1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green. 1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1/2d vermilion with variety printed on the gummed side, wmk inverted, mint n.h. from the foot of the sheet, very scarce, cert RPS (1980) for the original pair it came from. (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1 1/2d handpainted essay in dull lilac and carmine with details highlighted in Chinese white, on white card 80x116mm, a beautiful and unique essay. (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 2d green & scarlet, mint with just a faint trace of a hinge, very fine and fresh example of this scarce shade, cert. Hendon (2021) (S.G. £425). (Image)

1887-1901 Jubilee Issue 2d colour trial with head plate in purple and duty plate in bright purple, very fine and fresh. (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2d colour trial in with head plate in green and duty plate in orange-yellow, fine. (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2 1/2d perforated colour trial in green on blue crown watermarked paper, imperforate at right, mint o.g., very fine and rare. (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2 1/2d De La Rue die proof, endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "5 MAR 86", very fine (S.G. £1'500). (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1s colour trial in bright purple, mint h.r., very fine, ex "Aureum". (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1s dull green in a superb used block of 16, with each stamp neatly cancelled by fine strikes of "AYR/MR 16/97" cds, a fresh and scarce multiple. (Image)

1891 £1 green DB imperforate overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9, mint n.h., very fine and very fresh example without any of the usual heavy creasing normally seen on these rare Specimens (S.G. Spec. K17s). (Image)

1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper, mint o.g., light crease at lower right, fine appearance (SG from £2'750). (Image)