Auction 58
The President’s Auction
This Auction ended at 17.00 pm on 5th October 2024.
Cape
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Natal
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Lot 2
QV collection on a stockcard: no wmk (several, not all perf. 14), 1d wmk star, 3d type e ovpt., 5/-(2), 1875 local ops etc. condition mixed but a good number of respectable stamps, minimum catalogue value stc £1,400 (56).
UNSOLD
Res £ 90
EV £ 140
Lot 4
POA 91:- 15 Sep 1900 & 1 Mar 1901, 2 envelopes to England from the same sender. the 1st reputedly from Ingagane and the next Ellendale. (both with creases &/or small tears).
UNSOLD
Res £ 40
EV £ 60
Lot 5
1895 “Half-Penny” on 6d B40 with numerous varieties incl SG114ka, m/um.
UNSOLD
Res £ 36
EV £ 50
Lot 6
NGR Perfins on OFS 1d & Natal ½d(2, 1 reversed),1d,2d & 6d (inverted). mint but mixed condition. Natal 1d&2d gumless but a scarce lot.. Cat £250+
PRICE REALISED: £45
Res £ 30
EV £ 50
Orange Free State
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Lot 7
1890-1 1d on 4d type c surcharge fine used with RPS cert (ex Allison).
PRICE REALISED: £180
Res £ 180
EV £ 250
Lot 8
1902 env (light even soiling) Ladybrand to BelleView Camp, Simonstown, Ladybrand CDSs & oval censor, faint “Prisoner of War” in red, POW ring in blue & PBC!
UNSOLD
Res £ 12
EV £ 18
Transvaal / ZAR
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Lot 9
1897 superb postcard from Chicago to Johannesburg with the rare “DEBIT” tax mark.
PRICE REALISED £100
Res £ 100
EV £ 150
Union of South Africa
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Lot 12
August 1913 pre-Issue use of the Union £1 revenue stamp on piece with Interprovincial use of the OFS 10/-‘s (2) and Transvaal 10/- revenue stamps eight days later. Authorised and a very attractive piece.
UNSOLD
Res £ 26
EV £ 36
Lot 13
King’s Head 1d strip of 5 on 1915 envelope to Switzerland cancelled first Franklin CDSs x4 Franklin (Cape) PO opened 1912. This cancel doesn’t appear in original Putzel catalogue of SA postmarks.
UNSOLD
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 14
King’s Head 1d plate 7, all 4 corner blocks of 6 (no side margin on btm rt block) used (scarce thus). Cancelled “Cashiers Office, Cape Town” 1920.
UNSOLD
Res £ 26
EV £ 40
Lot 15
King’s Head 1d pair with one bisected plus ½d on piece cancelled Adams Mission 12 Aug 1920.
UNSOLD
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 16
King’s Head 2½d with 1910 commemorative 2½d (unusual pairing!) on envelope Rouxville to USA.
PRICE REALISED £18
Res £ 18
EV £ 28
Lot 17
King’s Head 2½d block of 32 cancelled Van Wyks Dorp (Cape. Claimed to be largest known used block by original owner. A fine showpiece irrespective.
PRICE REALISED £28
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Res £ 28
EV £ 40
Lot 18
King’s Head 6d fu B17 from a late printing with the central gutter at right and the missing jubilee line variety on row 5. A scarce and attractive iitem.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Lot 19
King’s Head 2/6 and 5/- (light blue), mm. The 5/- has a vertical crease. Cat £175 (2021).
UNSOLD
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 20
KIng’s Head 2/6 as pretty a block of 8 as you could hope to see, fu ex surface fault on top left stamp. Postmarked with Caledon skeleton canceller.
UNSOLD
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 21
KIng’s Head 5/- SG15a, fu with good “crescent moon” variety.
