Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

The world's first postage booklet available to the public, produced for commercial purposes by the Stamp Distribution Syndicate in 1891, sealed in...

1903 trial booklet for substance of cover, white cover marked "C" and "Quality of cover but the substance to be as pattern marked 'D'", containing...

1904 2/- booklet, BA1 with watermarks inverted, the first booklet officially issued in Great Britain. Very fine quality. Cat. £500. ...[more]

1904 first issued booklet BA1 with 'Specimen' overprint type 16, watermarks inverted. Negligible faults only, excellent quality for this very scar...

1904 1d red pane from booklet BA1, wmk inverted, overprinted with 'specimen' type 16 (15½ mm), MB5at. Mint never hinged. Cat. for hinged pane (and...

1906, KEVII 2nd issue, BA2, superb quality for this scarce early booklet. Cat. £2,200. ...[more]

1906, two examples of the KEVII 2nd issue booklet BA2, one with the 1d panes wmk inverted and ½d panes wmk upright (pen note on front), the other ...

1909 trial for printing on the interleaves, the complete booklet with five Minerva panes and six paper interleaves with advertising printed in blu...

1909 booklet BA5 edition 5, advertising interleaves, inverted wmks, overprinted 'Specimen' type 17. Accompanied by 1977 RPS cert. One of the rares...

1909 BA5, edition 5, watermarks inverted, the front virtually immaculate, rear with unusual watermarked paper adhesion. Cat. £2,700. ...[more]

1909 booklet BA5, edition 6, watermarks inverted, in pristine quality. A scarce issue in as perfect condition as could be desired. Cat. £2,700. ....

1911 Harrison printed booklet, BA6, first two 1d. panes inverted wmk, the third 1d pane (displaced clichés) and the ½d panes upright wmks. Very at...

1911 ½d green pane from booklet BA6, watermark upright, with St. Andrew's cross label. #MB4. Extremely faint sign of hingeing otherwise pristine w...

Small balance of Edward VII issues with two examples of the first booklet BA1, one very fine with good perfs, the other unusually with Stirling cd...

1912 #BB3, the 1d panes wmk inverted then two upright, the ½d upright then inverted. A couple of trimmed edges, the cover very fine. Cat. £1,300. ...

1912 (September) 2/- booklet BB3, carefully opened, the covers, panes (generally vlh one stamp each) and advertising interleaves all generally in ...

1912-24 2½d blue corner plate block, the scarce Somerset House printing with distinguishing stop-control J.17, hinge remains on upper stamps only,...

1913 £1 'seahorse', dull blue-green shade, extremely attractive wing-margin example, mint never hinged. Minute natural gum inclusion. Cat. for hin...

1918 3/- booklet, BB18, edition 1, first two panes and last pane wmks upright, the 1d panes and first ½d pane inverted. The cover with minor corne...

1921 3/- experimental booklet, BB20, edition 35, all panes wmk upright. Small surface chips at edge of cover, one pane with perfs trimmed at right...

1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 22. First and second panes wmks inverted. Panes four and five trimmed at base. Very fine quality cover. Cat. £2,40...

1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 25, precancelled. Last pane detached otherwise very fine quality. Cat. £850. ...[more]

1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 32, all watermarks upright. Final pane trimmed at top otherwise generally good perfs. Very fine. Cat. £2,400. ......

1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 42, first and second panes inverted wmks. Usual trimmed perfs on most panes. Neatly dated in manuscript on front o...

1924 BB12, edition number 8, the pane with labels and 4x 1½d with wmk upright, the rest inverted. The two 1½d panes trimmed, the others intact per...

1924 BB12, edition 12, the ½d pane wmk inverted, the rest upright. Excellent quality with good perfs. Cat. £900. ...[more]

1924 BB12, edition 38, first 1½d (x4) and the ½d pane wmks inverted. Perfs trimmed to varying degrees on one edge of each pane. The cover in attra...

1926, type BB12, edition 47, wth 'cancelled' ovpt type 28. All panes wmk inverted. Mostly very good perfs and clean cover, with printed '22 NOV 19...

1924 3/- booklet, BB24, edition 69, first and third panes inverted wmks. Better than usual perfs. Cat. £550. ...[more]

1924, BB24, edition 83, all panes inverted wmks. More or less trimmed perfs to several edges, overall very fine. Cat. £550. ...[more]

1929, a series of four 2/- Postal Union Congress booklets, BB13, edition numbers 103 to 106. Fairly transparent perf remains on back of #104, qual...

