Auction 60
This Auction ended at 17.00 pm on Sunday, 19th January 2025.
AUCTIONEER’s REPORT: An excellent auction: 89 bids received and 53 lots bid on. Lots 73 – 81 were the most popular with some lots receiving 6 bids. Two bidders who bid late will be disappointed. Bidder X bid on 9 lots and won zero. Bidder Y bid on 7 lots and won zero. They would both have won if they had bid earlier as some of their bids were the same amount as that received earlier from other members. Obviously the first bid wins. Total amount of sales was a little over £2,000 which is another £200 for the Society.
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Basutoland
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Lot 1
1961 Type II R1 overprint on 10/-, SG68a, fine unmounted lower left corner block of 4
Res £ 50
EV £ 65
Cape of Good Hope
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Lot 2
1806. The Cape Expedition of 1806 : Letter from Gen Sir David Baird written on 12 Jan 1806 to his brother Lt.Col.Baird at Cork (forwarded to Cove) just prior to them both going on the expedition to capture the Cape from the Dutch. The letter mentions the post bell ringing and his determination to stop his sister in law accompanying his brother. Also a copy of Bell’s Weekly Messenger of March 1906 featuring a “London Gazette Extraordinary” from Downing Street of 28 Feb which describes the capture of the Cape in great detail, and mentioning both Bairds several times. Excellent Postal History ex Robson Lowe’s personal collection!
PRICE REALISED: £130
Res £ 130
EV £ 160
Lot 3
1886 “10” octagon cancel of Stellenbosch on 2d on piece with cds.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 4
1896 “53” in octagon on ps card cutout with Prince Albert cds alongside.
Res £ 28
EV £ 40
Lot 5
1883 envelope (tears at bottom) with Hope 2d cancelled a good 284 BONC with Oudtshoorn cds alongside.
PRICE REALISED: £16
Res £ 16
EV £ 25
Lot 6
1894 fine 1d ps envelope uprated by 1d & ½d, to Germany, 2 fine “407” BONCs and Matatiele cds.
PRICE REALISED: £34
Res £26
EV £ 35
Lot 7
1896 1d ps card to Germany written on board a ship, fine “420” BONC with Albert Docks cds alongside.
PRICE REALISED: £22
Res £ 22
EV £ 30
Lot 8
1904 1d letter card uprated by 1d & ½d, to Germany fine “705” BONC & Elim cds
PRICE REALISED: £25
Res £ 25
EV £35
Lot 9
1909 postcard to Winburg from Plettenbergs Bay, franked ½d cancelled very late use of the small Cape Triangular cancel x 2 (card with minor corner damage at bottom).
Res £ 12
EV £ 18
Lot 10
Edwardian fine m.mint to 5/- (2x2d,3d,4d,6d) Cat £350+ (16)
Res £ 35
EV £ 40
Natal
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Lot 11
Fine unused pc of West Street, Durban.
PRICE REALISED: £4
Res £ 4
EV £ 6
Orange Free State
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Lot 12
Fine unused pc of the GPO in Bloemfontein.
Res £ 4
EV £ 6
Union of South Africa
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Lot 13
1927-30 2d Perf. groups I, II & III, each in mint B4, 8 stamps UM, cat £232
Res £ 25
EV £ 40
Lot 14
1927 4d perf.14, inscriptional pair, fine mm
PRICE REALISED: £24
Res £ 24
EV £ 30
Lot 15
1927 10/- inscriptional pair, mounted mint 2 perf holes at bottom joined.
PRICE REALISED: £60
Res £ 60
EV £ 70
Lot 16
1927. 1st 1d wrapper with a wonderfully displaced vignette, fine.
Res £ 55
EV £ 65
Lot 17
1927 1st 1d wrapper with the vignette missing.
Res £ 100
EV £ 120
Union of South Africa: 1929 Darmstadt Trials
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Lot 18
The Leiden Proof (Dix.44) a superb proving strip of 6 watermarked trefoil in the right 3 rows only. mm, gum crease on row 11, small stain on gum on row 8 but the only trial not printed at Darmstatd & a rare, desirable item.
