Auction No. 37 Saturday, 24 October 2026 / 11:00 am start

Great Britain 1840-1964 good to fine used starting ...

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Lot Details

Great Britain 1840-1964 good to fine used starting with 1840 1d black (3 margins), 1841 1d red imperfs (4), 1841/51 2d imperf, 1854/57 1d (2) & 2d small crown wmk, perf. 16, 1d perf. 14, 1d (3) & 2d large crown perf. 14, 1856/58 1d & 2d perf. 16 & 1d perf. 14 (4), 1864/74 1d reds with 130 plate numbers to 224, 1858/76 2d blue plates (7), 1870/74 1½d in both plates, 1848/54 1/- pale green, 6d purple (wmk inverted & reversed) & 1855/57 4d small garter wmk, large garter wmk (2 shades), 1857 6d (3), 1/- (2) shades, 1862/64 3d pale carmine-rose (Cat. £350) & 4d pale red (plus wmk inverted) before 4d bright red & pale red both pl. 4 with hair lines & 6d lilac plates 3 & 4 with hair lines on thick paper plus 9d straw & 1/- green. Continues 1865/67 large uncoloured corner letters 3d pl. 4, 4d plates 7-14 (excl 10), 6d with hyphen, plates 5 & 6, 1/- plate 4, 1867 large uncoloured corner letters, wmkd "Spray of Rose" 3d plates 4-10 (Cat. £790), 6d with hyphen, plate 6 in 2 shades & 6d without hyphen for plates 8 & 9 & then 9d pale straw, 10d plate 1 & 1/- green with plates 4-7 & 2/- in 3 shades. The coverage of plates continues with 1872/73 6d pale buff plates 11 & 12, 6d grey pl. 12 (Cat. £300), 1873/80 2½d rosy mauve plates 1-3, Anchor wmk, plates 3-17, wmk Orb, 2½ blue 18-20, 3d pale rose 11-19, 6d grey 13-17, 1/- green 8-13 (excl 12), 1/- orange-brown pl. 13 (Cat. £55) & wmk large garter 4d vermilion pl. 15 (Cat. £475), 4d sage-green in plates 15 & 16, 8d orange (Cat. £350) & 1880/83 Imperial Crown wmk 2½d blue plates 21-23, 3d pl. 20 & 21, 4d pl. 17 & 18, 6d pl. 17 & 18 & 3d on 3d & 6d on 6d & 1/- orange-brown pl. 13 & 14. Also 1880/81 to 5d, 1881 Die I & II 1d lilac, 1883/84 to 10/- incl 5/- rose & crimson shades, 1883/84 "lilac & greens" to 1/-, 1887/92 to 1/- & 1900 changed colours & 1883 2/6d, 5/- (2) & 10/-. KEVII with 1902/10 range to 2/6d (2), 5/- & 1911/13 to 2/6d before KGV Downey heads (28) in all wmks incl couple wmk inverted, 1912/24 Royal Cypher wmk to 1/- incl at least 2 shades of each, 1913 Waterlow 2/6d & 5/- with cds examples, 1915 DLR to 10/- all with parcel cancels, 1918/19 B.W. to 10/- incl 2/6d (4) good used & 1924/26 Block Cypher to 1/- incl 1d wmk sideways. Also 1924/25 BEE, 1929 UPU to 2½d incl inverted (3) & sideways (2) wmks, 1934/36 incl sideways wmks (3), Seahorses with 5/- V/F/U & 10/- F/U), 1935 Silver Jubilee with inverted wmks (3) & normals & 1936 KEVII incl inverted wmks (3). KGVI complete incl inverted & sideways wmks (excl 2d pale red-brown wmk sideways) before QEII Wildings missing only a few inverted & sideways wmk varieties noting all phosphor commems & regionals (unusually some in mixed cond). Also Guernsey & Jersey 1940's, Officials incl I.R. 1882/1901 6d grey (Cat. £140) & lesser QV/KEVII vals with a few Army & Govt Parcels noting good used 9d (Cat. £120) & 1/- (Cat. £275) plus KEVII 1/- (Cat. £300), 1d Board of Education, 1d R.H. (Cat. £175) & ½d & 1d Admiralty (2) with PD's in all wmks to 1968/69 missing only 1936/37 3d & a shade of 5d, 1954/55 ½d & 5d & 1955/57 5/-. See separate lots in this sale for some premium items. Also check last page of this stockbook for items flagged with Cat. numbers of various varieties. Total Cat. £35,000+ (1000+) (JC)