1884 3d Colour Trial purple/green, fine M. (1) Cat. £550 (Image)

1854 Wmk Large Garter 4d rose, re-gummed (single short perf at right & centred low to right), good colour, SG.66a. (Image)

1857 Wmk Emblems 1s green, FU with barred oval numeral '820' SG.72. (1) Cat. £350 (Image)

1862 4d pale red Pl.3 BA, Wmk Large Garter, large part o.g. slight crease, good colour & scarce, SG.80, Cat. £2000 (1) (Image)

SURFACE PRINTED good to FU range incl. 1873-80 Wmk Anchor 2½d rosy mauve Pl.1, 2 & 3, Wmk Orb Plates 3 to 16, 2½d blue Plated 17 to 20, 4d vals incl. 1864 4d SG.80, 1867-65 4d Pl.8, 11, 13 & 14, 4d SG.160 Pl.18, 6d vals incl. 1857 SG.70, SG.84, SG.97 Pl.5, 6d mauve SG.109 Pl.8 & 9, 6d chestnut SG.122a Pl.11, 6d grey SG.147 Pl.16, 1s value SG.101 Pl.4, SG.117 Pl.4 (2) one with inv wmk, Pl.5 wing margin pair, 2s blue SG.119 pair, also piece franked 6d grey SG.147 Pl.13 (4 examples) lot has some heavy cancels, ST.Cat. £6000+. (53) (Image)

1865 Wmk Emblems 6d lilac Pl.6 MI, fine M wing margin example, SG.97. (1) Cat. £1200 (Image)

1880 Wmk Spray 2s brown KL, unused example centred high, missing perf upper right side, SG.121, Cat. £30,000 as o.g. (1) (Image)

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 10s greenish grey LE, optd SPECIMEN, Type 8, unused (small thin), SG.128s. (1) Cat. £4250 (Image)

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 10s greenish grey HF, centred to right, used with barred oval cancel, SG.128. Cat. £3200. (Image)

1878 Wmk Maltese Cross £1 Colour Trial in blue, lett BD fresh with full o.g. optd SPECIMEN Type 9, Cat. £2700. (1) (Image)

1867-83 £5 orange BH, top marginal UM example, small mark left Queen's neck, SG.137. (1) (Image)

1880 Wmk Large Garter 4d grey brown, Pl.17 optd SPECIMEN Type 9, fine M, wing margin example, SG.154s. (1) Cat. £350 (Image)

1883 6d on 6d lilac, optd SPECIMEN Type 9, part o.g, SG.162s. (1) Cat. £300 (Image)

1880-81 1d venetian red, a complete reconstructed sheet of all 240 letterings, generally good to FU, SG.166, Cat. £3600. (Image)

1883 2/6d lilac, optd SPECIMEN Type 11, regummed, SG.178s. (1) Cat. £425 (Image)

1883 High Value set of three, 2/6d, 5s & 10s, regummed or part gum, odd pulled perf, SG.178/183. (Image)

1884 Wmk Crowns £1 brown lilac BB, neatly cancelled by a squared circle d/stamp, excellent strong colour. SG.185. Cat. £3000. (1) (Image)

1884 Wmk Imperial Crowns £1 brown lilac SA, optd SPECIMEN Type 9, o.g rather patchy, gum wrinkles, SG.185s. (1) Cat. £2800 (Image)

1888 Wmk Orbs £1 brown lilac RD, FU with oval reg d/stamps for Gracechurch St. 10.AP.88, pressed vertical crease left side, SG.186. (1) Cat. £4500 (Image)

1890 10d Colour trial, superb unused o.g. example of the original trials for the 10d value with the head plate in purple and duty plate in brown. Very rare only two or three examples of each colour exist in private hands and are much rarer than the later 1892 trials on coloured paper. SG.210 variety, Cat. £7000 (Image)