196. 1855 die II Spec. C7 ABNORMAL. A good used example from plate 23 lettered HB, centred to lower left, cancellation clear of Queen's profile. Fine used cats. £850.00. (*) (Ref 59518) £225.00

197. 1855 Spec. C7 ABNORMAL PRINTING. A good used example from plate 24, some trimming of perfs at top, showing MISPLACED 'S' and GOTHIC 'K'. Fine used cats. £850.00. (*) (Ref 59466) £125.00

198. 1855 die II Spec. C7 ABNORMAL. A good to fine used example from plate 25 lettered FJ, slightly off-centre, cancelled Edinburgh '131' roller. RPS cert. 72562. Cat. £950.00. (*) (Ref 59517) £375.00

199. 1855 die II (Spec. C7) ABNORMAL. A very fine example from plate 26 lettered TH, centred a little high but good perfs and cancelled neat partial strike of Birmingham spoon. Cat. £1250.00. (*) (Ref 59468) £850.00

200. DUBLIN DIAMOND SPOON Type Bx8 (RA 78) 'Paid erased'. Small piece with vertical pair of SG 29 lettered JE/KE, upper stamp creased, tied fair strikes AP/24/56 Code 8. (*) (Ref 57626) £25.00

201. GALWAY English-type spoon (RA 30). Small piece bearing SG 29 lettered BL tied fine strike JU/7/1856 Code B. (*) (Ref 57629) £20.00

202. 1856 die II plate 29 on blued paper (SG 29). A good used example lettered BJ, several shorter perfs, neatly cancelled by Stirling datestamp AU/12/1856. (*) (Ref 59519) £35.00

203. NEWRY English-type spoon (RA 44). Small piece with pair of SG 29 lettered DD and DE tied two fine strikes SE/26/1856 without code. (*) (Ref 57636) £35.00

204. WALSALL SPOON (RA 122). Small piece bearing die II 1d star pale rose plate 47 on transitional paper lettered EK (affected by crease) tied fine to very fine strike of the very scarce Walsall Spoon JU/26/1857 Code C. (*) (Ref 50459) £75.00

205. O.U.S. OVERPRINT ON 1d STAR READING UPWARDS (SG 40 Spec. PP148). A good used example lettered IK, corner bend. (*) (Ref 52980) £20.00

206. 'ENGLISH LOCAL' CANCELLATIONS ON 1857 1d STARS (SG 40). Three used examples with badly trimmed perfs but each cancelled by a fine large part strike of the 'KIRKSTEAD' UDC (under Horncastle, Lincs). Two udc's in black and a third one in bright blue. A VERY RARE TRIO. Very few examples of English local handstamps used as cancels are known- most are Scottish. ( KH £85.00; D? £45.00; OC £35.00). (*) (Ref 29594) £150.00

207. 1856 die II 1d star plate 22 watermark large crown (SG 29). A fine to very fine used example lettered EB in deep red-brown on blued paper tied Dublin Spoon FE/26/-. RPS cert. 200469. Cat. £600.00. A very scarce and dated example. (*) (Ref 55526) £500.00

208. 1855 die II plate 25 IMPRIMATUR (SG 29Var). A superb top marginal example lettered AB in red-brown on lightly blued paper. (*) (Ref 59526) £1250.00

209. 1856 die II plate 25 (SG 29). Good used example lettered KK - showing two GOTHIC 'K''s (Spec. C8j), several shorter perfs, stamp cancelled '150' numeral of Burnley. (*) (Ref 55528) £40.00

210. 1857 1d star transitional. A good used example from plate 27 in pale red on cream toned paper (Spec. C9(3)) lettered AD - THE MAJOR RE-ENTRY. Slight imperfections but lightly cancelled and re-entry marks clearly visible. (*) (Ref 59501) £75.00

211. 1857 die II plate 27 BD MAJOR RE-ENTRY (SG 40 Spec. C10f). Fine used example clearly showing re-entry marks cancelled London '75' numeral. (*) (Ref 56216) £35.00

212. 1857 die II plate 27 AD/BD MAJOR RE-ENTRY (SG 40 Spec. C10f). A USED BLOCK OF FOUR, AC/BD showing both re-entries. BD rounded corner perforation and block some perf separation but a rare multiple, cancelled '267' numerals of Durham. (*) (Ref 56230) £150.00