1850 8c Green “Cotton-Reel”, cut round, with full colour and the frame line intact, no postmaster initials, Demerara AUG 20 1850 cds, diagonal crease, fine appearance for this fragile stamp Expertise: Cert. Brandon Estimate: € 30’000 – € 40’000 (Image)

1850 12c Blue “Cotton-Reel”, cut round with frame lines just touched, postmaster initials and light Demerara cds, very fine appearance Expertise: Cert. Brandon Estimate: € 20’000 – € 25’000 (Image)

1850 12c Indigo “Cotton-Reel”, cut round with frame lines touched, postmaster initials and light Demerara cds, fine appearance Expertise: Cert. Brandon Estimate: € 20’000 – € 25’000 (Image)

1850 4c Yellow on pelure paper, cut round with ample margins, Demerara FEB 7 1851 cds (earliest recorded date of this stamp), very rare Expertise: Cert. RPS & Brandon Estimate: € 30’000 – € 40’000 (Image)

1852 1c Black on Magenta, good to large margins, Demarara cds, some horizontal creasing otherwise fine (SG £5’500) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2009) Estimate: € 800 – € 1’200 (Image)

1852 4c Black on Blue, fine to large margins, Demarara cds, extensively rebacked, with an above average appearance for this fragile stamp (SG £12’000) Expertise: Cert. BPA (1997) Estimate: € 800 – € 1’200 (Image)

SISTER OF THE MOST FAMOUS STAMP IN THE WORLD 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on magenta, Townsend pos.4, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, very ample margins, central village datestamp “BG / A 6 C /.. MR / 1857”, some creases, far above average condition and a highly attractive example of this rare and delicate stamp Expertise: Cert. Sismondo (2013) Estimate: € 30’000 – € 40’000 (Image)

1856 4c Black on Magenta, lower corners trimmed off and usual faults, light Demerara cds, presentable example of this rare stamp Expertise: Cert. Brandon Estimate: € 5’000 – € 7’000 (Image)

1856 4c Black on Magenta, cut into at right otherwise clear margins, with light Demerara cds and initialled “EDW” by the postal clerk, backed on card with faults, still an attractive example (SG £25’000) Estimate: € 3’000 – € 4’000 (Image)