PRICE REALISED: £155
Res £ 150
EV £ 200
Lot 19
Imperf printings of the vignette & frame (Dix.48&45) ungummed, no wmk, inks unspecified.
PRICE REALISED: £38
Res £ 38
EV £ 46
Lot 20
Superb UM vignette B4 on gummed paper. No wmk (though the right 4 vertical columns were wmkd trefoil). German ink, Dix.37 & testing the new cylinder 19/20 September. perf.15×14.
PRICE REALISED: £78
Res £ 60
EV £ 80
Lot 21
Frame trial of the new cylinder, Dix.59 (before fine etching), no wmk, ungummed
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 22
Complete stamp on same paper as previous lot, Dix 69, German inks.
PRICE REALISED: £34
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 23
Trial on springboks head wmkd paper, fine marginal B4, Dix 57, btm pair UM, scarce.
PRICE REALISED: £80
Res £ 80
EV £ 100
Lot 24
Fine strip of 6 wmk trefoil in the rt 4 columns, a few black adhesions to back.
PRICE REALISED: £48
Res £ 38
EV £ 46
Lot 25
Striking marginal pair, no wmk (though the 4 right columns would have been wmk trefoil. The striking shade due to the addition of varnish to the inks. Stamps UM, Dix.43.
PRICE REALISED: £38
Res £ 38
EV £ 46
Lot 26
lLater trials on gummed esparto paper, B4, Dix.71 (end of run), stamps UM.
PRICE REALISED: £40
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 27
Later trials on gummed esparto paper, 3 examples, Dix 52, 53 & 55, fine mm ex one of “52” heavily mounted.
PRICE REALISED: £68
Res £ 60
EV £ 75
Union of South Africa continued – Issued stamps
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Lot 28
1930 superb collection of all 12 columns of the ½d coil stamps, including the language setting errors, mostly in fine mounted or unmounted strips of 8 (column 1, 1st 2 rows added, “3” appears rejoined between r21&22, “12” strip of 4 only), identifying points identified. Difficult to replicate.
Res £240
EV £ 320
Lot 29
1935 1d coil (perf 13½x14), SG56dw, a superb block of 48 across the central gutter, fine scarce scarce multiple, R15S. light hinge marks top & bottom rows, otherwise UM, cat £1,000++.
Res £ 240
EV £ 320
Lot 30
3d black & red, wmk up, fine mm.
Res £ 38
EV £ 45
Lot 31
Black & red, wmk inverted, fine lmm, row 2/1&2 (var. large red dot in sky r.2/2)
PRICE REALISED: £14
Res £ 14
EV £ 18
Lot 32
3d black & red with V5 frame break, row 5/1, um but a couple of short perfs on 5/2
Res £ 22
EV £ 28
Lot 33
1/- Issue 1, wmk upright, late 1937 shade, ex row 8/2&3, fine UM, scarce.
Res £ 42
EV £ 50
Lot 34
2/6 bronze green & brown, wmk inverted, row 17/4&5 (before the scratch through AFRIKA developed on r.17/5), UM, a couple of minor gum wrinkles on 17/5. cat £225+
Res £ 65
EV £ 80
Lot 35
2/6 deep bronze green & brown, watermark inverted, ex row 17/1&2, fine lmm
Res £ 60
EV £ 75
Lot 36
2/6 green & brown, watermark upright, ex row 1/1&2, fine mm
Res £ 20
EV £ 26
Lot 37
2/6 early ’40’s transitional shade, turquoise-green & deep brown, wmk upright, with V2 line across wagon on row 3/1, very fine mm
Res £ 35
EV £ 40
Lot 38
1947-9 a superb 3 page display of the “bush tick” flaw (+ other varieties) which kept moving position before being removed. (SG 75ce & 114cb). The first on the scarce unscreened cross-hatched issue 16 is used, then in 4 good UM positional blocks. All explained
PRICE REALISED: £100
Res £ 100
EV £ 120
Lot 39
1948 1d ship Issue 20 (narrow sheet printing) , top left corner block of 10 with arrow above rows 3&4 & “smoke trail” variety on row 2/5. Also a B4 with one stamp showing the crude retouching of the sky. Also Issue 21 top left corner block of 12 with the “smoke Trail”, the blocks mounted margins only, B4 mounted top pair
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 40
1½d wmk inverted, B4 with ” broken chimney” flaw, fine UM, cat £29
Res £ 4
EV £ 6
Lot 41
1940 1½d blue green & dull gold:- top & bottom double rows, both side arrow & serial number blocks of 4 plus Vs 13 & 14(ladder”) in marginal pairs, all fine unmounted mint
Res £ 90
EV £ 120
Lot 42
1938 & ’41 2d shades, fine mm, the latter UM, cat £130.
