1852 & 1859 Covers to MAURITIUS, both to Captains in the 5th Fusiliers, 1852 with 1s green embossed cut to shape from Lowthorpe (UDC on reverse), and 1859 with 1856 6d deep lilac from Battle with Westfield UDC on reverse, fine duo (Image)

1864 Two covers to HONG KONG, both franked 1s green + 4d orange tied by London duplex, arrival backstamps, one with rated "1d" in red and superb, the other rated "1" with crayon and stamps faulty, a scarce duo (2) (Image)

1867-83 £5 orange, used with superb EDINBURGH/NO.24.94 cds centrally struck, very fine (SG £4'750) (Image)

1873-80 Large Garter 4d colour trial, plate 15, very fine and scarce (Image)

1883-84 Anchor 2s6d lilac, mint nh, fresh & very fine (SG £160) (Image)

1883-84 Anchor 5s crimson, mint bottom left corner marginal, fine (SG £975) (Image)

1883-84 Anchor 10s ultramarine CN, mint very lightly hinged, fresh, very fine and a superb example (Image)

1883-84 Anchor 10s pale ultramarine on white paper, mint og, creases at lower left and lower right, well centred, fresh appearance, cert. Sismondo (2013) (SG £2'500) (Image)

1887 Jubilee issue mint selection inside a Lewis Carroll "The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case", slip case with sellotape around the edge, case with mint 1/2d, 1 1/2d, 2d, 2 1/2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 9d, including the letter writing booklet by Carroll and a few clippings about the case from the 1930s (Image)

1887-92 Crowns £1 green MC, mint nh, light wrinkle, fresh, very fine and a superb example (Image)

1887-92 Crowns £1 green, mint, fine (SG £4'000) (Image)

1887-92 Crowns £1 green, used, fine (SG £800) (Image)

1887-92 Crowns £1 green, used, short perf., fine (SG £800) (Image)

1888 Orbs £1 brown-lilac wmk JC with broken frame variety (by J and C check letters and under "ONE POUND", registered oval ds, cert. states "trace of diagonal crease at left", very fine appearance and rare, cert. BPA (2018) (SG £9'000) (Image)