PRICE REALISED £18
Res £ 18
EV £ 24
Lot 23
King’s Head £1 green & red fine used in Swaziland (Mbabane). Rare.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 320
EV £ 400
Lot 24
King’s Head £1 green & red with 10/-, 2/6 and pair 6d used in SWA , on small piece. Rare.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 340
EV £ 400
Lot 25
King’s Head £1 pale olive green & red, fu ex slightest of rounding bottom left corner, cancelled Hollard Street as most used copies of this rare stamp are.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 380
EV £ 460
Lot 27
1925 Air set with bottom numeral blocks of 4. Rare. Cat “910” in handbook. Unmounted mint but light even toning.
UNSOLD
Res £ 140
EV £ 200
Lot 30
8 Jun 1925 Marine Hotel, Durban, air mail envelope to Mowbray, Cape. Correctly franked 5d airmail rate with 2d King’s Head and 3d airmail stamp. Envelope has vertical crease clear of stamps and cancels.
PRICE REALISED £10
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Res £ 10
EV £ 16
Lot 31
15 June 1925 last flight envelope from Cape Town to Springfontein (East Grqualand), PO Cedarville via Durban. Franked 8d – 2d King’s Head and 3d airmail pair. Very nice earlyish domestic cover!
PRICE REALISED £14
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Res £ 14
EV £ 20
Lot 32
1929 air 1/- imperf colour trial in yellow orange printed on back of old map. A fine marginal pair.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Lot 33
1929 Airmail 1/- imperf colour trial in orange vermillion printed on back of old map. A fine marginal pair.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Lot 34
1929 Airmail 4d Block of 4 & 1/- pair, both from the middle of the bottom pane, the 4d with retouched frame and the 1/- V1 broken frame under “U” of Lugpos on row 6/5, fine mm.
PRICE REALISED £20
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 35
29 August 1929. First return flight cover from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town franked with Block of 4s of each Airmail value plus 1d. Slight even soiling.
PRICE REALISED £16
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Union: 1927 – 1930 London Pictorials
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Lot 36
2d perf 14×13½ (up) positional block of 6 with the split “d” variety. SAHB 24D V1. Fine appearance but markedly sweated gum, very scarce, valued “400”.
PRICE REALISED £30
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 39
1/- a striking page with Gp1 pair, pair with top margin and gutter and splendid inscript B6, Gp.2 pair and Gp.3 pair and inscript pair. fine mostly lmm.
UNSOLD
Res £ 110
EV £ 160
Lot 42
Pretoria ½d top right corner B6 with classic fold over misperf from the fold being in front of the stamp. Printing affected in top right corner of top right stamp, one stamp and margin mounted, some perf separation top margin only.
UNSOLD
Res £ 22
EV £34
Lot 43
Pretoria ½d bottom right ¼ sheet from plate 1 with watermark inverted (scarce) and with V5 on row 20/9. Horizontal crease on the top row and perf separation between rows 11 to 13 / 4 and 5. One part hinge remainder on margin, otherwise fine um.
UNSOLD
Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Union: 1930 – 1945 Rotogravure Printing Pretoria
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Lot 45
1930 ½d reconstructed wmk inverted economy strip (in 4 blocks) from the spare booklet printing stamps as the 1931 booklet didn’t have ½d’s. These are the stamps where remnants of the original engraving appear on many stamps (+ other varieties). A sheet explaining all accompanies. Fine UM ex two tone spots on perfs row 6.
PRICE REALISED £60
Res £ 60
EV £80
Lot 46
1930 ½d coil strip of 8 from column 5 with the major 2E/2A stamps se-tenant. um.
UNSOLD
Res £ 24
EV £36
Lot 47
1930 ½d coil strip of 8, column 6, 2A/2E se-tenant, top and bottom stamps, rest um.
UNSOLD
Res £ 22
EV £34
Lot 48
1930 coil ½d 2E/2A se-tenant, ex col.1, fu on piece and scarce as such.
PRICE REALISED £28
Res £ 24
EV £30
Lot 49
2d Issue 3 blue & violet, B4 with “balloon” flaw, SG44ea, fine mm, the bottom pair has a neat reinforcing hinge at bottom. Cat £1,300.