PRICE REALISED: £42
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 43
1947 3d bisect used on cover! unauthorised but appears to have gone through untaxed, a curio I’ve not seen before.
PRICE REALISED: £35
Res £ 35
EV £ 50
Lot 44
1937 6d type I with “white oranges” variety, unusual on this issue, fine mm.
PRICE REALISED: £30
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 45
1937 6d type I with V1 extra top to tree, row 1/10 (cat same as ladder in HB) mm.
PRICE REALISED: £20
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 46
1937 6d type I, bottom left corner pair with V3 “orange on top of tree”, row 20/1, valued same a ladder in HB, mounted bottom margin only.
PRICE REALISED: £38
Res £30
EV £ 40
Lot 47
1933 5/-, watermark inverted with V8 on row 20/6, fine mm, cat £120++
Res £ 50
EV £ 60
Lot 48
1945 5/- black & blue-green, fine lmm
Res £ 12
EV £ 18
Lot 49
1948 5/- black & blackish green, (row 8/5&6), fine lmm
Res £ 12
EV £ 18
Lot 50
1939-44 10/-, 3 shades (2 sepia), all fine mm, cat £175
Res £ 35
EV £ 50
Lot 51
1944 10/- blue & charcoal, block of 4, fine unmounted mint
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 52
1950 1/- Issue 5, block of 6 fine used, bottom right stamp with V2 (retouched corner) on row 20/5 – cat £48+
Res £ 6
EV £ 10
Lot 53
1949 2/6 Issue I, Cyl B4 , mounted bottom margin, stamps fine unmounted
Res £ 10
EV £ 15
Lot 54
1935 1d pane (pane 15) a “voucher” pane, as given to advertisers, fine UM and rare.
Res £ 90
EV £ 120
Lot 55
1937 blank border booklet ½d & 1d panes, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 18
EV £ 26
Lot 56
1937-8 6d razor blade b/let complete, front covers(2) & back, ½d panes (8), 1d panes (6) & 2 pairs, all fine m or um, large range stitches & shades.
PRICE REALISED: £10
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Res £ 10
EV £ 14
Lot 57
1939 B16, the rare green DriFoot booklet :- front & back covers and all 6 panes fine mint, one stamp on each pane mounted. Cat. £3,500 complete.
PRICE REALISED: £300
Res £ 180
EV £ 240
Lot 58
1941 blue Drifoot booklet :- front & back covers and all 6 panes fine mint (mounted in margins only).
PRICE REALISED: £19
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 59
1941 1½d pane fine UM.
Res £ 10
EV £ 14
Lot 60
1941-6 sheet sales of B18/19 1d with rows 1,5&9 left blank , the bottom 6 rows with serial numbers, fine UM.
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Union of South Africa Officials
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Lot 61
1947 2/6 blue & brown with short OFFISIEEL with diaeresis on 2nd “E” on row 6/2, SG O19b, fine lmm, Cat £1,500.
Res £ 350
EV £ 400
Lot 62
1947 2/6 blue & brown with short OFFISIEEL with diaeresis on 2nd “E” on row 6/3, SG O19c, fine lmm, Cat £1,500
Res £ 350
EV £ 400
Lot 63
1950-4 1/- Officials, SGO47 & 47a, both shades, fine lmm, Cat £175
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Union of South Africa Registered Envelopes (all ex-Alec Page : more available if there’s interest.)
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Lot 64
1913 1 Nov first DLR registered envelopes (size 134x84mm) very fine unused and used from Nylstroom to Austria.
