Army: 1896-1901 1d lilac mint original gum with hinges and toning showing OFFICIAI for OFFICIAL variety, few blunt perfs along top otherwise sound, SG O43a Cat £240.

Army: 1896-1901 2½d & 6d mounted mint with hinges, very fresh appearance, SG O44/45 Cat £160.

Army: 1901 QV 6d purple on rose hinged mint showing broken A in ARMY variety, SG O45 CAT £110.

Army Official: 1902 EDVII 1d scarlet pair showing three non constant flaws in the overprint, with left stamp showing broken M & short F, right stamp showing inverted C for O variety. Clear and interesting varieties. SG O49.

Board of Education: 1902 EDVII ½d blue-green unmounted mint, horizontal crease otherwise fresh, SG O83 Cat £180 for mint.

Board of Education: 1902-04 2½d ultramarine very fine used neat LONDON 1903 squared circle cancel, very fine for these, premium example, SG O85.450)

Collection on leaves with some better including Inland Revenue QV 6d grey f.u. (cat £140), 1901 QV 6d purple on rose red f.u. (cat £150), Army; 1901 QV 6d mint (cat £110), Office of Works; 1896 1d lilac vfu (cat £150), 1902 EDVII ½d f.u. (cat £180), Govt Parcels; QV 1883 1½d, 6d green (colour gone, cat £1400), 9d green (heavy used, short corner with lovely colour, cat £1200), 1s orange-brown (2, one with short corner), 1887-90 'set' used (cat £500), 6d purple on rose CDS used (cat £75), 1891-1900 'set' used (cat £630), 1902 EDVII 6d used (cat £60), 9d & 1s used (cat £535), Board of Education EDVII ½d & 1d used (cat £80), etc, taken as is, STC £6100+.

Fine used group including Govt. Parcels 1888 9d dull purple and blue rubber CDS used (2, cat £240), 1½d, 6d, 2d & 1d all used (cat £183), etc, (20).

Government Parcels: 1886 1½d lilac sound used heavyish dumb cancel but neatly struck, sound, SG O61 Cat £100.

Government Parcels: 1886 6d dull green sound used dumb cancel but neatly struck, colour has gone and thinned otherwise sound, SG O62 Cat £1400.

Government Parcels: 1886 9d dull green sound used dumb cancel but neatly struck, colour is very good, just a few light tones around the perfs, key stamp SG O63 Cat £1200.

Government Parcels: 1887-90 9d dull purple and blue mounted mint with hinge remains and toning on perfs, otherwise fresh, SG O67 Cat £425 mint.

Government Parcels: 1887-90 'set' of four sound used examples 1½d, 6d, 9d & 1s dull green with excellent colour, odd tone otherwise sound, SG O65/68 Cat £498.

Government Parcels: 1892 4½d green and carmine sound used with rubber CDS, very good red and green colours, sound, SG O71 Cat £275.

Govt Parcels: 1883 9d green key stamp heavy but sound used MACCLESFIELD rubber CDS, good colour not yet turned and slight smudges so not the prettiest example, SG O63 cat £1000.

Govt Parcels: 1883-1900 Selection including 1/- orange-brown pl.13 heavy CDS used, 1887 6d, 9d & 1/-, 1891 2d, 4½d & 1/- green and carmine with higher vals roller cancels, SG O64, 66/8, O70/2 cat £1375.

Govt. Parcels: 1902 Used trio with faults incl 6d (clipped bottom perfs), 9d crease, 1/- good colour (thin and crease) all sound spacefillers, SG Cat £555.

Inland Revenue: 1889 1/- dull green mint small part original gum and odd light tones but decent colour, SG O15 cat £900.

Office of Works: 1896 1d lilac fine used neat CDS cancel, mainly fine, SG O33, Cat £150.

Office of Works: 1896 ½d vermilion sound used part CDS cancel, mainly fine, SG O31, Cat £150.