UNSOLD
Res £ 220
EV £300
Lot 50
2d with aeroplane flaw, row 5/3 from ecostrip ex booklet printing, um. 1 foxed perf tip.
PRICE REALISED £30
Res £ 30
EV £40
Lot 53
1/- Issue 1 wmk upright, bottom arrow pair (scarce 1st shade thus), mm a bit heavily.
PRICE REALISED £30
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 54
1/- Issue , wmk inverted, fine lmm pair with “twisted horn” variety (row 1/5). Cat £225.
UNSOLD
Res £ 70
EV £ 100
Lot 55
1/- Issue 2 (wmk up) bottom left corner pair with “dart” variety (r.20/1) mm but with two horizontal creases barely visible from front. Cat £375.
PRICE REALISED £46
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Lot 56
1/- Issue 2 superb UM bottom right corner B4 with V10 & 12 (“collared gnu”).
UNSOLD
Res £ 120
EV £ 150
Lot 60
1935 ½d coil perf 13×13½, wmk up, strip of 20 with V7 on 10/1, fine UM strips are scarcer than their sheet equivalents. Cat £400+
UNSOLD
Res £ 80
EV £ 120
Lot 66
1954 2/6 Issue 4 (“heat haze” effect), Cylinder B4, mounted margins only.
PRICE REALISED £12
Res £ 12
EV £ 16
Lot 67
1939 set 6 1/- Official with skew 1st F Offisieel, fine mm on Gibbons card priced £60 ex. Matheson and illustrated on p77 of Hisey & Matheson.
UNSOLD
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 68
1939 set 6 Official 1/- with V2, broken “O” of official (row 6/2) in a marginal B4 top pair mounted, bottom UM, on Gibbons card priced £125 (ex. Matheson).
UNSOLD
Res £ 40
EV £ 60
Used in Swaziland (also see lot 28)
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Lot 69
1914 GB postcard franked ½d King’s Head with fine Mahamba cds to Inadi, Swaziland.
UNSOLD
Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Lot 70
SA recess 2d perf 14×13½ (down) inscript pair used at Mbabane, very fine.
UNSOLD
Res £ 18
EV £ 30
Lot 71
SA recess 5/- perf 14, superb used at Mbabane. (Cat £900 used in SA!).
UNSOLD
Res £ 280
EV £ 360
South West Africa (also see lot 29)
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Lot 73
1905 GSWA. Fine envelope to Berlin franked 4x3pf cancelled 4 strikes of the very scarce Owikokorero provisional (seal in black/name in violet) Ptzl A2 (4000pts for single strike).
PRICE REALISED £180
Res £ 180
EV £ 300
Lot 75
1916 Kings Head 2/6 on small piece with fine scarce Neuheusis rubber cancel in black.
UNSOLD
Res £ 12
EV £ 20
Lot 76
1922 Union of South Africa revenue stamps £2, £1, 10/- and 5/- used in SWA cancelled Surveyor General at Windhoek.
Very fine and attractive!
PRICE REALISED £16
Res £ 16
EV £ 26
Lot 77
1916 envelope franked 1d with the rare Feldschuhorn manuscript (Ptzl B1) to Bethianen censored at Keetmanshoop.
UNSOLD
Res £ 58
EV £ 70
Lot 78
1917 envelope to Windhuk franked King’s Head ½d + Tvl ½d (use of interprovincials in SWA is very scarce). Fine scarce Klein Windhuk rubber cancels in violet, Windhoek censored.
PRICE REALISED £80
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Res £ 80
EV £ 100
Lot 79
1917 Kings head 1/- on small piece with superb Outjo (wanderstempel conversion) cancel, Ptzl B4.
UNSOLD
Res £ 10
EV £ 18
Lot 81
1918 envelope to Karibib with 1d cancelled scarce Ondonga rubber in black (1600pts).
