1906 1m brown and carmine stamp of 1898, overprinted Army Service (type A3), double overprint one diagonal, used struck by part mute dotted lozenge, very fine example of a rare stamp; cert. Behr (2016) (SG £1'600). (Image)

1906 2m carmine and brown vertical strip of five with selvedge at top and at foot, fine mint, showing variety service misplaced upwards, showing the overprint in the selvedge at top, resulting in the lower stamp variety SERVICE omitted; extremely rare being one of twelve know examples some of which have been reduced to pairs; a great rarity; cert. Hass (2006). (Image)

1906-11 5m scarlet & black with ovpt type A3 in mint n.h. top right corner marginal horiz. strip of three showing overprint double, one diagonal, variety on the left two stamps, with even the normal overprint showing signs of a doubling, the left stamp also shows the inverted V for A variety on the diagonal ovpt. Only one pane of 60 received the double overprint meaning there are less than 10 stamps possible with the variety double overprint se-tenant with normal but quite possibly unique; cert. BPA (2015) and RPS (2016), (Image)

1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 1d, unused, small thins and faint horizontal bend, fine and fresh (S.G. £400). (Image)

1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 3d, unused with gum in the corner, couple of tiny thins and a little warping, fine (S.G. £550). (Image)

1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 4 1/2d, used with crayon cancel, still with gum in the corner, light creasing otherwise fine (S.G. £325). (Image)

1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 1d, no stops after "POSTAGE" or value, unused with gum in the corner, small thin and couple of light bends, fine and scarce (S.G. £1'300). (Image)

1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 3d, no stops after "POSTAGE" or value, unused pair, small tears at top and right on right stamp, till good appearance and a rarity as a pair (S.G. £2'600). (Image)

1886 "British / Consular / Mail / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 1s, no stop after "POSTAGE", unused, couple of small thins and light horizontal bend, fine and scarce (S.G. £1'700). (Image)