1924-33 Group of mint, many with fly-speck varieties (some identified and some not), incl. mint hr set of 12, 1d deep blue green, 1d bright green mint nh top right corner marginal, 1 1/2d in vert. strip of 5 with various breaks plus vert. strip of four used on piece with plate no., 2d with small breaks in rigging and rear mast, 1 1/2d top left marginal, 1 1/2d and 3d with central vignette frame breaks, four 4d incl. one with small break in central mast, 5d used, 6d mint, 8d with break in vignette frame, 1s, 2s and 3s, mostly fine to very fine and great lot for the specialist (SG £1'000+).

1924-33 1/2d Grey-Black & Black showing variety "broken mainmast" on lower left stamp of corner marginal plate block of four cancelled by central Ascension cds on envelope sent to Scotland, fine and most unusual. (Image)

1924-33 1/2d and 1d showing variety "broken mainmast", the 1/2d mint single and the 1d in mint block of four (yellowish gum and strong horiz. perf. separation), fine (SG £270+). (Image)

1924-33 1d Group of three incl. grey-black & bright blue-green used with crisp Ascension cds (small corner perf. bend), a very fine mint example of this same printing, and a fine mint hr example of the deep blue-green shade (SG £666). (Image)

1924-33 1 1/2d Rose-Red mint group of three varieties incl. mint lh showing variety "torn flag", very fine (SG £160); mint hr showing variety "broken scroll", slightly yellowish gum, fine (SG £180); and mint lh with variety "line through C", faint gum bend, fine (SG £180); a nice group for the specialist. (Image)

1924-33 Pair of covers incl. 3d blue showing variety "torn flag" on 1934 (Aug 7) registered cover along with normal 1/2d, 1d, 1 1/2d and 2d tied by registered oval ds, reverse with Chicago arrival ds, very fine and very unusual to find this variety on cover (SG £300+), and 1924 1 1/2d, 2d, 3d & 5d on cover sent to a Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy aboard HMS Furious, tied by NO 28 33 cds, reverse with 1/2d uncancelled and Plymouth arrival, very fine. (Image)

1924-33 5d Purple & Olive-Green mint showing variety "cleft rock", very fine (SG £350). (Image)

1924-33 5d Purple & Olive-Green mint hr showing variety "cleft rock", very fine (SG £350). (Image)

1924-33 6d Grey-Black & Bright Purple mint hr showing variety "broken mainmast", yellowish gum, fine (SG £650). (Image)

1924-33 8d Grey-Black & Bright Violet showing variety "torn flag", mint lh, two faintly toned perfs, very fine (SG £325). (Image)

1924-33 2s and 3s both with large part "Posted at Sea / Ascension Mail / S. S. Union Castle / 27 Jan 28" 4-line cancel, very fine and attractive. (Image)

1924-33 2s Grey-Black & Blue on blue mint lh showing variety "torn flag", very fine (SG £750). (Image)

1924-33 3s Grey-Black and Black on blue showing variety "broken mainmast" on R2/1 in mint nh (except tiny adhesion on R2/2) upper left corner marginal block of 4 with plate number "1", odd trivial blemishes (upper margin with corner fault and minor separation, R1/2 with tiny gum tones), fresh colour, a scarce positional multiple (SG £1'200+). (Image)

1934 1/2d to 5s set of 10 with SPECIMEN perfins, mint hr, very fine (SG £500). (Image)

1934 1/2d to 3d in blocks of four tied to three covers sent registered to the USA by stamp dealer R. Roberts, fine and attractive. (Image)

1934 1d Black & Emerald showing variety "teardrops flaw" on top right stamp in mint lower left corner marginal block of 15, showing plate no.1 and partial printer's inscription, slightly yellowish gum, very fine (SG £150). (Image)

1934 8d Black & Sepia showing variety "teardrops flaw", mint hr with toned gum, fine (SG £500). (Image)

1934-53 Group with 1934 issue incl. mint nh set, mint hinged set, mint part set, mint nh 1/2d & 1 1/2d plate blocks and used set incl. extra 5s, mostly very fine, plus 1935 Silver Jubilee 5d showing variety "value tablet re-entry" showing strong doubling of the lines in the south-west corner of the tablet, two examples, plus 1935 Silver Jubilee set of four (plus extra 2d) on 1936 cover sent registered to England, and 1938-53 1/2d to 10 perf.13 1/2 mint set of 13, perf.13 set of 13 and perf.14 set of 6 with some mint nh, mostly very fine (SG £880+).

1911-12 Downey Head Issues. 1910 1 1/2d Hentschel colour essay in brown on white wove paper, 39x49mm, with handstruck "W/41" above design, most attractive and scarce (SG £1'250) (Image)

1911 3d Engravers sketch die for unissued value, cut down die proof in dark brown mounted on card (58x90mm), showing shaded background to head and upper solid corners (SG Fig. 23b), endorsed "Dark Brown W/17", very rare, ex Hassan Shaida (Image)

1911-12 Downey Head 1d carmine A.11 control block of six on thick chalk surfaced paper without watermark from plate 1a; unmounted mint; very rare, believed to be one of two controls known (SG unpriced, see page 99 of the Specialised Vol.2). (Image)

1911-12 Downey Head 1d colour trial in carmine, perf.14.8x14, printed on gummed, watermarked Crown paper, very fine (Image)

1912 1d Coinage head die proof (state 1f) with black surround printed in black on white proof carton paper (39x53mm), slight thin not noticeable from the front, very fine and scarce (Image)

1912-24 2 1/2d ROYAL BLUE on small piece tied by nearly complete "BRITISH POST OFFICE / SYMRNA" cds, very fine and scarce shade, not priced used by SG, cert. Hendon (2014) (SG Spec. N21(16)) (Image)

1913 5d Die proof in black on white glazed card (40x45mm), showing fully cleared surround showing completed design, slight thin patch on reverse, fine (Image)