1853 1d Pale Brick-Red on blued paper in used block of four, two stamps cut into and small corner crease at lower left, two CGH triangular cancels, nice appearance (SG £1'800+) (Image)

1853 1d Deep Brick-Red on blued paper used block of four, two stamps cut into, two creases at left and a little toning showing through, crisp CGH triangular cancela, fine appearance (SG £1'900) (Image)

1853 1d Deep Brick-Red on blued paper used with good to huge margins, crease at lower left, neat CGH triangular cancel, attractive looking stamp (SG £475) (Image)

1853 4d Blue used block of four, just cut into at lower right else close to very good margins, two neat CGH barred triangle cancels, fine (SG £800+) (Image)

1855-63 1d brick-red, used block of four, good to large margins, very fine and an extremely rare used multiple, considered one of the finest blocks recorded, cert. PFSA (1985) (Image)

1855-63 6d Slate-Lilac on blued paper, fine to large margins, a late usage with "1" barred oval, tone spot at top and lower left, fine (SG £500) (Image)

1855-63 6d Slate-Lilac on blued paper, good to very good margins, faint cancel with a splodge of ink, very fine (SG £500) (Image)

1855-63 Perkins Bacon 4d black, die A, showing part of the marginal watermark at left, used with faint CGH triangular cancel in black at right, margins all around, trace of shallow thin and scissor cut in lower margin (SG £35'000) Literature: Williams listing no.II in the "Encyclopaedia of Rare & Famous Stamps", see footnote in SG under SG8 Provenance: Field, Riesco, Dale-Lichtenstein and "Lady Hope" A British Empire rarity, and one of the finest examples of the twelve recorded (Image)

1861 "Woodblock" 4d Pale Grey-Blue, just cut into at foot, CGH barred triangle cancel, fine, cert. Sismondo (2001) (SG £2'000) (Image)

1863-64 4d Slate-Blue mint part og, good even margins, faint toning at right, tiny corner repair at lower left, fine (Image)

1863-64 4d Steel-Blue with good even margins, crisp CGH triangular barred cancel, small corner crease at left, pen mark at right corner, a handsome stamp (SG £275) (Image)

1863-64 1s Pale Emerald-Green unused, fine to very good margins, fine and scarce shade (SG £1'400) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1864-98, Mint/unused collection on 2 sides of an album page, all partly stuck down, incl. 4d Woodblock reprint, 1864-77 6d & 1s, 1871-76 1/2d to 5s, 1881 3d (perf fault), 1893-98 set to 5s, etc., some minor faults but fresh colours (SG £2'200+) (Image)