Sturminster Stamps GB QUEEN VICTORIA: 2d Blues

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Item No.	SG/Spec	Plate/Letters	Description	Price	Key
BL:828	5 DS6A	1 BD	1840 2d Blue, a VFU single in the SCARCER BRIGHT BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. 'TWO' Flaws, NE Ray Flaws, top NE weak, SE corner frame-line extending S, and blurs E. Cat.£850.	£225.00
BL:825	5 DS5c	1 CF	1840 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, neatly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. BASAL SHIFT, 'TWO' Flaws, NE Ray Flaws, NE and W/NW weak, and 'C' misplaced high. Cat.£700.	£175.00
C:677	5 * DS5	1 DG-DH	1840 2d Blue, a F-VFU RARE HORIZONTAL PAIR, with four good-to-LARGE margins all round, except at top right corner 'DH' which is just nicked, on ATTRACTIVE LONG ENTIRE Coldstream to Alnwick on 18th February 1842 (LATE USE of the first 2d Blue), neatly cancelled with two fine black Maltese Crosses, leaving much of the HEAD CLEAR on 'DH'. BOXED COLDSTREAM and Alnwick CDS on reverse. LOVELY COVER...Cat.£1500++ for pair off-cover, or £2350 for two singles, one on cover and one off).	£450.00
BL:821	5 DS6A	1 GH	1840 2d Blue, a GU single in the SCARCER BRIGHT BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, but heavy horizontal crease, on neat small piece cancelled with red Maltese Cross, with BOXED PAID 1D EXTRA alongside. NE Ray Flaws, top NE and W/NW weak, NW corner frame-line extending slightly W, and 'G' misplaced left. Cat.£850+.	£85.00
BL:830	5 DS6A	1 GK	1840 2d Blue, a FU+ single in the SCARCER BRIGHT BLUE shade, with four very close(SW corner - just touched?)-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a neat ORANGE Maltese Cross. NE Ray Flaws, and W/NW weak. Cat.£850.	£175.00
BL:820	5 DS5,D1xc	1 LK	1840 2d Blue, a GU single, with two slender margins, trimmed W and S, neatly cancelled with a RARE LONDON INLAND '11' 1844-TYPE numeral. NE Ray Flaws, and NW weak. Cat.£1500.	£150.00
BL:827	5 DS5	1 MG	1840 2d Blue, a FU+ single, with four close(but clear lower W)-to-LARGE margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a neat black Scots-type thin-line Maltese Cross. 'TWO' Flaws, NE Ray Flaws, top NE and W/NW weak, and (UNRECORDED) horizontal scratch mark in top left of 'M' square. Cat.£650+.	£145.00
BL:829	6 DS3	1 MI	1840 2d Blue, a FU single in a lovely example of the RARE MILKY BLUE shade, with four just clear(possibly ?just touching centre N)-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'TWO' Flaws. Cat.£2000.	£350.00
BL:822	5 DS5	1 NI	1840 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with TWO strikes of a black Maltese Cross, leaving CLEAR PROFILE between. NE Ray Flaws, W/NW weak, and letters misplaced left and right. Cat.£650.	£165.00
BL:824	5 DS4	1 OF	1840 2d Blue, a FU single in the SCARCE STEEL BLUE shade, with three good-to-LARGE margins, but close-to-touching upper W, lightly cancelled with a black Maltese Cross. 'TWO' Flaws, NE Ray Flaws, W/NW weak, and letters misplaced high and low respectively. Cat.£1400.	£265.00
C:644	6 * DS6	1 SJ	1840 2d Blue, a FU single in the SCARCER PALE BLUE shade, with four close(but clear NW)-to-good margins, on neat clean SMALL WRAPPER Rushyford to Durham on 28th JANUARY 1842 (LATE USE of the first 2d Blue), cancelled with two smudged black Maltese Crosses. Faint but legible BISHOP AUCKLAND UDC on reverse. Good colour...VERY SCARCE on cover... Cat.£1700+.	£250.00
BL:823	5 DS6Af	1 SL	1840 2d Blue, a FU single in the SCARCER BRIGHT BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, but ironed-out horizontal crease, lightly cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. NE Ray Flaws, W/NW weak, HGL value, and guide dots NE and SE. Cat.£850+.	£150.00
BL:832	4 DS7	2 HK	1840 2d Blue, a VFU single from this SCARCER plate, in the SCARCER DEEP BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with TWO strikes of a black Maltese Cross. NE Ray Flaws, top NE weak, E/NE recut, and blur SW. Cat.£825+.	£200.00
BL:833	5 DS8d	2 OE	1840 2d Blue, a FU+ single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-LARGE margins, but faint corner crease SE, lightly cancelled with a neat black Maltese Cross. DOUBLE LETTER 'E'. Cat.£800.	£175.00
BL:613	DS8ud	2 QC	1840 2d Blue An average used single from this SCARCER plate, with no margins and cut into in places, but cancelled with a VERY RARE BLUE MALTESE CROSS. NE 10 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'Q' misplaced low. A useful spacefiller of a VERY RARE stamp... Cat.£7500.	£250.00
BL:834	5 DS8	2 SC	1840 2d Blue, a VFU+ single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-LARGE margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a SUPERB neat strike of a black Scots-type thin-line large centre Maltese Cross, which appears DISTINCTIVE to me, with short broad inner arms, but as yet I've been unable to identify it! NE Ray Flaws. Cat.£700+.	£200.00
