Lot 047
½d yellow green pin perf 12½ neatly used with barred oval ‘1’; clear pin-perfs top and left, less so at the bottom and with some scissor trimming at right to leave an irregular mgn. SG16 Cat. £750, not an easy stamp

Lot 048
The 1865 4d dull brown-red SG26. No wmk, rough perf 14-16 unused pt o.g., good colour and centring, cat. £225

Lot 049
Slightly oxidised mint horiz. pair of 4d dull vermilion, SG28 cat. £700

Lot 050
6d orange-red of 1864, SG30, no wmk, rough perf 14-16, only traces of o.g. but fine colour and centring cat. £180

Lot 051
You can contrast with SG31 the 1868 6d in bright orange-vermilion with pt o.g., strong colour and good centring, cat. £160

Lot 052
Moving on to 1873 the paper now bears the large star wmk and clean-cut perfs. This 6d, SG60, in orange-vermilion, is unused and has a 2021 RPSL certificate, cat. £900

Lot 053
By 1876 the perf gauge was now 14; 6d chrome-yellow with traces of o.g., SG79 cat. £150

Lot 054
1906 Nelson centenary set mint, SG145-151 cat. £75

Lot 055
1906 Nelson centenary set fine used, SG145-151 cat. £80

Lot 056
1916-19 3s stamp unused without gum but with wmk inverted and reversed, SG191y cat. £1,700 with BPA cert 2003, ex Foxley

Lot 057
Five attractive imperforate colour trials of the ‘Winged Victory’ design for the 1920 Peace issue – all with blank value tablets on gummed watermarked paper. See Freeland Lot 770 for colour trials of the other design. This set ex-Britannia and Hodsell Hurlock

Lot 058
In 1921 DLR still had stocks of the coloured paper with Multiple MCA wmk and so the 3d, 4d and 1s were printed on these papers, SG213-5 fine used cat. £66

Lot 059
Ex Foxley and Wheeler the 1/- black on emerald fine used with wmk inverted SG215w cat.£475; with it come mint ¼d and 1d and used 1d with wmk varieties

Lot 060
Also ex-Foxley: 1921-24 3d deep blue imperf plate proof block of four with sheet mgn at rt, fine – also ex-Vestey

Lot 061
Late use of Crowned Circle Paid at Barbados in black on local letter FE 24 93, a period of shortage

Lot 062a
17 Postal History items from 1890’s to early KGV including 1915 item to Ceylon (SG125); Canal Zone, Ethiopia and Jamaica noted too, plus usual Canada, USA, Britain

Lot 062b
17 Postal History items from 1890’s to early KGV including 1915 item to Ceylon (SG125); Canal Zone, Ethiopia and Jamaica noted too, plus usual Canada, USA, Britain

Lot 062c
17 Postal History items from 1890’s to early KGV including 1915 item to Ceylon (SG125); Canal Zone, Ethiopia and Jamaica noted too, plus usual Canada, USA, Britain

Lot 063
Three single use keyplate covers: 4d grey (SG97) JA 9 85 to London; 4d brown (SG98) on size F PSRE to Bristol MR 2 89; 2½d ultramarine (SG93) on size F PSRE to Hamburg

Lot 064
Gambia to Barbados, long envelope sent 1 April 1942 for 2/3 via Pan Am, Opened by Examiner 5453 and resealed by him or her in the UK, received by Circulation Branch in Barbados on 23 Apr where 4d postage due was applied using 4 x D2 1d postage due stamps, one damaged, interesting and unusual cover

Lot 065
A selection of 10 unused Postal Stationery Registered Envelopes: includes H & G 2d (one with some staining, one with some damage to the rear). H & G 6, 16, 16a, 17a and QEII roundels 12c, 15c, $1 (small) and 50c (large)

Lot 065b
A selection of 10 unused Postal Stationery Registered Envelopes: includes H & G 2d (one with some staining, one with some damage to the rear). H & G 6, 16, 16a, 17a and QEII roundels 12c, 15c, $1 (small) and 50c (large)

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Lot 066a
12 items of used Postal Stationery, mainly 1890’s, two PSC, three wrappers, six PSRE and one front, interesting uprating using seal of colony, including 5d and 6d values

Lot 066b
12 items of used Postal Stationery, mainly 1890’s, two PSC, three wrappers, six PSRE and one front, interesting uprating using seal of colony, including 5d and 6d values