1863 4d PALE RED PLATE 4 - VARIETY IMPERFORATE - lettered IB with four good margins, some very light soiling; SG £3700. 1997 Brandon cert. (Image)

1866 4d VERMILION PLATE 8 - IMPRIMATUR - fine with four mostly large margins, lettered BE; SG £2500. (Image)

1866 4d VERMILION PLATE 8 - PLATE PROOF - imperf on unwatermarked and ungummed paper, lettered SB, four small margins; SG £2200. (Image)

1870 4d VERMILION PLATE 12 - DR. PERKINS PAPER - imperf with large margins lettered MK, with blue streaking from this experimental printing; SG £3200. (Image)

4d PLATE 15 - 1876 IMPERFORATE COLOUR TRIALS - all with four margins and mostly fine, in light sage (right marginal, creasing in the selvedge), turquoise-blue, grey-lilac, pale red-brown (2), chestnut, pale orange-brown and pale olive-bistre; SG £2000. Attractive group. (8) (Image)

1882 4d GREY-BROWN PLATE 18 - IMPRIMATUR - lettered EL, fine with four mostly large margins; SG £2500. (Image)

1855-57 4d CARMINE (PLATES 1 & 2) GROUP - with small garter (6, inc. with ARGYLE/STREET Scots local (1998 PEGB cert)), medium garter (7) and large garter (5). Condition mixed, fine included; huge SG price. (18) (Image)

1862-67 4d RED/VERMILION PLATES 3-9 GROUP - with plates 3 (3), 4 (7), 7 (3), 8 (2) and 9 (4). Mixed condition, some fine included. SG c£1600. (19) (Image)

1868-73 4d VERMILION PLATES 10-14 GROUP - inc. plate 10 (2) and plate 12 very fine rejoined pair with CHELTENHAM cds. SG c£1500. (25) (Image)

1876 4d VERMILION PLATE 15 - four fair to good used. SG152 £2000. (4) (Image)

1876/77 4d SAGE-GREEN PLATES 15 & 16 GROUP - inc. plate 15 with TRALEE cds, the others fair to good used. SG153 c£1500. (6) (Image)

1880-82 4d GREY-BROWN PLATES 17 & 18 GROUP - with plate 17 wmk garter (3, fine or good used, inc. FG without wing from later DLR printing) plus plates 17/18 with crown wmk (4). SG154/160 c£1800. (7) (Image)

1877/80 4d SAGE-GREEN PLATE 16 & GREY-BROWN PLATE 17 WMK GARTER WITH INV. WATERMARKS - plate 16 good used, plate 17 with light tone spots on the back; rare duo. SG 153/154 £1825. (2) (Image)

USED ABROAD - plate 14 and scarce vermilion plate 15 with ST THOMAS cds; plate 4 used in Gibraltar; plus 4d carmine and plates 9 & 13 all used in Malta. SG c£470. (6) Cross Reference : G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, MALTA, GIBRALTAR, DANISH WEST INDIES (Image)