SPECIALISING IN FINE G.B. LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS

A sample of the sort of material I stock on this Premium Quality website...

WE SELL...:
Specialised plated material, both on and off cover:

• 1d BLACKS, 2d BLUES of all issues, and 1d REDS

  - this last link takes you to a choice of no fewer than nine pages of 1d Reds, which together with the 1d Blacks and 2d Blues constitutes one of the most comprehensive fully illustrated stocks of these classic issues in the world...



We also have some:

• GB USED ABROAD
• QV SURFACE-PRINTED
• FOUR KINGS
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And in addition, for those extra special items:

• CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE

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NEW STAMPS STOCK

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NEW STAMPS   B:1143 1840 1d Black (Slight wear) Plate 1a 'BD' EARLY PRINT, UNLISTED SHADE, FAINT BLEUTE PAPER, SUPERB £265.00 B:1144 1840 1d Grey-black (Moderate wear) Plate 1a 'BH' BLEUTE PAPER, IVORY HEAD £325.00 B:1146 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1a 'BI' EARLY PRINT SUPERB £285.00 B:1176 1840/41 1d Grey-black/Intense Black/Red-brown Plate 1a/1b/1b 'PG' AS2/AS4j/AS7j SCARCE MATCHED TRIO CONSTANT VARIETY ON 1b VFU-to-SUPERB £495.00 B:1145 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1a 'GF' EARLY PRINT, BLEUTE PAPER, CONSTANT VARIETY £285.00 B:1138 1840 1d Grey-Black (Very Worn) Plate 1a 'HB' RE-ENTRY & DOUBLE 'H', SUPERB £250.00 B:1165 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'GH' THIN PAPER, BASAL SHIFT, SUPERB £285.00 B:1166 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'GK' TWISTED RE-ENTRY £250.00 B:1172 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 7 'HE' THIN PAPER SUPERB £250.00 B:1139 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 7 'JC' THIN PAPER SUPERB £250.00 B:1181 1840/41 1d Greyish-black/Red-brown Plate 2 'FA' MATCHED PAIR RED CANCELLED GREENOCK MX £375.00 B:1123 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 9 'TA' SUPERB, CONSTANT DOT SE, VGLs NE/SE, HUGE MARGINS £375.00 BL:1932 1840 2d Pale Blue DS6ua Plate 1 'HF' SCARCER SHADE & RED MX £325.00 RM:4384 1841 1d Red Plate 5 'BJ' LONDON II MX, CONSTANT VARIETY £40.00   RM:4456 1841 1d Red Plate 18 'CC' SCARCE PLATE, LARGE MARGINS, SCARCE CANCEL £40.00 RM:4067 1841 1d Orange-Brown Plate 26 'IK' RARE BLUE MX £195.00 RM:4418 1841 1d Red Plate 35 'TJ' SCARCE NO.12 IN MX SUPERB £120.00 B:1188 1840/41 1d Intense Black/Red-brown Plate 8 'RJ' Matched Pair BLACK IN VERY INTENSE SHADE, RED IN SCARCE STATE 2 £395.00 RM:4500 1841 1d Red Plate 37 'DK' SCARCE NO.8 IN MX FINE STRIKE £40.00 RM:4357 1841 1d Red Plate 39 'MF' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £125.00 RM:4480 1841 1d Red Plate 40 'GI' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE WITH MX, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £40.00   RM:4460 1841 1d Red Plate 44 'SG' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE WITH MX £39.50 RM:4546 1841 1d Red Plate 45 'PG' SCARCE TRANSITIONAL PLATE NO.9 IN MX £50.00 Ri:6935 1845 1d Red Plate 60 'RF' BASAL SHIFT, HUGE MARGINS, BRIGHT SHADE, SUPERB £17.50 B:1189 1840 1d Intense Black/1841 Red-brown Plate 10 'SH' MATCHED PAIR' BLACK CANCELLED SCARCE RED MX, DISTINCTIVE LETTER 'H' £495.00 Ri:6961 1849 1d Red Plate 98 'GH' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £85.00 Ri:6938 1850 1d Red Plate 105 'PL' UNRECORDED CHATHAM '173' IN BLUE £50.00 Ri:6962 1851 1d Red Plate 107 'AF' SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £50.00   