1882-98 Group of QV “SPECIMEN” overprints: 1882-98 1s green and 1884-90 set to £1 (6d optd inverted), part to large part og, a few flaws – 1s is creased, 5s has a thinned corner, some toning. A rare group thought to have been produced locally for presentation purposes. Ex "Staircase" 1999, SG 44, 49/57 VAR (Image)

1921-37 £1 green and black, wmk script CA, lower marginal interpane block of 8 (4x2) showing plate numbers "1" and "2", large part o.g. (three stamps in each block unmounted) light toning. Lightly vertically folded along the perfs to right of interpane margin which has caused slight perf separation at top. Fresh appearance and very rare in this format as only 100 sheets were printed,  SG 125 (Image)

1953-2007 mint collection, neatly presented in two green hingeless Lighthouse albums, including 1954 to £1, 1964 6d Shakespeare watermark inverted, 1964 to £1, 1972 18c Silver Wedding watermark inverted, 1991, 2001 birds to $10, 1996 shells to $10, 2006 flowers to $10, commemoratives, miniature sheets, definitives, etc. Lovely fresh lot, condition fine unmounted o.g. (hundreds) SG 200/1473 STC £2,700 (Image)

1863-1963 used collection (246) on leaves, mainly fine. Includes earlies with SG 25-8, 30-1, 1894 to 5/-, 1901 set, 1904 to 5/-, 1906 set, 1911 set, 1912 with shades to 5/-, War Tax complete (SG 104 toned) with SG 90a, 91-5, 1921 set of 4 and King's Head to 5/-, 1930 Tercentenary set, Jubilee, 1938 to £1 (£1 with part TRD, maybe by favour) including 1938 5/- x 2, Landfall set with extras, then complete basic stamps to Red Cross set (Image)

QV-QEII mixed mint and used collection delightfully housed in a Chanel Box, with samplings of QV to KGVI with Landfall issues and Tercentenary values, with strength in QEII, FDCs and values in packets, mixed condition with fine. (Image)