1858-62 Britannia: (4d) green, imperf., unused horizontal pair with large part original gum, marginal thins, a scarce unused pair (SG £900+) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (4d) green, imperf., unused with large part original gum, natural gum creasing, very fine (SG £450) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (4d) green, imperf., block of four, unused without gum, few faults, rare (SG £1'800+) Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2005) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (4d) green, two imperf. singles, neatly tied by black circular target cancels on 1859 folded envelope from Port Louis to Aden, with 'MAURITIUS/FE.25.1859' crown ds alongside, cover flap faults, deep rich colours and a rare franking Rate: 8d overseas letter rate Provenance: Seybold Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page Expertise: Cert. BPA (1993) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (4d) green, imperf., neatly tied by black oval bars on 1859 folded entire from Port Louis via Suez & Marseille to Florence (Italy), hand struck "8" decimes charged in black, circular PAID and Suez cds alongside, depatch oval ds and red arrival on reverse, deep rich colour and a scarce single franking Rate: 4d overseas letter rate Provenance: Vikram Chand, neatly mounted on exhibition page Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2007) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: 6d vermilion, imperf., bottom marginal block of four, unused with part original gum, very fine (SG £280+) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: Mixed lots of unused singles incl. different shades, fine (10) (SG £450) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (9d) dull magenta, imperf., horizontal pair, unused with part original, very fine and rare (SG £1'600+) Expertise: Cert. PF (2002) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (9d) dull magenta, imperf., used with central '14' target cancel, very fine and rare (SG £225) (Image)

1858-62 Britannia: (9d) dull magenta, imperf., neatly tied by black oval bars on 1860 folded entire via Marseille to Bordeaux, hand struck "16" decimes charged in black and Suez transit cds alongside, good colour and a rare single franking Rate: 9d overseas letter rate Provenance: Vikram Chand Expertise: Signed Calves and Holcombe, cert. David Brandon (2007) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: 6d blue, imperf., unused with large part original gum, very fine and rare (SG £800) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia 6d blue, good to large margins, in combination with De La Rue 2d blue, both cancelled or tied by oval bars, on 1860 folded letter sheet via "Par overland mail via Aden" to Calcutta (India), showing 'GPO/MAURITIUS' despatch and boxed 'CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER' bs, a fine and very rare mixed issue franking Provenance: Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 277) Expertise: Cert. Peter Holcombe (1990) and BPA (1994) (Image)

1859-61 6d blue, a block of four and 1860-63 4d rose, all tied by small crown "General Post Office Mauritius" seal on the reverse of 1861 envelope to Bombay, some cover creases and slight soiling, still a unique mixed franking, an exhibition showpiece Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, October 1968 (Lot 123) Expertise: Cert. BPA (1994) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: 1s vermilion, imperf., unused with large part original gum, very fine and rare (SG £3'250) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: 1s vermilion, imperf., unused without gum, very fine and rare (SG £3'250) Expertise: Cert. Herbert Bloch (1982) (Image)

THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE 1859-61 Britannia 1s vermilion, a used strip of seven, close to large margins, one stamp with small wrinkles, considered the most important Britannia used multiple especially so on a high value, a spectacular showpiece with the scarce 'PAID' in circle cancel Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, October 1968 (Lot 128) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2018), Ferchenbauer (1981) and Diena (1980) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: 1s green, imperf., horizontal pair, unused with large part original gum, very fine (SG £1'300) (Image)

1859-61 Britannia: 1s yellow-green, imperf., unused with part original gum, very fine (SG £650) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2002) (Image)

1862 Britannia: Intermediate perf. 14 to 16, 6d slate, horizontal IMPERF BETWEEN PAIR, unused without gum, a rare variety (SG £8'000) (Image)