K & C PHILATELICS
The Queen Victoria & Postal History Specialists.
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At the bottom of this page are Links to each of the 14 Sections.
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New items added regularly.
Our service is based on more than 40 years experience
as Specialist Collectors and Dealers handling rare and unique items.
The emphasis is on quality and rarity. Our stock contains
quality items: the unusual; the exceptional and the unique.
Rather than risk missing an item, we are always pleased
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Having helped to build many fine Collections, which is ongoing today,
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pre-stamp and/or the Victorian periods, please make contact
as we are always interested in purchasing such material.
The following are a few examples
from each of the 14 Sections of the website.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page for a LINK to each SECTION.
153881
Plate 5: A new Earliest Known Date of usage. 1d Black Section
153882
A likely unique usage of F.H.R. on a Christmas Day sailing to USA: Embossed Section.
153883
A very rare Irish item combining Philately and Military History; Embossed Section
153866
Cylinder Block with only listed variety, First Day of Issue, largest (24) known usage : Stationery Section
153857
Very rare Free Franking on a front addressed by Lord CARDIGAN to his sister on
the last day of the free franking priviledge: Prestamp and Stampless Section
153861
1d Letter Sheet from WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Sunday May 24th 1840: Mulready Section
153858
Entire from a famous Victorian lady in Ambleside to the USA in the Retaliatory Period:
Other Line Engraved Section
153880
Surcharged envelope to Florence Nightingale from New York: Prestamp and Stampless Section
153863
1d Lilac Die 2: believed to be the largest Control Block (48) extant with INVERTED WATERMARK. Surface Printed and Watermark Varieties Sections.
153859
The 5th sailing in the Retaliatory Period with a very rare Dublin Late Fee on reverse: Embossed Section
152208
Rideout Machine Number 1: Early Machines Section
151568
Second Trial of Azemaar Machine: Early Machines Section
151527
Boston Trial Machine 1898: Early Machines Section
151526.
Boston Trial Machine 1898 very rare/unique usage to Malta: Early Machines Section
153880.
Stampless envelope to Florence Nightingale: Prestamp and Stampless Section
153545: Prestamp and Stampless Section
152196
'Madeleine Smith' Glasgow Experimental Duplex in GREEN:
Scottish Postal History Section
151678
1d Plate 55 Lisnaskea 306: Irish Section
153853
Superb CRIMSON Cross of Sleaford May 12th 1840 Stereo A11: Mulready Section
15136
Front with Number 2 in Cross: Mulready Section
15139.
May 1840 usage: Mulready Section
15140
2d Letter Sheet OHMS Gloucester Double Lined Cross: Mulready Section
153845
Hand Drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section
Silver Jubilee of George V
Hand drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section
151785
1d lilac Die 2 hand painted Front:
Hand drawn and Pictorial Envelopes Section
152171
Plate 1b: 1d Black Section
151503
Pair 1d Plate 9 'PC-PD' on cover: 1d Black Section
151801.
1d Plate 10 with Leeds Distinctive Cross on cover: 1d Black Section
SUNDAY MAY 31st 1840, Plate 3 on Bristol entire: 1d Black Section
15143
IRISH COVER with Mixed Plates, 6 and 8 both full margins: 1d Black Section
151443
Plate 10 with RED cross with varieties: 1d Black Section
151851
Plate 1b INVERTED Watermark: 1d Black and Watermark Varieties Sections.
151440
Plate 6, BLUE cross with Certificate but faults:
1d Black Section.
1109
Plate 1: 2d Blue (1840) Section
151547
Plate 1 Worcester numeral: 2d Blue (1840) Section
152206
Greenock Cross with RPS Certificate:
2d Blue (1840) Section
15195
Plate 2 DUBLIN Cross with outer break:
2d Blue (1840) Section
153805.
