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A860
 1950 2d WILDING PHOSPFER TRIAL ‘IMPERF PAIR’ (no wmk. & with weak overall Phospher). No gum & rare.
£795
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A861
 1958 3d SG 575 SPECTACULAR ‘MIS-PERFED’ PAIR (+ A BIT!) U/M, caused by paper fold, trully amazing.
£135
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A862
 1958 1/3d SG 585 SPECTACULAR ‘MIS-PERF’ BLOCK OF FOUR U/M (caused by diagonal paper fold). Stunning.
£295
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A863
 1961 P.O.S.B 2½d SG 623a IMPERF PLATE PROOF (WMK. CROWN/SIDEWAYS), with HUGE SHIFT OF BLACK & with official P.O. bar cancels in purple. Very rare with wmk.
£120
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A864
 1965 B.O.B. 1/3d SG 678 VARIETY, HUGE SHIFT OF ‘THE SKY’ (BRIGHT-BLUE) to left, on vertical pair U/M. Striking.
£60
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A865
 1965 U.Nations 3d SG 681 DRAMATIC ‘MIS-PERF’ causing PARTIAL IMPERF on corner copy of cylinder strip of 3 U/M, casued by paper fold.
£145
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A866
 1965 I.T.U. 9d SG 683p VARIETY, SHIFT OF ‘RED’ UPWARDS, U/M & striking.
£35
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A867
 1965 I.T.U. 1/6d SG 684p. SPECTACULAR ‘DOWNWARD SHIFT OF QUEEN HEAD (BLACK)’ U/M.
£175
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A868
 1966 World Cup 1/3d SG 695 VARIETY, HUGE ‘VERTICAL SHIFT OF BLUE’ downwards. Striking.
£50
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A869
 1966 Birds 4d SG 698p/99p VARIETY, MISSING BROWN (LEGS) in se-tenant block of four U/M. With cert.
£240
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A870
 1966 Hastings 4d SG 710 VARIETY, HUGE SHIFT OF ‘BLUE’, U/M. Unusual & striking.
£20
A871
 1966 Hastings 1/6d SG 712 VARIETY, SPECTACULAR DOWNWARD SHIFT OF ‘ROSINE’, U/M. Stunning.
£65
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A872
 1966 Xmas 3d SG 713b VARIETY ‘QUEENS HEAD DOUBLE, ONE ALBINO’ U/M bottom marginal of this scarce newly listed variety. With cert.
£450
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A873
 1967 MACHIN 1/6d PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY of unadopted design. (ex. Andrew Restall Archive.
£78
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A874
 1968 5d SG 735c PAIR ‘IMPERF’, R/H marginal, pristine U/M
£225
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A875
 1967 Paintings 4d SG 748 VARIETY ‘GOLD RING THROUGH QUEENS NOSE’, top marginal pair U/M clearly showing this unusual.
£125
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A876
 1967 Paintings 4d SG 748a VARIETY ‘GOLD’ (QUEEN’S HEAD & VALUE OMITTED) U/M, pristine. With cert.
£295
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A877
 1967 Xmas 4d SG 757 VARIETY ‘IMPERF ON L/H SIDE’ with part of next stamp, U/M & unusual.
£95
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A878
 1968 Paintings 4d SG 771b VARIETY, ‘VERMILION’ OMITTED, U/M fresh of this scarce error. (with normal for comparison)
£375
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A879
 1968 Paintings 1/9d SG 774 VARIETY, HUGE ‘PERF SHIFT’ DOWNWARDS, causing bottom of stamp & inscription to be printed at top.
£65
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A880
 1968 Paintings 1/9d SG 774b VARIETY, ‘EMBOSSING’ OMITTED, U/M fresh. Scarce. With cert.
£125
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A881
 1968 DE LA RUE PHOSPHOR BAND TRIALS (printed by letterpress using a rubber sterio). Smaller head of Thomas de la Rue in Grey, Turquoise-Blue &Rose-Pink. Larger head in same but in half tone. Set of six.
£150
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A882
 1969 HIGH VALUES ‘MACHIN HEAD’ WATER COLOUR ESSAYS FOR 10/-. BY ANDREW RESTALL, two together on thin paper. (Ex. Restall Archive)
£125
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A883
 1969 COLOUR TRIAL FOR PROPOSED ‘GARDENS’ ISSUE (later aborted) 5d ‘KNIGHTHAYES COURT’, imperf on gummed paper with printer’s position markings.
