1867-80 2s Deep Blue mint with large part original gum (very lightly hinged), well centred with bright and fresh colour, an extremely fine example, cert. BPA (2009) (SG £5'000) (Image)

1882 £5 Orange DG on blued paper with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, some gum crazing and one small tone spot on the gum, fine (SG £3'500) (Image)

1882 £5 Orange DF on blued paper with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, some gum crazing, fine (SG £3'500) (Image)

1867-83 Anchor 10s greenish gray, neatly cancelled by LLANELLY DOCKS cds, very fine and a scarce example of the high value (SG £4'500) (Image)

1883 2s6d Lilac on blued paper with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, very fine and fresh (SG £600) (Image)

1883 5s Crimson HH with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, couple of tiny tone spots on the gum otherwise fine (SG £450) (Image)

1883-84 10s Ultramarine with crisp central Sunderland cds, very fine, cert. Richter (1993) (SG £525) (Image)

1884 10s Ultramarine DL with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, very fine and fresh (SG £550) (Image)

1884 £1 Brown-Lilac DF, wmk Crowns, with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, slightly toned gum, very fine (SG £2'800) (Image)

1884 £1 Brown-Lilac CL, wmk Crowns, with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, very fine (SG £2'800) (Image)

1883-84 Lilac & Green set of 10 with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, very fine and fresh (SG £1'750) (Image)

1887 Jubilee set of 10 (not incl. later issued stamps from the set) with SPECIMEN type 9 ovpt, two sets with one showing crisp black ovpt and other grey-black slightly smudgy ovpt, very fine and fresh (SG £1'330) (Image)

1874 (Feb 13) Wrapper to Hong Kong with 1867-80 2d blue pl.1 wing marginal and 1872-73 6d grey pl.12 tied by London duplex, arrival bs, scarce franking and very fine, a collectable destination (Image)

1877 (Feb 25) Envelope to Hong Kong with 1873-80 1s green pl.12 and 1858-79 2d blue pl.15 tied by London duplex, endorsed "French mail", arrival bs, minor foxing around stamps, collectable destination (Image)