Sale #165

1880-1900 Surface Printed collection covering the 1880-81 Imperial crown issue, 1881 1d lilacs, 1883-84 High Values, 1883 lilac & green issue, 1887 Jubilee's & 1900 Colour changes incl. M with odd blocks, controls, specimens, duplicated good to FU, individual M singles etc. mixed condition although many good to fine examples, some highlights incl. 1880-81 2d U (17), 5d U (5), 1881 1d lilacs Die 1 & 2 duplicated M & U blocks, controls etc. 1883-84 High Values M 2/6d (2), 5s (2), 5s Specimen & 10s good to FU well represented incl. 2/6d attempted reconstruction of 108 letterings from 112 U examples, plus a further 29 examples, 5s (18) 10s (7), 1884 wmk crowns £1 brown lilac U, 1883-84 lilac & green set M, also five values optd Specimen, various U vals to 1s, 1887 Jubilee duplicated M & U ranges, Specimen, controls, blocks etc. 1891 £1 green M or unused/faults (2), Specimen etc. The collection also contains a number of covers. Useful lot with good resale potential, offered intact.