BL:1841 1841 2d Blue ES11d,uf Plate 3 'JB' EDINBURGH MALTESE CROSS, IVORY HEAD, SUPERB £115.00 BL:1905 1841 2d Blue ES11a Plate 3 'LC' SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £225.00 BL:1884 1849 2d Deep Full Blue ES15q Plate 4 'QJ' THIN PAPER, IVORY HEAD, LARGE MARGINS £75.00 RM:4548 1842 1d Red BS18tr Plate 29 'MB' WATERMARK INVERTED LEEDS 'SPECIAL' MALTESE CROSS RARE COMBINATION £65.00 RP:CE2:14203 1850 1d Red CE2ub Plate 99 'DK' ARCHER PERF RARE BLUE ASHBURTON '29' CANCEL, BPA CERT £950.00 RP:C1:14949 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 170 'BB' RAREST C1 PLATE, MW CERT £325.00 RP:C1:14345 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 190 'TJ' SUPERB IMPRIMATUR £425.00   RP:C1:13830 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 199 'PL' SCARCE PLATE, Ex WITHAM, WORN PLATE, MW CERT £120.00 RP:C1:14959 1854 1d Red C1 Plate 204 'SK' SCARCE PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £65.00 RP:C2:14950 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 194 'ND' SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £65.00 RP:C1:14759 1854 1d Red C1va Plate 170 'NG' RAREST C1 PLATE, HULL SPOON DATED PIECE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £425.00 RP:C2:14951 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 196 'LD' RARE PLATE, MW CERT £100.00 RP:C2:14952 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 197 'FG' VERY RARE PLATE, MW CERT £200.00 RP:C2:14953 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 198 'RF' SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £65.00   BL:1896 1854 2d Deep Blue F1(1) Plate 4 'JC' UB SHIFT, CORROSION BLURS £25.00 BL:1894 1854 2d Pale Blue F1(2) Plate 4 'QD' VERY FINE £35.00 BL:1921 1855 2d Blue SG23/F2 Plate 4 'JB' SCARCE ISSUE VERY FINE £55.00 BL:1934 1855 2d Blue SG23a/F3 Plate 5 'DG-DH' SCARCE PAIR SCARCE ISSUE £195.00 BL:1919 1855 2d Blue SG23a/F3 Plate 5 'RK' SCARCE ISSUE £65.00 BL:1891 1855 2d Deep Blue SG20a/F4ya Plate 5 'NF' SCARCE ISSUE, SCOTS LOCAL, LONG STAMP £85.00 BL:1865 1855 2d Blue SG34/F6c Plate 5 'ME SCARCE WATERMARK INVERTED £65.00   RP:C2:14425 1855 1d Red C2f Plate 201 'CI' SCARCE PLATE, RE-ENTRY £75.00 RP:C2:14960 1855 1d Red C2 Plate 204 'BL' SCARCE PLATE £65.00 RP:C2:14750 1855 1d Orange-brown C2(5) Plate R2 'KG' VERY SCARCE SHADE £125.00 RP:C4:14920 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 4 'RG-SI' RARE MINT BLOCK £950.00 RP:C3:14824 1855 1d Red C3k Plate 4 'LC' SCARCE DOUBLE PERFORATIONS £85.00 RP:C3:14912 1855 1d Red C3 Plate 16 'JB' VERY RARE PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR, MW CERT £150.00 RP:C4:14941 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 3 'EH' SCARCE PLATE £37.50   RP:C4:14963 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 10 'AA' Ex SG, VERY RARE CORNER MARGINAL IMPRIMATUR, SHEET INSCRIPTION & PLATE NUMBER, SUPERB EXHIBITION PIECE £1500.00 RP:C4:14945 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 11 'GL' SCARCER PLATE £25.00 RP:C4:14946 1855 1d Yellow- brown C4(2) Plate 12 'HG' SCARCER PLATE, SCARCE CANCEL £27.500 RP:C4:14961 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 6 'SG-SJ' RARE MINT STRIP ex SG 'FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE/CHIEF EXAMINER' OVERPRINT ALL MISSING IMPRIMATURS £500.00 RP:C4:14947 1855 1d Brick-red C4(3) Plate 14 'SG' SCARCER PLATE & SHADE, CONSTANT VARIETY £35.00 RP:C4:14938 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 15 'AJ' VERY RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY, MISSING IMP MW CERT £255.00 