1840 1p black, lettered D-E, red Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, fresh, v.f., cat. $320 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $320, Est.$150

1840 1p black, lettered S-C, light red Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, fresh, v.f., cat. $320 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $320, Est.$150

1840 1p black, lettered T-B, bottom part imprint example, red Maltese Cross cancel, just in at right, attractive positional piece (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$200

1840 1p black, lettered D-A, P-D, two singles, light red and black Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around, fresh, v.f., cat. $640 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $640, Est.$250

1840 1p black, three singles, each with red Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, fresh, v.f., cat. $960 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $960, Est.$500

1840 1p black, five singles, each with a red Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, fresh, v.f., cat. $1600 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.$750

1840 1p black, eleven singles, mostly with a red Maltese Cross cancel, generally with margins all around, except three just in or touching in places, occasional minor flaws (small thin or light crease), otherwise fresh, fine-v.f. group of Penny Blacks, cat. $3520 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $3520, Est.$750

1840 1p black, horizontal pair, lettered N-A, N-B, red Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around, v.f., cat. $1250 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.$400

1840 1p black, horizontal pair, lettered N-C, N-D, red Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around except just in at upper right, excellent color, fine-v.f., cat. $1250 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.$250

1840 1p black, Plate XI, canceled by perfectly struck black Maltese Cross, margins all around, excellent color, fresh and v.f., with 1995 David Brandon certificate. This is the scarcest of the Penny Blacks, seldom encountered in v.f. condition (SG Spec. AS 72, œ1,600) cat. $4500 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $4500, Est.$1,000

1840 2p blue, lettered T-B, unused without gum, part imprint margin at bottom, touching at left, ample margins other sides, brilliant color and very fresh, fine unused marginal example of 2p blue (SG 5, œ38,000+) cat. $35000 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $35000, Est.$5,000

1840 2p blue, lettered R-E, black Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, splendid color, fresh and v.f. stamp, cat. $700 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$250

1840 2p blue, lettered L-E, faint red cancel, margins all around, splendid color, fresh and v.f. stamp, cat. $700 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$250

1840 2p blue, lettered R-L, black Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, fresh and fine stamp, cat. $700 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$150

1840 2p blue, Plate 2, lettered E-D, neat Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 1985 Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa certificate (SG 5, œ950) cat. $700 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$150

1840 2p blue, horizontal pair, lettered B-B, B-C, neat Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around, v.f. (SG 5, œ1,900) cat. $2100 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.$500

1840 2p blue, horizontal pair, lettered K-E, K-F, red Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around, v.f. (SG 5, œ1,900) cat. $2100 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.$500

1841 1p red brown, block of four, lettered K-J, K-K, L-J, L-K, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., margins all around, v.f. (SG 8, œ2,400 as singles) cat. $3250 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $3250, Est.$1,500

1841 1p deep red brown, deeply blued paper, lettered E-D, h.r., part original gum, margins all around, fine (SG 8) cat. $725 (Cat No. 3f) (Image)

Cat. $725, Est.$150

1841 2p blue, with lines, trial plate, horizontal pair on watermarked paper, without check letters at bottom, large margins, fresh and v.f., SG œ3,600 (Cat No. 4P) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1848 Embossed, 10sh red brown on Dickenson "silk" thread paper (2 threads 5mm apart), horizontal right sheet margin pair, perfect embossing, with full original gum, h.r., margins all around, overprinted "Specimen", v.f. A beautiful and very rare multiple (SG 57S, œ6,000+) (Cat No. 6S) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1848 Embossed 6p red violet, used, brilliant color, excellent embossing touched at top and at right, fine (SG 58, œ1,000) cat. $1000 (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.$100

1856 1p red brown, single and block of six, n.h., fresh, fine (SG 43) (Cat No. 20) (Image)

Est.$500

1858 2p blue, Plate 9, horizontal strip of three, fresh color, slight hinge reinforced, usual perforations, fine (SG 47, œ1,125) cat. $1050 (Cat No. 29) (Image)

Cat. $1050, Est.$300

1858 2p blue, Plate 13, block of four, l.h., natural gum cracks, nice color, usual centering and perforations, fine (SG 47, œ1,500 as singles) cat. $2500 (Cat No. 30) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.$300