1016

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: First Day Covers: A specialised collection in eight albums, 1967 to 1996, with singles, single value and multivalue coil strips, quantity of booklet panes with multivalue and single value, Prestige book sets, phosphor band changes, gum and paper changes incl. 1972 (Sept. 13) 21/2p. GA, 1973 (June 6) 6p. GA, 1980 (Feb. 4) 10p. PCP + centre band error, high values to £5, 1993 £10 (2), a few Benham silks, many with Windsor cancellations, a few duplicates, etc. (few 100s)

Price Realised £320

1017

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: First Day Covers: A specialised collection in four albums, 1971 to 1984, with phosphor band changes, gum and paper changes, coil strips, quantity of booklet panes, incl. 1971 (Feb. 15) set to 9p. without strike cachet (10), one with Windsor f.d.i. cancellations, another with Buckingham Palace c.d.s's, range of postal stationery, set of ten booklet panes with Windsor cancellations, 1971 (July 15) rare horizontally se-tenant 10p. booklet panes with Southampton c.d.s's (2 sets), 1971 (Dec. 24) set of four booklet panes with Southampton c.d.s's, 1972 (May 24) set of four Wedgwood panes with Barlaston handstamps, 1972-73 gum arabic issues, 1973 (Oct. 30) 6p. PVAD, 1973 (Nov. 12) 4p. and 10p. PVAD, 1973 (Nov. 14) 3p. and 31/2p. booklet panes (3 sets, one with Windsor cancellation), 1973 (Dec. 12) 31/2p. pane, 1974 (Mar. 22) 9p. PVAD, 1974 (Nov. 13) 41/2p. PCP sets (2) with Aberdeen, Cambridge and Norwich c.d.s's, 1978-83 many changes of pictorial booklet covers with panes and covers together on envelopes, 1980 (June 25) 50p. booklet Chambon printings (2 sets), 1981 (June 12) rare 111/2p. Reader's Digest coil strip, 1984 Frama label sets, number of Benham silks, House of Commons and Buckingham Palace c.d.s's, many Windsor pictorial cancellations, etc. (280 approx.)

Price Realised £780

1018

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: First Day Covers: A comprehensive specialised collection in fourteen albums and loose in three cartons, 1984 to 2011, with paper changes, fluor changes, printer changes, some in cylinder blocks, miniature sheets, coil strips, Boots labels, large quantity of multivalue and single value booklet panes, many with cylinder or plate numbers incl. booklet cover changes, Prestige book pane sets, self-adhesives, multiple examples of many issues with a range of cancellations incl. Windsor, House of Commons, House of Lords, range of relevant c.d.s. cancellations, many are silk covers, etc. (many 100s)

Price Realised £1200

1019

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: First Day Covers: Regionals: A duplicated collection on leaves and loose in a small carton with pre-decimals (less Scotland issues) from 1958 incl. 1964 (June 8) 21/2d's, decimals with changes of phosphors, papers and perfs., incl. 1972 (Sept. 22) Scotland and Wales 21/2p. GA printings, Prestige panes with regionals, emblem issues to 2002, multiples of some issues with a range of cancellations, some in cylinder strips of three, etc. (265 approx.)

Price Realised £200