1879 1s green mint h.r., well centred with fresh colour, very fine (S.G. £425) (Image)

1879, £1 mauve mint h.r., centred low, very fine with fresh colour and gum, a rare stamp, signed Herbert Bloch, cert. RPS (1975) (S.G. £4'500). (Image)

1879-80, Group incl. 1d rose unused (2), 3d mint, 5s regummed, very fine 5s unused, and very fine 1880 4d yellow-green, a useful group (S.G. £1'630). (Image)

1879, 5s slate used with clear "A14" numeral, very fine (S.G. £800). (Image)

1880, 1d on half of 6d orange tied to small piece by near complete "A14" numeral, very fine and scarce (S.G. £1'100). (Image)

1858-60 GB 6d lilac with superb strike of the "A14" numeral, very fine (S.G. £300). (Image)

1847, (5c) blue, "Lady McLeod", large margins on three sides, sharp impression and deep shade, used on 21 August 1849 entire letter from San Fernando to Port of Spain; census C36 in the Marriott-Medlicott-Ramkissoon handbook; a fascinating, rare and highly desirable stamp on cover, this being sold for the first time on 6 .1.1892 according to pencil notice on reverse. The stamp seems to be thinned with both corners at base torn off diagonally and later repaired; it is interesting to note that from 13.9.1847 onwards all the covers originating in San Fernando exhibits stamps either uncancelled or with their corners mutilated as in this example, which in our opinion was an action taken to avoid its reusage: this being one of only four "Lady McLeod" covers known to exist showing this rare form of "cancellation". The stamp was not pen cancelled and obviously belongs to the cover, as no examples of mail from the Taylor correspondence exist without stamps. Note: The "Lady McLeod" has the very significant attribute of being the first adhesive stamp to be issued in a British Colony. With a delightful design, there is a great fascination around the usage and mysterious production of this stamp, which was presumably printed locally if one considers the quality of the production and the similar thick yellowish paper as used later in the 1852 printing of the lithographs. It was issued to prepay mail carried by the "Lady McLeod" steamer (named after the wife of the Governor of Trinidad) between the ports of San Fernando and Port of Spain. (Image)

1851-57, Britannia group of four mint blocks incl. 1851-55 (1d) purple brown in block of 9 and block of four, (1d) blue block of four and 1854-57 (1d) deep purple right marginal block of four, all with four margins, very fine (S.G. £493+)