1879: De La Rue Die Proof for ½ d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "14 NOV 79" in blue and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Fresh and very fine, a rare Proof. (Image 1) (Image)

1883: De La Rue Die Proof for 2½ d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, two cut down stamp size examples (24 x 28 mm.) for use in the Printer's record / day books, one in slightly greyer shade on more toned card. A rare pair of working Proofs.rnProvenance: One ex Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, New York, 24 April 1979, lot 146. (Image 1) (Image)

1857: Cover to Wellington, Somerset rated '6' in manuscript, struck on reverse with fine HAMILTON / BERMUDA despatch cds (PM4) in red (Feb 2) on cleaned flap and fine framed "PKT. LETTER / LIVERPOOL" in black (Feb 21) and 'Wellington-Som' arrival in blue (Feb 23). Slight flap tear on reverse but displays well and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1865: De La Rue Die Proof, stamp size in black on glazed white paper, some peripheral aging but nevertheless very rare: just five examples are recorded, no full size Die Proofs are known.rnProvenance: Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, 26 Oct 1999, lot 26. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1865: 1 d. rose-red, wmk. Crown CC, an unused example, straight edge at left with "Specimen" in manuscript, unused without gum. Extremely rare and believed to be the sole known example.rnProvenance: Collection George Ulrich, Bridger & Kay, Guernsey, 26-28 June 1989, ex lot 139; Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, 26 Oct 1999, ex lot 26. (Image 1) (Image)

1865 (Sept): 1 d. rose-red, wmk. Crown CC, an unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet, of good rich colour, fresh and very fine, superb, large part og. Gi = £ 400+.rnProvenance: Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, New York, 26 Oct 1999, ex lot 26. (Image 1) (Image)

1865: 2 d. dull blue, 6 d. dull purple, and 1 s. green, wmk. Crown CC, each overprinted CANCELLED in black (Samuel Type D7), the 6 d. with straight edge at left and all without gum and minor imperfections of no great significance, this being the sole recorded example of each stamp with this overprint. An exceptionally rare 'set'.rnProvenance: Collection George Ulrich, Bridger & Kay, Guernsey, 26-28 June 1989, lot 137.rn rnrn (Image 1) (Image)

1866 (March 14): 2 d. dull blue, wmk. Crown CC, an unused block of forty (5 x 8) of fine true colour, a few perfs. slightly split but an extraordinary multiple of this very scarce stamp, large part og. with most unmounted og. A dramatic and spectacular multiple and the largest known of this stamp Gi = £ 19'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, London, 17 Oct 1978, lot 93. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1874 (Aug): 3 d. yellow-buff, wmk. Crown CC, an unused block of four in a fine delicate shade, variety "Watermark Inverted", tiny unobtrusive internal crease on third stamp not affecting the wonderful appearance, unmounted og. Superb and extremely rare Gi = £ 5'600+.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981, lot 105. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1865/74: 6 d. dull purple, wmk. Crown CC, an unused block of twenty-four (6 x 4) in the rare very dull purple shade, wing margin at left and sheet marginal at right, with part of top of sheet margin at top; this being close to the Scott listed 'brown-lilac' shade (Scott 4 = $ 55'200); a few trimmed perfs. at lower left otherwise fresh and extremely fine with superb large part og. or unmounted og. A very rare multiple Gi = £ 24'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, London, 17 Oct 1978, lot 102.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1865: 6 d. dull purple, a single example and two horizontal strips of three, used on 1872 cover from Hamilton to London endorsed "via New York", lightly cancelled by "2" numeral obliterators in black, one stamp with rounded corner, tiny age spot, with manuscript '2/6d.' credit in red crayon below and '3/6' in pencil below the adhesives; HAMILTON / BERMUDA cds in black of despatch (Dec 21) and 'London / Paid' alongside (Jan 6, 1873) in red. File fold away from the adhesives at left, a magnificent and very rare cover.rnProvenance: RL, Bermuda, 2 Dec 1976, lot 54; Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmeers, London, 17 Oct 1978, lot 160; Collection 'Dubois', Spink, London, 14 Nov 2007, lot 1102. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1865: 1 s. green, wmk. Crown CC, an unused example handstamped SPECIMEN in black (Samuel Type D5), large part og. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, New York, 26 Oct 1999, ex lot 26. (Image 1) (Image)

