10 ML	1841 1d Red A good used three-margin single (trimmed at right), cancelled with a VERY FINE almost COMPLETE STRIKE of the VERY SCARCE GREENOCK MALTESE CROSS. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2) and NE Ray Flaw. Cat.£600.	£60.00
RM:2631	7 AS74	11 BL	1841 1d Red A VFU single, with four well-clear(NE)-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'L' misplaced right. Cat.£110.	£25.00
RM:2632	7 AS74	11 CB	1841 1d Red A VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE 7 o'clock Ray Flaw. Cat.£110.	£27.50
RM:2562	7 AS74	11 OI	1841 1d Red A VFU single, with four well-clear(W)-to-mostly LARGE margins, cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. NE 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, VGL NE, and letters misplaced low right and high respectively. Cat.£110.	£25.00
RM:2207	7 AS74a	11 TK	1841 1d Red-brown: A good used+ single, with four just touched(NW)-to-LARGE margins, but surface score through 'POSTAGE', neatly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. A useful example of this MAJOR RE-ENTRY, with almost ALL MARKS VISIBLE. Cat.£150.	£17.50