Trinidad CRACKED SHIELD constant plate flaw on 1876 6d bright yellow-green CC wmk P.14 (SG.77), fine used with full perfs dated TRINIDAD dbl-arc AP 27 1880. £125
ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 DLR QV 1d drab ovp'd "Revenue" with OVERPRINT INVERTED (PML.9), the only example showing clear date of "31/12/83", minor blemish one perf. tip. Only four examples from a single sheet of 60 stamps are currently known to have survived. The three other examples dated "15/12/83" (faults, Peter Jaffe lot 537), "15/12/83" (fine), and "29/12/83" (illus. PML handbook Page 147). £2400
ST. LUCIA stamps: 1881 QV "One Penny Stamp" black (SG.F7, Cat.£55), pmk'd "A11". £18
ST. LUCIA stamps: 1884 QV 1d slate ovp'd REVENUE (SG.F27, Cat.£25), fine used pmk'd "A11". £14
BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1850 forgery of the 8c Cotton Reel in green (SG.4) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel. £36
British Guiana stamps: 1850 forgery of the 12c Cotton Reel in blue (SG.7) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel, centrally thinned. £20
British Guiana stamps: 1856 4c Type-set PRINTED IN REVERSE on thin greyish-pink paper (nothing on reverse). £40
29 used SENEKAL, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) in red on 1d (SG.2), minor corner crease. £15
17 used LADYBRAND, Orange Free State postmark (16 bar) on 6d rose (SG.5). £12
TYPE-SET FORGERY SHEET of the British Guiana 1862 4c black/on bluish-grey, very fine unused without gum sheet of 6 with roulettes intact, stain in top margin. £150
TYPE-SET FORGERY SHEET of the British Guiana 1862 1c black/on rose, very fine unused without gum sheet of 12 with roulettes intact. £175
Via LISBONNE label, Portugal postal history in deep blue with manuscript (V)or PORTUGAL affixed by hinge to collectors notes with reference to The Philatelist Vol. 17 No.7. Such labels being exceedingly rare. Scans of green "Via Brindisi" labels on the only two known Malta covers for reference. The label was issued by Delfosse et Cie., Paris, and is believed to have been used to indicate the route for mail sorted on board ship, one label put on the top cover of a bundle. £525
ST. LUCIA stamps: the ST. LUCIA B/JA 18 03 forgery on 1891 QV 1/- (SG.50). Close match to Ritchie handbook Page 59 illustration, rarely found. £24
BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1862 1c rose Type-set (SG.116, Cat.£800), a forgery showing "wrong ornament" and "large A" in POSTAGE, fine used. £50
ST. VINCENT stamps: 1885 QV 1d on 2½d on 1d lake (SG.46) good mounted mint with prominent "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety (12,060 stamps overprinted on sheets of 60 making only 201 varieties originally available). £28
JAMAICA stamps: imperf. litho forgery of the QV 1/- 'used'. £14
JAMAICA stamps: imperf. litho forgery of the QV 6d 'used'. £14
KURUNEGALA, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. VINCENT stamp 1899 QV 5/- green & blue (SG.75, Cat.£170 used), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Dr Julian Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink KURUNEGALA (Ceylon) and MR 24 95 dated cds which could not be removed. Few examples show trace of original design in the value tablet. £100
CRAILSHEIM, Baden-Wurttemberg, German States postal history full cover with two horizontal pairs 3pf brown, one being diagonally bisected and ringed in blue crayon to indicate unaccepted postage, pmk'd CRAILSHEIM 25 AUG 92 with the bisect also tied on the same date to Cannstatt. £225
MAIL BOAT DEMERARA RIVER, British Guiana postmark (T.5) MR 19 88 (ERD) on 2c orange CA wmk (SG.171). £15