Sturminster Stamps GB Queen Victoria: 1d Reds Imperf (SG8-12) cancelled with 1844 Numerals on Cover (including Alphabet II)

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Item No.	SG/Spec	Plate/Letters	Description	Price	Key
C:Ri:1109	8 * BS26c,f	40 OK	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single from this SCARCE TRANSITIONAL plate, with four LARGE even margins, on clean entire Huddersfield to Halifax dated 7 October 1845, some 15 MONTHS after the plate was defaced, cancelled with a Huddersfield '387' numeral. Lower W recut, and basal shift. (A modern pencilled note inside the letter states: 'This is probably the constable responsible for the apprehension of the Luddites who murdered the manufacturer when he introduced the shearing machines - he lived at Milnbridge House - or it may be his son!'.) Cat.£110+.	£35.00
C:Ri:1164	8 * BS27	46 GF	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four mostly LARGE even margins, on neat small empty envelope Chard to Crewkerne dated 10 January 1845, cancelled with two overlapping Chard '159' numerals. 'F' misplaced high. Cat.£35+.	£10.00
C:Ri:599	8 * BS27k	46 GJ	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single, with four LARGE margins, on neat small envelope from Scarborough to London on 23 ?May 1844, lightly cancelled with Scarborough '693' numeral. 'J' FLAW. Cat.£30++.	£15.00
C:Ri:1111	8 * BS27a	47 II	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins (small corner bend SE), on somewhat battered and flimsy entire (an account of the 'Trustees of the Leeds & Whitehall Road') Leeds to Halifax dated 3 December 1844, cancelled with a Leeds '447' numeral. Also on front a FINE SCARCE GOMERSAL UDC. 'E' FLAW, and letters misplaced high and high right. Cat.£50++ (for single OFF COVER).	£20.00
C:Ri:1108	8 * BS27c,e	48 JE	1841 1d Red, a FU single, with four mostly good even margins, but just touched NE, on small 'West Yorkshire Railway Company' circular entire Keighley to Halifax dated 31 October 1844, cancelled with a neat Keighley '110' numeral. MAJOR RE-ENTRY, and 'E' and 'T' FLAWS. Cat.£80++ (for single OFF COVER).	£25.00
C:Ri:1152	8 * BS27	50 PB	1841 1d Red, a VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, on neat small empty envelope Kirkwall to Lanark dated 27 January 1846, UNUSUALLY lightly (for Scots cancels) cancelled with a Kirkwall '207' numeral. Also on obverse a FINE SCARCE 'MAE WEST' TOO LATE cancellation. Blur NW, and letters misplaced low, with the base of the 'B' weak. Cat.£45++ (for single OFF COVER).	£25.00
C:Ri:1186	8 * BS27a	53 HI	1841 1d Red, a VFU single in a lovely BRIGHT shade, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, on entire Leeds to Skipton dated 22 April 1845, cancelled with Leeds '447' numeral. 'E' FLAW, blur NW, and 'H' misplaced right with extended serifs. Cat.£50++ (as single OFF COVER).	£20.00
C:Ri:1162	8 * BS27a	53 JK-JL	1841 1d Red, a VFU/GU HORIZONTAL PAIR, 'JK' with four LARGE margins, 'JL' just trimmed at right, on local London entire dated 14 March 1845, cancelled with two FINE neat London District '70' numerals, with 'T.P.Cheapside' alongside. Both these units are MISSING IMPRIMATURS, both showing 'E' FLAW. Cat.£100++ (as singles OFF COVER).	£30.00
C:Ri:1165	8 * BS27a,j	55 AK	1841 1d Red, a FU+ single, with three LARGE margins, close N to just clear NE, on entire St Helens to Halifax dated 11 July 1845, cancelled with a FINE neat St Helens '679' numeral. 'E' FLAW, E/W recut, and 'A' misplaced low right. Cat.£50++ (for single OFF COVER).	£10.00
C:Ri:1156	8 * BS27a	56 JL	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on entire Huddersfield to Halifax dated 25 October 1845, cancelled with Huddersfield '387' numeral. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR, showing 'E' FLAW, and top NE weak. Cat.£50++ (for single OFF COVER).	£20.00
C:Ri:1107	8 * BS28e	59 TB	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single in a BRIGHT Red-brown shade, with four mostly HUGE margins, at lower left (contrary to regulations) of 'West Yorkshire Railway Company' entire Liverpool to Halifax dated 18 October 1845, cancelled with a Liverpool '466' numeral. BASAL SHIFT, blurs NW and SW, and 'T' misplaced high left. Cat.£35+.	£18.50