C:470	15 * ES12	3 AF	1841 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU single, with four good margins, on ATTRACTIVE SMALL ENTIRE (a bit battered on the back) London to Bideford on 23rd February 1849, lightly cancelled and tied with an indistinct London Inland '13' numeral, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE. VGL NE, and SE and SW corners heavily recut. Cat.£275.	£65.00
BL:754	14 ES11f,un	3 AH	1841 2d Blue, a SUPERB USED single, with four good-to-mostly HUGE margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a LOVELY neat strike of the SCOTS I (small centre) MALTESE CROSS. VGLs NE and SE, NE corner frame-line extending E, and 'A' misplaced high right. Cat.£300.	£100.00
BL:768	14 ES11f	3 AH	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with a London District '55' numeral. VGLs NE and SE (faint), NE corner frame-line extending E, and 'A' misplaced high right. Cat.£85.	£22.50
BL:755	14 ES11f,ub	3 AJ	1841 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS. VGL NE. Cat.£225+.	£65.00
BL:769	14 ES11f	3 AJ	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with an English Provincial numeral. VGL NE (faint), and blur SW. Cat.£85+.	£20.00
BL:759	14 ES11f,vl	3 BI-BK	1841 2d Blue, a GU+ VERY SCARCE STRIP OF THREE, with three good-to-mostly LARGE margins, but cut into bottom centre, cancelled with three FINE strikes of the NUMBER '12' IN MALTESE CROSS. VGL NE on 'BI' and 'BK'. Cat.£1,050+.	£125.00
BL:787	15 ES12ub	3 CE-CG	1841 2d Deep Full Blue, a G-FU VERY SCARCE STRIP OF THREE, with three good-to-mostly LARGE margins, but just cut into at right of 'CG' and touched below 'CE', cancelled with three FINE strikes of the DISTINCTIVE MONTROSE MALTESE CROSS. VGL NE on 'CF'. Cat.£675+.	£75.00
C:694	14 * ES11,E1ug	3 EF	1841 2d Blue, a good used+ single, with four clear-to-LARGE margins, but horizontal crease, on ATTRACTIVE clean SMALL WRAPPER LEEDS to Kendal on 14th July 1843, heavily cancelled and tied with smudged but identifiable strike of the VERY SCARCE DISTINCTIVE LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MALTESE CROSS - note strongly curved and sharply long-pointed inner cross, and closed outer cove NW of this Maltese Cross, which is VERY SCARCE on the 1841 2d Blue, and RARE ON COVER. HGL value, and SE frame-line extending below. Cat.£3500.	£300.00
BL:760	14 ES11f,vl	3 FD-FF	1841 2d Blue, a GU+-VFU VERY SCARCE STRIP OF THREE, with three-to-four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, but just touched bottom centre, cancelled with three FINE strikes of the NUMBER '12' IN MALTESE CROSS. VGL NE on 'FD'. Cat.£1,050+.	£185.00
BL:843	14 ES11g,E1uh	3 GE	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four LARGE margins, but faint corner bend SW, cancelled with a good large part strike of the VERY SCARCE DISTINCTIVE PLYMOUTH MALTESE CROSS. HGL VALUE, SE corner frame-line extending E, and 'E' misplaced high. Cat.£900.	£225.00
BL:775	14 ES11f,h	3 HK	1841 2d Blue, a F-VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, both with four good-to-LARGE margins, but the MX copy with small shallow thin behind NW, lightly cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS, and a London Inland '7' numeral. DOUBLE LETTER 'H' and VGL NE. Cat.£325+.	£65.00
BL:324	14 ES11g,E1ub	3 JA-JC	1841 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE STRIP OF THREE, with four HUGE margins, cancelled with indistinct black Maltese Crosses. Small ?ironed-out wrinkle on 'JA'. Three horizontal paper lines on reverse (invisible on front) are probably natural paper flaws. Exceptionally ATTRACTIVE piece in spite of faults. Cat.£675+.	£85.00
BL:839	13 ES10g	3 JC	1841 2d Pale Blue, a VERY FINE VERY RARE LIGHTLY MOUNTED MINT single, with four good-to-HUGE margins, and FULL ORIGINAL GUM. A PULLED IMPRESSION, showing HGL VALUE, and blur E. Cat.£3500.	£895.00
BL:786	14 ES11g,h	3 KB-KF	1841 2d Blue, a VFU+ MAGNIFICENT VERY SCARCE STRIP OF FIVE, with HUGE margins all round, with a faint vertical crease at left of 'KC', but otherwise free of the usual faults of such a large multiple, cancelled with light smudged strikes of a DUBLIN '186' numeral. BOTH LETTERS DOUBLED on 'KD', and prominent HGL VALUE 'KB', 'KD' and 'KF'. Cat.£480++.	£165.00
BL:777	14 ES11g,h	3 KD-LG	1841 2d Blue, a mostly VFU RARE BLOCK OF EIGHT, with good-to-mostly HUGE margins all round, except just touched below 'LE', cancelled with London Inland '17' numerals. Free of the usual creasing and other faults associated with such large multiples. 'LE' EYEBROW FLAW in STATE 1, and also BOTH LETTERS DOUBLED on 'KD' and prominent HGL VALUE on most units. Cat.£2,000++ (as two blocks of four WITHOUT VARIETIES).	£850.00
BL:764	14 ES11i,ub	3 KJ	1841 2d Blue, a VFU/FU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, both with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE even margins, but the 1844 cancel copy with a light horizontal wrinkle, cancelled respectively with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS, and a Hurst Green '428' numeral. 'J' FLAW. Cat.£310+.	£67.50
