Mint and used range on leaves and hagners, Chalon heads with some imperfs, mostly fiscally used, including 1858 1/- imperf pair cut into at right with gum but not guaranteed, Sideface issues, Tablets duplicated used range to 2/6d, Pictorials range of printings to 6d M & U (39M, 324U)
1853 Locally Printed 4d Bright Red-orange Plate I Early Impression, pos [24], two large margins, close at base and touched at left, cancelled '64' numeral. SG 5, cat £1000
1855 Perkins Bacon 1d Imperforate Plate Proof in Brownish-red on unwatermarked wove paper, fine from left of sheet. With 1983 Friedl Certificate stating the stamp to be SG 7, which it is not
1855 Perkins Bacon Reprinted Die Proofs in Black, on thin card with value tablet filled with ornamental lines (33 x 40mm), and on wove paper with blank value tablet (49 x 52mm) or value tablet filled with horizontal lines (44 x 52mm), fine (3)
1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Pale Brick-red pair (touched at right), 2d Dull Emerald-green (small to large margins three sides, cut into at right), 4d Blue (2, both fine with four margins). SG 19,20,22 cat £2530 (5)
1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Deep Red-brown on Pelure Paper (4), one very fine, others with close to touching margins (one with '85' of papermaker's watermark). SG 14, cat £3000+ (4)
1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Brick-red, 1d Dull Vermilion, 2d Slate-green, 4d Blue, both 1d's touched one side, 2d and 4d with good to large margins, one 1d and 2d part OG, an attractive group. SG 27, 28, 34, 37, cat £1775 (4)
1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown vertical strip of 5 cancelled messy '62' (Newtown) numerals margins all round except top stamp just touched at left, a scarce multiple. SG 26, cat £200+
1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Carmine four good margins and showing portions of adjoining units at right and base and with partial kiss print, small patches of toned gum and of good appearance. SG 29, cat £375
1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1/- Vermilion, three margins and just touched at left, part OG. Also 6d Dull Lilac four margins but with cleaned fiscal cancel. SG 40-41, cat £800 (for 1/-) (2)
1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1/ Vermilion, fine with four even margins and part OG (possibly regummed). With 1931 RPSL Certificate for a pair of which this is the left-hand unit. SG 41. cat £800
1863-71 Local Separations 1d Carmine Oblique Roulettes 10-10½, typical uneven perforation but showing roulettes on all sides and with patches of toned gum on reverse, a very rare stamp. SG 93, cat £3000
1863-71 Local Perforations 1d Carmine Oblique Roulette 10-10½, a 'narrow' stamps showing uneven roulettes on all sides, unused and showing several small patches of oxidisation. A rarity. SG 93, cat £3000
1863-71 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Serrated Perf 19 1d Carmine (6), two apparently unused (one a little faded) but both showing signs of cleaning, three fiscally used, and one apparently with a postal obliterator, generally fine and each with serrates on all sides. SG 118, cat £300 (6)
1880-91 Watermark TAS 3d Red-brown Perf 12 strip of 3 from lower left corner of sheet with Plate No. '5' (trimmed), the corner unit being the variety 'Scratch Through THREE PE', part OG and fine. SG 165b, cat £120+
1885 Unissued 2/6d Lilac and 10/- Dull Green Surcharges on 'Cyprus' Colonial Keyplate, prepared by De La Rue but never issued. 10/- with crease, nevertheless rare, ex Butler (2)
1903-09 De La Rue types, with Watermark V over Crown Perf 12½ mint (3, incl Ultramarine and Indigo shades), 9d Perf 11 mint, 9d, 1/- overprinted SPECIMEN, plus 9d, 1/- punctured 'T' and 1/- punctured 'OS' (2) used; and 1906-09 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A 8d, 9d (2), 1/-, 10/- (2) Perf 12½, 8d, 9d (2), 1/- Perf 11, 9d (3), 1/- Cpd Perf 12 and 11, all mint. Also 1878 8d punctured 'OS' used (4, incl pair). Mostly fine. SG cat £1900+ (30)
1906-09 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A (inverted) 9d Blue block of 12 (2 x 6) with Current No. '50' Perf 12½ horizontally and first two columns vertically, other vertical columns Perf 11, thus two are Perf 12½ all round, two are Perf 12½ x 11 x 12½ x 12½, and eight are Perf 12½ x 11. Bands of gum toning on reverse, otherwise full OG with only two units hinged. SG 256/b, cat £1100+