1862-64 Small Uncoloured Corner Letters. 1862-64 3d Bright Carmine-Rose pl.2 FA mint large part original gum, fresh and fine with lovely bright colour, cert. BPA (2014) (SG £2'700). (Image)

1862 (Jan 8) Postal notice sent by the GPO a week before issue to overseas agents with examples of the new 1862-64 4d (crease) and 9d affixed with "SPECIMEN" handstamps (type 5 and type 2 respectively), reinforced tears at right, very rare with only three recorded. (Image)

1862-64 4d Bright Red pl.4 (with hair lines) imperforate imprimatur, mint og, very fine and rare, with only 22 possible examples several of which are in institutional collections. (Image)

1862-64 4d Pale red pl.4 DJ with hair lines, mint og IMPERFORATE with good margins, very fine, cert. RPS (1980) (SG £2'400, SG Spec. J53(2)d) (Image)

1862-64 6d Lilac p.4 (with hair lines) mint og top marginal imperforate imprimatur, very fine and rare, one of only 22 possible examples, of which several are in institutional collections (SG £4'800) (Image)

1862-64 9d Bistre pl.2 mint og, exceptionally well centred for this issue, very fine, cert. RPS (2004) (SG £5'800). (Image)

1862-64 Wmk emblems 1s green pl.1 (= plate 2), mint large part original gum, a very fresh example of this rare stamp. cert. RPS (2014) (SG £3'200). (Image)