RP:C5:14444 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 1 'JL' SCARCE ISSUE IRISH CANCEL MISSING IMP £35.00   RP:C5:14446 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 2 'NE' SCARCE ISSUE £40.00 RP:C5:14448 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 4 'ID' SCARCE ISSUE SCARCE CANCEL £37.50 RP:C5:14873 1855 1d Red C5 Plate 13 'SL' RARE PLATE MW CERT £200.00 RP:C4:14962 1855 1d Red C4 Plate 13 'OH-PI' VERY RARE PLATE SUPERB UNUSED BLOCK ex SG EXHIBITION PIECE £1750.00 RP:C6:14581 1855 1d Red C6 Plate 18 'KH' SCARCE PLATE £40.00 RP:C6:14304 1855 1d Red C6va Plate 20 'FA' SCARCER PLATE B'HAM SPOON £20.00 RP:C6:13772 1855 1d Dull Orange- brown C6(5) Plate 20 'JD' SCARCER PLATE/SHADE, MISSING IMP EX WIGGINS £50.500   RP:C7:13686 1856 1d Red C7 Plate 22 'TJ' RARE ISSUE, VERY RARE PLATE, MISSING IMPRIMATUR £750.00 RP:C8:14352 1856 1d Red C8 Plate 22 'HI' VERY RARE PLATE, DOUBLE 'H', MW CERT £165.00 RP:C8:14231 1856 1d Red C8vd Plate 31 'MI' RARE GREEN KILLARNEY '272' SPOON £145.00 RP:C8:14841 1855 1d Red C8h Plate 25 'AC-BD' EXTREMELY RARE UNUSED IMPERF BLOCK OF FOUR EXHIBITION PIECE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £4950.00 RP:C8:14735 1856 1d Orange- red C8(7) Plate 32 'BB' SCARCE SHADE £50.00 RP:C8:14680 1856 1d Deep Claret C8(6) Plate 36 'KF' RARE SHADE £135.00 RP:C8:14731 1856 1d Red- brown C8(1) Plate 40 'DG' SCARCE LIGHTLY MOUNTED MINT, FULL GUM £60.00   RP:C8:14586 1856 1d Deep Brick-red C8(2) Plate 46 'EA' SCARCE PLATE, SCARCE CDS £16.50 RP:C9:14922 1857 1d Dull Red C9(5) Plate 27 'NF' SCARCE PRE-FIRE SHADE, MATCHING C10 £65.00 RP:C9:14923 1857 1d Bright Red C9(4) Plate 31 'PF' SCARCE PRE-FIRE SHADE £65.00 RP:C9A:14937 1857 1d Pale Rose C9A(1)/ Plate 40 'NL' DATED PIECE RARE PLATE SCARCE C9A SHADE MIKE WILLIAMS CERTIFICATE £125.00 RP:C9:14924 1857 1d Pale Red C9(3) Plate 33 'LB' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, SCARCER PLATE £32.50 RP:C9:14877 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 35 'AH' PRE-FIRE SHADE, SCARCE PLATE, MW CERT £65.00 RP:C9:14926 1857 1d Pale Red C9(3) Plate 35 'CB' PRE-FIRE SHADE, SCARCE PLATE, CONSTANT VAR, MATCHED C8(4) BROWN-ROSE £85.00   RP:C9:14927 1857 1d Bright Red C9(4) Plate 36 'AF' SCARCE PRE-FIRE SHADE, CONSTANT VAR, MISSING IMPS, MATCHED C10 £75.00 RP:C9A:14928 1857 1d Rose C9A(2) Plate 37 'CI' SCARCER SAVOY STREET SHADE £25.00 RP:C9A:14930 1857 1d Rose C9A(2) Plate 42 'DI' SCARCER SAVOY STREET SHADE, MATCHED C10 RARE CANCEL £25.00 RP:C9A:C10:14805 1857 1d Pale Rose C9A(1)/ Pale Rose-red C10(3) Plate 55 'AK' MATCHED PAIR RARE PLATE C9A(1) MISSING IMPRIMATUR CONSTANT VARIETIES £350.00 RP:C9:14935 1857 1d Orange- brown C9(1) Plate 45 'BE' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETY MW CERT £100.00 RP:C9:14936 1857 1d Bright Red C9(4) Plate 48 'GF' PRE-FIRE PRINTING, SCARCER PLATE AND SHADE MW CERT £100.00 RP:C10:14911 1857 1d Rose-red C10 Plate 33 'AK' RARE PLATE MISSING IMP SHORT STAMP MW CERT £125.00   RP:C10:14347 1857 1d Rose- Red C10/Z1 Plate 43 'CL' 'A10' USED ABROAD ST VINCENT, RARE USE £350.00 RP:C10:14918 1857 1d Pale Rose-red C10(3) Plate 64 'PK' RARE PLATE £125.00 RP:C11:14715 1857 1d Rose- red C11 Plate 49 'QE' RARE PLATE, CONSTANT VARIETIES, MW CERT £185.00 BL:1918 1857 2d Deep Blue SG35/F7 Plate 6 'RA-RB' SCARCE PAIR CONSTANT VARIETY 'RA' £35.00 RP:C12:14734 1861 1d Pale Rose-red C12(2)e Plate 50 'BI' UNUSED (NO GUM), RARE WMK INVERTED £150.00 RP:C12:14734 1861 1d Pale Rose-red C12(3) Plate 51 'LE' UNUSED (NO GUM), SCARCE £65.00 BL:1922 1859 2d Blue SG45/G2 Plate 8 'JA' UNMOUNTED MINT FINE & RARE £450.00

