1839 John Dickinson 1d envelope essay in yellow-buff, inscribed “LONDON / VR / DISTRICT POST” and “ONE PENNY / NOT TO EXCEED / VR / ONE OUNCE”, folded…

1841 Postal notice from E. S. Lees, Secretary at the Edinburgh GPO announcing the 2d postal stationery envelope affixed with large red “SPECIMEN.” handstamp,…

1841 2d blue pl.3 BA with “SPECIMEN” type 1 overprint, fine to good margins, unused (no gum) with horiz. crease, rare (S.G. from £5’500).

1864-79 1d red pl.133 (a scarcer plate) in corner marginal block of 4 mint large part o.g., with inscription and ‘133’ plate number in margin. Also 1d…

1864-79 1d rose-red pl.146 with SPECIMEN type 9 overprint, mint o.g., fine.

1864-79 1d rose-red pl.164 with “SPECIMEN” type 8 overprint, two examples with IJ with part o.g. and fine, and LG mint part o.g. (toned) (S.G. Spec. G1u,…

1864-79 1d red SG pl.121 perf.14 on Dr. Perkins paper with “SPECIMEN” overprint, mint with large part o.g., small thin and trimmed perfs lower right. Very…

1864-79 1d red SA pl.121 perf.14 on Dr. Perkins paper with “SPECIMEN” overprint, unused, short perf upper left, very scarce with few examples recorded…

1870-79 1/2d rose pl.10 with “SPECIMEN” type 9 overprint, mint o.g., fine (S.G. from £225).Correction to printed catalogue: plate 10 and not plate 8

1870-74 1 1/2d rose-red pl.3 with “SPECIMEN” type 8 overprint, two examples with mint o.g., fine (S.G. £600).

1870-74 1 1/2d rosy mauve mint without gum optd. SPECIMEN (type 6), blunt upper left corner, fresh and scarce. (S.G. £1500).

1870-79 group of mint issues with SPECIMEN type 9 opts, mostly mint o.g., 1/2d rose pl.10, 13 and 19, 1d rose-red pl.146 (2), 183 (without gum), 198 (poor),…

1847-54 6d purple with 4 close to clear margins mint small part o.g. with reversed wmk optd. SPECIMEN (type 2), fine and fresh. Type 2 is scarce than type…

1855-57 Medium Garter 4d carmine on blued paper mint with full o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 2), fine and scarce. (S.G. £1’200).

1855-7 Small garter 4d pale carmine on thick glazed paper mint without gum optd. SPECIMEN type 3 (vertically), short perfs (R.P.S. Cert), and 1/- green…

1855-57 Medium Garter 4d rose with inverted wmk and “SPECIMEN” type 4 overprint, regummed, very scarce (S.G. £1’500).

1857 Emblems 6d lilac on azure paper with “SPECIMEN” type 4 overprint, mint large part o.g., centered to right, corner perf. faults at foot, scarce.

1861 unissued 3d rose mint with part o.g. shaded spandrels optd. SPECIMEN (type 2), scarce (S.G. £800).

1862-64 3d pale carmine and 3d bright carmine with “SPECIMEN” type 5 overprints, mint part to large part o.g., fine to very fine (S.G. £1’000).

1862-64 6d lilac pl.3 FC with “SPECIMEN” type 2 part o.g. and RK with “SPECIMEN” type 5, regummed, both fine, scarce according to Samuel; RK ex Samuel…

1862-4 9d straw mint with small part o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 6), a fine and attractive example. (S.G. £750).

1862-4 1/- green with “SPECIMEN” type 5 overprint, mint without gum, fine (S.G. £550).

1865-67 4d vermilion pl.14 mint part o.g., 2 examples, each optd. SPECIMEN (type 8). (S.G. £1050).

1865-67 4d vermilion SA pl.12 perf.14 on Dr. Perkins paper with “SPECIMEN” overprint, unused, large repair but a presentable example of this rarity. (S.G….

