1895 £10 black and orange-vermilion, one shortish perf at lower right, neatly cancelled by "TSHIROMO/SP 5/95" double-ring ds. BPA cert (2021) states that a thin on the reverse has been repaired. Still a most attractive example of this rare stamp. SG 30, £6,500: Estimate £1000-£1500 (Image)

1938-44 mint high values group (21), some unmounted, with 2/- x 5, 2/6d x 4, original 5/- x 2 and 1944 printing x 3 (one with Plate number), original 10/- x 4 and 1938 ordinary paper printing x 1, £1 one mint and one used. SG 139-43, £1252: Estimate £200-£250 (Image)

1953 set of fifteen in unmounted o.g. blocks of four, all marginal. SG 173-187, £280: Estimate £110-£130 (Image)

1891-95 mint/ unused collection in large blocks including 1d (block of 50, 32, 30, 29, and a strip of 5), 2d (block of 35 and 30 (3)), 4d (blocks of 25, 15 and 6), 6d (block of 55, 50, and a strip of 8), 1s. (blocks of 19 and 10), a very interesting lot with positional pieces also showing papermaker watermark, mixed condition: Estimate £700-£1000 (Image)