357 / März 2014

1 d. black, plate 8, QD, good to very wide margins, red MC, fine

2 d. blue, good to wide margins, tied by black MC to small piece, fine, signed Pfenninger

1841, 1 d. red-brown, unused strip of 3, AA-AC, with full corner sheet margins, plate number "71" and inscription, some pressed creases and re-gummed, nevertheless highly attractive multiple, Louis BPP certificate Provenance:   J.B. Seymour collection (1951)                          Bostock collection (1963)

1 d. red-brown, block of six with good margins all round, used with clear strikes of diamond "186" of Dublin, slight horizontal crease at bottom, otherwise fine

1841, 2 d. blue, plate 3, horizontal strip of 4, DG-DJ, clear to wide margins, tied to entire letter 1849 from Ledbury to Port Philip, Australia, red "LONDON SHIPLETTER" partly tying the strip; one stamp very light bend due to letter contents, fine, certificate Pröschold BPP

5 £ orange, good colour, used with central "EDINBURGH JA 4 96", faint horizontal crease at foot and short vertical paper fault  below cds., certificate BPA (2013)

1883/84, 5 sh. rose and 10 sh. ultramarine, used, fine, 5 sh. signed Pröschold BPP and opinion Louis BPP, 10 sh. signed Gebr. Senf

1 £ brown-lilac, wm crowns, used with register mark, little unfresh, signed Pfenninger

1 £ green with clear cds. of Belfast, blue crayon removed

1902/10, Edward 1 £ dullblue-green, used, fine, certificate RPS

1½ d., colour trial in red-brown, imperforated horizontal pair, unused with large part o.g., certificate BPA

1955, Castles 2 sh. 6 d.-1 £, all 4 values on 2 envelopes with first day cancellations of Southampton, addressed in pencil, fine and scarce

Machin 4 d. deep oliv-brown, head B with gum arabic, unmounted mint, fine and scarce

5 d. deep blue, head B, imperforated in horizontal pair, unmounted mint

1 sh. bluish-violet, marginal strip of 4, with the design of the bottom stamp almost completely missing, unmounted mint, fine and very attractive

1 sh. 6 d. with greenish-blue omitted, 2 copies, one without and one with phosphor band, unmounted mint (SG specialized U28a, e)

1972, British Architecture 4 p., three singles with violet-blue, embossing and phosphor omitted, mint never hinged, fine

1971, 3½ p. deep oliv-brown, unmounted mint, fine and scarce (SG specialized U116 (2))

1978, Cyclists 9 p. imperforated horizontal pair, unmounted mint, very fine

1982, IT 15½ d., imperforated vertical pair with left sheet margin, unmounted mint, very fine

British Fair, Artist drawing on glassine paper, stamps showing different denominations, very fine and interesting

BOOKLETS: 1969, 'Stamps for Cooks' booklet 1 £, all panes cancelled with Philatelic Bureau postmark of 8 June 1971; a rare item (SG specialized ZP1as)

1982, booklet 50 p., 2 items with miscut booklet panes with face value 24 p. resp. 76 p., unmounted mint (specialized FB19a)

I.R. OFFICIAL Edward 1 sh. green/carmine, used, fine, also O.W. OFFICIAL Viktoria 10 d., used with a small tear at top, both stamps with certificate BPA (2013)

R.H. OFFICIAL ½ d. and 1 d., used, each certificate BPA

"BRITISH ARMY POST-OFFICE NO 17 1856", in blue on reverse of small envelope endorsed "Army in Crimea" and "Via Marseille" to Dublin with transit and arrival marks

"C59" on 4 d. sage-green on entire letter from Port au Prince with adjacent red "JACMEL PAID NO 25 77" to St. Thomas with arrival mark of the Danish PO, fine

1908, pre-printed picture postcard "Poultry Farm" 1 c. black, unused, very fine

1908, pre-printed picture postcard "Poultry Farm" 1 c. red, unused, very fine

1944, Airgraph-Letter with content and an A4-sheet "Airgraph Service", fine

1938, George VI 2s.-1£, full set plus varieties, all together 20 stamps, unmounted mint, very fine (SG# 116,116a,116d-e,117b-d,118,118a,118c,118f,119,119a,119e-f,120b,120e,121,121b-d)

1938, George VI 2s6d. black and red/grey-blue, with plate flaw lower right scroll with broken tail, unmounted mint, very fine

1938, George VI 1c.-1£, 41 stamps including colour and perforation varieties, mounted mint, very fine

1853, Lithographed 1 c. vermilion, fresh colour and wide margins, neatly cancelled "DEMERARA NO 30 1855", extremely fine, certificate Alcuri (1990)

1851/60, 6 d. yellow, good margins all around and neatly cancelled, very fine, signed Brun with certificate

6 d. yellow, clear to wide margins with small sheet margin, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate BPA (1976)