1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green. 1884 2d Jubilee hand painted essay in purple and green on card (78x117mm), endorsed at top "Alternative 8 ANS" with further endorsements suggesting the colours be reversed; very fine and unique. Note: Several of the unaccepted Jubilee designs were later considered for future Indian issues, hence the endorsements. (Image)

1887 1/2d vermilion, printed on gummed side, wmk inverted, mint, partial albino printing, fine example of this fascinating error (S.G. Spec K27d). (Image)

1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2 1/2d perforated colour trial in green on blue crown watermarked paper, imperforate at right, mint o.g., very fine and rare. (Image)

1887 Jubilee 5d hand painted essay in green and brown with details of the design highlighted in Chinese white, stamp-size affixed to a piece of white card, part of the series of "Large Figure" essays produced by G. R. Smith and submitted on Dec / 2nd 1884, dated on reverse "21/11/84"; very attractive and unique essay, ex De La Rue archives. (Image)

1887 1s Dull green, mint n.h., block of four, perfectly centred, Very fine and fresh. (Image)

1891 £1 Green pl. 3 TA (without frame break) mint with large part o.g., very fine and very scarce, far rarer than the plate 2 examples with frame break variety (S.G. Spec. K17aa). (Image)

1890 £1 Green TB mint original gum, very fine and fresh (SG £3'500). (Image)

1891 £1 green DB imperforate overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 9, mint n.h., very fine and very fresh example without any of the usual heavy creasing normally seen on these rare Specimens (S.G. Spec. K17s). (Image)

1891 £1 green OA imperf. with "SPECIMEN" type 9 overprint, mint o.g., very fine and scarce (S.G. £6'500). (Image)

1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper, mint o.g., light crease at lower right, fine appearance (SG from £2'750). (Image)