QV-KGVI RANGES OF MAINLY MINT SETS: Mounted mint collection on album leaves including Postal Stationery and a few covers. Includes 1897 'Discovery' set of 14 SG 66/79 (£325), 1911 definitives - the Alexander & Sons recess printed issue of 6 values SG 111/116 (£300), 1919 'Trail of the Caribou' set of 12, plus listed shades of 2c, 3c & 4c values SG 130/141 (£230), 1923-24 'Publicity' set of 14, SG 149/162 (£180), 1920 opts. used SG 114, 146 & 147, 1929 Perkins Bacon re-engraved, no wmk. set of 9 SG 179/187, 1932 set of 12 SG 209/220, 1933 'L & S' opts. with varieties, 1933 'Gilbert' set of 14, SG 236/249, 1935 SJ in blocks of 4, then various KGVI sets and covers. Also, 1911 Coronation issue 15c die proof in black on white card and a plate proof in lake, the issued colour. A very good lot. Total cat. value £1,600+ (c.180 stamps, 2 proofs & 7 cards/covers) (Image)

RANGE on leaves inc. 1857/62 imperf 1d unused, 1862/64 4d & 6d unused, 1868 1c used and unused, 1876/79 1c - 5c roulette used set, 1897 1c - 60c complete set used (SG £325), 1919 Caribou used to 24c, 1937 1c - 48c complete set mint, 1939/49 1c -10c p.dues mint etc. (few hundred) (Image)

SMALL GROUP INCL. PROOF ON STOCK CARDS: 1862-62 1d chocolate & 1/- rose lake, both four-margin but with little or no original gum, SG 16, 23; 1897 60c black mint SG 79; 1932 6c blue in imperf. pair without gum; 1929-31 various mint issues from 3 different printings incl. 4c rose-purple (SG 167a) Perkins Bacon imperf. proof on cream-coloured card. (11 items) Cross Reference : ESSAYS & PROOFS, FLOWERS (Image)

1865-70 MINT GROUP with 2c Yellowish-Green mint (centred left), 5c Brown (no gum, centred high), 10c Black (centred right), 12c Red-Brown, 13c Orange-Yellow & 24c Blue plus 2c (unused, no gum) & 12c on white paper. SG £2140 (8) (Image)

1868-73 UNUSED GROUP with 1c Brown-Purple, 3c Vermilion & Blue (large part o.g.), 5c Black (traces of gum) & 6c Rose (large part o.g.), 1876-79 rouletted 1c-5c unused except 5c with part o.g. and 1880-82 1c (4 - shades inc. a pair - one single with gum), 2c Yellow-Green (large part o.g.), 3c Pale Blue (creased) & 5c Pale Dull Blue (large part o.g.) (16) (Image)

1880 1c DULL GREY-BROWN unmounted marginal block of twenty-four with part imprints at top left, slightly aged brownish gum. Scarce multiple. SG £1200++ (24) (Image)

1887 ½c ROSE-RED DOG marginal unmounted block of forty (5 x 8) two units thinned otherwise fine and scarce multiple. SG £640++ (40) (Image)

1887 MINT GROUP with ½c Rose-Red, 1c (3 listed shades), 1c Orange Vermilion (5 inc. a block of four), 3c Deep Brown marginal strip of three & 10c Black, 1890 3c Deep Slate mint (5 inc. a block of four), 1894 ½c Black marginal block of four, 5c Bright Blue, 6c Crimson-Lake (4 inc. a marginal strip of three) & 12c Deep Brown. SG c£1100+ (28) Cross Reference : ANIMALS, DOGS, FISH & FISHING (Image)

1897 1c ON 3c GREY-PURPLE mint block of four, showing SG types 36 upper units and types 37 or 38 lower units. SG £930+ (4) (Image)