1855-80s MOSTLY USED COLLECTION ON PAGES - neatly mounted, inc. 1855-57 4d carmine/rose (6), and 1856 6d lilac (2) & 1/- green (2); 1862 3d rose (2), 4d red (3), 6d lilac (3), 9d straw & 9d bistre, and 1/- green (3); 1865 3d rose, 4d vermilion plates 7 to 14, 6d lilac (2), 9d straw, and 1/- green plate 4; 1867 3d rose (9, various plates), 6d lilac/mauve plates 6 (4), 8 (3) & 9, 9d straw (2), 10d red-brown (3), 1/- green (7), and 2/- blue (3); 1872 6d chestnut plate 11 (6), buff plate 12 (3) and grey plate 12; 1873-81 2½d rosy-mauve/blue plates 1-23; 1876 4d vermilion plate 15 & 8d orange, 1877 4d sage-green plate 15 & 16 (2), 1880 4d grey-brown plate 17 wmk garter & 1/- orange-brown plate 13 wmk spray (perfin). Generally good to fine, a small amount of toning; huge SG. (c140) (Image)

MIXTURE ON THREE HAGNERS - inc. 1856 4d rose & 3d rose plate 5 both cancelled French mailboat dotted lozenge; 9d bistre plate 2, 10d red-brown (4), 1/- green (9, plates 1 to 6, inc. 6 with selvedge), and 2/- blue (3); 1871 EL to Palermo with 6d mauve plate 9; etc. Much is neat cds cancelled. (c78 items)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)

1855-57 4d CARMINE/ROSE USED GROUP - inc. small garter and medium garter examples both fine, plus large garter range of shades. SG £2000+. (13) (Image)

1856 6d LILAC USED GROUP - eleven examples, generally good to fine. (11) (Image)

1862-67 9d BISTRE/STRAW & 1876 8d ORANGE GROUP - 9d bistre plate 2, 9d straw plate 4 wmk spray (2 plus a pair used in Valparaiso); and 1876 8d orange (4). Fair to fine; SG c£3000. (8 items) Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1867-78 5/- & 10/- WMK MALTESE CROSS - 1867/74 5/- rose plate 1 good used, and plate 2 fine used; plus 1878 10/- greenish grey, fair used with faults. SG 126-8. (3) (Image)

A VERY RARE 1d VENETIAN RED FIRST DAY OF USE COVER: 1 Jan 1880 env from London to Torquay bearing a single 1d Venetian red tied by a readable strike of the "N W/3" London duplex of "JA 1/1880" (lightly struck but readable. On reverse is a very fine "TORQUAY/O/JA 1/80" cds to confirm the 1st day of use. Some soiling around the top of the stamp. (Image)

1882 £5 ORANGE WHITE PAPER - with neat GLASGOW cds, minor blue mark in the value tablet after 'FIVE' else very fine used. SG 137 £3500. (Image)

1881 1d LILAC, 1883 2/6 LILAC & 1887 3d PURPLE/ORANGE GROUP - 16 dots mint blocks of four with wmk inv or on REPP paper, and lower marg. single printed on both sides (small faults); used group inc. 14 dots (3), 16 dots pair wmk inv, perfin/commercial opt. group inc. five with Board of Trade perfin. Also fine used 1883 2/6 lilac, 1887 3d jubilee tied to piece apparently on orange paper, and a page with used 6d lilac embossed stat. cutouts (5, inc. a cover). (c55 items) (Image)

FRAMED SHEET OF 1887 ½d VERMILION: Complete, mint sheet of 200 stamps, control Q, presented behind glass in frame. Minor blemishes/tone spots as should be expected, but a rare and unusual item. SG 197. Also, a framed sheet of 100 x 1980 Queen Mother's 80th Birthday 12p value. (Image)