BL:785	14 ES11e,g	3 LB-LF	1841 2d Blue, a VFU RARE STRIP OF FIVE, with good-to-mostly LARGE margins all round, with faint vertical creases between some (not all) units, but otherwise free of the usual faults of such a large multiple, lightly cancelled with Ramsbury (Wilts) numerals. 'LE' EYEBROW FLAW in the SCARCE STATE 3 with prominent TRL in E margin, and also prominent HGL VALUE on 'LB', 'LE' and 'LF'. Cat.£630++.	£175.00
BL:779	14 ES11e,g	3 LE	1841 2d Blue, a VFU RARE MATCHED TRIO, all with four good-to-mostly VERY LARGE or HUGE margins, cancelled with a BLACK MALTESE CROSS and English Provincial numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in ALL THREE STATES, and also prominent HGL VALUE. Cat.£725++.	£250.00
BL:780	14 ES11e,g	3 LE	1841 2d Blue, a F-VFU RARE MATCHED TRIO, all with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with a BLACK MALTESE CROSS and London or English Provincial numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in ALL THREE STATES, and also prominent HGL VALUE. Cat.£725++.	£225.00
BL:782	14 ES11e,g	3 LE	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with an indistinct Scots numeral. EYEBROW BLUR in STATE 2, and also prominent HGL VALUE. Cat.£250+.	£65.00
BL:783	14 ES11e,g	3 LE-LF	1841 2d Blue, a G-VFU SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR, with three good-to-VERY LARGE margins, but trimmed W, cancelled with London Inland '14' numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in STATE 2, and also prominent HGL VALUE on both. Cat.£345++.	£45.00
BL:784	13 ES10e,g	3 LE-LF	1841 2d Pale Blue, a F-VFU SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR, with good-to-HUGE margins, but close-to-just touching W, cancelled with London Inland '20' numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in STATE 3 with prominent TRL E, and also prominent HGL VALUE on both. Cat.£350++.	£65.00
C:911	14 * ES11e,g	3 LE-LG	1841 2d Blue, a G-FU SCARCE STRIP OF THREE, with three HUGE margins, but close-to-just cut into at base, on ATTRACTIVE ENTIRE London to Macclesfield on 22 November 1845, lightly cancelled and tied with London Inland '20' numerals. 'LE' EYEBROW FLAW in STATE 2, and prominent HGL VALUE on 'LF' and 'LG'. A RARE COVER... Cat.£825++.	£250.00
BL:781	14 ES11e,g	3 LE-LH	1841 2d Blue, a G-VFU SCARCE STRIP OF FOUR, with clear-to-mostly VERY LARGE margins, but small thin behind NW corner of 'LE', cancelled with London Inland '20' numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in STATE 2, and also prominent HGL VALUE on all units. Cat.£535++.	£85.00
BL:778	14 ES11e,g	3 LE-MF	1841 2d Blue, a G-VFU RARE BLOCK OF FOUR, with good-to-LARGE margins all round, but vertical crease through 'LF-MF', cancelled with SCARCE BISHOPS WALTHAM (Hants) '85' numerals. EYEBROW BLUR in STATE 2, and also prominent HGL VALUE on all units. The white mark at the upper left of 'LE' is where a large natural fibre in the paper has fallen out. Cat.£1000++.	£350.00
BL:339	14 ES11g,i/E1ub	3 LG-LJ	1841 2d Blue, a mostly VFU SCARCE STRIP OF FOUR, with four good-to-LARGE margins, except just cut into lower W of 'LG', lightly cancelled with neat black Maltese Crosses. HGL value all units, and 'J' FLAW on 'LJ'. Cat.£900+.	£115.00
BL:763	14/13 ES11f,g,ub/ES10f,g	3 NA	1841 2d Blue, a FU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, both with four HUGE margins, but the MX copy with a faint horizontal crease, and the 1844 cancelled copy with a shallow thin, lightly cancelled respectively with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS, and a London District numeral. The 1844 numeral copy is in a LOVELY example of the SCARCER PALE BLUE shade. HGL value and SE, and VGL NE. Cat.£325+.	£50.00
C:469	14 * ES11f	3 NC	1841 2d Blue, a VFU copy, with four LARGE margins, on SMALL CLEAN COVER London to Kendal 3 February 1847, lightly cancelled with London Inland numeral in diamond. Cat.£275.	£65.00
BL:774	13 ES10d	3 NL	1841 2d Pale Blue, a VFU+ single in a LOVELY FRESH PALE BLUE shade, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with an English Provincial numeral, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE within. BASAL SHIFT etc. Cat.£100+.	£30.00
BL:771	14 ES11f,g,ub	3 OI	1841 2d Blue, a SUPERB USED single in a DEEPISH shade, with four LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE within. HGL value, SE and SW, and VGLs NE and SE. Cat.£225+.	£85.00
BL:507	14 ES11e	3 QC	1841 2d Blue, a good used+ single, with three-and-a-half good margins, touched and wrinkled upper E, cancelled with London Inland '10' numeral. In the SCARCE STATE 2 with shading on Queen's neck restored. Cat.£250.	£25.00
