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Catalogue closes October 6, 2026
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Lot 8830
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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1d black, Plate 2, imperf with 3½ margins, 'B - D' check letters, tied to a small cover (98mm x 68mm) to Braemar with red MC cancellation, 1840 red boxed transit to rear.
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.
imperf — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
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.
SG
2
SG value
£750.00
Lot 8876
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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1d black, Plate 10, imperf with 3 margins, 'S - F' check letters, used with black MC cancellation.
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.
imperf — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
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
1840
SG
2
SG value
£950.00
Lot 8919
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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2d blue, Plate 1, imperf with 4 margins (close at base), 'J - K' check letters, used with full black MC and good colour.
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.
imperf — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
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
1840
SG
5
SG value
£975.00
Lot 8932
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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1d red imperf group bearing Maltese Cross numbered set, 1 - 12, 3 or 4 margin examples, good to fine used. (12)
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.
imperf — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1841
SG value
£2,950.00
Lot 8945
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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QV 1841 1d. Red-Brown plate 10 (Die I, wmk small crown imperforate) lettered H-A, fine used large margins example socked on the nose by full oblique red maltese cross. PTS 2015 Expert Committee Photo-Certificate harshly states is genuine, soiled, in our opinion - slightly. In fact the 'bluish' image of the stamp shows through to the reverse. Used 1d. Reds cancelled by red maltese cross are rare. SG Concise CV £2,250=. Socked on the nose (SON) with large margins is exceptionall RARE. PTS Certificate 2015
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.
imperforate — Imperforate
A stamp produced without perforations separating it from adjoining stamps.
wmk — Watermark
An abbreviation for watermark: a design or pattern incorporated into the stamp paper during manufacture.
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
1841
SG
7 PL10
SG value
£2,250.00
Lot 8994
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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ARCHER EXPERIMENTAL PERFORATION (SG16b) 1d. Red-brown PAIR PL.96 LETTERED P-K - P-L MATCHEDWITH 1d. IMPERFS (SG8). A fine to very fine used 1850 Archer 1d. Plate 96 HORIZONTAL PAIR lettered P-K P-L centred slightly N.W., cancelled London '29' Inland Office corner letters matched with 1d. Imperfs - both 4 margins. As you may expect - PAIRS OF ARCHER PERFORATION PRINTINGS ARE RARE, in our opinion a 100% premium therefore estimated catalogue value up to £2,400+. It is lovely to see the matching corner lettering perfectly researched (4v.)
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.
plate — Plate
A printing plate, or an identifying plate number or characteristic, associated with the production of a stamp.
pair — Pair
Two stamps that remain joined together.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1850
SG
8, 16b pair
Lot 8935
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d orange-brown, SE, 4 tiny to large margins traces of gum only, fine unused.
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
1841
SG
12
SG value
£2,000.00
Lot 8944
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
Related lotRelated to Lot 8957 · Same country / area · Similar period · Same classification
2d violet-blue, on thicker lavender tinted paper, early stage, plate 4. PL, 4 tiny (at top right) to good margins, fine m.m. Brandon Cert. (2025). 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.
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
1841
SG
15aa
SG value
£15,000.00
UPA
Lot 8947
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
Related lotRelated to Lot 8957 · Same country / area · Similar period · Same classification
1d red-brown, TH, 3 margins, thin/tear at top, unused no gum.
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
1841
SG
8
SG value
£400.00
Lot 8950
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown, QC, 4 small to good margins, small surface crease, traces of gum only unused.
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
1841
SG
8
SG value
£600.00
Lot 8953
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown, QD, 2+ margins, fresh, part 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
1841
SG
8
SG value
£600.00
Lot 8954
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown, LK, just about 3 margins, light gum wrinkles, 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
1841
SG
8
SG value
£400.00
Lot 8963
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown, on very blued paper, SD, 4 tiny to good margins except just shaved at lower right, 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
1841
SG
8a
SG value
£700.00
Lot 8964
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown on very blue paper, AB, 3 margins, faint light creases, part 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
1841
SG
8a
SG value
£700.00
Lot 8965
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown on very blue paper, QE, 4 tiny to huge margins, h/r, fresh, part 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
1841
SG
8a
SG value
£500.00
Lot 8966
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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QV 1841 1d. Red-brown plated PL.113. Absolutely superb mint full original gum lower marginal position horizontal pair letters T-H, T-I. Rarely encountered in this quality. Superb colour, upon very deep blued paper (Concise catalogue £500 x 2). However a bottom sheet margin inscriptional pair inscribed 'Hand Side of the Letter. In Wettin'. Premium piece accompanied by SG retail card priced £1,750=. In terms of rarity and Exhibition Standard … certainly worth 100% uplift upon the Concise £1,000 catalogue value. Magnificent. Irreplaceable (1 pr. Gibbons card)
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
pair — Pair
Two stamps that remain joined together.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1841
SG
8a PL113
Lot 21011
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) MH
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1d red-brown, from 'black' plate 2, CE, 4 tiny to good margins, slightly toned part o.g. Very detailed 'forensic' Certificate from Mike Jackson detailing evidence for this plate. EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
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
1841
SG
7
SG value
£25,000.00
Lot 8831
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) E
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CHARLES WHITING ESSAY sheet of 6 engraved examples, mostly of background plus on of Hermes, slight abrasions at bottom, fine and scarce.
Date
1839
Lot 8832
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) E
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CHARLES WHITING EMBOSSED ESSAY for Stamping Paper 1d green, Wyon Head inscribed POSTAGE 1D: HALF OZ:', a couple of shallow thins at left, fresh unused. Illustrated (in brown) on page 15. SG Specialised Vol. 1 BPA Cert. (2010)
Philatelic terms
SG — Stanley Gibbons
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
Date
1840
Lot 8833
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) E
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CHARLES WHITING EMBOSSED ESSAY for Stamping Paper, a circular example in black, very fine. Illustrated at top left on page 15 of SG Specialised Vol. 1
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
1840
SG value
£2,000.00
UPA
Lot 8834
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) F
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Facsimiles/reproductions of Official 1d VR in mauve, plus postage on 1d in five different colours, all imper engraved with DK in corner letters, very fine u.m. (6)
Date
1840
UPA
Lot 8835
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) F
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Prince Consort Essays 1d, incl. black (unused) and in red-brown (mint), attractive FAKES, each lettered FJ.
Date
1840
Lot 8836
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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1d. Intense Black Plate 6 letters F-J, outstanding northerly SON (socked on the nose) red-brown maltese cross, good / large margins example, intense shade supports compelling contrast, particularly strong retouched (?) 'POSTAGE' plus 'ONE PENNY', weaker lateral borders. Feintly signed 'PROSCHOLD' (German Expert) & pl 6 S.W. (as viewed from reverse). Bordering magnificent
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.
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
1840
SG
1 PL6
SG value
£375.00
Lot 8837
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) U
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1d black, plate 6, block of 4, QA-RB, small margins all around except QA just touches at left, each stamp appears to have been cancelled twice by black MC, very fresh, fine used. RARE.
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.
plate — Plate
A printing plate, or an identifying plate number or characteristic, associated with the production of a stamp.
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.
Lot 8830
Lot 8876
Lot 8919
Lot 8932
Lot 8945
Lot 8994
Lot 8935
Lot 8944
Lot 8950
Lot 8953
Lot 8954
Lot 8963
Lot 8964
Lot 8965
Lot 8966
Lot 21011
Lot 8831
Lot 8832
Lot 8833
Lot 8836
Lot 8837