1850-58 1d red-brown used selection of perforated issues arranged in a Lindner album including 1850 Archer perf 16, plate 98 (OJ), 1854-57 range with shades including orange-red (KG) and plum (AK), later issues with coloured cancels with green. Condition fair to fine. (47)

1856-62 1d pale red block of six, Plate 37 (EI/FK), large part o.g., fine, SG 38 (Image)

1854-57 1d red-brown block of six, Plate 96 (JJ/KL), one mounted, rest unmounted large part o.g., fine, SG 17 (Image)

1854 1d red-rose, Plate 162 (AE) marginal imperforate imprimatur, small thin in top margin, without gum (Image)

1854-57 1d red-brown strip of four with Anderson cancel (AA/AD) (SG17), strip of three (QG/QI)(SG26), 2d blue, Plate 5, (FG) and pair (JG/JH) (SG34), fine lot (Image)

1854-76 2d blue perforated used selection arranged on Lindner album pages including 1854-7 Small Crown, perf 16, plate 4 (BH) showing 'Spectacles variety', perf 14, plate 5 (II) variety 'INVERTED WATERMARK', large crown, perf 14, variety 'INVERTED WATERMARK'. Generally fair to fine. (48). Btwn 19/47 (Image)

1855 1d red-brown (Die II, Wmk. Small Crown, Alphabet III). Very fine used example of this scarce "abnormal" issue lettered TH, neatly cancelled by a crisp Birmingham "75" sponn. Very scarce so fine. Spec. C7. (Image)

1854-57 2d blue, Plate 5 (KH), fine used, SG27 (Image)

1873 1d rose-red Pl.170. Superb unused four margin top left hand corner marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AA, showing part sheet inscription, part current number and plate number “170“. Very rare, believed to be one of only two corner examples in private hands. (Image)

1873 1d rose-red Pl.171. Superb unused four margin imperforate imprimatur lettered BF. 2008 RPS Cert. Ex The Royal Philatelic Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. (Image)

1864-79 1d red, plates 71 to 225 (excluding 77) used selection arranged on Lindner album leaves and inverted watermarks with plates 101 and 200. Fair to fine. (154) (Image)

1858 1d rose-red Pl.87. Very fine used four margin imperforate example lettered IK, neatly cancelled by a London District "77" numeral. Rare. 1953 RPS Cert. (Image)

WINCHESTER CLUB, OXFORD: 1874 envelope to Bracknell franked by 1d rose-red Plate 170 (FF), with unofficial 'WCO' (Winchester Club Oxford) perfin, tied by Oxford duplex for FE 13. 74, roughly opened and sensibly reinforced, still a very rare cover, one of only a few recorded examples. SG 43var (Image)

1869 2d blue Pl.15. Very fine and fresh unused large part o.g. block of fifteen lettered FA-JC, showing part sheet inscription and part centre sheet ornament. Some reinforced perf separations and light gum wrinkling as to be expected on multiples of this size, lovely rich colour. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie 2005. (Image)

1858 2d blue Pl.15. Very fine unused o.g. block of four lettered HB-IC (three stamps unmounted o.g.). An attractive multiple with lovely deep colour and gum. (Image)

1858-76 2d blue pair and single ovpt. SPECIMEN, Plate 15 (HB/HC, IE), large part o.g., SG46s (Image)

1861 3d rose Pl.2. (State 1, with shaded spandrels). Very fine and fresh unmounted o.g. top marginal wing margin horizontal strip of four lettered AE-AH, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 6 (vertically). One short perforation at foot of AE nevertheless a scarce multiple so fine, lovely colour and gum. Spec. J25As. Ex "Verus". (Image)

1862 4d bright red Pl.3. Exceptionally fine and fresh unused o.g. lettered LB, lovely deep vibrant colour. Scarce so fine. (Image)

1865 3db rose Pl.5 (Wmk. Emblems). Very fine unused o.g. top marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AH. Very rare, one of only 23 possible examples, a rare "abnormal" this stamp was never issued on Emblems paper. (Image)

1865-67 1s green, Plate 4 (TA) 'ERROR WATERMARK THREE ROSES AND A SHAMROCK' cancelled by part duplex and London cds. Good. SG 101a, £1,700 (Image)

1872 3d rose Pl.8. Very fine and fresh unused o.g. imperforate imprimatur lettered TG. Very scarce, one of only 22 possible examples many of which are in institutional collections. (Image)

1872 10d Die proof. Very fine example for the proposed design with coloured corner letters, printed in black on white glazed card (61 x 92mm), endorsed “BEFORE HARDENING“ and dated “Dec 12, 1872“. Scarce. (Image)

1871 1s green Pl.6. Very fine and fresh unused o.g. imperforate imprimatur lettered AI. Scarce, one of only 22 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections. (Image)

1874 5s pale rose Pl.2. Exceptionally fine and fresh unused o.g. example lettered HB accompanied by a 1990 BPA certificate. Beautiful colour, very rarely seen so fine. (Image)

1878 £1 Colour trial. Very fine imperforate right hand marginal example lettered CA printed on gummed watermarked paper in purple showing part sheet inscription, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9. Scarce. (Image)