C:Ri:877	8 * BS28	60 FB	1841 1d Red, a FU+ single, with just clear(NW)-to-LARGE margins, on entire Ticknall (Derbyshire) to Atherstone dated January 1846, cancelled with a smudged but VERY SCARCE TICKNALL '244' numeral (Parmenter RARITY 'F' - 'RARE'). 'F' misplaced low, and 'B' blurred. Cat.£35++.	£12.50
C:Ri:1163	8 * BS28e	61 KD	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four LARGE margins, on damaged entire (reinforced inside) from Cross (Somerset) to Baltonsborough, via Wells and Glastonbury, dated 17 February 1846, VERY LIGHTLY cancelled with a Wells '864' numeral, with FINE 'CROSS' UDC and BOXED 'NO.10' RECEIVING HOUSE on front. BASAL SHIFT, and blurs NW and SW. Cat.£35++.	£15.00
C:Ri:1185	8 * BS28	70 FH	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, on empty London local wrapper (part of back-flap missing) dated 9 March 1847, cancelled with a London District '68' numeral. Upper border shift. Cat.£35+.	£8.50
C:Ri:526	12 * BS28d	75 RE	1841 1d ORANGE-BROWN, a VFU single in this SCARCE shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins (faint corner bend NW), on neat clean envelope Totnes to Bath 21 May 1848, lightly cancelled with Totnes '807' numeral. DOUBLE LETTER 'R'. Cat.£225+.	£45.00
C:Ri:1154	8 * BS29	81 JG-JH	1841 1d Red, a G-VFU HORIZONTAL PAIR, with clear-to-mostly LARGE margins all round, but faults at right of 'JH', on long entire from London to Romsey, dated 8 June 1848, cancelled with London Inland '20' numerals. CONSTANT VARIETY on 'JG': mark NE. Cat.£70+.	£15.00
C:Ri:1184	8 * BS29i	86 OC	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-mostly VERY LARGE margins (marginal cut SE), on entire Durham to Guisborough dated 26 June 1849, lightly cancelled with Durham '267' numeral. Basal shift, and letters misplaced right. Cat.£35+.	£9.50
C:Ri:889	8 * BS30	89 NB	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on entire letter Leicester to Wellington (Somerset) on 30 June 1849, lightly cancelled with a smudged Leicester '449' numeral. 'Leicester' and 'Wellington' dated backstamps. Lower W recut, SW corner frame-line extending W, and letters misplaced right and low respectively. Cat.£35+.	£10.00
C:Ri:1000	8 * BS31	92 DD	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, on entire letter Presteign to Knighton on 6 May 1850, lightly cancelled with a smudged numeral, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Faint dated 'Presteign' backstamp. NE/NW corners recut, NW corner frame-line extending NW, SW ext W, and W 'D' misplaced high right and tilted E. Cat.£35+.	£12.50
C:Ri:1207	8 * BS31	95 AF	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, on entire from IXWORTH (Suffolk) to Mildenhall, via Bury St Edmunds, dated 1 November 1850, cancelled with a SCARCE IXWORTH '101' numeral (Parmenter Rarity 'D'), with a RARE 'IXWORTH' UDC on obverse. A MISSING IMPRIMATUR, with 'A' blind and misplaced low right. Cat.£35++.	£25.00
C:Ri:1050	8 * BS31	99 BF	1841 1d Red, a good-to-FINE UNUSED single, with three good-to-VERY LARGE margins, but close-to-just trimmed lower E, on UNUSED voting entire letter from the WORCESTER AND HEREFORD RAILWAY to London. NE corner recut, letters misplaced low right and low, and 'B' with extended serif. RARE... Cat.£500+ (for unused single OFF COVER).	£85.00
C:Ri:1007	8 * BS32	112 EE	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE even margins, on large piece (half front and half back of cover) Bishop's Stortford to Braintree on 20 NOVEMBER 1851, lightly cancelled with a BISHOP'S STORTFORD '83' numeral, Parmenter's TYPE A with THICK INNER ARCS, RARITY 'F' ('RARE'), for which Parmenter quotes dates known in use as '30APR1852 to 15MAY1856', which makes this the EARLIEST KNOWN USE of the cancellation. Letters misplaced low to centre with extended serifs. Cat.£30++.	£12.50
C:Ri:792	8l * BS32	118 SC	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four clear-to-LARGE margins, on neat envelope Bramham to Leeds (via Tadcaster) on 9 June 1852, cancelled with Tadcaster '772' numeral. Neat SCARCE BRAMHAM UDC on reverse. Printed on SCARCE THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER, the lavender tint showing clearly within the Queen's profile. Statham specifically excludes this plate from the Lavender printings, and it is RARE. Corners recut, and letters misplaced low. Cat.£225++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF cover).	£85.00
