Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. brown mint horizontal pair with crisp embossing, good to very large margins, fine. Ex Rose. B.P.A. certificate (2003), S.G. 1, cat. £1,200. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. brown, a mint example from the foot of the sheet with large margins and showing embossing much misplaced, mint, fine. S.G. 1, cat. £600+. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. brown, an appealing upper left corner mint example with large margins, fine. S.G. 1, cat. £600. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. brown with good to large margins and exceptionally deep colour, mint, fine. Ex Cramer. R.P.S. certificate (1969), S.G. 1, cat. £600. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. brown, good to large margins, mint with Julius Schlesinger handstamp on gum, fine. R.P.S. certificate (1949), S.G. 1, cat. £600. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. pale brown, mint from the lower left corner of the sheet with regular margins, fine and attractive. Ex Weldhen. S.G. 2, cat. £500. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. pale brown, upper right corner example with good to large margins, mint, fine, Brandon certificate (1980), S.G. 2, cat. £500. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 4d. pale brown and 1874 Watermark Crown CC 6d. deep blue with watermark inverted, unused, both with minor imperfections. S.G. 2, 7w. Photo. The property of another vendor. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. deep blue, an exceptional example with good embossing, large to very large margins, mint with Julius Schlesinger handstamp on gum, fine. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. S.G. 3, cat. £550. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. deep blue, good to large regular large margins, large part original gum, fine. B.P.A. certificate (2012), S.G. 3, cat. £550. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. deep blue good margins, cancelled in red, 6d. blue (2) c.d.s used, one touched at foot, the other exceptionally fine with “GAMBIA/A/JU 18/72/PAID” strike,. S.G. 3, 4, cat. £650. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. blue, mint example, fresh and fine. B.P.A. certificate (2009), S.G. 3a, cat. £600. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. pale blue, very fine used example of the rare shade with good to large margins and “GAMBIA/A/AU 16/PAID” c.d.s. in red. B.P.A. certificate (1958), S.G. 4, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1869-72 Imperforate, No Watermark, 6d. pale blue, an exceptional example of the rare shade with good to very large margins and “GAMBIA/A/AP 12/PAID” c.d.s. in red. Ex Weldhen. B.P.A. certificate (2003), S.G. 4, cat. £1,100. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. brown mint horizontal pair from the upper right corner of the sheet with good to large margins other sides, hinged in selvedge clear of design, fresh and fine with good embossing. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. S.G. 5, cat. £800+. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. brown unmounted mint, an upper left corner example with full sheet margins and good margins on the other two sides, paper hinge in top margin and light handstamp on reverse, very fine and fresh with good deep embossing. Ex Cornwallis. S.G. 5, cat. £400+. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. brown horizontal pair, good to extremely large margins, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 5, cat. £800. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. brown and pale brown shades used with red Gambia Paid c.d.s. cancellations, the former with good to large margins and ex Arnhold, the latter with good to large margins just clear at foot. S.G. 5, 6, cat. £425. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. pale brown, scarce horizontal pair from the lower left corner of the sheet, one with light crease and just touched at top, cancelled by two fine strikes of “GAMBIA/B/A.P 20/82/PAID” c.d.s. in red. Ex Weldhen. S.G. 6, cat. £450+. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. pale brown, watermark inverted (unrecorded by S.G. on this shade) exceptional example from the upper left corner of the sheet with large margins other sides, large part original gum, fine. Ex Weldhen. S.G. 6 var. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 4d. pale brown, superb example from the lower right corner with large part original gum and showing weak sloping label [R. 3/5], large margins other sides, fine. Ex Sacher and Bavington-Jones. S.G. 6 var. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 6d. deep blue unused, good to large margins, signed A. Diena, 6d. blue, three mint examples with good to large margins (one with insignificant bend in margin at right), mainly fine. S.G. 7, 8, cat. £1,400. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 6d. deep blue from the lower left corner with large to huge margins, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 7, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 6d. deep blue, exceptional example from the lower left corner with large to very large margins, large part original gum, fine. Ex Weldhen. S.G. 7, cat. £350. Photo. (Image1)

Gambia: 1874 Imperforate, Watermark Crown CC, 6d. blue horizontal pair from the top of the sheet with good to extremely large margins, hinged in upper selvedge only, fine. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. S.G. 8, cat. £700+. Photo. (Image1)