1887 ½d VERMILION & 1900 ½d BLUE-GREEN BLOCKS WITH INVERTED WMK - ½d vermilion lower marginal block of four and unmounted, 1987 RPSL cert. Plus ½d blue-green mounted block of four. Both with inv. wmks. SG 197Wi/212Wi £540++. (2 items) (Image)

1890 10d DULL PURPLE & DEEP DULL CARMINE - fine unmounted mint left margin example. Photocopy of 1987 Brandon cert. (says 'deep bright carmine') for a block of four from which this is the top left unit. Scarce shade, SG210a £800. (Image)

1887 1/- DULL GREEN & 3d IMPERF PROOF ON GREEN PAPER - corner example mounted in the margin only printed on 'Repp' paper, setting 1, vertical gum bend and crease in the margin. SG 211 £375. Plus 3d imperf plate proof in dark green on green paper, SG Spec £325 (faults, inc. thinned). (2) (Image)

FOREIGN MAIL FRANKINGS GROUP; Range on leaves inc. 1892 1d Lettercard to Argentina uprated 1½d tied by London EC hooded d.s., 1893 env. to Lausanne franked 9d + 1d Lilac tied by St Andrews cds, 1895 2d QV reg. env. to Frankfurt franked 1/- + 10d tied by Gracechurch St reg. ovals, 1895 2d QV reg. env. to Vienna franked 5d (2) tied by Upper Thames St/EC cds, 1897 2d QV reg. env. to Zurich franked 1/-, 3d (3) + 1½d for the octuple rate, 1898 env. to Bremen franked 4½d + 1d Lilac (2) tied by "CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL/C.S." (Cannon Street) cds, 1898 2d QV reg. env. to Amsterdam franked 1/- + ½d and a few others. (14 covers) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V., LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)