1865: De La Rue 1 s. green, an Imperforate Plate Proof in a bright shade, on wmk. Crown CC paper, large even margins all round, large part og. Scarce. Cert. RPSL (1967).rnProvenance: Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, New York, 26 Oct 1999, ex lot 31. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1865 (Sept 25): 1 s. green, wmk. Crown CC, an unused block of twenty (5 x 4), of rich colour, a trifle wrinkled with twelfth stamp with closed tear at lower right, of fine appearance for such a large multiple, hinged for security, large part og. A very rare block: the largest recorded Gi = £ 7'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, London, 17 Oct 1978, lot 108. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1893 (Nov): 1 s. green, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x 12½, an unused vertical strip of three, variety "Imperforate Between", perforated horizontally at top and at base, three tiny tone spots on perfs. only mentioned for full accuracy and not affecting appearance, fresh colour and extremely fine, the majority of the few strips known being damaged, large part og. A famous rarity of British Colonial philately. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. BPA (2003) Gi = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection Henry Hicks, RL, Bermuda, 23 Sept 1975, lot 60.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1874 (May 19): Provisional 3 d. on 1 s. green, overprinted THREE PENCE diagonally in black, an unused example, wing marginal at right, some irregular perfs. at base, trivial hinge thin, unused without gum. Despite the imperfections an attractive example of this rare stamp Gi = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 10 Feb 2000, lot 1247.rn (Image 1) (Image)

1875 (April 23): Provisional 1 d. on 2 d. dull blue, an unused example of superb colour, variety surcharge "One / Penny without Stop", fresh and very fine, part og. A great rarity of classic Bermuda in the foremost quality. Cert. BPA (2006) Gi = £ 25'000.rnProvenance: Grosvenor, London, 2-3 Nov 2006, lot 689. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1875 (May 8): Provisional 1 d. on 3 d. yellow-buff, a used example of good colour, cancelled by barred "7" numeral obliterator of Southampton East. Scarce thus. Signed E. Diena. Cert. RPSL (1980) Gi = £ 350. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1875 (March 11): 1 d. on 1 s. green, an unused example, well centred and of fresh colour, large part og. A very fine and scarce stamp Gi = £ 500.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, London, 17 Oct 1978, lot 213. (Image 1) (Image)

1879: De La Rue Die Proof for the ½ d. value, the completed design, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black and dated ‘14 NOV 79' in blue. Fresh and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 16-18 Feb 2005, lot 384. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1883/1904: 2 d. blue, wmk. Crown CA, an unused block of four, marginal from top of sheet with Plate number "1" in margin, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 300+. (Image 1) (Image)

1883: De La Rue Die Proof for the 2½ d. value, the completed state, printed in black on glazed white card, dated twice "10 DEC 83" in black. Fresh and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 16-18 Feb 2005, lot 389. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1900 (Nov 14): De La Rue Appendix Sheet bearing Imperforate Colour Trials of 1 s. values printed in gray, olive and yellow, two examples of each colour overprinted with two different surcharge types, one as issued (and signed in pencil alongside), the other with ONE FARTHING in straight line and bolder type, a vertical fold in sheet does not affect the Trials, sheet dated at top "Nov. 14th 1900" . Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton on page 2279, and a part set of five of these Trials are housed in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Rare and splendid.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, New York, 24 April 1979, lot 171; Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981 lot 107. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1901 (March 18): ¼ d. on 1 s. bluish-grey, an unused example surcharged ONE / FARTHING in black, variety weak original "F" in FARTHING inserted by handstamp, fresh and very fine, small splash of ink on reverse probably from the hand-stamp ink, part og. A magnificent example of this great rarity: just ten examples are recorded of which just eight are unused, one of which is housed in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Cert. BPA (2000) Gi = £ 8'000.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, New York, April 1979, lot 171; Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981, lot 107; Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, New York, 26 Oct 1999, lot 65.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1902: De La Rue Die Proof for the Dry Dock ¼ d. value, Frame only, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated "13 MAY 02" in blue. Fresh and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 16-18 Feb 2005, lot 403.rnrn (Image 1) (Image)