1929, 3/- Postal Union Congress booklets, BB25, editions 168, 170 and 171, all very fine quality. Cat. £1350. ...[more]

1934, a spectacular uncut block of four proofs for the 3/- booklet BB26 (edition 276), arranged tête-bêche, incorporating two mostly blank panes o...

1934, 3/- booket, BB26, edition 280, all upright wmks. Average perfs, virtually pristine cover and scarce this nice. Cat. £650. ...[more]

1935 small format type photogravure issue 3/- booklet, BB29, edition 316, third and fifth panes inverted wmks. Trimmed perfs to all panes, fine ov...

1935 photogravure small format, 3/- booklet, BB17, edition 347. First three of the four panes wmk inverted. Excellent perfs and very fine overall....

1935, the 2/- and 3/- booklets (BB16 and BB28), editions 294 to 298 and 300 to 304 (ten booklets). Edition 294 with some tone spots mainly on an a...

1935 3/- booklet, BB27, edition 289, the ½d first pane upright wmk, the rest inverted. Three edges total with trimmed perfs, faint script indentat...

1935 5/- small format photogravure issue booklet, BB37, edition 15, very decent perfs overall and cover immaculate. Cat. £650. ...[more]

1935 5/- booklet BB37, edition 15, this time with slightly different shade of cover. Very fine with excellent perfs. Cat. £650. ...[more]

Substantial balance of the KGV section, with highlights being BB1 AVC precancelled type E, Downey head panes, BB6 precancelled type I (a little su...

1936 first booklet issue of the reign with cancelled overprints type 33 (unpunched), the rarest Edward VIII booklet, very few examples known, espe...

1936, the 3/- booklet BC3, edition 323, punched and with cancelled overprints type 33P, extremely high quality for this scarce advertiser's vouche...

A magnificent run of thirty different editions of the 1936 first Edward VIII booklet, 2/- with blue cover (BC2), editions 354-376, 378, 380-385, i...

1936 3/- booklet BC3, run of 12 editions, numbers 320-323, 325-332. Only missing one edition for completion. Generally exceptional quality through...

1937, both editions (16 and 17) of the 5/- booklet with buff covers, BC4. Edition 16 with near-perfect perfs, 17 some trimmed edges, immaculate co...

1936, rare imperforate strip of four of the 1½d from the National Postal Museum archive, tête-bêche between the central two stamps. Lightly stampe...

The KEVIII collection balance, with slot-machine booklets and five different standard-size booklets (one exploded) incl. 5/- edition 16, very fine...

1934-36 photogravure group of control markings, the chief being a full set of the Z36 types on the 1/- bistre-brown (lightly hinged on one stamp e...

1937 2/- blue-cover booklet, BD11, edition 391, second and fourth panes inverted, some edges trimmed, very fine. Cat. £1,100. ...[more]

1937 2/- blue-cover booklet, BD11, edition 393, first pane inverted, very good perfs, very fine. Cat. £1,100. ...[more]

1938, 3/- scarlet-cover booklet BD22, edition 344, the 1d pane inverted, trimmed perfs as usual with this format, pristine quality. Cat. £1,900. ...

1938, 5/- buff-cover booklet BD24, edition 21, first and last panes inverted, trimmed perfs, very fine. Cat. £2,000. ...[more]

1938, 5/- buff-cover booklet BD24, edition 27, all panes inverted wmks, excellent perfs for this issue, very fine. Cat. £2,000. ...[more]

A wonderful and scarce set of the three proofs of 1938 for the 2/- (blue), 3/- (red) and 5/- (buff) booklet cover fronts on issued card with plain...

1940, 2/6d red-cover booklet, BD13, edition 1, exploded and presented on page in mounts, all MNH, good perfs, partly shaved at top of 1/2d. Very f...

1940, 2/6d blue-cover booklet, BD14, edition 13, all panes upright, ideal perfs, minor disturbance at rear upper corner of two 2d stamps, overall ...

1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 29, all panes upright, good perfs, very fine. Cat. £975. ...[more]

1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 71, all panes inverted, trimmed top edges on first two panes, small transfer marks in corner of lower...

1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 84, all panes inverted, trimmed perfs, tiny scrape on front, fine. Cat. £975. ...[more]