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Catalogue closes October 6, 2026
UPA
Lot 9241
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
6d lilac, wing margin at left, centred to SE, v.g.u.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
68
SG value
£90.00
Lot 9242
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
6d lilac, centred to SE, good used.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
68
SG value
£125.00
Lot 9243
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
6d deep lilac on AZURE PAPER, centred to SE, clipped perfs at bottom right, o/wise v.g.u. Scarce.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
68a
SG value
£600.00
Lot 9244
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
6d pale lilac, wing margin at left, centred to NW, light toning, m.m.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
70
SG value
£1,000.00
UPA
Lot 9245
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
6d pale lilac and 1s green (wing margin at left), light cancels leaving much of portraits clear, v.g.u.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
70, 72
SG value
£260.00
UPA
Lot 9246
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
1s green, centred to NE, light London thimble cds of 8 SP 58, light yellowing, o/wise fine used.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
72
SG value
£170.00
Lot 9247
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
1s green, a few lightly toned perfs, fair used.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
72
SG value
£350.00
Lot 9248
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
1s green, fresh, good used.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
72
SG value
£170.00
Lot 9249
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
1s pale green, small thin at top edge and pressed crease, o.g.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
73
SG value
£3,250.00
Lot 9250
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
1s pale green, centred to S, the watermark displaced to bottom so that nearly all the four emblems appear at top, crisp upright BRADFORD ORKS cds of FE 3 62, v.f.u.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
watermark — Watermark
A design or pattern incorporated into stamp paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is examined appropriately.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
73
SG value
£170.00
Lot 9251
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
Small Uncoloured Corner Letters QV set of values, inc 3d (SG 76), 4d (SG 80), 6d (SG 84), 9d (SG 87) & 1s (SG 90), good to fine used. (5)
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1855-57
SG
76/90
SG value
£790.00
Lot 9252
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) S
QV Medium garter watermark 4d. Carmine upon thick, blued highly glazed paper, SPECIMEN Type 2 (Vertical). SUPERB unmounted mint never hinged S.W. corner marginal well-centred, fine colour 'POSTAGE' inscriptional multiple of x6 in 3x2 format. South-West example bears part trace of double type 2 vertical handstamp. The most extraordinarily RARE positional piece, all stamps UM mint never-hinged, fine colour well-centred and in EXHIBITION standard state of preservation. Multiples of this early period surface prints are exceptionally rare. E.G. SG Specialised states a block of 4 of the normal unoverprinted 4d. Carmine catalogues £60,000= against £11,000 for singles. Currently catalogued £1,200 in SPECIMEN Type 2 format, what premium price for an unmounted mint inscriptional corner block of SIX? Catalogued £1,200 x 6 SPECIMEN singles … £14,000= extrapolated catalogue value seems not unreasonable - but, more important - we suspect that this may be the only such example in private hands. Treasure. EXHIBITION STANDARD. GEM (1. x SPECIMEN BL 6)
Philatelic terms
UM — Unmounted Mint
A mint stamp with original gum that has not been mounted or hinged.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
watermark — Watermark
A design or pattern incorporated into stamp paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is examined appropriately.
