Four artist's drawings for a 9d value in pencil, black ink and grey wash, each showing a silhouette of the Queen's profile surrounded by a circular surround with scalloped edge; one with corner letters with "POSTAGE" and "NINE PENCE" surrounding the profile; one with small corner letters and "POSTAGE" "NINE PENCE" in tablets at top and bottom, with ornamentation detail surrounding the profile; one in pencil and ink with outline of the larger corner letters and tablets at top and bottom with pearls in the scalloped edge; and the final example the same as previous with added details with a coloured background and "POSTAGE" and "NINE PENCE" inserted. Highly important essays. Ex Latto. (Image)

1862-64 Small Uncoloured Corner Letters. 1862-64 9d bistre imperf. imprimatur, mint o.g., minor hinge staining at top, fine (S.G. £6'000). (Image)

1867-80 Large Uncoloured Corner Letters, Wmk Spray of Rose. 1867-80 Spray 9d pale straw SA fine used with neat "Coffee House" cds. (Image)

1867-83 High Values. 1867-83 wmk MC 10s greenish grey used with "Royal Exchange" cds, a little thinning upper right corner, otherwise a fine and attractive example (S.G. £3'200). (Image)

1867-83 wmk MC 10s greenish grey used, a good, sound example with good colour and 'Gracechurch Street registered cancel (S.G. £3'200). (Image)

1867-83 wmk MC £1 brown-lilac used with a somewhat smudged postmark, extensively repaired along top but a presentable space-filler; cert. Sismondo (S.G. £4'500). (Image)

1867-1873 wmk Anchor 5s rose on blued paper used with neat oval barred cancel, traces of red transit cancel also, a fine example; cert. Sismondo and Scheller (S.G. £4'000). (Image)

1867-83 £5 orange used with two (slightly indistinct) Lombard Street registered cancels, very light bend, a presentable example (S.G. £3'500). (Image)

1873-80 Large Coloured Corner Letters, Wmk Small Anchor & Orbs. 1873-80 wmk Spray 1s orange-brown fine used with inverted watermark, scarce; cert. Sismondo (S.G. £1'800). (Image)

1877 4d. sage-green, Pl. 15, SI-TL imperforate marginal block of eight from the lower right corner of the sheet, showing current number "428", each stamp overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 9), TK additionally showing large "5" in "15", a magnificent and unique positional multiple. (Image)

1883-84 & 1888 High Values. 1884 5s rose CF imperforate imprimatur, large part o.g., superb and rare with only 49 possible examples. (Image)

1884 5s rose KH mint large part o.g., light gum wrinkles, fresh appearance (S.G. £1'100). (Image)

1883-84 Anchor 10s ultramarine, used with clear crisp EAGLEY / AU.1.90 village cds (Lancashire), few short perfs and crayon marks, very fine appearance (S.G. £525). (Image)

1884 wmk Crowns £1 brown-lilac used with neat East India Rd cds, creased but a lovely looking example (S.G. £3'000). (Image)

1884 Crowns £1 brown-lilac, used with clear crisp central HOVE B.O. / OC.2.90 cds, a few short perfs., very fine (S.G. £3'000). (Image)

1884 Crowns £1 brown-lilac, used, fine (S.G. £3'000). (Image)

1888 wmk Orbs £1 brown-lilac fine used with two part strikes of Threadneedle St cds, commercial perfin "C.I.H. & S.", a scarce and attractive item (S.G. £4500). (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green. 1887 Jubilee 2d handpainted essay in green, mauve and white, with domed-shaped tablet and large "2", stamp-size and affixed to card, a beautiful item and exhibition showpiece. (Image)

1902ca. archive piece from a Post Office reference collection, with 1892 Jubilee 4 1/2d, 1900 1/2d blue-green and KEVII 1902-10 basic set from 1/2d to 1s (minus 10d), all hinged to 1902 S.G. album page piece and struck with large "CANCELLED" handstamps, reportedly from the reference collection of St. Martins Le Grand. (Image)

1891 £1 green OA imperf. with "SPECIMEN" type 9 overprint, mint o.g., very fine and scarce (S.G. £6'500). (Image)