Welcome to our catalogue number 109, which contains the usual wide array of material for your consideration and has been prepared during the recent spell of good weather!

The Great Britain section includes some very good surface printed. A decent range of Penny Blacks is followed by many ‘number in cross’ cancels not just on the 1841 Penny Reds but also some examples from the far more elusive Two Penny Blue series. The latter are far more difficult than their red counterparts and our experience would suggest that the catalogue variance between Red and Blues is more than justified. There is a wide range of Seahorses including a superb complete ‘cancelled’set off our in mint condition, which is the first such set we have seen in many a year. This list also contains many Royal Cypher shades mostly in mint condition. 

Within the Commonwealth section, we have the final part of the Seahorse collection with more from Ireland and most notably Nauru. The cover illustrated on the back page of this list is truly wonderful and being addressed to Oswald Marsh is a perfect provenance especially as this cover includes the better shade of the 10/- stamp. There cannot be many such covers around, we have certainly not seen one before, in short a tremendous rarity of exhibition quality.

Due to a technical glitch many ‘new’ thematic listings were originally omitted from the catalogue. These are listed as ‘LATE LOTS’ at the back of the catalogue so please check carefully if these are usually your cup of tea.

As ever the photo plates give an indication of both the range and quality on offer.

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