PRICE REALISED: £18
Res £ 18
EV £ 25
Lot 65
First types sized 152x95mm (2) and 226x102mm variously uprated to UK or Holland, nice trio.
PRICE REALISED: £15
Res £ 15
EV £ 25
Lot 66
1924 3 May embossed 4d types (new flap shape), 152×95 and 226x102mm envelopes used to Leipzig with 1928 Durban Exhibition label and London transit.
PRICE REALISED: £9
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 67
1920 2 Nov 5½d unused and used from O’okiep to Colchester.
PRICE REALISED: £8
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 68
5½d envelope used 1921 to Vienna, uprated by 1d & 2½d with AVIS DE RECEPTION & ms “AR” – very fine & attractive.
PRICE REALISED: £10
Res £ 10
EV £ 15
Lot 69
1922 22 Feb 6d types, size 134x84mm mint & used.
PRICE REALISED: £24
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 70
1922 21 Jan 6d types, size 152x95mm, unused and fine used from Pilgrims Rest.
PRICE REALISED: £24
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 71
1926 type 4d envelope unused & used at White River, fine.
PRICE REALISED: £15
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 72
1926 4d type used Sir Lowry Road to Malta, London transit, rare destination and even rarer receipt mark being the Maltese postman’s walk handstamp “34”. A Postal History gem!
PRICE REALISED: £30
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Union of South Africa WW2 Postal History (mostly ex-Alec Page)
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Lot 73
1940 12 Aug fine APO-U-MPK 2 strike on censored envelope to Jo’burg from the Advanced Base at the Salisbury Hotel, Nairobi (all troops moved on by May ’41) fine.
PRICE REALISED: £15
Res £ 8
EV £ 10
Lot 74
1941 29 Nov Air letter card franked 2×1½d and Egyptian 70m air stamp, cancelled Egypt pre-paid “52” (Port Tewfik). Nice item, good contents.
PRICE REALISED: £15
Res £ 8
EV £ 10
Lot 75
1941-2 Egypt pre-paid “54”, 2nd Div., 4th Brigade. 4 nice covers, 2 whilst at El Alamein and 2 whilst at Tobruk including excellent air mail card with “Bde PO has been on the move” and “worst sandstorm Libya has experienced for 10 years“.
PRICE REALISED: £32
Res £ 22
EV £ 30
Lot 76
1942 nice parcel label franked 2d, 1/- & 2/6 cancelled APO-U-MPK “29” (Port Tewfik) for a “filagree” (sic) bracelet to girlfriend? in Pretoria (pencil note says Tobruk), charming.
PRICE REALISED: £19
Res £ 8
EV £ 14
Lot 77
1942 Three nice covers with Egypt pre-paid “62” (El Alamein) and “63”(2) (Quassassin).
PRICE REALISED: £22
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 78
1942 Egypt Pre-Paid “37” (Base depot at Helwan), 3 covers including green cross with LWE 3d pair & GB 1d, another with NZ 9d. nice lot.
PRICE REALISED: £46
Res £ 20
EV £ 34
Lot 79
1942 Christmas Air Letter franked 3d cancelled Egypt pre-paid “42” (SA Gen Hospital at Quassassin, near Alexandria).
PRICE REALISED: £16
Res £ 4
EV £ 6
Lot 80
1944 registered envelope from APO 32 (Cairo) to Cape Town , also a APO-U-MPK 29A on reverse suggesting sender was somewhere else.
PRICE REALISED: £16
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 81
1945 4d Registered envelope to Maitland franked 2/6 pair + bantam 4d pair & 1/-, cancelled APO-U-MPK 42 (SA Gen Hospital in Florence), APO cachet, some wrinkling.
PRICE REALISED: £13
Res £ 12
EV £ 20
Lot 82
1947. 3d Royal Visit. 4 stock cards with a small quantity of blocks and pairs, including several varieties both noted in Haggar and also by other collectors, mostly** some*. Includes 1 B12 (R3-8/5-6 with V1 and V5), B4 and pr with V5, TMB6 (R1-3/5-6 including V6), B8 and 2 prs (vert & horiz) all with V6, SMB4 and pr with V4, numerous other pairs and B4’s etc. Also 2d value, Cyl 39, SMB4 with V7. A very nice collection for the specialist!
