COLLECTIONS: 1880-1955, Mint neat collection incl. SG 1, 2 in a mint block of 9 with marginal inscription, 5, 6, 23, 25, 31/37, 40/40, 50/59, 60/71, 74/84, 85/99, 100, 101, 102/122 incl. 117a showing small printing flaw below "A" of Postage (cert. Holcombe), etc., plus 20 postal card/stationery incl. SPECIMEN, gen. very fine (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1881-1961, Mint collection on stockpages with SPECIMEN perforations/ovpts 1894-1946 incl. 1912-15 to £1, and 1924-28 to £5 (only £5 listed as Specimen by SG) with two of each from 1934 set onwards incl. 1938 set, then normal issues with two of each from 1948, mixed condition early on, mostly fine (SG £9'300 ) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1912-25, Mint collection on pages incl. 1921-15 set of 11 plus 18pi vert. pair used, 1921-23 set of 15 (missing 30pa green) plus 30pa violet & green with broken left triangle in marginal block (minor faults), three 10s, 1924-28 set of 21 to £1 (two £1s), mostly fine to very fine (SG £3'120) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1928-49, Mint range on pages incl. 1928 set and 1934 set plus the omnibus issues, fine (SG £600 )

1873 Lettersheet from the Austrian PO in Larnaca with 5s and 10s tied by Larnaca cds, Trieste arrival bs, very fine and fresh (Image)

1880 1/2d and 1d mint group incl. 1/2d pl.15 (2, one unused), 1d pl. 216 in top marginal block with current no., pl.217 in lower marginal block (toned gum), then single pl.201, pl.215, pl.216, pl.217, pl.218 and the scarce pl.220 part og, mostly fine (Image)

1880 1d Red in mint og lower left corner marginal block of four with plate no.215, very fine and fresh positional item (Image)

1880 1d Red in mint og upper left corner marginal pair with plate no.201 and current no.238, very fine and fresh positional item (Image)

1881 1/2d (16mm) on 1d pl.201 with double overprint, "942" numeral, 2mm tear at lower left, rare (SG £2'500) (Image)

1881 Wmk CC 1/2pi to 6pi mint set, with 1/2p (2, one with horiz. bend), 1pi part og, 2pi with some gum toning, 4pi cert. Diena and 6pi with some slight gum toning, fine, plus 1pi & 2pi used (SG £4'000 ) (Image)

1881 Wmk CC 6pi olive-grey mint large part og, very fine and fresh, cert. BPA (2008) (SG £1'800) (Image)

1882-86 Wmk CA 4pi deep olive-green, mint og, very fine and fresh (SG £550) (Image)

1882-86, Mint & used selection incl. 1882 wmk CC 1/2 on 1/2pi unused (corner fault), 30pa on 1pi used (plus a forgery), wmk CA 1/2 on 1/2pi mint (2) & used, 1886 (Apr) wmk CA 1/2 on 1/2pi mint (slightly toned gum, cert. BPA 1992) & used, 1886 (May-Jun) wmk CC 1/2 on 1/2pi with large "2" at right variety used (colour slightly off), wmk CA 1/2 on 1/2pi part og (toned gum), used and used with large "1" at left, , mostly fine (SG £4'600 ) (Image)

1882 30pa on 1pi Rose, mint og, very fine and fresh, cert. Brandon (1988) (SG £1'600) (Image)

1902-04 & 1904-10 Mint sets of 10 and 12 respectively, mostly very fine (SG £950)

1921-23 Multi Script CA 30pa green with "broken bottom left triangle" variety, mint og, very fine (SG £375) (Image)

1921-23 £1 Purple & Black on red, mint og, very fine and fresh, well centred, a desirable stamp (SG £1'400) (Image)

1921-23 £1 Purple & Black on red, mint og, very fine and fresh (SG £1'400) (Image)

1924-28 £1 Purple & Black on red, mint nh top marginal with control number (hinged in margin), very fine and fresh, a desirable stamp (SG £300) (Image)

1924-28 £5 Black on yellow mint og top marginal, very fine and fresh (SG £3'750) (Image)

1924-28 £5 Black on yellow mint og, very fine and fresh (SG £3'750) (Image)

1924-28 £5 Black on yellow with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint og, very fine and fresh (SG £1'000) (Image)

1949 UPU complete mint set of four all showing SPECIMEN ovpt (Type 3 & 5) in red and blue, very fine & scarce (Image)