BL:773	15 ES12ub	3 QI	1841 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU+ single in a SUPERB RICH DEEP FULL BLUE shade, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, cancelled centre right with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. SE corner frame-line extending S, W margin narrow, blurs E and W, and 'I' misplaced high right. Cat.£225+.	£75.00
BL:772	14 ES11	3 RD	1841 2d Blue, a SUPERB USED single, with four HUGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a London Inland numeral. SE corner frame-line recut and extending SE, NW ext N, and 'D' misplaced low right. Cat.£85+.	£30.00
BL:765	15 ES12ub	3 TH	1841 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU single in the DEEP FULL BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. Slight basal shift. Cat.£225+.	£60.00
BL:756	13 ES10	3 TH	1841 2d Pale Blue, a VFU+ single in the PALE BLUE shade, with four HUGE even margins, cancelled with an Oxford '603' numeral. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. Slight basal shift. Cat.£100+.	£30.00
BL:757	15 ES12ub	3 TK	1841 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU single in the DEEP FULL BLUE shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. Blur W. Cat.£225+.	£60.00
BL:758	14 ES11ub	3 TL	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four LARGE even margins, but very faint (?ironed-out) vertical crease, lightly cancelled with the SCARCER black MALTESE CROSS. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. GD below SE, letters misplaced high, and 'T' tilted E. Cat.£225+.	£50.00
BL:767	14 ES11	3 TL	1841 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a Scots numeral. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR. GD below SE, letters misplaced high, and 'T' tilted E. Cat.£85+.	£22.50
BL:803	14 ES14	4 BB	1849 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled with an Edinburgh '131' numeral, and a fragment of a RED TRANSIT mark. Corners recut, SE corner frame-line extending E, SW ext W, and letters misplaced low right. Cat.£75+.	£20.00
BL:845	14/23 ES14/F2	4 BD	1849/55 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the imperf with four well clear(SW)-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with a Scots numeral, matched with the SCARCE SG23 in a DEEP shade, UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED for this issue, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a neat English Provincial SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, upper and lower E recut, and 'D' misplaced high right and tilted E. Cat.£275+.	£65.00
BL:463	14,19 ES14,F1	4 CF	1849/54 2d Blue/Deep Blue, a F-FU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the Imperf with four margins, but just touched NE, the Perf centred slightly low but with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with English Provincial, and Edinburgh '131' numerals. Corrosion blurs, 'C' misplaced low, and 'F' tilted E. Cat.£165+.	£35.00
BL:805	14 ES14	4 DD	1849 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with a Scots numeral. Upper and lower E, and lower W recut, corrosion blurs, and letters misplaced high and right and tilted W and E respectively. Cat.£75.	£20.00
BL:564	15aa ES16	4 DE	1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue, a good used+ single in the RARE 'VIOLET'-BLUE shade on THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED paper, with three LARGE margins, but close at bottom, and just cut into at base of SE, cancelled with a smudged ?English numeral. Cat.£1,000.	£150.00
BL:842	14/19/23 ES14/F1/F2	4 EC	1849/54/55 2d Blue, a VFU-to-SUPERB USED RARE MATCHED TRIO, the imperf with four clear(SW)-to-VERY LARGE margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with an ?English numeral, matched with SUPERB SG19 and SG23 in DEEP shades, both UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED for these issues, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled respectively with ?IRISH and English numerals. Corrosion blurs on perforated stamps, and 'E' with extended top left serif. A LOVELY matched set... Cat.£365+.	£125.00
BL:806	14 ES14	4 EE	1849 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled with an indistinct English Provincial numeral. Lower W recut, W 'E' tilted E, and E 'E' misplaced low right. Cat.£75.	£18.50
BL:808	15 ES15	4 GG	1849 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, cancelled with an IRISH numeral. Fine IVORY HEAD. SE corner frame-line extending S, lower W recut, and E 'G' misplaced low right. Cat.£85+.	£22.50
BL:801	14 ES14e	4 GK	1849 2d Blue, a SUPERB USED single, with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE margins, lightly cancelled centre right with an English Provincial numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, upper E recut, blur lower W, and letters misplaced left and low right. Cat.£80+.	£27.50
