Caroline test

Australia New South Wales 1899 ½d blue-green, chalk-surfaced paper, watermark 40, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, SG298a. A fine unmounted mint examp...

Estimate £625 - £725 Great Britain 1881 1d Colour trial (Die 2), SG172var. A very fine perforated example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked...

Seychelles 1938-49 75c slate-blue 'Giant Tortoise', upper right corner block of 4 with sheet number '15' in VIOLET, and showing a curious marginal ...

Great Britain 1879 2½d colour trial Plate 15, SG141var. A very fine unused imperforate colour trial with original gum, lettered 'JD' printed in dul...

Australia New South Wales 1907 1s purple-brown 'Eastern Grey Kangaroo', watermark w11 (inverted), perforations 12x11½ (comb), SG362. A fine mint ho...

Great Britain 1900 ½d "Jubilee" Colour trial (Perforations 14, without watermark), SG213var. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum...

Great Britain 1970 5d "Philympia 70" Stamp Exhibition, SG835var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal...

Nauru 1916-23 10s indigo-blue "Seahorses", Waterlow printing, right marginal block of 4 from R7-8/3-4 on the sheet, with abnormal 'SPECIMEN' overpr...

Great Britain 1941 ½d pale green imprimaturs, SG485var. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, imperforate imprimatur horizontal tête-bêc...

Great Britain 1981 3d violet "Postage due" (Harrison printing), SGD5var. A very fine unmounted mint bottom marginal pair of imperforate imprimatur...

Great Britain 1884 1½d Colour trial, SG188var. A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in bright mauve lett...

Great Britain 1870 3s Foreign Bill. A very fine die proof printed in black on white glazed card (90x60mm), endorsed "20 JUN 81" and "BEFORE HARDENI...

Great Britain 1862 3d rose Plate 3 (with white dots), SG78. A fine unused imperforate imprimatur with original gum, lettered 'BJ'. Very rare as onl...

Singapore 1948 Royal Silver Wedding 10c violet and $5 brown, SG31/2. Pristine unmounted mint marginal blocks of four with full original gum. A most...

Jamaica 1972 5c 'Oil refinery', variety watermark top of 'J' to right (from back), lower left corner block of 4 with '1D' (x4) plate numbers, SG348...

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1948, Royal Silver Wedding 20c orange and £1 scarlet, SG157/8. Exceptional quality unmounted mint upper marginal exam...

China 1966 People's Republic General Issues Cultural Revolution Games, SG2325/28. A pristine unmounted mint set of 4, with full original gum. In 19...

Great Britain 1884 3d colour trial, SG191var. A very fine imperforate example printed on white gummed Crown watermarked paper in deep olive lettere...

Great Britain 1883 2s6d Lilac, SG178. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum, lettered AE. A most attractive mint example of this f...

China 1963 People's Republic General Issues, Snub-nosed Monkeys, SG2121i/23i. A pristine unmounted mint imperforate set of 3 with margin at left, w...

Great Britain 1864 6d Lilac Plate 4 (Watermark inverted), SG85a. A very fine unused, with original gum, bottom right hand corner marginal imperfora...

Great Britain 1901 3d Composite"Paste up" essay of the Victorian "Jubilee" series, SG232var. A spectacular Series "A" essay with a lithographed thr...

Great Britain 1856 1d red brown, Plate 45, SG37. A very fine and fresh unused example with original gum lettered NC, Printed on white paper. Scarce...

Great Britain 1873 3d Rose Plate 11, SG143. A magnificent unused, with original gum, pane of twenty lettered AE-EH. Perforations re-enforced betwee...