Ceylon: 1857-59 1d. two strips of three and two singles, 2d. (3), 5d., 6d. (2), 10d. (2), 1s., used, poor to good.

Ceylon: 1857-59 1d. used (56), 2d. unused (4), used (62), 5d. (19), 6d. unused, used (34), 10d. (11) 1s. (16), also 1857-64 imperforate 1/2d. unused (10) used (11), very mixed condition.

Ceylon: 1857-59 2d. and 10d., both three margins, fine mint. S.G. 3, 9, cat. £900. (Image1)

Ceylon: A mainly used Q.V. selection on stockleaves, incl. 1857-59 2d. (21), 5d. (5), 6d. (4), 10d., 1s. (3), 1861-64 rough perf. 6d., 1862 5d., shades, etc., mixed condition. (few 100s)

Ceylon: 1857-64 1/2d. dull mauve in a mint block of four, left vertical pair is creased, top horizontal pair slight crease. S.G. 17. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1863-66 5d. block of four, fine mint. S.G. 53, cat. £1,300+. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1867-70 2s. steel-blue block of fifteen (5 x 3), mint with twelve stamps unmounted, tone spots and minor creasing otherwise fine, scarce multiple. S.G.72, cat. £4,175. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1867-70 2s. deep blue block of four with watermark reversed, mint, some tone spots, otherwise fine. S.G. 72bx, cat. £800+. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1882 (Oct.) 20c. on 64c. red-brown, a mint marginal block of 59, being a near complete right hand pane (upper right corner unit removed), with “29” in lower selvedge, some perf. separation effecting ten or so of the upper units, otherwise fine and fresh. S.G. 143, cat. £885+ as singles. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1883-96 perf. 14 2c. pale brown block of four, mint, fine. S.G. 146, cat. £300+. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Watermark Crown CC, perf. 14 28c. on 48c. rose, fresh mint marginal block of 36, with plate number “1” in upper selvedge, perfs. separated and reattached between columns one and two, a few light creases, small surface mark, otherwise fine. S.G. 168, cat. £1,440+ as singles. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Watermark Crown CC, perf. 14 30c. on 36c. with watermark reversed, mint corner plate block of four, toned gum and crayon in selvedge, otherwise fine. S.G. 169x, cat. £72+. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Watermark Crown CC, perf. 121/2 1r.12c. on 2r.50 dull rose, an unused (without gum) block of four, a few trivial surface marks, otherwise fine. B.P.A. certificate (2000), S.G. 175. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Watermark Crown CA, perf. 14 5c. on 4c. rose showing “CDENTS” mint (faults), another showing broken “S” mint, and block of four showing ‘cracked 4’ mint. S.G. 178 vars. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 (Jan.-Mar.) Watermark Crown CA, perf. 14 15c. on 16c. pale violet mint upper marginal interpanneau block of twenty four, mint, perf. separation, small part of selvedge missing and toning to gum, otherwise fine. S.G. 186, cat. £432+. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 5c. on 8c. to 1r.12c. on 2r.50 set overprinted “SPECIMEN”, with gum, mixed condition. S.G. 187s-193s, cat. £1,200. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 56c. block of six from the left of the pane, mint with lower four stamps unmounted, gum toning and one stamp with minor crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 192, cat. £300+. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1885 1r.12 on 2r.50 mint block of four, heavy hinge and minor toning, otherwise fine. S.G. 193, cat. £240+. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1887 1r.12 unmounted mint block of four, one stamp with light crease, otherwise fine and fresh. S.G. 201, cat. £140+. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1887 1r.12 with watermark inverted, used with neat registered postmark, horizontal crease at base, otherwise fine. S.G. 201bw, cat. £375. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1890 5c. on 15c. mint block of four, variety surcharge double, a couple of surface tone spots on upper left stamp, otherwise fine. R.P.S. certificate (2010) states “with slight ‘bounce’ of five cents”, but observes “is the catalogued variety”. S.G. 233b, cat. £480. Sold with this opinion only. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1890 5c. on 15. variety ‘Flve’ for ‘Five’ and overprint inverted, mint, blue ink on one perf. at base and one or two slightly shortish perfs. at top, otherwise fine. S.G. 233d, unpriced mint. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1890 5c. on 15c., a mint selection incl. marginal pair with “POSTAGE” spaced between “POST” and “AGE”, plate single with “S” inverted, single with “REVENUE” omitted, corner block of four and single with “Flve” for “Five”, block of four and single with overprint inverted, also overprint inverted used, slightly mixed condition. (24)

Ceylon: 1899 1r.50 on 2r.50 slate with watermark inverted, mint left marginal example, heavy hinge and a few minor tone spots mainly in selvedge, otherwise fine. S.G. 254w, cat. £325. Photo. (Image1)

Ceylon: 1899-1900 1r.50 with watermark inverted, used, fine. S.G. 263w, cat. £425. Photo. (Image1)