1887/90 VALUES OVPT SPECIMEN - the complete 1887/90 issued values to 1/- dull green, 5d is Die I; good to fair. (11) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)

1½d PURPLE & GREEN AND 2d GREEN & CARMINE MINT/UNUSED RANGE ON PAGES - 1½d block of 4, 6 and 10, plus single with GOVT. PARCELS ovpt; and 2d blocks of 6 and 9, plus singles (6, inc. green & scarlet with 1982 RPSL cert. (as green & vermilion)). (12 items)Cross Reference: OFFICIALS - GOVERNMENT PARCELS (Image)

2½d PURPLE/BLUE, 3d PURPLE/YELLOW & 4d GREEN & BROWN MINT/UNUSED RANGE ON PAGES - shades; 2½d blocks of 4 (2); 3d blocks of 4 (3) and single; and 4d blocks of 4 (2, inc. with 'white 4 in one corner' in all units) and single. (9 items) (Image)

4d GREEN & PURPLE-BROWN PANE OF TWENTY - selvedge all around, mostly unmounted (perf reinforcement affects two units); ex Mairi Bury. (Image)

4d GREEN & BROWN - RARE PLATE CRACK - fine mounted mint, with significant vert. crack affecting the (brown) duty plate; with Hendon Stamp Co. letter describing such as 'extremely rare' and only the fourth example seen by them (in 2011). (Image)

4½d GREEN & CARMINE PANE OF TWENTY - selvedge all around and totally unmounted, minor separation. (Image)

4½d GREEN & CARMINE, 5d PURPLE & BLUE & 6d PURPLE/ROSE MINT GROUP ON PAGES - 4½d (5); 5d Die II block of 4 and a single; and 6d blocks of 4 (2, inc. corner marginal). (9 items) (Image)

6d PURPLE/ROSE MINT CORNER BLOCK OF TWELVE - fine with just one unit mounted, lower right corner with full selvedge; ex Mairi Bury. (Image)

9d PURPLE & BLUE PANE OF TWENTY - selvedge all around, mounted in the margin though encroaching on one unit, some creasing. (Image)

9d PURPLE & BLUE, 10d PURPLE & CARMINE, AND 1/- GREEN & CARMINE MINT GROUP ON PAGES - 9d block of 4 and single; 10d block of four, a corner pair (possibly in the scarlet shade) and single (possibly in the deep dull carmine shade); and 1/- green & carmine unmounted block of four. (6 items) (Image)

10d PURPLE & CARMINE PANE OF TWENTY - full selvedge all around, very lightly hinged in the margin, adherence on one unit; ex Mairi Bury. (Image)

10d DULL PURPLE & DEEP DULL CARMINE MINT - the barest hint of hinge remains very difficult to see, 1988 RPSL cert. (as deep bright carmine). SG210a £625. (Image)

1/- DULL GREEN - superb unmounted mint block of four; ex Mairi Bury. (Image)

½d BLUE-GREEN IMPERF PLATE PROOF ON BUFF PAPER - imperf ungummed pair from the base of the sheet showing jubilee line and central mark. Ex Mairi Bury; SG £440 for singles. (Image)

1894 REPLY PAID ESSAY - MARGINAL BOCK OF FOUR - imperf block of the head plate in blue, minor gum wrinkling. SG £1700 for singles. (Image)

MAIL TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS; Range inc. 1888/1890 envs. to Cape Town or Kimberley franked 6d or 1/- + 6d, and 1891 env. to Stockholm franked 2½d (7) tied by Newcastle-on-Tyne squared circles, 1893 env. to USA franked 10d & 2½d tied by "WESTERN RD B.O/BRIGHTON" duplexes,1897 env. to San Francisco franked 1/- + 3d, 1900 printed env. to Vienna franked 10d + 2½d tied by Leeds cds, 1900 1d lettercard to Frankfurt ex London uprated 4d for the double letter rate, 1901 large env. to Paris franked 9d, 2½d & 1d tied by Cambridge duplexes and other related examples.(20 covers) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)