UNSOLD
Res £ 44
EV £ 54
Lot 82
1918 1d ps envelope to Swakopmund cancelled rare Franzfontein rubber in blue.
UNSOLD
Res £ 70
EV £ 80
Lot 83
1920 nice 1/- Block of 4 cancelled with the altered Windhuk Swiss type canceller. (Ptzl B7).
UNSOLD
Res £ 9
EV £ 14
Lot 84
1921 meteorological report from Waterberg (Ptzl B1, 2000pts). (No rain!)
UNSOLD
Res £ 38
EV £ 50
Lot 85
1927 Registered envelope to Keetmanshoop from ‘Kolmanskop’. Registered Cachet with name mispelt.
UNSOLD
Res £ 26
EV £ 36
Lot 86
1930-1 SWA overprints on roto ½d & 1d, SG68 and 69. Fine um Block of 4s. Cat £84.
PRICE REALISED £20
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 87
6 Aug 1931 single 10d on Registered td envelope carried on the 1st internal return flight from Rehoboth to Windhoek.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 8
EV £ 14
Lot 88
19 Dec 1931 envelope from Keetmanshoop catching the “Christmas” flight to Cape Town, franked with both 1931 Air pairs (SG68 & 69 and cat £120). Envelope crease at bottom barely detracts.
PRICE REALISED £40
Res £ 40
EV £ 56
Lot 89
1947 Royal Visit 2d arrow block with “bird on 2” variety (small perf fault on top left stamp) and 3d pair with V5 (ribbon in hair) and a Block of 4 with V6 (masked princess), mm.
UNSOLD
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 90
1949 UPU 3d pair with “lake” in Africa flaw on row 2/19. SG140b, fine lmm. Cat £65.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 14
EV £ 20
Lot 91
1954 set to 10/- and 1960 watermark change set of 5. Fine mm.
PRICE REALISED £10.
Res £ 10
EV £ 15
Lot 92
1958 OHMS cover to USA with 2 strips of 12 plus a strip of 3 2d officials (SG026) on back. the stamps cat £455 off cover.
PRICE REALISED £64
Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Republic of South Africa
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Lot 93
1961 – 1967 Arms type revenue stamps on 4 deeds documents front pages, 24 stamps including 7x50R & 100R. Mostly good to fine but includes 2 poor and 5 (incl 100R) with punch hole. Mix of years.
UNSOLD
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Res £ 8
EV £ 16
Lot 94
1963 ½c and 1c coil proving strips of 22, um. (½c column 1, 1c column 6).
PRICE REALISED £4
Res £ 4
EV £ 8
Lot 95
1968-71 10c Cylinders 254,253A&B : 1968, 1970 5mm phosphor and 1971 single pane 3mm phosphor, all 5 Cylinder Blocks of 4, um.
PRICE REALISED £7
Res £ 5
EV £ 10
Lot 96
1973-4 10c Cylinders 512/511A&B, 1st issue and 1974 with dextrine gum issue. All 4 Cylinder Blocks of 4s um.
PRICE REALISED £5
Res £ 4
EV £ 8
Lot 97
1972 1st wool, Pane A, all 4 corner Blocks of 4, both arrow B4s and a top left corner Block of 8 with a large blue ink blob on row 3/1. All lmm (mainly in margins).
PRICE REALISED £4
Res £ 4
EV £ 8
Lot 98
Wool Stamps: 1972 SACC 322, 322a, 323 A and B panes in Cylinder Blocks of 4. 1973 A and B panes in Cylinder Blocks of 4. 1974 all 3 x 4c and both 15c in Cylinder Blocks of 6s. UM. (13 Cylinder Blocks.)
PRICE REALISED £13
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Res £ 12
EV £ 20
Lot 99
1974 15c Lamb Pane A Cylinder Block of 6 with the cream so faint it almost appears missing UM. (Pane B for comparison. mm).
Offered unreserved (not free!).
PRICE REALISED £8
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Res £ 0
EV £ 0