1867-80 6d mauve pl.8 and pl.9 (creased) mint o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 8). (S.G. £700).

1867-80 10d red-brown with “SPECIMEN” type 2 overprint in lower marginal with ‘PRICE’ inscription, without gum, fine and most attractive.

1867-80 10d red-brown AA with “SPECIMEN” type 5 overprint, showing the ‘Smaller figures 1’ variety, without gum and repainting at top right corner because…

1867-80 2/- cobalt mint o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 5), fine and scarce.

1867-80 2/- pale blue mint without gum wing marginal example optd. SPECIMEN (type 5). (S.G. £600).

1872-73 6d grey pl.12 FD mint o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 6), reperforated wing margin a right, an attractive example (S.G. £375).

1867-83 Maltese Cross 10/- greenish grey mint with part o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), lettered AB, so a ‘short’ stamp, centered to upper left and some…

1873-80 3d rose pl.17 with “SPECIMEN” type 8 mint o.g. (perf. fault), and “SPECIMEN” type 9 on pl.18 (no gum, tone spot) and pl.19 mint part o.g. (S.G….

1873-80 Large Garter mint group optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), with 4d vermilion (diagonal opt), 4d sage pl.15, 4d grey-brown pl.17 and 8d orange, each a fine…

1873-80 4d sage-green pl.15 imperforate mint large part o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 9). (S.G. Spec. J64s, £525).

1873-80 8d orange group of three imperforate colour trials optd. SPECIMEN (type 11) mint with part o.g., in orange, brown-orange and orange-yellow (NH),…

1876 unissued 8d purple-brown mint wing marginal example optd. SPECIMEN (type 8), without gum, thinned and a trifle soiled, very rare with only 11 recorded…

1880-81 1/2d green (thinned at top), 1d Venetian-red and 1881 1d lilac imprimaturs, a fine trio. (S.G. Spec. £850).

1880-81 set to 5d indigo (with both 1/2d and 2d shades) mint o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), a fine group. (S.G. £670).

1881 1d lilac mint, mostly NH group of eight on a page optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), with four each of ’14’ and ’16’ dots, incl. both the bluish lilac shades…

1881 1d (die II, 16 dots) colour trial in yellow on buff, unwatermarked paper, maybe a plate proof right marginal example, very rare and seemingly unrecorded…

1883-84 2/6d lilac on blued paper in mint pair optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), disturbed gum and a couple of short perfs. (S.G. £1’250+).

1883-84 5/- rose on blued paper mint without gum optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), slight faults (S.G. £1’600).

1883-84 2/6d lilac, 5/- rose and 10/- ultramarine mint optd. SPECIMEN type 9, 5/- with corner crease otherwise very fine (S.G. £1’400).

1883-84 1 1/2d lilac imperforate with “SPECIMEN” type 9 overprint, mint n.h., very fine (S.G. Spec. K18s, £825).

1883-84 9d dull green mint with watermark sideways inverted optd. SPECIMEN (type 9), toned gum but fine colour and a scarce item (unrecorded by Samuel…

1887-92 Jubilee 1/- dull green imprimatur, mint o.g., light diagonal abrasion on face otherwise fine (S.G. £800).

1887-92 £1 green mint o.g. optd. SPECIMEN (type 16), creased. Listed by Samuel as very rare. (S.G. £1’100).

1902-10 De La Rue group of SPECIMEN opts mint, wih 1/2d yellow green (type 17, gum a trifle toned), 1 1/2d, 2d and 3d (each type 15, a little creasing…

1902-10 2/6d lilac (regummed, ex Chartwell), 5/- carmine and 10/- ultramarine mint (creased) all with SPECIMEN type 16 overprint, a scarce trio. (S.G….

1911 1d rose-red mint (very lightly mounted) showing a major and very striking misperforation, another with dry print horizontally, a third misperforated…