The collection neatly mounted and written-up on leaves, comprising a fine ½a. 9½ arches essay in deep vermilion and ½a. essay with crosses in upper corners block of four in blue; ½a. Die I (68, nearly all used and with a few covers), Die II unused (21 with upper two rows of a sheet block of sixteen) and used (5) and Die III (6); 1a. Die I unused (2) and used (24 with four pairs -- one cancelled "B/172" and one on cover), Die II unused (14 with a corner block of twelve) and used (12) and Die III (2); 2a. unused (5 with a marginal block of four) and used (18); 4a. 1st. Printing (2, one cut-to-shape), 2nd. Printing (4, three cut-to-shape), 3rd. Printing (6, all poor), 4th. Printing (9, one apparently unused, one on cover and three cut-to-shape) and 5th. Printing; condition variable though some are fine and an interesting lot

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The collection neatly mounted and written-up on leaves, comprising a fine ½a. 9½ arches essay in deep vermilion and ½a. essay with crosses in upper corners block of four in blue; ½a. Die I (68, nearly all used and with a few covers), Die II unused (21 with upper two rows of a sheet block of sixteen) and used (5) and Die III (6); 1a. Die I unused (2) and used (24 with four pairs -- one cancelled "B/172" and one on cover), Die II unused (14 with a corner block of twelve) and used (12) and Die III (2); 2a. unused (5 with a marginal block of four) and used (18); 4a. 1st. Printing (2, one cut-to-shape), 2nd. Printing (4, three cut-to-shape), 3rd. Printing (6, all poor), 4th. Printing (9, one apparently unused, one on cover and three cut-to-shape) and 5th. Printing; condition variable though some are fine and an interesting lot