£225
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A884
 1969 MACHIN HIGH VALUES ESSAY FOR 5/- BY BRADBURY WILKINSON, DIE PROOFin Olive (numbered 17) without the Queens head. (Ex. ‘Michael Gorman Archive’)
£575
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A885
 1969 Annivs. 9d SG 768 PROGRESSIVE PLATE PROOFS, IMPERF SET OF FOUR U/M. Unusual
£175
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A886
 1969 Cathedrals 5d SG 796/99 SE-TENNANT CORNER ‘CYLINDER’, BLK . OF EIGHT U/M, VARIETY MISSING ‘d’ AFTER ‘5’ on all four L/H examples. Believed to be unique cylinder piece. (listed by Pierron)
£900
A887
 1969 Technology 9d SG 809 VARIETY, DRAMATIC ‘PERF SHIFT’ to right, on corner marginal pair U/M, with sheet margins appearing on lower stamp.
£125
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A888
 1970 Literary Anniv. 5d SG 824a VARIETY, MISSING ‘d’ ON PICKWICK (RED) on top left copy & VERY FEINT ‘5’. In Se-Tennant block of four U/M. (caused by dry print)
£75
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A889
 1970 Games 5d SG 832 HAND PAINTED ESSAY BY THE DESIGNER ‘ANDREW RESTALL’ on thin paper (very close to the final design). Super. (ex. ‘Restall Archive)
£225
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A890
 1970 Games 1/9d SG 834 HAND PAINTED ESSAY BY ‘ANDREW RESTALL’ on thin paper (showing the design that was later adopted for the 1/6d) Super. (ex. ‘Restall’ Archive)
£225
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A891
 1970 Philympia 1/6d SG 837 HAND PAINTED ESSAY (UNADOPTED) BY ANDREW RESTALL (signed by him at base) with paste-up of Queen’s Machin head in blue. Striking, Unusual & scarce.
£295
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A892
 1970 Xmas 4d SG 838 SPECTACULAR ‘MIS-PERF’ (caused by paper fold) on R/H marginal copy causing stamp to be imperf on R/H side. Visually stunning.
£165
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A893
 1970 XMAS 5d SG 839 MISSING ‘GREEN ON JESUS’ CRIB’ (caused by huge downward vertical shift) on traffic light corner copy, green circle had dropped behind gold one on traffic light.
£95
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A894
 1971 3p SG 731 SPECTACULAR ‘DRY PRINT’ VERTICAL STRIP OF FOUR U/M. Visually stunning.
£300
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A895
 1971 Annivs. 3p SG 887 VARIETY, HUGE ‘SHIFT OF DEEP BLUE’ TO RIGHT (inc. Traffic Light ‘Dot’) on corner ‘Traffic Light’ block of six U/M. Visually stunning.
£425
A896
 1971 Annivs. 7½p SG 888 ‘HAND PAINTED’ ESSAY BY THE DESIGNER ‘ANDREW RESTALL’ (ex. his archive)
£175
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A897
 1971 UNIVERSITIES 3p SG 890 ‘OFFSET’ VARIETY, (on 35% of stamp), side marginal U/M.
£95
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A898
 1971 Xmas 3p SG 895 VARIETY, DRAMATIC ‘DROP OF BLUE’, corner marginal copy U/M, clearly showing traffic light shift on margin.
£185
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A899
 1972 Explorers 3p SG 897 VARIETY, ‘MULTI-COLOUR SHIFT’ on pair U/M, caused by paper fold at top which also CUTS TOP OF HEAD OFF on L/H stamp.
£150
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A900
 1972 EXPLORERS 3p SG 897 VARIETY ‘LIPSTICK ON FACE OF SIR JAMES’ (naughty chap!!) U/M. Very striking.
£75
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A901
 1972 Annivs 3p SG 901 VARIETY, HUGE PERF-SHIFT on bottom marginal copy U/M, very striking
£125
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A902
 1972 Xmas 7½p SG 913 VARIETY, SHIFT OF ‘GOLD’ DOWNWARDS (Angel’s halo, harp & wings). U/M.
£40
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A903
 1973 EXPLORERS 9p SG 927b VARIETY, ‘BROWN-GREY’ PRINTING DOUBLE, U/M with normal. Very striking.
£675
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A904
 1973 Parliament 10p SG 940 IMPERF TRIAL PROOF ON GOLD, (with issued stamp for comparison), proof has some printers manuscript markings on reverse.