Super Number 2 in Cross: Other Line-Engraved Section
152162
1d Plate 70, NOTTINGHAM '583' in GREEN, RPS Certificate: Other Line-Engraved Section
152490
Red numeral 466? of Liverpool:
Line-Engraved Section
15141
Dr Perkins Experimental Blued Paper
a gummed unprinted block with Cert:
Line-Engraved Section
1039
1d Plate 44: Line-Engraved Section
309
2d Plate 9: Line-Engraved Section
151380
RED Numeral Cancellations Plate 158 with BPA Certificate:
Other Line-engraved Section
152095
Very Rare Forwarding Agent cachet on a Pair of Entires: Other Line Engraved Section
152108
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company one of the first sailings: Other Line Engraved Section
15196
Plate 3 DUBLIN cross with outer break: Other LIne-Engraved Section
151220
2d Plate 3: Line-Engraved Section
SS7
Plate 3 Aberdeen Numeral: Other Line Engraved and Scottish Sections
1040
1/2d SG48 PLATE 9: Line Engraved-Section
15005
1/-SG55 and 4d SG63 Scots Local: Embossed Section
151403
10d on Entire: Embossed Section
15002
One shilling pair Liverpool Floating Receiving House (FRH) cds on reverse:
Embossed Section
152223
SG130 Plate 4 the famous UNIQUE Missing Design:
Surface Printed Section
152186
4d SG62e White Paper Variety: Surface Printed Section
152032
4d SG66a with RPS Cert: Surface Printed Section
153802
Second Day of Issue: Surface Printed Section
153803
6d Plate 11 Pale Buff all on same date with Certificate: Surface Printed Section
6d SG84c, Plate 3, 'TF', Watermark Error, MISSING SHAMROCK:
Surface Printed and Watermark Varieties Sections
WM10
4d SG153 Plate 16 INVERTED watermark:
Watermark Varieties Section
151464
4d SG152 variety LARGE 5 in plate number:
Surface Printed Section.
152030
6d Plate 12 ABNORMAL ON COVER with RPS Cert: Surface Printed Section
151464
6d SG108 Plate 8 used before official issue date: Surface Printed Section
151381
Imperf Control E with Certificate:
Surface Printed Section
153710
PONTYCLOWN squared Circle, only three reported examples:
Surface printed Section.
153798
Control V with sheet division ornament: Surface Printed Section
152031
Stock Exchange Forgery with Genuine: Surface Printed Section
152372
Mint Block of 40 INVERTED WATERMARK: largest extant
Jubilee Issue Section
153412
Block of 10 Irish usage: Jubilee Issue Section
151576
Jubilee Issue Section
151669
CITY of DUBLIN perfin with top row INVERTED: Jubilee Issue Section
153419
A Puzzling Forgery? on watermarked paper: Jubilee Issue Section
151388
Imprimatur: Jubilee Section
151644
2d INTENSE CARMINE Shade: Jubilee Section
152215
SG206a Deep Bright with Certificate:
Jubilee Issue
151396
d Imperf on Envelope used at the Exhibition: 1890 Penny Post Jubilee Section
15060
urniss Caricature Envelope: very rare Christmas Day usage 1895
1890 Penny Post jubilee Section
153794
National Postal Strike 1971: Stationery Section
151272
SECOND DAY of usage: Stationery and Registered Section
153789
1911 Postcard from London to Kwanghi, China: Stationery Section
153784.
Postcard from Swanage to Japan in 1904 and others: Stationery Section
153027
SG17 Inverted watermark on cover: Watermark Varieties Section,
152377
SG20 Inverted watermark and 51 of Registration Clerk London:
Watermark Varieties Section.
2/- COBALT with Certicate and Inverted Watermark, Unique?:
Watermark Varieties Section
1505
Watermark Error SG84d unique usage in MALTA:
atermark Varieties Section.
152472
The pair of 1/-s have Inverted Watermark: Watermark Varieties Section
WM7
1d SG166 Inverted Watermark:
Watermark Varieties Section.
To see a larger selection from each Section click on the links below.
SECTIONS.
Early Machine Cancellations and Trials
Pre - stamp and Stampless, UPP and FREE FRANKS
Postal History of Scotland, Ireland and Wales
The 1d and 2d Mulready
Hand Drawn & Pictorial Envelopes
1d Reds, 2d Blues and other Line Engraved
Surface Printed, Used Abroad, High Values, Lilac and Greens and 1d Lilac
Stationery, Registered Envelopes and Printed Adverts.
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K & C Philatelics
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