MINT RANGE ON A HAGNER - all values to 1/-, inc. 5d purple & blue die I (fair only), 9d purple & blue (5), 10d purple & carmine (6), 1/- green (2, both fair only) and 1/- green & carmine (4). Mixed condition and gum. (49) (Image)

1887 DEFINITIVE SET OVERPRINTED "SPECIMEN": Mint set of 11 values to 1/-, optd. "SPECIMEN" (type 9). Mostly fine and fresh, with hinge remains. 5d value with blunt corner perf. SG 197s/211s Cat. £730 (11 stamps) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

FOREIGN MAIL FRANKINGS; Range inc. 1887 2d reg. env. to Brussels franked 6d + 1½d, 1888 env. to Mexico franked 4d pair, 22 Dec. 1887 and 21 Feb. 1890 envs. to Melbourne ex Liverpool or London franked 6d, 1887/89 envs. to Trinidad or Argentina franked 4d, 11 Aug. 1890 env. to N.Zealand franked 2½d with framed deficiency mark on front, c1891 front to Germany franked 10d endorsed 'Photographs only', 1894 2d reg. env. to Brussels ex London franked 1/-, 5d + ½d, 1895 env. to Calcutta franked 9d + ½d, c1896 'book post' front to Germany franked 4½d with oval "R" h.s. on front, 1899 defective printed matter to Hungary franked 12pi on 2/6d & 4pi on 10d and used at the British PO in Constantinople, 1900 2d reg. env. to Austria ex London franked 10d and other related examples. (50 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, REGISTERED MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, PRINTED MATTER (Image)