1881 (Oct): 6 d. olive-black, wmk. Crown CC sideways, an unused block of four of lovely colour, fresh and very fine, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 640+.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 10 Nov 1999, lot 1708.rn 

1882/84: 4 d. grey, Die I, an unused complete pane of 60 (6 x 10) with margins all round and showing Plate Number '1' at top and at base, slight aging in right hand margin only, the stamps full unmounted og. A rare and spectacular multiple Gi = £ 2'520+.

1893 (June 10): 'Halfpenny' Provisional surcharged at Grand Turk, "½ d." on 4 d. grey,  a horizontal pair from Setting 3 showing marginal Plate Number '1', used with 1884 4 d. grey on cover front to Plymouth cancelled by "TI" obliterators in black with 'Turks Island' cds at left (Feb 7, 1896). File fold away from the scarce adhesives Gi = £ 380 off cover.

1900: Badge of the Islands, De La Rue Colour Trials for ½ d. value (8), all on wmk. Crown CA paper, perforated 14; printed in brown, purple, olive-green, orange, red, grey and two sheet marginal examples in olive and in deep blue; fresh and very fine, large part og. The choices and originally shown to the Crown Agents are illustrated in "The De Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on pages 6441 and 6442. An exceptionally rare group....

1909/11: Turk's Head Cactus definitive issue, the set of twelve unused, all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, one blunted perf. on the 2½ d. otherwise fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 275.

1917 (Jan 3): War Tax, 1 d. red locally overprinted in black, an unused corner marginal block of nine from lower left of sheet, variety "Overprint Double", fresh and fine appearance, typically browned unmounted og. Rare thus Gi = £ 1'620+.

1918 (Dec 18): War Tax, 3 d. purple on yellow overprinted in red (Trial Local Overprint), a used block of four on piece, marginal from top of sheet, variety "Overprint Double" on all four stamps, cancelled by 'Turks Islands' cds's (29 Dec 1919) in black. A charming and rare multiple. Cert. BPA (1999) Gi = Unpriced used / unused = £ 1'300.

1922: Definitive set of eleven values without the later 1925/26 ¼ d., 1½ d. and 2 s., all Imperforate Proof examples from the sheetlets of six held by an Official at De La Rue and later sold to H.F. Johnson who burned any damaged examples (thus six or less of each can exist); largely fresh and fine incl. the 3 s. black on red in a horizontal pair, large part og. or unmounted og. Extremely rare.rnProvenance: H.F. Johnson.

1928 (March 1): 'Postage & Revenue' definitive set of eleven values unused, all in horizontal strips of three, all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, fresh and fine, large part og. or unmounted og. Scarce in multiples Gi = £ 600+.