2d DEEP BLUE - POSITION 3 with central heavily struck target cancellation, clear to good margins. Fine. SG 40 £8,000. (Image)

2d DEEP BLUE - POSITION 2 - PLUS REPRODUCTION SHEETS: A neatly cancelled example leaving profile clear. Shaved to clear margins. Sound SG 40 £8,000. Also 1d orange and 2d blue mint sheets taken from the original plates. (Image)

COMPLETE PULLS IN BLACK FROM THE DEFACED 1d & 2d PLATES: 1911 1d and 2d plates of twelve in black on wove paper after being defaced and presented to the RPSL. Also pulls from the reverse of the plates being advertisements for the Grand Hotel D'Europe in English and French. All die sunken. Only 20 sets of each were produced. Fine. (4 proofs) (Image)