1910 1d carmine-red Downey head, HENTSCHEL ZINC BLOCK ESSAY, on white paper with 'Red' below in manuscript. Rare in issued colour. SG 327var (Image)

1911 2½d Hentschel essay printed in deep blue on gummed unwatermarked paper, endorsed "SD/6", "5271" and "Deep Blue". Very scarce. SG Spec MB/80 (Image)

1911 3d Hentschel essay (second proof). Very fine pair of matching imperforate colour trials both printed in bartolozzi brown (Manders Bros ink No.90) on white unwatermarked and yellow unwatermarked paper, endorsed at top "MB/90" and "Bartollozzi brown no22186" at foot. Very scarce. (Image)

1911 3d Hentschel essay (second proof). Very fine imperforate colour trial printed in orange (Stamping department ink No.16) on white unwatermarked paper, endorsed at top "S.D./16" and "yellow" at foot. Very scarce. (Image)

1911 Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Limited Downey Head type specimen stamp proof denominated '4' in light blue on thin glazed paper (116mm x 145mm). Fine and most unusual (Image)

1912 ½d green (Die 1B) and 1d bright scarlet imperforate plate proofs on multiple cypher watermarked paper, unmounted og and two 1d imperforate trials in scarlet and carmine on ungummed fluorescent Austrian enamelled paper; Fine and scarce. SG 344/5var, 342var (Image)

1912 1d Bright scarlet. Very fine used example tied to a plain 'Marsh' envelope by a crisp Norwood S.E. cds for OC.08.1912, the first day of issue. Most attractive and very rare. Booth Cat £1000. (Image)

1912 4d Bromide of Eve's Wreath design (22mm). Very fine example with horizontal background shading, cut to stamp size and mounted on thin card, annotated at top "Proof after Mr Eve's em(endations)". Scarce. (Image)

1912-24 5d yellow-brown variety NO WATERMARK, fresh unmounted o.g., scarce. SG 382a (Image)

1913 8d Miller and Motley trial. Very fine imperforate example using the 11½mm medal head printed in black on white glazed card, with background of solid colour. See Specialised Vol.2 catalogue pg.127 Fig. 33a. (Image)

1913 2s6d "Seahorse" colour trial. Superb imperforate top marginal example printed by Waterlow in deep rose-red on ungummed "JAS-WRIGLEY LD-219" paper. Very scarce so fine. (Image)

1913 10s Indigo-blue. Very fine unmounted o.g. example printed by Waterlow. Spec. N69(1). (Image)

1913 10s indigo-blue, well-centred, fine o.g. SG 402 £1,000 (Image)

1913 £1 green. Very fine, perfectly centred unmounted o.g. example with gum toning, printed by Waterlow. Spec. N72(1). (Image)

1913 £1 green, brilliant large part o.g. with good centring, fine. SG 403 (Image)

1913 Waterlow £1 dull blue-green, very lightly cds used. SG404 (Image)

1915 2s6d deep yellow-brown. Superb, perfectly centred unmounted o.g. right-hand marginal horizontal pair, printed by DLR. Very scarce so fine. Spec. N64(5). 1976 RPS Cert. (Image)

1915 2s6d Very deep brown (Wmk. Inverted). Very fine unmounted o.g. example of this scarce DLR shade/watermark combination. Spec. N64(11)f. (Image)

1915 2s6d pale yellow-brown imperforate colour trial, printed by DLR on watermarked paper, fine unmounted example. SG406var (Image)

1915 2s6d yellow-brown (watermark reversed). Superb, perfectly centred unmounted o.g. example of this scarce watermark variety, printed by DLR. Spec. N64(2)g. (Image)

1915 2s6d yellow-brown (wmk. reversed). Very fine unmounted o.g. left-hand marginal example of this rare DLR watermark variety. Spec. N64(6)g. (Image)

1913 2s6d - £1 Seahorses; 2s6d (part o.g., uneven light toning), 5s and 10s (appear to be unmounted with lightly yellowed gum), £1 (large part o.g., lightly yellowed gum), small gum wrinkles here and there, otherwise an attractive set of the Waterlow printings (Image)

1924-26 1½d red-brown variety 'PRINTED ON THE GUMMED SIDE', unmounted o.g. BPA Certificate (1997). SG 420c (Image)

1924 10d Turquoise-blue (Wmk. Inverted). Very fine unmounted o.g. bottom marginal example of this very difficult watermark variety. (Image)

1929 ½d-1½d Postal Union Congress. Very fine unused o.g. set of three left-hand marginal examples, overprinted “CANCELLED“ type 33. Spec. NCom5t, NCom6t & NCom7t. (Image)