PLATE PROOFS & COLOUR TRIALS; Range with plate proofs of the 1d, 4d, 6d & 1/- on thin wove paper, colour trials on thin card of the 1d, 4d (7 inc. a marginal block of six), 6d & 1/- (4 inc. a marginal strip of three) plus complete colour trial sheets of twelve of the 1d in Green (2 - slightly different shades), 4d in grey, 6d in orange (2 - slightly different shades) and 1/- in deep claret. (89 stamps) Cross Reference: COLOUR TRIALS, ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

MEDICINAL SPRINGS OFFICIAL SHEET REPRINTS: 1931 reprints of the 1862 Medicinal Springs 1d to 1/- in complete sheets of twelve in black on wove paper, the 4d being from the defaced plate. Each numbered "33" on the rear from a ltd ed. of fifty plus marginal singles of each value. (Image)

1d MEDICINAL SPRINGS MINT/UNUSED GROUP; Range with 1862 1d Perf 13 (3 - one with no gum), 1867 Perf 15 (13 inc. a reconstructed plated 'sheet' of twelve), 1871 Perf 15 (20 inc. a sheet of twelve) and 1878 Perf 11½ (13 inc. a sheet of twelve) plus an apparently imperf single. SG £2000+ (47) (Image)

4d SOLO FRANKING TO NEW YORK; 12 Feb. 1876 env. (slightly reduced at left) to NY franked 4d with "A03" b/n cancel. "NEVIS" and "NEW YORK" arrival d.s. on front and St Thomas transit cds on rear. Exceedingly rare franking. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

QV DLR KEYPLATE ISSUE; Range with 1879/80 Crown CC 1d (3 - one without gum) and used (3) & 2½d mint and used, 1882/83 ½d mint (9) and used, 1d lilac-mauve mint (3 - two without gum) and used, 2½d red-brown mint (2) and used (3), 4d blue mint and used (2) & 6d green mint, 1884/90 1d dull rose/carmine mint (4 - two without gum) and used (5 - three with Crowned "PAID/AT/NEVIS" cancels - two in red), 2½d ultramarine mint (5) and used (2), 4d grey mint (3) and used (3), 6d chestnut mint (2) and used & 1/- mint (2), used and optd 'SPECIMEN' (2 - one with toned gum) plus 1879 1½d PC unused, 1886 1½d PC used to Trinidad or Dusseldorf and 1886 1d PC used to Trinidad. SG c£3000. Fine group. (61 stamps + 4 cards) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS, CANCELLATIONS, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

1883 ½d PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE; Range with 1d DLR vertically bisected optd in black (all reading upwards) used (3 - two tied to small pieces) and further five (with normal 1d) on an 1883 slightly reduced env. to England and tied by "A09" b/n cancels [1984 RPSL Cert.] and optd in violet used (5 - three reading downwards inc. an unsevered pair and one tied to a piece). (8 + 1 cover) Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, BISECTS (Image)