C:Ri:1169	8 * BS32	119 KH	1841 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, on entire from Rothley (Leics.) to Rochester, via Loughborough and London, dated 13 February 1852, cancelled with a Loughborough '475' numeral, with FINE 'ROTHLEY' UDC on obverse. CONSTANT VARIETY: mark in 'O' of 'ONE', blur SW, and letters misplaced low right, the 'K' with extended serifs. Cat.£35++.	£15.00
C:Ri:782	8l * BS32e	124 HJ	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single, with four clear-to-VERY LARGE margins, on neat entire letter Birmingham to Macclesfield on 21 June 1852. Printed on SCARCE THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER, the lavender tint showing clearly within the Queen's profile. E of SE recut and skewed, and 'H' misplaced low right. Cat.£225++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF cover).	£85.00
C:Ri:1049	8l * BS32e	124 JC	1841 1d Red, a VFU+ single, with four LARGE even margins, on neat clean small envelope Matlock Bath to Bakewell on 25 July 1852, lightly cancelled with a Matlock Bath '520' numeral. Printed on SCARCE THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER, the strong lavender tint showing clearly within the Queen's profile and around the base of the bust. Corners recut, and 'C' misplaced left. Cat.£225++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF COVER).	£95.00
C:Ri:1167	8 * BS32	129 KB	1841 1d Red, a FU+ single from this SCARCER plate, with four clear(SE and SW)-to-good margins, on entire from London to Rochester, dated 29 January 1852, cancelled with a London Inland '15' numeral. NE corner frame-line extending E, and 'K' tilted W. Cat.£37+.	£10.00
C:Ri2:1221	8 * B2	133 GL	1852 1d Red, a VFU single, with four well-clear(NW)-to-LARGE margins, on empty wrapper from Darlington to Stokesley, via Northallerton, dated 18 September 1852, cancelled with a Darlington '233' numeral. 'L' misplaced low. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
C:Ri2:775	8l * B2k	135 SD	1852 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-mostly HUGE margins, on neat small entire letter Beverley to York on 13 August 1852. Printed on SCARCE THICKER LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER (MUCH SCARCER on ALPHABET II plates), the STRONG lavender tint showing clearly within the Queen's profile. Blur NW, and SE corner frame-line extending S and E. Cat.£250++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF cover).	£85.00
C:Ri2:1166	8 * B2	140 PE	1852 1d Red, a GU+ single, with three-and-a-half mostly LARGE margins, but trimmed at NW corner, on a much-postmarked entire from Dronfield (Foundry, near Birmingham) to Leslie (Fife), via Birmingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy and Markinch, dated 7 September 1852, cancelled with a Sheffield '700' numeral, with FINE 'DRONFIELD' UDC, boxed dated 'MARKINCH', and boxed 'LESLIE' on obverse. Letters misplaced right and low respectively, the 'P' blind. Cat.£50+.	£7.50
C:Ri2:1048	12 * B2(3)	141 FF	1852 1d Red, a VFU+ single from this SCARCER plate, in a FINE example of the SCARCE ORANGE-BROWN shade, with four LARGE-to-HUGE if somewhat uneven margins, on entire letter Edinburgh to Ballindalloch on 14 November 1852, lightly cancelled with an Edinburgh '131' numeral. NE corner frame-line extending E, SE ext S, W 'F' misplaced right, and E 'F' tilted W. Cat.£225++ (for UNPLATED shade OFF COVER).	£75.00
C:Ri2:1178	12 * B2(3)	141 OB,OC	1852 1d Orange-brown, a F-VFU separated overlapping HORIZONTAL PAIR in a VERY FINE example of the SCARCE ORANGE-BROWN shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins ('OC' close at top left), on empty wrapper Exeter to Chard dated 16 September 1852, lightly cancelled with Exeter '285' numerals. 'OB': NW corner frame-line extending W, both units with letters misplaced low right and low. Cat.£450+ (as singles OFF COVER).	£95.00
C:Ri2:1179	8 * B2	150 DH	1852 1d Red, a VFU single, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins, on empty London local envelope (damp-stained at left), dated 30 August 1853, cancelled with a London District '74' duplex. Letters misplaced low left and low right. Cat.£50+.	£12.50