Res £ 6
EV £ 16
Lot 83
1948 Booklet Panes. 8 page Stock book, three pages shown here (stamps on 5 more pages) in excellent condition with complete booklet panes of 6 with all margins – 16 x ½d, 16 x 1d and 18 x 1½d. (SG114a, 56h, 87b). (Some duplication). The lot includes a table to enable identification of the different panes. A bargain at a very low reserve!
PRICE REALISED: £10
Res £ 10
EV £ 16
South West Africa
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Lot 84
18 Jan 1906 Feldpostkarte addressed to Kub with a superb strike of the second Gochas wanderstempel, Putzel A3 (Wanderstempel V). The name is printed in woodblock. The only use of such in SWA and a result of the post sergeant being ex-Boxer rebellion.
PRICE REALISED: £90
Res £ 90
EV £ 120
Lot 85
12 Feb 1899 UPU pc of the mission Station at Gross Barmen posted at Cape Town with a fine Deutsche Seepost oval cancel, to Riga, Russia (now Lithuania).
Res £ 35
EV £ 40
Lot 86
1898 fine registered envelope to Frankfurt franked 2x20c cancelled Keetmanshoop, with label, Cape Town RLO oval & Frankfurt receipt on reverse.
PRICE REALISED: £22
Res £ 22
EV £ 30
Lot 87
2 Nov 1900 5pf ps card with a fine sample Hasis cds just before it was withdrawn & rendered dumb to become Wanderstempel III, scarce.
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Lot 88
1905 Feld-postkarte Windhuk (2xCDSs, one unfortunately over the Windhuk Commander’s military cachet, to Germany. The card a fun, if rather soppy, song for a Schutztruppe on patrol on night watch! A couple of minor corner faults.
Res £ 12
EV £ 16
Lot 89
1907 pc from Cologne to Windhoek franked 5pf celebrating Artillery Centenary (presumably from battle of Danzig) very patriotic and talks of guns stopping firing and peace at the exact height of the GSWA genocide! different & interesting item. reinforced corner crease.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 90
1931 Pictorial set to 2/6 and 1937 1½d transport, fine mm Cat £81 (10 pairs).
Res £ 10
EV £ 15
Lot 91
1938 Voortrekker 1d & 1½d pairs and Hugenot set of 3, SG109-113, fine mounted mint. Cat £103.
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 92
1980 nice animal set of 17, unmounted mint.
Res £ 10
EV £ 12
The Caboose – Late arrivals
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Lot 93
‘They Fought for Freedom’ booklet No. 64 SACC 1568. Cat: £36.
PRICE REALISED: £8
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 94
JIPEX – SACC 68 ½d pane 4 + SACC 69a 1d pane 9. Both lightly MM.
PRICE REALISED: £7
Res £ 6
EV £ 9
Lot 95
JIPEX – 1d panes x 2 SACC 69, SG MS 70 Pane 17 + SACC 69a Pane 18, Imperf right margin. Mint.
PRICE REALISED: £6
Res £ 6
EV £ 9
Lot 96
RSA 2½c Cylinder 17 23 pane D – Badly centrally perforated. V6: Large violet “cloud” in a halo, in top right corner of gable. Row 2/20. Mint.
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 97
RSA 50c monkey – English inscription. SACC 832c. Corner sheet block of 40 stamps with H.S.P.H perfs First stamp almost missing “Y” of Monkey. From Row 3/5 on full sheet
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 98
BSAC / Rhodesia 1d Double Heads. 22 stamps mostly on paper. Postmarks include Eldorado Mine & Jumbo Mine. Various shades and perforations.
PRICE REALISED: £22
Res £ 20
EV £ 28
Lot 99
BSAC / Rhodesia SG 113 £1 overprint used. SG 91 £2 used.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 100
RSA Commemorative. Full sheets in binder 1978 – 1990. Total 68. All different and plated by pane letter. Very good condition.
PRICE REALISED: £45
Res £ 45
EV £ 60