BL:810	14 ES14	4 II	1849 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled with a London Inland '20' numeral. IVORY HEAD. NE and NW corner frame-lines extending N, and letters misplaced right. Cat.£75+.	£18.50
BL:489	14 ES14e,g	4 IK-IL	1841 2d Blue A FU HORIZONTAL PAIR, with four good even margins, but just nicked NW corner, cancelled with RARE ASHBURTON '29' NUMERAL in BROWN (UNRECORDED from Ashburton, and UNRECORDED on 2d Blue). 'IK': UB SHIFT, and SE frame-line extending S; 'IL': 'L' retouched. Cat.£165++ (as varieties only - BROWN cancel unlisted).	£100.00
BL:813	14 ES14	4 LI	1849 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled high right with a Derby '242' numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Blurs SW, and 'L' misplaced low left. Cat.£75.	£22.50
BL:811	13 ES13e	4 LL	1849 2d Pale Blue, a VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, lightly cancelled with a London Inland '3' numeral. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, and letters misplaced low left and low right. Cat.£85+.	£20.00
BL:816	15 ES15q	4 MH	1849 2d Deep Full Blue, a VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE even margins, cancelled high right with English Provincial numerals, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Printed on VERY THIN PAPER. SW corner frame-line extending W, and letters misplaced left and right. Cat.£150+.	£40.00
BL:504	13 ES13a	4 NE	1841 2d Pale Blue, a good used single in a FINE PALE BLUE shade, with three-and-a-half margins, cut into NE and SE, cancelled with an English Provincial numeral. RARE WATERMARK INVERTED, and also NW 8 o'clock Ray Flaw. Cat.£550+.	£65.00
BL:794	14 ES14e,q	4 NK	1849 2d Blue, a VFU single, with four VERY LARGE margins, cancelled with a Bolton '92' numeral. Printed on THIN PAPER. MAJOR UPPER BORDER SHIFT (stars heavily doubled), and also CONSTANT VARIETY: roller flaw (smudge) in first 'E' of 'PENCE'. 'N' misplaced low left. Cat.£150+.	£40.00
BL:741	14/19/23 ES14/F1/F2	4 NL	1849-55 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE MATCHED TRIO, the imperf with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with an Edinburgh '131' numeral, matched with the perforated issues from 1854 (Small Crown, Perf.16) and 1855 (the SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14). The SG19 is reasonably WELL-CENTRED for this issue, the SG23 centred slightly high left, both with FULL PERFS, cancelled with Scots and English Provincial numerals. Letters misplaced right and low left. Cat.£365+.	£95.00
BL:604	13/19 ES13,E1wb/F1	4 OF	1849/54 2d Pale Blue/Deep Blue, a F-VFU RARE MATCHED PAIR, the Imperf in the PALE BLUE shade, with four good even margins but very faint (ironed out?) vertical crease, cancelled with a RARE LUDLOW '479' numeral in GREY-BLUE, matched with an SG19 Perf, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CENTRED for this issue, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a LIVERPOOL SPOON and a sizeable segment NE of what is probably an AACHEN TRANSIT STAMP in RED. Lower E recut, W of NW recut and extending N, and marked corrosion blurs in the letter-squares of the SG19. Cat.£740+.	£150.00
BL:796	14 ES14e,q	4 OK	1849 2d Blue, a SUPERB USED single, with four LARGE even margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with an English Provincial numeral, leaving virtually COMPLETE CLEAR HEAD. Printed on VERY THIN PAPER. MAJOR UPPER BORDER SHIFT (NE star heavily doubled), and also CONSTANT VARIETY: roller flaw (smudge) in first 'E' of 'PENCE'. 'K' tilted E. Cat.£150+.	£55.00
BL:740	14/19 ES14f/F1n	4 PC	1849/54 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the imperf with four good-to-LARGE even margins, lightly cancelled with an English Provincial numeral, matched with an SG19 in a FINE DEEP shade, UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED for this issue, lightly cancelled with a Manchester '498' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX. DOUBLE LETTER 'C', and blur SW. Cat.£205+.	£50.00
BL:840	14 ES14e	4 PD	1849 2d Blue, a good RARE UNUSED single, with three LARGE margins, but trimmed E, and no gum. UPPER BORDER SHIFT. Cat.£3500.	£200.00
BL:798	14 ES14e	4 PI	1849 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four mostly HUGE margins, lightly cancelled with an indistinct Manchester '498' numeral. MAJOR UPPER BORDER SHIFT (stars heavily doubled). 'P' blind and misplaced left. Cat.£80.	£22.50
BL:792	14 ES14	4 PK	1849 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four mostly HUGE margins, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with an English Provincial numeral. CONSTANT VARIETY: roller flaw (smudge) in first 'E' of 'PENCE'. 'P' blind, and 'K' misplaced low right. Cat.£75+.	£20.00
BL:817	14 ES14	4 QD	1849 2d Blue, a VFU+ single, with four HUGE even margins, cancelled with an indistinct Cirencester '204' numeral. SE corner frame-line extending E, and 'D' misplaced high right and tilted W. Cat.£75.	£23.50
