1880-81 Provisional Issue and 1881 1d Lilac. 1880-81 1d Venetian red vertical bisect attached to normal vertical pair on piece, tied (incl. the bisect side) by Liverpool squared circles and Swiss arrival cds, some minor toning, unusual. (Image)

1880-811 2d colour trial printed in pale green on imperforate white paper affixed to small piece of white card (35x76mm), tied by an experimental London E.C. squared circle trial cancellation, very rare. (Image)

1881 1d imperforate colour trial in green from the foot of the sheet, on white gummed Crown wmk paper, fine and scarce. (Image)

1881 1d lilac die II overprinted "CANCELLED" type 14, mint n.h. top marginal, very fine and rare (Spec. K8(1)u). (Image)

1883-84 2s 6d lilac, on blued paper, wmk anchor, perf 14, horizontal strip of three HD-HF, tied to small piece by "Continental Night Mail" cds dated OC 13 1899, some soiling, very scarce multiple of this issue (S.G. £4200); cert. B.P.A. (1994). (Image)