Lot: 194
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 2, ‘BG' fine used, red Maltese Cross, good margins.
Lot: 195
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 2, a strip of three, ‘SB' to ‘SD', three large margins, cut close or just into at foot, red Maltese Cross cancels, ‘SD' with an abrasion lower right. Unusual item. Cat (SG Specialised) approx £2000+
Lot: 196
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 2, ‘JB', fine used, crisp red Maltese Cross, clear to good margins.
Lot: 197
Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, Plate 3, ‘JL' and ‘KI', fine used, neat red Maltese Cross cancels, ‘JL' with clear margins, ‘KI' with three good to large margins touching at left.
Lot: 198
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 3, ‘OC' fine used, light red Maltese Cross, good to large margins, a lovely example.
Lot: 199
Great Britain 1840 (October) EL Dalkeith to Edinburgh with fine 1d Black, Plate 4, ‘BG' tied by light red Maltese Cross, good/large margins. The letter concerns an inheritance and has been endorsed by the sender My mothers money.
Lot: 200
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 4, ‘BH', light red Maltese Cross, good to large margins.
Lot: 201
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 5, ‘OI', fine used light red Maltese Cross, clear to good margins, tiny thin upper left, and ‘JD' fine used, clear to large margins, small tear lower right. (2)
Lot: 202
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 5, ‘LI', fine used, clear to large margins, cancelled in black and tied to a cut-down wrapper dated April 1841 from Selkirk.
Lot: 203
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 6, ‘IA', fine used, red-brown Maltese Cross, good to fine margins.
Lot: 204
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 6, ‘LK', fine used, light red Maltese Cross, clear to large margins.
Lot: 205
Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, Plate 7, ‘MC' and ‘TK', fine used, red Maltese Cross cancels, ‘MC' with good margins, ‘TK' three good to large margins, cut close at left but not into. (2)
Lot: 206
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 8, ‘OL', fine used, light red Maltese Cross, large margins. An impressive stamp.
Lot: 207
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 8, ‘IF', State 2 ‘O' flaw, cancelled with a clear Maltese Cross in black, four margins, close at right.
Lot: 208
Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, Plate 9, ‘AC' and ‘EG', State 2 ‘O' flaws, ‘AC' with light red Maltese Cross, ‘EG' with an emphatic Maltese Cross in black. Clear to large margins, ‘AC' with a light crease upper right. (2)
Lot: 209
Great Britain 1840 1d Black, Plate 9, ‘NF' fine used with a complete Maltese Cross in black, a late state without the ‘O' flaw. Close to large margins. Scarce
Lot: 210
Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, Plate 10, ‘AC' and ‘OA', with ‘O' flaws, both cancelled in black, ‘OA' possibly with a barred oval cancel. ‘AC' near four-margined, touching upper left; ‘OA' three-margined, just into upper left. (2)
Lot: 211
Great Britain 1840/41 1d Black, Plate 11,'SK', with the distinctive ray flaw and roller flaw to the upper right star, used with a complete Maltese Cross in black. Good to large margins, close upper right corner.
Lot: 212
Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks, two 19th Century lithographed Forgeries, one quite convincing on piece.
Lot: 213
Great Britain 1840 2d Pale Blue, Plate 1, ‘MC' fine used with a red Maltese Cross, good margins. Attractive.