2d plate proof top selvedge block of 4 in black on thickish paper. Holcombe cert (1988). CP APP2. Cat from $800. (Image)

1855 1d dull carmine, London print, imperf 3 margins, very close at left, severely cut into base on 4th side, small corner crease top RH corner. Part "barred (1)0" cancel (Wellington). Good colour. RPSL cert (1971). SG 1. Cat £20,000. (Image)

1855 1d dull carmine, London print, 4 margins (just touches 2 corners), fine barred "11" cancel (Ahuriri). SG 1. Cat £20,000. FU. (Image)

1855 2d dull blue on blued paper, London print, imperf 4 margins except just touches top RH corner, small back thin. SG 2. Cat £700. FU. (Image)

1855 2d blue on blued paper, London print x 2 imperf 2 margins, 3 margins. SG 2. Cat £1400. GU. (Image)

1855 1/- pale yellow-green horiz pair on blued paper, London print. Wmk letters "AGE" of "POSTAGE" in RH margin. Imperf 3 margins, slightly in at top, small piece out at foot affects only 1 stamp. 2 tiny thin spots under pmk. Rare multiple, Ex Pack, Forster. SG 3. Cat £12,000. FU. (Image)

1855 1/- pale yellow-green on blued paper, London print, imperf 4 margins, (pmk clear of face), small tear at side. SG 3. Cat £6000. GU. (Image)

1d, 2d x 2, 1/- all on blue paper, imperf 1d 2 margins, 2d no margins, 3 margins, 1/- no margins. SG 4-6. Cat £7150. FU. (Image)

1d red (2), 2d blue (4), 1/- green on blue paper, margins vary, some faults and repairs. SG 4-6. Cat £10,300. Used. (Image)

1d red on blue paper (bluing washed out), imperf 3 good margins (just touches on 4th at top), part letters LB of "Sands McDougall Melbourne". CP A1cy. Cat $8000. FU. (Image)

2d blue on blue paper, imperf 3 margins, part letters "BO" of "Sands McDougall Melbourne" (generally no wmk paper). CP A2ba (SG 5 var). Cat from $1350. FU. (Image)

2d blue on blue paper, imperf 4 margins, close at right. Fine barred "1" cancel (Auckland), cert mark. SG 5. Cat £325. FU. (Image)

1/- green on blue paper, imperf 4 margins, "1" pmk. SG 6. Cat £4000. FU. (Image)

2d blue imperf no wmk x 22 - nice range shades incl deep ultramarine (SG 8a) & papers. Some 4 margins but mixed cond, most with faults mostly minor. SG 8a, 9-10. Cat £4000+. GU/FU. (Image)

1d dull orange imperf 4 margins, horiz mesh paper, no wmk. CP A1d(1). Cat $8500. Odenweller cert (2006). SG 8. Cat £4250. Unused no gum. (Image)

2d dull deep blue, imperf 4 good margins, no wmk, horiz mesh paper. Very fine barred "16" cancel (Port Victoria). SG 11. Cat £325. VFU. (Image)

6d brown imperf no wmk x 27 - range of shades incl 1 bistre brown, 1 tan brown & 5 chestnut & both paper types. Mixed cond, various margins, many faults mostly minor but incl 5 oxidised. SG 12-15. Cat £11,700. GU/FU. (Image)

1/- dull emerald-green x 5 & blue-green x 5, imperf no wmk. Usual mixed cond but incl 2 x blue-green each 2-3 margins FU without back thins. SG 16-7. Cat £18,000. GU/FU. (Image)

1/- emerald-green imperf 4 good margins, no wmk. Regummed & diagonal bend at top left. Mint. RPSNZ cert (2022) which also states "otherwise sound as far as one can say under regumming". CPA6c(1). Cat $50,000. (Image)

1/- blue-green, imperf 4 margins, repaired 1 side. Looks superb. SG 17. Cat £20,000. Unused. (Image)

6d brown, serrated perf 16/18 (Nelson) visible all 4 sides, no wmk. Fine barred "15" cancel (Nelson), printing pleats pressed flat at left & a small repaired tear near the top of the pleats. RPSL cert (1958) & RPSNZ cert (2022). Ex Travers, Beaumont, Dumas. CP A5av. Cat $9500. SG 24. Cat £4500. (Image)

6d brown, Y roulette 18 (serrate perf 18 Nelson), no wmk. 1 blunt corner, light barred "15" cancel (Nelson). RPSNZ cert (1973). Ex Adam Hunter. SG 24. Cat £4500. FU. (Image)

1d dull orange, rouletted 7 discernable 3 sides, no wmk, ironed out crease. SG 27. Cat £6000. FU. (Image)

6d brown, rouletted 7, no wmk, clearly rouletted on 3 sides. SG 29. Cat £3250. FU. (Image)

Davies prints, star wmk, imperf seln of 3: 1d vermilion, 1 margin others very close MNG (SG 34); 1/- yellow-green over-inked, 4 margins, small thin, faint cancel FU (SG 45); 1/- deep green, 4 margins, faint cancel FU (SG 46); also 1/- green 4 margins NZ wmk, ironed out crease FU (SG 100). SG cat £1775. (Image)