1866 1d deep green, 1d green and 6d rose imperforate proofs, good margins, cert. BPA 1998 for first (Image)

1866 St Ursula 6d, the unissued transfer complete sheet of 25 Plate Proofs with margins, in bright blue on white wove, imperforate, very fresh and rare, see Migliavacca BVI p 30, where this exact sheet is pictured (Image)

1866 St Ursula 6d rose-red on toned paper, complete sheet of 25 incl. var. “Large V” of R2/1, fine mint, mostly unmounted, scarce (SG £1715) (Image)

1867 essay overprint on 1s, with lilies and six lamps each side, thin double-lined frame at edges, imperforate, fine and rare, see Migliavacca BVI p85 (listed as E4) (Image)

1867-70 1s on toned paper, left marginal block of four incl. R3/1 variety “Long-tailed S”, mint og, small mark in margin, a scarce block (SG £1’875) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2004) (Image)

1867 4d Imperforate proofs on card, in mauve, dull orange, green and pale green, also a large margined example of dull orange, fine and scarce (Image)

1867-70 4d lake-red on pale rose paper, complete sheet of 25 incl. var. Broken Frame R3/1, fresh mint, usual sl. gum streaking and sl. tones on reverse, shows several broken perf. pin vars., scarce (SG £1375) (Image)

1867-68 1s plate proof imperforate, white paper, position 1 with top left corner margins, sl. thin on reverse, scarce (Image)

1867-68 1s with crimson frames, on white paper, a complete sheet of 20 incl. “Long-tailed S” of R3/1, “Long Sleeve” of R4/4, fresh mint, almost full streaky og, a scarce piece (SG £2’010+) (Image)

1867-68 1s with crimson frames, on white paper, a reconstructed sheet of 20 incl. “Long-tailed S” of R3/1, “Long Sleeve” of R4/4, mint, hinge reinforcing where blocks meet, a scarce piece (SG £2010+) (Image)

The Legendary Missing Virgin One of the World’s Most Iconic and Sought After Stamps 1867 1s Black and Rose-Carmine with missing black causing the figure of Virgin to be omitted, pos.4, mint original gum (the only example recorded with original gum), trimmed perforations at top as is common with the very few examples that are thought to exist, fine and fresh (SG £150’000) The last example sold on the open market was in the Chartwell collection and sold for £144’000 in 2011 Provenance: W. H. Peckitt, Lord Crawford, Duveen, Arthur Hind, S. A. Brown, Tomasini Expertise: Cert. BPA (1979 & 1990) Estimate: £100’000 – £120’000 (Image)

1867-68 1s with crimson frames, on toned paper, a complete sheet of 20 incl. “Long-tailed S” of R3/1, “Long Sleeve” of R4/4, fresh mint, some hinge reinforcing and small part margin missing at top right, a scarce piece (SG £1650+) (Image)

1867 1s Crimson frame, scarce printing on bluish-grey paper with perforations reset to provide larger marginal stamps, unused, without gum as normal, slight soiling, cert. BPA (1959) (SG £750) (Image)

1887-89 1d red, 1d rose, 1d rose-red, 4d chestnut, 6d deep violet, 1s brown, all in sheets of 24, mainly fresh and fine mint, odd small tone or wrinkle, mostly unmounted (SG £2’676) (Image)

1888 4D on 1s complete sheet of 20 incl. variety Long-tailed “S” of R3/1, mint with almost full original streaky gum, part right margin missing and sheet with some hinge reinforcing, a rare item (SG £3’160) Expertise: Cert. Brandon (Image)

IN THE HOLD 1888 4D on 1s toned paper with variety surcharge double (close double with the second impression about 1mm from the original), mint with slight gum bend, scarce (SG £8’500 as SG42a) Note: The double surcharge usually shows much wider spacing, and as noted by Micliavacca: “A few examples exist with a “skid” impression that resembles a smudged doubling of the 4D” Expertise: Cert. Brandon as SG42a (Image)

1899 1/2d Yellow-Green, horizontal pair with variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN, with left sheet margin and part guide cross, also imperforate between stamp and margin, fine and fresh mint, minor gum wrinkles, a very rare variety with few known (SG £13’000) Provenance: Melat and Prappas Expertise: Cert. Bloch (Image)

1899 4d Brown with error PENCF from R 10/3, fine mint with lower margin confirming position, very scarce as this was quickly corrected (SG £750) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1866-1960s, Mint collection with better incl. 1866 6d large V in Virgin (2, one cert. BPA), 1867-70 6d pale rose, 1s long tailed S, 1883-84 1/2d top left triangle detached, later in complete sets, etc., some duplication, useful selection, mixed condition (SG £7’300+) (Image)