1862 6d Grey-Lilac on greyish paper, perf.13, mint large part og block of four (pos. 5-6/8-9) with exceptional colour for this delicate stamp, odd short perf. and some reinforced horizontal separation, still a most attractive and scarce multiple (SG £640+) (Image)

1867-76 1s Yellow-Green perf.15 with "crossed lines on hill" variety (pos.9) in part sheet of nine stamps with margins on three sides, four stamps unmounted, fine and rare (SG £10'300+) Provenance: Ex V. Lewis Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2006) (Image)

1871-78 1d group of sheetlets of 12 (5 showing retouches and transfer flaws, incl. two 6th printing pane A (toned gum, portion of margin reattached) showing retouched SG ii & iii, 4th printing pane 15 (toned gum and perf. reinforcement) showing white spots on pos.8 & 9, 7th printing pane 20 with pos.3 & 4 showing transfer flaws (toned gum and perf, reinforcement) and 7th printing pane 18 (gum bends), great group for the specialist (Image)

1871-78 1d group of RETOUCHES from the 6th printing, incl. Pane A pos.1 (SG i) with heavy retouches to top of hill (a very prominent retouch), Pane C pos.1 (SG ii) with heavy lines behind kneeling figure, Pane A pos.3 (SG iii) upper right corner star and border below retouched, Pane D pos.12 lattice retouched three-quaters up on right, Pane C pos.12 (SG v) dress retouched (used) and Pane D pos.9 "bees in sky", mostly unused, a scarce group of varieties (5) (Image)

1871-78 1s Pale Green perf.15 mint sheetlet of 12, showing "crossed lines on hill" variety (pos.9), slightly toned gum with several hinge remnants, minor gum bends, fine and scarce (SG £1'240+) (Image)

1871-78 1d Vermilion-Red perf.11 1/2 mint sheetlet of 12, 7th printing, pane 20, mint, a little perf. reinforcement, fine and attractive multiple (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1862-90, Mostly mint accumulation, starting with 1862 used range, 1862 1d unused plate reconstruction, 1867-76 1d plate reconstruction, then a mixed duplicated range of values from the 1867-76 and 1871-78 issues to 1s, incl. retouches on the 1d, two imperf. 1d marginal singles, 1871-78 1s with crossed lines on hill variety (cert. BPA 1964), 1882-90 key-plate set incl. two 6d green & three 4d blue, and group of locally overprinted Revenue stamps, showing double handstamps, retouches, etc., mixed condition, a great lot for further study (SG £14'000) (160+) (Image)

St. Christopher. 1858-60 Great Britain 1s green left wing-marginal example (trimmed) showing very fine complete strike of "A12" numeral of Basseterre, a little soiled and a few missing perfs at foot, still a very good example of this very rare usage (SG £2'250) (Image)