C:Ri2:1194	11 * B2(2)	152 JE	1852 1d Lake-red, a VFU single in a nice example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, on clean empty wrapper London to Kendal dated 23 April 1853, heavily cancelled with a smudged London Inland numeral. SW corner frame-line extending W, NE recut, and letters misplaced low left and low right. Cat.£750+ (as single OFF COVER).	£225.00
C:Ri2:798	11 * B2(2)	153 BE	1852 1d Lake-Red, a FU+ single, in a FINE lightish example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four good-to-mostly LARGE margins (close-to-just touching SW), on neat wrapper (filing creases clear of stamp) Grantown to Ballindalloch on 20 August 1853, cancelled with Scots Grantown '166' numeral. FINE boxed Grantown datestamp in GREEN on reverse. NW frame-line extending W, and 'E' misplaced low right. Cat.£750++ (for UNPLATED shade OFF cover).	£175.00
C:Ri2:1168	8 * B2	156 QC	1852 1d Red, a FU+ single, with four clear(SW)-to-mostly LARGE margins, on empty envelope from Aberdeen to Edinburgh, dated 13 August 1853, cancelled with a smudged Aberdeen '1' numeral. SE corner frame-line extending SE, and letters misplaced low and low left. Cat.£50+.	£13.50
C:Ri2:1193	11 * B2(2)	157 CF	1852 1d Lake-red, a VFU single from this slightly SCARCER plate, in a LOVELY example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on clean empty wrapper Ulverstone to Kendal dated 18 May 1853, cancelled with a smudged Ulverstone '824' numeral. Letters misplaced low left, the 'F' with extended serif. Cat.£750+ (as single OFF COVER).	£225.00
C:Ri2:1192	11 * B2(2)	157 RK	1852 1d Lake-red, a VFU+ single from this slightly SCARCER plate, in a LOVELY example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four good-to-HUGE margins, on neat small entire letter Maidenhead to London dated 3 October 1852, cancelled with a Maidenhead '492' numeral, with a 'HOLLYPORT' (Holyport) UDC on the reverse. NE corner frame-line extending NE, SE ext SE, letters tilted E, and the 'K' misplaced right. Cat.£750+ (as single OFF COVER).	£275.00
C:Ri2:773	11 * B2(2)	158 EF	1852 1d Lake-Red, a SUPERB USED single, in a FINE example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four good-to-mostly HUGE margins, on neat clean wrapper (writing faded) London to Kendal on 31 May 1853, cancelled with London Inland '23' numeral. NW frame-line extending W, 'E' with extended serif, and both letters misplaced low. Cat.£750++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF cover).	£300.00
C:Ri2:778	8 * B2	160 GB	1852 1d Red, a VFU+ single, with four good-to-mostly HUGE margins, on neat clean large part wrapper (bottom flap missing) London to Hull on 20 October 1853, cancelled with neat London Inland '11' numeral. NE recut, letters misplaced low left, and 'B' weak and tilted W. Cat.£50++ (for UNPLATED stamp on cover).	£20.00
C:Ri2:774	11 * B2(2)	161 OD	1852 1d Lake-Red, a VFU single, in a FINE example of the RARE LAKE-RED shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on untidy entire letter Preston to Sheffield on 3 June 1853, cancelled with indistinct Preston '628' numeral. Stamp overhangs cover at right, but has sustained no damage as a result. Letters misplaced low left. Cat.£750++ (for UNPLATED stamp OFF cover).	£200.00
C:Ri2:571	9 * B2	161 QB	1852 1d Pale Red-brown, a VFU single in an UNUSUAL PALE RED-BROWN shade, with four LARGE margins, on neat small envelope Edinburgh to Kendal 31 MAY 1854 (a full THREE months after the first perforated issue went on sale). VERY WORN PLATE... Cat.£50++ (for UNPLATED stamp, basic shade, on cover).	£15.00
C:Ri2:569	8 * B2	164 MB	1853 1d Red, a VFU single from this SCARCER plate, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on neat small envelope Lancaster to Kendal 15 July 1853, with faint but legible part SCARCE POULTON-LE-FYLDE UDC. Cat.£50++ (for UNPLATED stamp on cover).	£18.50
C:Ri2:262	8 * B2	172 SI,SJ	1852 1d Red, two singles from this SCARCE LATE plate, 'SI' FU (three-and-a-half margins), 'SJ' VFU with four LARGE-to-VERY LARGE margins (vertical marginal cut NE does not touch design), on grubby creased small envelope Arbroath to Cheltenham on 12 JUNE 1854 (nearly FOUR MONTHS AFTER the introduction of the first official perforated issues), neatly cancelled with Arbroath '13' numerals. CONSTANT VARIETIES: 'SI': mark SE; 'SJ': marks value and SW. Cat.£100++ (for UNPLATED singles on cover).	£17.50