BL:611	14,15aa ES14e/ES16e	4 SA	1849 2d Blue/1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue, a F-VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the single on the right in the RARE 'VIOLET'-BLUE shade on THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED paper. Both have four margins, the 2d Blue close-to-?just touched upper W, the 'Violet'-Blue with good-to-mostly LARGE margins, both cancelled with English Provincial numerals. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, NW corner frame-line extending N, and 'A' nearly blind. Cat.£1,080+.	£265.00
BL:841	15aa ES16	4 SC	1851 2d 'Violet'-Blue, a FU+ single in the RARE 'VIOLET'-BLUE shade on THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED paper, with three LARGE margins, close-but-clear at bottom, with faint corner creases NE and NW, cancelled with an English Provincial numeral. EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG lavender colour. NE corner frame-line extending N, and 'S' misplaced right. Cat.£1,000.	£225.00
BL:776	19/23 F1/F2	4 BI	1854/55 2d Blue, a VFU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the SG19 centred a whisker high right, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a ?Scots numeral, leaving greatly CLEAR HEAD, matched with an UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED single from the SCARCE PERF.14 SG23 issue, in a DEEP shade, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with an ?IRISH numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Interesting PROGRESSIVE CORROSION NW and SW, blur W margin, and letters misplaced left and high left. Cat.£290+.	£85.00
BL:752	19/23 F1/F2	4 DL	1854/55 2d Blue, a VFU/VFU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the SG19 centred slightly low left, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a Bristol '134' SIDEWAYS DUPLEX, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE within, matched with an UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED single from the SCARCE PERF.14 SG23 issue, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a few fragments of an ?English Provincial numeral. SE recut and skewed inwards, and 'D' misplaced high right and tilted E. Cat.£290+.	£75.00
BL:753	19/23 F1/F2	4 KJ	1854/55 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, both centred a whisker high right, and both with FULL PERFS, the SG19 cancelled low with a part SCOTS LOCAL (probably 'Queen Street'), leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE, matched with a single from the SCARCE PERF.14 SG23 issue, cancelled with a few smudges of an English Provincial numeral. Interesting PROGRESSIVE CORROSION blurs SE and SW. Cat.£290+.	£65.00
BL:538	19 F1	4 MI	1854 2d Blue A FU+ single, off-centre high right, but with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with London Inland '19' numeral. Blur W, and 'M' misplaced left. Cat.£90.	£18.50
BL:750	19/23 F1/F2	4 ND	1854/55 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the SG19 centred slightly low, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with an English Provincial numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE, matched with an UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED single from the SCARCE PERF.14 SG23 issue, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a LIVERPOOL SPOON with CDS of 30 APRIL 1855. NW corner frame-line extending N, corrosion blurs SE and SW, and 'D' misplaced high right. Cat.£290+.	£65.00
BL:606	19 F1	4 QC	1854 2d Deep Blue A VFU single, centred a whisker high right (not bad for this issue!), with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Scots Huntly '178' numeral. Blur SW, and 'Q' misplaced right, with E of SW letter-square concave. Cat.£90.	£22.50
BL:846	23 F2	4 MC-MD	1855 2d Blue, a VFU SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR from the SCARCE SG23 PERF.14 issue, centred slightly low left, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with neat London Inland '37' numerals. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, corrosion blurs, and 'D' misplaced high right. Cat.£400+.	£100.00
BL:667	23a/34 F3f/F6f	5 CA	1855 2d Blue, a VFU+/FU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14 (SG23a), and the Large Crown Perf.14 (SG34) issues, the SG23a UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED, the SG34 in a MOST UNUSUAL PALE BLUE shade, centred low left, both with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with a light Scots numeral leaving COMPLETE CLEAR HEAD, and a SCARCE LONDON INLAND '38' LATE FEE numeral. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot NE, and also 'A' blind and misplaced low right. Cat.£375+.	£95.00
BL:601	23a F3	5 NF	1855 2d Blue, a FU+ single from the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14 issue, somewhat off-centre high, but with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with a London Inland '14' numeral. 'N' misplaced left. Cat.£275.	£60.00