£135
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A905
 1973 Royal Wedding 3½p SG 941 Dramatic ‘DRY PRINT’ VARIETY, affecting both faces, U/M
£125
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A906
 1973 Xmas 3p SG 943/44 DRAMATIC ‘MIS-PERF’ ON BLOCK OF FOUR U/M, top marginal. Very striking.
£95
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A907
 1973 XMAS 3½p SG 948i VARIETY, ‘TURQUOISE-GREEN (LEG, ROBE, ETC) MISSING, U/M & a great rarity. (only 10 copies known) With cert.
£4750
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A908
 1973 Xmas 3½p SG 948f VARIETY ‘BLUE & ROSY MAUVE’ OMITTED, U/M pristine & scarce.
£575
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A909
 1977 Jubilee 11p SG 1036 VARIETY, LARGE DOWNWARD SHIFT OF ‘SILVER’ on Traffic Light corner strip of 3 U/M. Striking.
£95
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A910
 Regionals. WALES 1975 5½p SG W22a VARIETY, ‘IMPERFORATE’ BLOCK OF FOUR TOP R/H CORNER U/M. Rare & attractive.
£995
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A911
 1980 Sport 12p SG 1134 VARIETY, HUGE VERTICAL ‘PERF SHIFT’ DOWNWARDS ON BLOCK OF FOUR U/M top marginal. Visually stunning.
£145
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A912
 1980 Sports 15p SG 1136 HUGE SHIFT OF ‘QUEENS HEAD’ (Gold) to right.
£120
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A913
 1979 Xmas 8p SG 1104 VARIETY, HUGE SHIFT DOWNWARDS OF ‘OCHRE’ on ‘gutter pair’ U/M with traffic light (showing ‘Ochre’ dot dropped). Visually super.
£95
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A914
 1981 15½p SG X984a VARIETY, PAIR ‘IMPERF’ U/M, four gigantic margins. (Pierron F816Mb)
£225
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A915
 1982 12½p SG X898 PAIR, VARIETY ‘IMPERF THREE SIDES’, U/M bottom marginal being only perfed on L/h side. (unlisted in this format)
£115
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A916
 1984 HARRISON DUMMY STAMP PHOSPHOR TAGGING TRIALS (with head of Thomas Harrison) in light emerald green (on FCP/DEX). Bottom row of ten U/M with graded colour design on blank labels at bottom. (Ex. Walker)
£475
A917
 1984 18p SG X955a VARIETY, PAIR IMPERF, U/M top sheet marginal with centre sheet marking. Very pretty.
£150
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A918
 1985 Trains 17p SG 1272 DRAMATIC PERF SHIFT DOWNWARDS on U/M copy with ‘Harrison’ imprint causing 50% of value & Queen’s head to be missing.
£95
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A919
 1990 Penny Black Anniv. SG 1469 VARIETY, ‘19p COLOUR TRIAL IN ORANGE FOR ALTERNATE VALUE U/M (the 19p value was never issued, nor this colour ever used) Rarity (only a couple exist in this colour. (Ex. Jalapa)
£5250
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A920
 1990 Xmas 17p SG 1526 VARIETY, HUGE VERTICAL SHIFT UPWARDS on corner copy, causing part of stamp to be printed on margin. Striking.
£75
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A921
 1992 Castles £2 SG 1613 VARIETY, COMPLETE ‘OFFSET’ ON GUMMED SIDE (reversed image), U/M side marginal (listed by Pierron)
£350
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A922
 1992 Castles £5 SG 1614 VARIETY, COMPLETE ‘OFFSET’ ON GUMMED SIDE (reversed image), U/M. Scarce. (listed by Pierron)
£375
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A923
 1994 Xmas 35p SG 1846 DRAMATIC ‘DRY PRINT’ OF QUEENS HEAD & VALUE (‘Deep Grey-Brown’) on corner copy of pair U/M. Very striking.
£175
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A924
 1999 £5 BROWN SG Y1803a VARIETY, ‘IMPERF PAIR’ U/M, four huge margins. Very scarce.
£1975
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A925
 2002 Xmas 2nd. SG 2321b ‘Imperf’ corner block of four with cylinder imprint. Fresh.
£135
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A926
 2004 Ocean Liners ‘E’ SG 2449a VARIETY, ‘IMPERF. PAIR’ U/M, superb fresh & scarce.
£750
A927
 2004 7p Magenta SG Y1673a VARIETY, ‘IMPERF. PAIR’ U/M. Pristine.
£125
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