1873-80 Large Coloured Corner Letters, Wmk Small Anchor & Orbs. 1879 2 1/2d Rosy mauve pl.6 mint top marginal imperforate imprimatur, top margin thinned from being used as a hinge, fine and rare, with only 22 stamps having been removed from the imprimatur sheet (SG £2'500). (Image)

1873-80 2 1/2d rosy mauve pl.16 AG imperf. imprimatur with o.g., very fine and rare, being one of 22 stamps removed from the sheet. (Image)

1873 3d Rose pl.12 TC imperforate imprimatur, mint o.g., very fine and rare one of only 22 possible examples, many of which are in institutionalised collections. (Image)

1873 3d rose pl.12 TH imperforate imprimatur, mint o.g., very fine and very rare with only 22 examples available many of which are in institutionalised collections. (Image)

1873 3d rose pl.15 TJ imperf. imprimatur with o.g., fine and very rare with only 22 examples available many of which are in institutionalised collections. (Image)

1875 3d. rose, pl.18, imprimatur, mint o.g., very fine and scarce with only 22 possible examples many of which are in institutionalised collections. (Image)

1873-80 6d grey pl.16 AG/BH overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9 diagonally in imperforate marginal block of six from the upper right corner of the pane, mint n.h. (mounted in the margin only), a very scarce multiple. (Image)

1873-80, 4d sage-green pl.15 imperf. horizontal pair with "SPECIMEN" type 9 ovpt, very fine. (Image)

1873-80 4d sage-green pl.15 with "socked-on-the-nose" Bedford cds, a superb example (S.G. £325). (Image)