BL:669	23a/34 F3f/F6f	5 OH	1855 2d Blue, a VFU/FU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14 (SG23a), and the Large Crown Perf.14 (SG34) issues, the SG23a centred slightly low left, the SG34 WELL-CENTRED, both with FULL PERFS (the SG23a on SOFT PAPER with ROUGH/BLUNT PERFS), lightly cancelled respectively with English Provincial and Scots Wiock '339' numerals. CONSTANT VARIETY ABSENT - on several letterings in the 'G' and 'H' vertical rows, including 'OH', there is usually a blur attached to the base-line below the 'W' of 'TWO' (see BL:670 and BL:668 below). It is curiously absent on BOTH of these stamps. Cat.£375+.	£95.00
BL:762	23a F3wd	5 PF	1855 2d Blue, a VFU+ single from the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14 (SG23a) issue, centred slightly left, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a RARE GREEN IRISH SPOON, leaving greatly CLEAR HEAD. Dot SE, and letters misplaced high right and low right. Green cancel is UNLISTED SG on 2d 'Stars', but cat.£2,500 on Imperfs.	£225.00
BL:635	23a/34 F3e/F6e	5 TL	1855 2d Blue, a FU+/VFU SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, including the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.14 (SG23a) issue, the SG23a slightly off-centre high, the SG34 WELL-CENTRED, both with FULL PERFS, cancelled with an English Provincial numeral, and a LIVERPOOL SPOON. DOUBLE LETTER 'L'. Cat.£375+.	£85.00
BL:844	20a F4	5 OG	1855 2d Blue, a VFU single from the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.16 issue, centred somewhat low, with FULL PERFS (one very slightly 'nibbled' at top), with very faint corner crease SW, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a Scots ?ROLLER. UPPER BORDER SHIFT, corrosion blurs, and 'O misplaced right. Cat.£275.	£65.00
BL:670	20a/34 F4e/F6f	5 PH	1855 2d Blue, a VFU VERY SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.16 (SG20a), and the Large Crown Perf.14 (SG34) issues, both UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED, both with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with a London Inland '10' numeral and an Edinburgh '131' duplex, of which the CDS is visible (though hard to read). CONSTANT VARIETY: blur below 'W' of 'TWO', and also heavy blur W. Cat.£375+.	£95.00
BL:761	20a F4wd	5 QH	1855 2d Blue, a VFU+ single from the VERY SCARCE Small Crown, Perf.16 issue, UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS (one or two very slightly 'nibbled' at base), cancelled with a RARE DUBLIN '186' numeral in GREEN. Blur W. Green cancel is UNLISTED SG on 2d 'Stars', but cat.£2,500 on Imperfs.	£250.00
BL:499	20a,34 F4,F6	5 TI	1855 2d Blue, a FU+ SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, both somewhat off-centre, but both with FULL PERFS, cancelled respectively with English and Scots numerals. NE corner frame-line extending N, and letters tilted W. Cat.£330+.	£65.00
BL:837	27 F5	5 KF	1855 2d Blue, a VFU single from the VERY SCARCE Large Crown, Perf.16 issue, UNUSUALLY WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled low with London Inland numerals, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Corrosion blurs, and 'K' misplaced high. Arguably the most DIFFICULT of the 2d 'Stars'... Cat.£350.	£85.00
BL:625	34 F6d	5 CB,DB	1855 2d Blue, a VFU pair of separate vertically adjacent singles, both WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with neat light London and English numerals. MAJOR RE-ENTRY. Curiously, despite describing the 'CB-DB' re-entry in the introductory paragraph to Plate 5, SG separately list only 'DB' as a Re-entry, which I'm quite sure is an error of omission: 'CB' is just as significant as 'DB', because the original impression of 'DB' was positioned far too high, overlapping the base of 'CB' (clearly visible in this pair), necessitating corrective fresh entry (see also BL:633 above). Cat.£250+.	£65.00
BL:571	34 F6	5 IK-IL	1855 2d Blue A VFU SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR, centred a whisker high, with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with London Inland '26' numerals. Corrosion blurs, and 'I's misplaced high. Cat.£110+.	£27.50
BL:572	34 F6	5 LC-LD	1855 2d Blue A VFU SCARCE HORIZONTAL PAIR, quite WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with London Inland '28' numerals. Corrosion blurs. Cat.£110+.	£27.50
BL:469	34 F6	5 MF	1855 2d Blue A VFU single, centred a whisker low, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with SCARCE LONDON INLAND '47' TWIN numeral. 'M' misplaced left, and 'F' high. Cat.£55+.	£13.50
BL:838	35/36a F7/F8	6 OL	1855 2d Deep Blue, a VFU+ VERY SCARCE MATCHED PAIR, including the VERY SCARCE SG36a Large Crown, Perf.16 issue, both reasonably WELL-CENTRED, and with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLYcancelled with Scots duplexes. NW corner frame-line extending N. Cat.£380+.	£120.00
