The Michael Medlicott FRPSL Collection

Starting off our auction highlights this week is this excellent 1858 Postal Fiscal issue collection on 8 pages including Specimens Type GB6 singles (4) and 1s block of four, 5s lower left corner plate block of eight and more. This lot more than doubled its £1,800 - £2,000 estimate with a fantastic hammer price of £4,200.

Second up on our featured lots this week from Stanley Gibbons' British Commonwealth Revenues: The Michael Medlicott FRPSL Collection auction is this great rarity of West Indies Philately, which was missing from the great Jaffé collection. It excelled at auction, fetching a hammer price of £4,000.

Up next in our auction highlights this week is a wonderful lot, which highlights 40 years of dedicated collecting. This 1871 - 1903 QV collection is beautifully written up on album pages and includes a wide range of postage stamps to enjoy.

Fourth on our featured lots this week is this 1881 hand painted stamp-sized artist's essay of the issued keyplate design in liac on tracing paper. This wonderful essay, seen as the genesis of Leeward Islands philately, and the first revenue issue predating postal issues of Leeward Islands by 8 years, exceeded it's £700-900 estimate for a hammer price of £3,200.

Our final lot in this weeks auction highlights is this wonderful 1890 1d to £5 set of twelve hand painted artist's essays, beautifully executed on thin tracing paper in red and black affixed to archival paper. This set, which displays beautifully, remains unlisted by McClellan as it remains unknown whether the order progressed beyond the design stage.