1857 Imperf Wmk Star 2d green fine unused no gum with no real margins and cut into at SE corner, clean example, SG 3 Cat £200 mint.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 1d deep turquoise-blue nice fine used, 4 margins, SG 2 Cat £45.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 2d green (close or no margins) & 2d yellowish-green (no margins cut into), nice fine used, SG 3 & 3a Cat £155.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 2d green nice fine used, almost 4 margins, SG 3 Cat £65.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 5d chestnut a neat fine used example with 3½ margins, touching top right, nice looker, Cat £150.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 6d brown a neat fine used example with 3 margins, touching top right, nice looker, Cat £550.

1857 Wmk Star Imperf 6d purple-brown a neat fine used example with 3½ margins, touching top left, nice looker, Cat £140.

1857-1935 Early mint & used collection on printed Imperial leaves with better content throughout including 1857 Imperfs 1d blue f.u., 2d green, 5d chestnut, 6d brown (2 shades), 1861 onwards perf issues 2d, 5d, 9d, 1s violet (2), 1863 vals to 10d, incl ½d mauve (cat £55), ½d reddish lilac (cat £90), 1867 vals to 2s blue, 1872 vals to 96c used, good range of surcharges to 1r12c mainly used, 1887 1r12c mint, 1888 range of 2c ovpts mint (7), 1899 2r50c purple on red mint (cat £42), 1898 surcharges on high values set 2 mint (SG 254/5 cat £71), 1899 1r50c mint 2r25c blue used (cat £55), 1903 to 30c used, 1904 to 75c used, GV 1912 to R2, 1921 to R5 (some fiscal cancels), 1927 R5 used, 1935 SJ set used, 1935 defin set used, (c220), ideal to fill those gaps. STC £1700+.

1857-1935 Mint & fine used range on printed album pages from an old time collection including 1857-59 Imperf 1d blue, 2d green & 6d purple-brown, Perf issues 6 vals to 1s (faults), 1863-66 11 values to 2s blue with 5d red-brown noted (cat £110), 8d brown (cat £80), 10d (2 shades), 1866 Wmk CC 1d & 3d, 1872 set to 48c red & 96c drab (tones), 1885 surcharges (16 diff) to 1r12c on 2r50 dull rose (SG 176 heavy cancel), 1887 1r12c used, 1888 2c surcharges (8 diff), 1890 5c & 15c surcharges, 1899 to 1r55c (damaged), 1903 to 15c, 1904 to 75c, 1910 7 vals to R2, 1912 to R2, 1921-32 to 50c & R2, 1927-29 R1 to R5, 1935 Silver Jubilee set (cat £20), 1925 defin set, nice range of officials etc. Useful little lot STC £1450+. (c179).

1861-64 Wmk Star 6d brown p.14¼ unusual well executed forgery with star wmk, on paper with brownish gum, small patches on value tablet, most interesting addition, SG 23 Cat £3000 as genuine.

1864 P.12½ 2d Grey-green in a superb bottom marginal PAIR only showing frame line of watermark from the edge neatly fine used with barred cancels lightly struck, scarce multiple without main watermark. SG 50 var.

1869 Wmk CC 6d deep brown hinged mint large part original gum, expertised on reverse, very fine and fresh, SG 67 Cat £140.

1877 32c slate and attractive fine used block of 4 with neat A duplex cancels, very sound and fine, SG 128 Cat £60.

1885 1r12 on 2r50 dull rose sound used A duplex cancel, few blunt perfs otherwise nice example, SG 193 Cat £140.

1885 P.14 Postage & Revenue surcharge 5c on 8c orange-yellow hinged mint with nice large part original gum, clean looker, SG 179 Cat £95.

1885 P.14 Postage & Revenue surcharges six values all mounted mint / unused with toned gum and hinge remains including 5c on 8c orange (cat £95), 5c on 4c rose (2, cat £54), 5c on 16c pale violet (cat £190), 10c on 24c brown-purple, 15c on 16c orange-yellow mint (cat £60), all poor gum but mainly nice appearance, SG 178/180. Cat £410.

1885 Postage & Revenue surcharges 11 values all used mainly fine including 5c on 24c green (Cat £110, toned at top), 5c on 48c rose (cat £70), 5c on 96c drab (cat £70), etc, Cat £360+. (11).

1885 Surcharge 1r12 on 2r50c dull rose very fine unused without gum, mainly sound, SG 176 Cat £110 mint.

1885 Surcharges 10c on 24c brown-purple, 20c on 24c green (cat £85), 56c on 96c drab (SG 170 cat £35) all mint og. Useful trio, cat £139.

1885 Surcharges 2nd issue including 56c on 96c drab (3), 30c on 36c olive-green, etc, all sound used (8) Cat £89. SG range 187/192.