1938-44 ½d to 5sh King George VI Set with Diagonal Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged set of 10, missing the two high values issued in 1948, very fine and fresh. Catalogue value is for a complete set of 12. (Image)

S.G. £ 300

1938 ½d to 10sh King George VI Set with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged set of 10 (missing the 4d and two shades), with the high values being mostly fresh, some others with light gum toning, overall fine to very fine. Catalogue value is for a complete set of 13. (Image)

S.G. £ 1,000

1963-65 5d to £2 Set, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 245

1931-36 Group of Six Postage Due Issues, Perforated 11, complete except for the missing 3d value, all mint never hinged and overall fine. Scott catalogue value for hinged is $691, plus a pro-rated premium of 40% comes to $1,163. Rsv. $275. (Image)

Scott $ 1,163

1938-43 ½d to £1 King George VI Set with Curved and Diagonal Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged set of 12 (in both formats), missing 5 stamps issued later. The 5sh and £1 have gum toning, else a fresh group and fine to very fine. Catalogue value given is for a complete set of 17. (Image)

S.G. £ 750

1938-39 ½d to 2sh6d Seal of Colony First Issues with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged set of 10, including a 2sh6d on blue paper issued in 1932 (but missing stamps issued later). Overall fine to very fine centred and all fresh. Catalogue value is for a complete set of 16. (Image)

S.G. £ 450

1938 ½d to 10sh KGVI Pictorial Set with Diagonal Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. Scott #124-136. (Image)

S.G. £ 375

1882 1c black on magenta Ship, Perforated SPECIMEN Diagonally, a complete pane of 12 stamps, with both two mast and three mast varieties, described by owner as the second setting second printing. Position 7 stamp has a variety on the "1" being a serifed foot. The pane has been rejoined between the third and fourth rows, with small adherences on top two and bottom two stamps and minor creasing. Scarce, with a Stanley Gibbons value of £1,005 (SG 162, 164) without premium for se-tenant pairs. Rsv. $475. (Image)

Est $ 500

1938 1c to $5 KGVI Pictorials with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, missing the 5c value, all fresh mint never hinged and mostly very fine centred. Catalogue value is for a complete set of 12. (Image)

S.G. £ 300

1938 ¼d to 10sh KGVI Pictorials with Curved and Diagonal Perforated SPECIMEN, missing two stamps issued later, a few short perfs on the 6d and rounded corner on the 10sh, else all fresh and very fine never hinged. Catalogue value is for a complete set of 14. (Image)

S.G. £ 500

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with Maltese Cross cancel in black, from position DJ, with a small corner crease, four large and even margins, very fine appearance. (Image)

Scott $ 320

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with Maltese Cross cancel in red, from position GL, four margins, close at right, fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 320

1840 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of twelve used copies, plated by the owner (and unchecked by us) to be from plates 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10. A nice group, all with black or red Maltese Cross cancels, a few have four margins, and we note a few faults such as thins, still overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 5,325

1841 1p black Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of four used singles, with different shades, one black and three red Maltese Cross cancels, position NL identified by owner as plate 1b, all sound and overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,280

1841 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, a group of seven used singles, with a variety of shades, a few with clean Maltese Cross cancels and a range of margins, from large to cut into. A few have thins and one has a horizontal crease, else a rarely offered group and overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 4,900

1841 2d blue Queen Victoria, used with a centrally struck Maltese Cross cancel, four large margins, close in one corner, from position FC, fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 700

Group of Three 1840-41 Issues, with #2 (appears unused but very light cancel at top repaired tear, almost 4 margins, pos. BI) and two copies of #3 (two different shades, large margins to cut into, both appear to have some og, pos. OB and KA). (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of 1p red Queen Victoria Imperforate Varieties, with 47 used stamps mounted on a page, many with owner's notes on the many different varieties such as deep blue paper, white paper, over-inked, red head, ink smear, value worn, different colour postmarks (blue, violet), six have Maltese Cross varieties, plum, spot on nose, extended frameline and some with varieties in the position letters. An interesting lot for the specialist, appears to be overall fine and all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

1841 1p and 2d Queen Victoria Imperforates with Numbered Maltese Cross Cancels, the 1p red has a #10 and the 2d blue has a #3. Both postmarks are decent, the stamps have three margins or less and each have strong ivory heads. (Image)

Scott $ 1,050

1841 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, unused (no gum), with two large margins plus two others that are just touching to cut into, position FB, very good. (Image)

Scott $ 4,500

1841 2d blue Queen Victoria Imperforate on Bluish Paper, a collection of 14 used stamps, including 9 singles, a pair and a (re-joined) strip of three. Collected for different shades, with some that are quite distinctive (but catalogued as all regular). We also note various postmarks such as Maltese Crosses and grid numerals. A few (including the pair) show evidence of re-entries at bottom (especially around the letters). A few have faults, still an overall fine group. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1847-54 10d, 6d and 1sh Queen Victoria Embossed Imperforates, with three #5, two #6 and two #7, mostly all with numeral grid cancels, margins vary from large to cut into, and some have faults to varying degrees, still a valuable group. (Image)

Scott $ 8,300

1854 6d red violet Queen Victoria Embossed Imperforate, used with numeral 36 grid cancel, four clear to just touching margins and sharp embossing, light corner crease top left else fine-very fine with bright colour. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1870 1½d dull rose Queen Victoria Plate 1, with "OP - PC" Letter Error, used, with cancel clear of all letters. Tiny perf crease at lower left mentioned for the record, still fine. Listed but unpriced in Scott, S.G. 53. (Image)

S.G. £ 2,000

1864-79 1p and ½p Queen Victoria Mint Plated Collection, with 51 different 1p plate numbers plus another 5 different ½p numbers (5, 6, 11, 12 and 13), all in black mounts on album pages. Many have full original gum and many of those appear never hinged. A fresh collection, with bright colours and overall fine or better. All scanned online. Rsv. $675. (Image)

Scott $ 3,874