BL:626	45 G2f	7 BB,CB	1858 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers', a VFU SCARCE VERTICAL PAIR of separate singles from this SCARCER plate, both WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with English and London numerals. A MAJOR RE-ENTRY in which the original impression of 'CB' was misplaced 0.9mm upwards, the letters of 'POSTAGE' clearly traceable in the margin between 'BB' and 'CB', and across the base of the value tablet of 'BB'. Cat.£180+.	£50.00
BL:627	45 G2f	7 DC,EC	1858 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers', a VFU SCARCE VERTICAL PAIR of separate singles from this SCARCER plate, both WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with London Inland '17' and English Provincial numerals. A MAJOR RE-ENTRY in which the original impression of 'EC' was misplaced a considerable 2.0mm upwards, the letters of 'POSTAGE' clearly traceable in the margin between 'DC' and 'EC', and across the lower half of the value tablet of 'DC'. Cat.£180+.	£50.00
BL:662	45 G2f	8 GD	1859 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single from this slightly SCARCER plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with LONDON CDS of 9 September 1861. Blur SW. Cat.£35+.	£10.00
BL:614	45 G2	8 IH-JH	1859 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers': a VFU single SCARCE VERTICAL PAIR from this slightly SCARCER plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, on neat DATED PIECE of 5 DECEMBER 1860, neatly cancelled with Manchester '498' duplexes. Some toning, and slightly grubby. 'JH': lower W recut. Cat.£70+.	£18.50
BL:646	45 G2d	9 AE	1861 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers', a VFU single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London duplex. SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED. Cat.£160.	£40.00
BL:689	45 G2	9 OH	1861 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU+ single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with a neat London duplex, with CDS of 15 AUGUST 1862. NE recut, and SW 'O' misplaced high left. Cat.£12+.	£4.50
BL:697	45 G2	9 SA	1861 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a Manchester duplex with CDS of 22 SEPTEMBER 1868. DOUBLE LETTER 'S' (SW). Cat.£35.	£8.50
BL:650	45 G2f	12 AA	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with an ?English Provincial duplex. MAJOR RE-ENTRY. Cat.£120++ (NOTE: varieties on this scarce plate are not separately listed/priced by SG.).	£60.00
BL:651	45 G2f	12 AB	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with an ?English Provincial duplex. MAJOR RE-ENTRY. Cat.£120++ (NOTE: varieties on this scarce plate are not separately listed/priced by SG.).	£60.00
BL:674	45 G2	12 FB	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU+ single from this SCARCE plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with a LIVERPOOL CDS of 5 MAY 1869 and a part RED CONTINENTAL TRANSIT STAMP. SW recut and skewed. Cat.£120+.	£35.00
BL:658	45 G2	12 IB	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, in an UNLISTED PALE BLUE shade MOST UNUSUAL for this issue, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, neatly cancelled with a part LONDON CDS of 5 March -. RARE thus... Cat.£120+.	£35.00
BL:836	45 G2	12 IE	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single from this SCARCE plate, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a ?Scots duplex, leaving greatly CLEAR PROFILE within. Heavy blur W. Cat.£120.	£30.00
BL:654	45 G2h	12 PH	1868 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU+ single from this SCARCE plate, centred a whisker right, with FULL PERFS, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with an ?IRISH duplex, leaving greatly CLEAR HEAD. DOUBLE LETTER 'H' upper left, and heavy blur W. Cat.£120++ (NOTE: varieties on this scarce plate are not separately listed/priced by SG.).	£45.00
BL:703	46 G3d	13 BA	1869 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a neat LONDON CDS of 19 APRIL 1870. RE-ENTRY. Cat.£85.	£22.50
BL:477	47 G3	13 GH	1869 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, cancelled with a London Inland duplex. Cat.£22.	£5.00
BL:588	46 G3	13 KD	1869 2d Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU single, WELL-CENTRED, with FULL PERFS, lightly cancelled with an ?English CDS. Blurs E, and SE corner frame-lines extending E and S. Cat.£22.	£5.00
BL:835	47 G3(2)	15 TA-TC	1875 2d Deep Blue 'Plate Numbers' A VFU+ SCARCE HORIZONTAL STRIP OF THREE, off-centre left, but with FULL PERFS, EXTREMELY LIGHTLY cancelled with a few faint fragments of ?English duplexes. Faint slight (gum?) wrinkle across 'TC'. Blurs W, and narrow margins between. Cat.£90++.	£35.00

GREAT BRITAIN QUEEN VICTORIA 1840-1869 2d Blues, all issues

GREAT BRITAIN QUEEN VICTORIA
1840-1869 2d Blues, all issues