1852-60 Britannia 1d blue, 1st lithographic issue, lightly used, very close to large margins, fine (SG £1’700) (Image)

1859 Perkins Bacon imperforate 6d deep green, unused without gum, good to large margins and deep fresh colour, an exceedingly rare stamp in unused state and missing thus from most great collections, cerrt. RPS 2005 (SG £12’000) (Image)

1859 1s Indigo, fine to very good margins, “1” boxed cancel, very fine (SG £350) (Image)

1859 Perkins Bacon imperforate 1s purple-slate, mint with large margins, some staining and ink notation on reverse, a rare stamp, cert. RPS (SG £7’000) (Image)

1859 No wmk pin perf. 14 1s purple-slate, fresh used and very lightly cancelled, scarce, cert. Brandon (SG £800) (Image)

1859 No wmk pin perf. 14 6d bright yellow green, a brilliantly fresh mint block of four, well centred and fine, faint horiz. wrinkle on top pair, scarce (SG £520) (Image)

1880 Wmk Crown CC compound perf. 14 x 12 1/2, fine used with neat crisp numeral “3” cancellation, a nice example of this rare variety, cert. RPS 1950 (SG £6000) (Image)

1882 (Sep 27) Envelope sent registered to English stamp dealers with 1876 5d green vert. pair and 1879-82 1/2d in two vert. pairs, tied by Trinidad cds with registered hs and label adjacent, London arrival, minor peripheral faults, attractive franking (Image)

1900 (Apr 9) Philatelic cover initially sent from Port of Spain with two strips of three 1d postage dues, with Toco Apr 10 bs, then later franked with Grenada 2 1/2d and Trinidad 2d tied Toco Apr 21, fine and unusual concoction (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1851-1960s, Mint collection with strength in Britannia issues incl. multiples ((1d) deep blue block of 4), 1854-57 (1d) rose-red (creased), 1860 (1d) rose-red imperf. vert. pair (3 with faults, one badly cut into), 1862-63 bluish slate, 1863-80 4d violet block with inv. wmk, 1896-1906 set to £1 incl. 5s & £1 Specimens (two different types), War Tax incl. varieties, 1922-28 Specimen set, 1938-44 Specimen set, etc., mixed condition (SG £25’000+) (Image)

1879 1d Rose, 3d blue, 6d orange, 1s green and 5s black, unused or with part original gum, short perf. on the 1s, a fine group (SG £1’645) (Image)

1879 £1 mauve, fresh unused without gum, a very scarce stamp (SG £4’250) Expertise: Cert. Ebel (1966) (Image)

1879 £1 mauve, unused, no gum, insignificant surface scuff, a scarce stamp (SG £4’250) (Image)

1891 1/2 PENNY on 4d grey, error Surcharge Double, well centred mint with large part og, fine and a rare stamp, cert. Holcombe 1987 (SG £3500) (Image)

1891 2 1/2d on 4d grey with variety DOUBLE SURCHARGE, tiny surface scuff at top left, very scarce (SG £3’500) Expertise: Cert. RPS (1933) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1879-96, Mint/unused selection incl. 1879 values to 5s (3 of the 5s), 1880 values incl. 6d. 1882-84 values incl. three 6d, 1886-89 1/2d on 2 1/2d double ovpt (faults, cert. RPS), etc., mixed condition (56) (SG £12’500+) (Image)