block — Block
A joined group of stamps, normally arranged in at least two rows and two columns.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1856
SG
63s
SG value
£7,200.00
Lot 9253
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) P
QV 1856 6d. Green Plate Proof on thin white card, neatly cancelled by black Helmsley/Crown experimental trial CDS for '2.4.56'. Accompanied by SG retail card priced £5,500=. Currently mentioned upon page 198 of SG Specialised Volume 1 - 16th Edition catalogued £7,500= Gibbons states 'Very scarce'. Incredibly rare - only the 2nd example we have handled in some 50 years. Beautiful to sit side by side with the final 6d. Deep lilac. Absolutely Superb. Provenance SG/ retail card.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
plate — Plate
A printing plate, or an identifying plate number or characteristic, associated with the production of a stamp.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1856
SG
69 Var
SG value
£7,500.00
Lot 9254
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) P
QV 1856 1s. Carmine-red imperforate colour trial on white glazed paper, with white cross below chin, socked on the nose by '39' trial cancellation in diamond obliterator. Astonishingly one of only five known in private hands. SG Retail card £7,500= accompanies, plus 2007 RPS London photo-certificate of authenticity. SG Catalogue value £9,500=. Provenance SG, RPS, UPA. RARE. Exhibition standard GEM
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
imperforate — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1856
SG
72var PL6
SG value
£9,500.00
UPA
Lot 9255
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) CC
POSTAL HISTORY COVERS & CARDS COLLECTION (plus some letters) presented neatly on written up, sleeved pages ready to Display, Posted overseas bearing a useful selection of issues to various 6d. Destinations inc New Zealand, Australia, Portugal, USA, Canada, France, India, Switzerland, Spain, Austria & Germany. Good selection of Postal markings, transit & receiving cds. Interesting lot. (35+ items)
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1858-99
SG value
£3,000.00
Lot 9256
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
1862 6d. Deep lilac (plate 3) letters R-C. Described by S.G. as 'very fine and fresh unused original gum example'. Unobtrusive hinge trace, as near to perfect original gum as you will ever see. (This period o.g. may have a slight undulating effect). Lovely original colour. Obviously a treasured example in as near superb condition as may exist. Accompanied by Stanley Gibbons original retail card… priced £2,100=, some £300 more then than the current £1,800 catalogue value now. You won't find a better single. Perfect for a specialist collection. Gem. Provenance SG, UPA 1v.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
plate — Plate
A printing plate, or an identifying plate number or characteristic, associated with the production of a stamp.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862
SG
83 (PL3)
SG value
£1,800.00
Lot 9257
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
QV 9d. Straw (Plate 2) letters L-G. Supplied by SG retail price £2,650= and described as very fine well centred unused large part o.g. example lettered L-G, a very fresh example with lovely colour. SG Specialised J92(2) … in 54 years I have never seen a more perfect colour perfectly centred example of this very prone to fade shade. If this were a USA stamp of this period … with such centring, we are talking 100% to 500% premium to the catalogue value. This, however, is the UK. Previously supplied by SG at a 30% premium to current catalogue value. Luxus R.R.R. (Provenance SG, UPA)
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
plate — Plate
A printing plate, or an identifying plate number or characteristic, associated with the production of a stamp.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862
SG
87 (PL2)
SG value
£2,000.00
Lot 9258
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) S
3d pale carmine-rose, DF, with DOTTED SPANDRELS opted. SPECIMEN vertically, centred to left, small traces of gum only, unused. Scarce.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
(77s)
SG value
£800.00
UPA
Lot 9259
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
3d (deep) carmine-rose, OD (wing margin at right), neat overlapping GLASGOW cds cancels of JY 22 64, centred to NE, v.g.u.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
76
SG value
£150.00
UPA
Lot 9260
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
3d bright carmine-rose, EL, neat '466' postmark of LIVERPOOL, fresh, good used.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
76
SG value
£150.00
Lot 9261
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
3d pale carmine-rose, LK, fresh, fine m.m.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
77
SG value
£1,200.00
Lot 9262
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) MH
3d pale carmine-rose, AC, streaky gum, most o.g.
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
77
SG value
£1,200.00
UPA
Lot 9263
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
3d pale carmine-rose, NA, light overlapping cds cancels, v.g.u.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1862-64
SG
77
SG value
£180.00
Lot 9264
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) U
3d pale carmine-rose, AL, centred to NW, disturbed gum, unused.
Philatelic terms
U — Used
A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Lot 9242
Lot 9243
Lot 9244
Lot 9247
Lot 9248
Lot 9249
Lot 9250
Lot 9251
Lot 9252
Lot 9253
Lot 9254
Lot 9256
Lot 9257
Lot 9258
Lot 9261
Lot 9262
Lot 9264