Admiralty: 1903 3d purple on yellow fine used part CDS cancels of Portsmouth, thinned corner but does not detract, SG O106 Cat £160.

Govt Parcels: 1883 9d green (decent colour) with heavy used killer cancel along top half of the stamp, diagonal crease otherwise sound, SG O63 cat £1200.

Govt. Parcels: 1902 9d dull purple & ultramarine fine used part rubber CDS cancel, sound SG O77 Cat £175.

GOVT PARCELS: Parcel Post receipt fro Postal Stores Department / GPO London bearing 4½d green and carmine PAIR with good colour and 1d lilac both tied LONDON roller canceller, affixed to board and some faults on the edges otherwise stamps unaffected, rarely seen in this format, SG O69 & O71. Cat £580.

Inland Revenue: 1890 5s rose on white paper overprint SPECIMEN Type 11, small grease line in top right corner and trimmed perfs on the right otherwise fresh, SG O9, Spec L7t.

Office of Works: 1896 1d lilac sound fine used part Birmingham 25 CDS cancel on paper, sound SG O33 Cat £150.

Office of Works: 1902 EDVII 1d scarlet mint part original gum with hinge remains, fresh looker, SG O37, cat £575.

OFFICIALS: Collection mainly fine used on large Yvert printed pages noted Govt. Parcels 1883 1½d, 1s orange-brown, 1887 6d, 9d, 1s carmine & green, EDVII 6d & 9d, Army Official EDVII & QV to 6d, Office of Works ½d vermilion mint, EDVII 2½d ultramarine f.u., Admiralty Official EDVII to 2d, 2½d & 3d, Board of Education QV 5d, EDVII ½d & 2½d, good cat, mainly sound. (63).