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY STOCK

LATEST OFFERINGS:

A LOVELY batch of new covers, the star of which is undoubtedly the 'MAY DATE' COVER 1d BLACK PLATE 1a 'JL', a SUPERB EXHIBITION PIECE...but include a RARE 2d MUKREADY USED IN 1848, a couple of nice 'BLACK' PLATE REDS, and a LOVELY PLATE 3 TWOPENNY BLUE on cover...

NEW COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY   PR:142 1834 Entire Letter CALLINGTON (Cornwall) TO MARLBOROUGH 16 DECEMBER 1834, 'CALLINGTON' PENNY POST 'No.1 RECEIVING HOUSE' £30.00 PR:143 1835 Entire Letter GUATEMALA TO LONDON 1 APRIL- 21 AUGUST 1835, 'DEAL SHIP LETTER' TATTY BUT SCARCE £10.00 PR:140 1840 1d Black Mulready Letter-sheet EDINBURGH TO THURSO 1840, RED EDINBURGH MALTESE CROSS £130.00 PR:141 1840 2d Blue Mulready Envelope RARE USED, LONDON TO BATH, 6 MAY 1848, SCARCE LATE USE LONDON INLAND '8' NUMERAL CANCEL £950.00 C:B:1843 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1a 'JL' RARE 'MAY DATE' COVER EMPTY EVELOPE BLANDFORD TO DULVERTON 14 MAY 1840, 'BLANDFORD PENNY POST' NO.5 RECEIVING HOUSE SUPERB EXHIBITION PIECE £1895.00 C:B:1803 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 1b 'AB' ENTIRE LEITH TO ABERDEEN, 8 DECEMBER 1840, ADHESIVE APPLIED WITH SEALING WAX £325.00 C:B:1793 1840 1d Black Plate 4 'BA' ENTIRE STROUD TO CANTERBURY, 24 NOVEMBER 1840, NAILSWORTH UDC, PERSONAL 'CROSS-WRITTEN' LETTER £345.00 C:B:1839 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 7 'OB-PB' ENTIRE MANBY (Lincs.) TO GRIMSBY, VIA BRIGG, 27 SEPTEMBER 1840, CONSTANT VARIETIES ON BOTH, SCARCE LARGE-MARGINED PAIR £585.00 C:B:1845 1841 1d Red-brown 'Black' Plate 2 'OK' CIRENCESTER TO STROUD 6 DECEMBER 1841 SCARCE 'BLACK' PLATE DISTINCTIVE CIRENCESTER MX £185.00 C:B:1855 1841 1d Red-brown 'Black' Plate 8 'GC' BIRMINGHAM TO EDINBURGH 4 JUNE 1841 SCARCE 'BLACK' PLATE £65.00 C:RM:1841 1841 1d Red-brown Plate 31 'PJ' LONDON TO BLANDFORD 2 JUNE 1843 SCARCE '7' IN MX SUPERB £150.00 C:BL:1857 1841 2d Blue Plate 3 'DJ' LOCKERBIE TO LONDON 15 APRIL 1847 'J' FLAW, VGL NE SUPERB £125.00   C:B1:1847 1851 1d Red-brown BS91 Plate 115 'NE' WINDSOR-to-LONDON envelope of 6 JUNE 1851 SCARCE PLATE, SCARCE CANCEL SUPERB £25.00 C:B2:1842 1852 1d Orange-brown B2(3) Plate 144 'CC-CF' in STATE 1 LONDON-to-WORTHING ENTIRE LETTER of 24 NOVEMBER 1852 SCARCE SHADE RARE STRIP £375.00 C:C1:1837 1854 1d Red-brown C1/Z2 Plate 182 'IH-KH' CRIMEA-to-Dublin envelope of September-October 1854, via MARSEILLES and LONDON, CRIMEA 'CROWN BETWEEN STARS' OBLITERATION. FAULTS BUT RARE £250.00 C:BL:1654 1855 2d Blue SG23a(F3) Plate 5 'KH-KI' IRISH Derry to Letterkenny 28 JULY 1855 SCARCE ISSUE, RARE PAIR SCARCE IRISH USE £225.00   C:C6:1840 1855 1d Red-brown C6(1) Plate 20 'AC' Exeter to London envelope of 22 JANUARY 1856 SCARCE PLATE, Ex WIGGINS MISSING IMPRIMATUR' £45.00 C:C8:1829 1856 1d Purple-brown C8(8) Plate 28 'BI' London local envelope of 10 MARCH 1856 VERY SCARCE SHADE, OUT-OF-DATE RPS CERT AS 'DEEP SHADE OF C8(1)' £100.00 C:Misc:QV:1725 1857 1d Rose-carmine SG66/J51 London to St Etienne (Loire) via Calais and Paris 30-31 MAY 1860 Entire Letter in French £55.00 C:Misc:QV:1848 1865 1d Rose-red SG43 Plate 89/ 1866 6d Lilac SG97 Plate 5 London to New York Despatched 22 MAY 1866 Entire Letter Cancelled RARE London Inland '46' Twin £150.00

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