1857 (6.7) Folded entire from Colombo to Batavia, “per Steamer Galle”, franked 1857 5d brown tied clear oval bars in black, with BRITISH PACKET POSTAGE / PAID alongisde, very fine & the earliest known usage of the 5d as it was issued on July 2, 1859, a rare destination Provenance: Tay Peng Hian Grand Prix Collection (Image)

1861-64 Rough perf. 14 to 15 1/2 1d blue strip of four and 6d brown on piece tied by barred ovals, odd tone spot, fine (Image)

1912-1925 50R dull purple, mint hinge remainder, very fine, signed Holcombe (SG £550) (Image)

1979 Rowland Hill, two imperf. essays mounted in a small booklet, differing in design to the issued stamp, one with blue background (ms “mod (A)” above) and one with gold background (ms “mod. (B)” below), very fine (Image)

1857-1948, Mint & used accumulation in one album, good value in QV period with some very high cat items in mixed condition, later issues up to KGVI (Est. € 200/400)

1861-1900 Mint & used accumulation of the QV perf. issues, with the Chalon Heads roughly organised by perf. and wmk type (some wrongly classified), generally toned and in mixed condition, still with some attractive examples, a great lot for the specialist to go through (SG £30’000+) (Est. € 3’000/5’000) (Image)

1863-1900, Mint collection on five stockpages incl. 1883-98 4c rose block of 36, 1872-80 64c, a range of the surcharged issues incl. high values, etc., mixed condition (Est. € 200/300) (Image)