1857 1s Green, fair to large margins with lovely true bright colour and light cancel leaving much of design clear, very fine (SG £3’750) Expertise: Cert. Roumet (1992), Sismondo (2003), Brandon (2010) (Image)

1872 2d Orange imperforate variety, good to very large margins with rich colour, neatly struck with part barred cancel, an elusive variety, especially so this fine. (Image)

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1874-78 2d Rose, perf. nearly 12 (line), never hinged, very fine (SG £1’200) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1960-90, Interesting selection of modern errors mainly unlisted in SG or Scott, includes 3 colour omitted varieties, 2 double point imperf. pairs, couple double surcharges, etc. (Image)

1908 Shackleton Expedition 1d rose-carmine (Royle printing) with “King Edward VIII / Land” overprint in green in mint nh left marginal block of four with positional ornament, couple of tone spots on gum, very fine and scarce (SG £1’900+) Expertise: Cermuga (2003), Brandon (2004) (Image)