1853 1ct dull red Type A unused, good appearance but with a repaired tear at top left. Attractive. SG 12, £8500 (Image)

1853-59 1c dull red (Type B), four even margins, neatly cancelled by 'Demerara/AP 21 59' cds; repaired and re-backed although with fine appearance. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1984). SG 14, £2,500 (Image)

1857-9 1ct dull red, Type C, used with neat A03 cancel. Margins three sides but cut into at top, some thins and discolouration on reverse, but not unattractive. SG 16, £2750 (Image)

1853-5 4ct deep blue, neatly used with four margins (close at upper right), a small and very shallow hinge thin at upper left otherwise fine. SG 18, £1100 (Image)

1854 4ct blue with part CDS dated JA 2 1857, margins clear save at lower left corner which is just touched, some hints of foxing on reverse; still a good-looking stamp. SG 19, £800 (Image)

1854 4ct blue with retouched lower panel, used, good margins and really attractive but with a pressed crease. SG 19a, £1000 (Image)

1855 4ct pale blue used with parts of a Demerara CDS and another, showing the retouch above the lower label. Excellent margins, Behr Certificate (2006) not mentioning the retouch. SG 20a, £1000 (Image)

1856 4ct black on magenta-surfaced paper used from Williamstown (A 3 C coded date stamp, rather unclear, both cancelling the stamp and used as backstamp), hinged to envelope to London. The stamp inverted in relation to the envelope and with margins all round. Initialled EDW (= Wight). Backstamped Demerara MY 10 1856 and London arrival of 5 JU. RPS Certificate (1991). SG 24, £25000 Few covers with this stamp are known, perhaps five or six. Just two are to overseas destinations, and only this one from a village. The adhesive paid the local postage to Demerara, the bold '6' on the front of the envelope indicating the packet rate, due from the addressee (Image)

1856 4c black on rose-carmine paper typeset provisional initialled 'E.D.W.' (= Wight), unused with three excellent margins but just cut into at top. Thinnings and various other faults, with some restoration, but good colour and appearance. W. Drahn (1939) and BPA Certificates (2007), the latter pink and noting 'unused, thins, a horizontal crack has been reinforced and touched in'. SG 25, unpriced unused, a very rare stamp which is catalogued at £40,000 in used condition (Image)

1860 1ct pale rose mint with rather dried o.g., reperforated at foot; rare. SG 29, £3500 (Image)

1860-3 thick paper used group with SG 29-39 complete less 4ct deep blue, together with 1ct reddish brown SG 40 (11 stamps). A splendid-looking range but mostly with non-apparent faults such as repairs, thinning or reperfing. SG 29-40 (Image)

1860-3 Ship 8ct brownish rose part o.g. with a little gum loss a top and a faint crease at top left corner, lovely fresh appearance. SG 34, £1400 (Image)

1860-3 Ship 8ct pink unused (with gum, but probably regummed) with a number of small faults, but of good, delicate colour. SG 35, £1000 (Image)

1860-3 Ship 12ct grey-lilac unused without gum, fine colour, with a few perfs at base pulled, otherwise fine. SG 37, £1000 with gum (Image)

1860-3 24ct green mint with original gum (slightly cracked but of excellent quality), minor bend and with a line of adhesion from album page along the top on the reverse. Still a really good example. SG 39, £2000 (Image)

1861 Ship 1ct reddish brown colour change on thick paper, perf 12, part o.g. The perfs at top are misaligned and cut through the inscription; the design is intact because the stamp has been scissor-cut above the perfs. SG 40, £550 (Image)

1862-5 Ship 1ct brown on thin paper, perf 12, o.g. (a little toned in places), a few blunt perfs and with some very small faults. Scarce. SG 41, £1000 (Image)

1862-5 Ships thin paper, perf 12, small mint/unused group. 1ct with gum, some short perfs, and another unused on pelure paper, also with short perfs; 2ct (regummed); 8ct unused; 12ct dull purple o.g. (creased, pulled perf) and 12ct purple (toned gum, partially reperfed at left). SG 42 (2), 43, 45-8 (Image)

1862-5 Ship issue on thin paper (18 stamps), album page with a used set of both the perf 12 and 12½-13 issues and a couple of extra shades. Some issues, mostly perforation faults, and the 1ct black perf 12 is a fake, but some are good examples including the 1ct brown. A good representative range. SG 4-56, £1100+ (Image)

1862-5 Ship values on thin paper, perf 12½-13, mint. 1ct black part o.g. (poor), 2ct orange small part o.g. and toned, 4ct pale blue regummed and creased, 8ct pink soiled and with corner fault, 12ct brownish lilac (reperforated) and 24ct green (reperforated at foot); generally of fair appearance despite the mixed condition. SG 51-6, £3115 (Image)

1862-5 Ship issue on medium paper on album page with mint 1ct, 2ct deep orange (partially reperfed), 2ct orange (regummed), 4ct greyish blue, 4ct blue (toned) and 24ct green (small part o.g.) Also used one of each per SG, including the perf 10 1ct, some perf and other issues but generally of good appearance. SG 57-65a (Image)

1863-76 issue on medium paper, perf 12½-13. Small mint or unused group with SG 66 (fair), 67 (o.g. but with a small thin), 68 (small faults), 69 (a trifle toned), 70, 71 (regummed, perf faults), 72 (straight edge, regummed), 79 and 80 unused and 82 (fair); highly catalogued (Image)

1863-76 issue on medium paper, perf 12½-13. Album page with used, one of each per SG listing (19), inevitably in mixed condition but still a useful group. SG 66-84, £818 (Image)

1863-76 issue on medium paper, perf 10. Small mint or unused group with 1ct (2), 2ct (2), 4ct (3), 6ct (3), 8ct (SG 96, small part o.g.) and 12ct (SG 99, unused); condition issues, as to be expected (Image)

1863-76 Ship issue on medium paper, perf 15, set of nine per SG, used. Mixed quality with some creases and short perfs but a good representative set. SG 106-115, £649 (Image)