1880 POSTAL WRAPPERS 1d ovptd. unused, 1881 ½pi green (4 plus front) used to Alexandria, Cairo (2), London and Switzerland, 1894 10pa used locally in Nicosia and 1902 Edward ½pi green used to Athens, nice group. {C} [US5] (Start Price = £17.60)

1880 ½d rose Plate 15 fine used {U} [US1] (Start Price = £35.20)

1880 GB 1d red, plate 208, good used. {U} [US1] (Start Price = £12.00)

1880 1d red Plate 181 fine used {U} [US1] (Start Price = £61.60) (Image)

1881 CC 1pi rose fine used, slight marks on reverse {U} [US5] (Start Price = £6.40)

1881 CC 6pi olive grey fine used {U} [US2] (Start Price = £182.40) (Image)

1881 ½d on 1d red Plate 215 mint, heavily mounted, creased and thinned, fresh appearance {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £92.80) (Image)

1881 GB ½d on 1d, plates 215 and 218, light gum toning, h/r, o.g. {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £24.80)

1882 CC ½ on ½pi green used with surcharge misplaced, thinned, washed {U} [US5] (Start Price = £6.40)

1882-6 CA Die I 1pi rose fresh mint {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £35.20)

1882-6 CA Die I 4pi pale olive green mint, heavily mounted {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £92.80) (Image)

1882-86 6pi olive grey, die 1, very fine mint {MH} [US2] (Start Price = £24.80)

1882-86 6pi olive-grey, die I, wmk CA, error DUTY PLATE PRINTED DOUBLE, with large manuscript 'Specimen' endorsement, fresh part o.g. Very minor gum thin at NE corner, with wide separation of the two impressions of the duty plate. The 'Specimen' is in a known De La Rue hand which would indicate that the printing error was noticed before despatch to Cyprus. An extraordinary and spectacular item of the highest interest and rarity. Please see the footnote in Part 1 after SG16/22. NB - the doubling is at a slight angle and would have become progressively greater towards the top of the sheet. We have not previously seen or handled an example in the past 48 years, nor has the famous 'Specimen' Specialist Expert and Author Mr. James Bendon, author of recent prize-winning 'The UPU Specimen Stamps 1878-1961' who described the two examples offered in this auction as 'gold'. How many 'DUTY PLATE PRINTED DOUBLE' can exist today, this example bearing the more visually spectacular double print of the two available, from nearer the top of the sheet. {MH} [US2] (Start Price = £2,506.40) (Image)

1882-86 6pi olive-grey, die I, wmk CA, lower marginal with plate number 1, error DUTY PLATE PRINTED DOUBLE, with two manuscript 'Specimen' endorsements (the original endorsement cleaned off and then reinstated in a smaller form, large part o.g. (disturbed). The 'Specimen' is in a known De La Rue hand which would indicate that the printing error was noticed before despatch to Cyprus. An extraordinary and spectacular item of the highest interest and rarity. Please see the footnote in Part 1 after SG16/22. NB - the doubling is at a slight angle and would have become progressively greater towards the top of the sheet. We have not previously seen or handled an example in the past 48 years, nor has the famous 'Specimen' Specialist Expert and Author Mr. James Bendon, author of recent prize-winning 'The UPU Specimen Stamps 1878-1961' who described the two examples offered in this auction as 'gold'. {MH} [US2] (Start Price = £1,880.00) (Image)

1886 CC ½ on ½pi emerald green very fine used, Nicosia c.d.s. {U} [US1] (Start Price = £153.60) (Image)

1886(May) ½ on CC ½pi emerald green used, a little washed otherwise fine {U} (Start Price = £86.40) (Image)

1892-4 CA Die II 6pi olive grey fresh m.m. {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £92.80) (Image)

1892-4 CA Die II 12pi orange brown fresh m.m. {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £68.80) (Image)

1894 18pi slate & brown cds used, fine {U} [US2] (Start Price = £17.60)

1894-96 ½pi, with part (PAQU)EBOT cancel, fine used. {U} [US5] (Start Price = £8.80)

1894-96 QV colour change ½pi to 9pi, fine mint (7) {MH} [US3] (Start Price = £26.40)

1894-96 QV set of 10 very fine mint, 4 values unmounted (½pi, 30pa, 1pi, 4pi & 18pi) {MH} [US2] (Start Price = £70.40) (Image)

1894-96 QV - 6pi sepia and green, wmk Crown CA, p14. Mint, very faint hinge trace. {MH} (Start Price = £10.40)

1902-04 6p (toned) and 12p, m.m. {MH} [US1] (Start Price = £16.00)

1902-04 CA 9pi brown and carmine fine used {U} (Start Price = £129.60) (Image)