1855-57 No Corner Letters. 1855 4d carmine pl.1, wmk small garter on white paper, mint o.g horizontal pair with just the merest trace of a hinge, lovely rich fresh colour, a remarkable piece for the connoisseur and a major rarity of the Queen Victoria era (S.G. £40'000 as singles). Note: Rikki Hyde records a late printing made in November 1856 and January 1857 on a remainder stock of small garter watermark paper which lacked the blueing giving the appearance of white paper, it is believed these amounted to 1'000 sheets, less than a tenth of the overall print run. (Image)

1855-57 Wmk Emblems (inverted) 6d deep mauve imperforate plate proof, good margins, with neat trial cancellation "KF / AP-1 / 1856" cds, very fine and scarce (S.G. £7'500). (Image)