Specialised classics collection with focus on the 1885 Charles III and 1891-21 Prince Albert issues, an impressive assembly with lots of shades, all mint with an excellent range of multiples, gutter blocks, etc. Includes 1885 1ct (7), 2cts (10), 5cts (6 incl 2x MNH), 10cts (5), 15cts (2), 25cts (4, two with faults, two sound mint), 40cts (2), 75cts (2) and 1fr SG.9 cat. £2,250 (no faults), followed by the 1891-94 issues with shades, 10cts (7), 15cts (9), 25cts with three of each shade, etc, through to the 1fr with many paper shades with multiples incl. gutter strip of six, followed by a wonderful page of the 5fr types with rose on greenish x3, deep carmine on greenish x2, 1920 5fr mauve and 1921 5fr grey-green, almost all immaculate quality for hinged examples. No write-up, yet with method and there will clearly be scarce shades here. The small minority with faults have generally been identified with pencil marks. Excluding the obviously faulty, the catalogue is approx. £19,000.