1900 Pictorials ½d 1d & 2d imperforate plate proof blocks of 4 in the the issued colours on ungummed unwatermarked thick wove paper, large even margins. (3 blocks)
1915-30 KGV Recess 2d bright violet block of 4 comprising two vertical Dual Perf pairs SG 417b, a couple of light wrinkles as should be expected, untidy but light parcel cancel, Cat £320+ (NZ$1000+) for two pairs. A very scarce commercial usage.
1915-30 KGV Recess 5d blue upper-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '43', a couple of tiny imperfections, mounted in the margin only the stamps being unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$1600+ (mounted).
1915-30 KGV Recess 6d carmine upper-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '37', mounted in the margin only the stamps being unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$2100+ (mounted).
1915-30 KGV Recess 9d olive upper-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '25', mounted in the margin only the stamps being unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$1500+ (mounted).
1915-30 KGV Recess 1/- vermilion upper-left corner pair with complete Plate Number '41', well centred, mounted in the margin only the stamps being unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$250+ (for a mounted single).
1931 Health (Smiling Boys) 1d+1d & 2d+1d SG 546-7, very fresh with none of the characteristic toning often encountered, unmounted, Cat £150+ mounted (NZ$900). (2)
POSTAGE DUES: c.1935 2d & 3d imperf 'makeready' plate proofs in issued colours on coarse brown paper with 'SPECIMEN' printed multiple times on the reverse, the 2d horizontally inverted & the 3d vertically reading upwards. [These are usually erroneously referred to as 'Crump Forgeries', after the person who fraudulently obtained them from the printers. This is highly misleading because they were produced as part of the production process]
