Auction 62
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Lot Descriptions
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Cape of Good Hope Pre-Adhesive
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Lot 1
c1762 wrapper from Holland to “Caap de Goode Hope” (1762 is pencil annotation)
Res £ 25
EV £ 50
Lot 2
c1810 official wrapper with average “medallion” cancel, addressed to Col Bird (deputy then Colonial Secretary 1818-24).
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 3
1806-30 Official seals with 1806 Colonial Seretary, Registrar & commission of Enquiry & 1825 Drostdy of Stellenbosch. Fine, interesting group.
Res £ 50
EV £100
Lot 4
1824 & 45 Ship Letters: 2 fine covers : first 1 April with fine London Ship Letter Paid oval and charged 2/4d, note received 9 July; second with Ship Letter in red & “p8” in red
Res £ 40
EV £ 80
Lot 5
21 Mar 1828 Government Gazette with 1d stamp top right (Newspapers weren’t taxed so the stamp which is unrecorded could be the 1st Cape postage stamp!)
Res £ 40
EV £ 60
Lot 6
1839 wrapper (watermarked Britannia) headed Tonkershoek (probably Donkerhoek) with a good boxed “POST PAID”.
Res £ 20
EV £ 40
Lot 7
1853-64 six triangulars with 3 margins ex 1/-, faults but very collectable.
Res £50
EV £ 80
Lot 8
1864 6d pale rose lilac, a pretty copy fiscally used with good colour.
Res £ 12
EV £ 18
Lot 9
1880’s Nine Burmeister envelopes with proving BONCs (mostly readable) including Riverside 25, George 17, Paarl 39, Robertson 25, Vredenburg 18, Barkley West 232, Upington 429, Hannover 508, Durbanville 575. Mixed condition reflected in estimate.
Res £ 28
EV £50
Lot 10
1884 envelope (soiling) with contents with Upington “429” BONC and cds PO UPINGTON
Res £ 16
EV £24
Siege of MAFEKING
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Lot 11
1900 1d Goodyear pale blue on blue, SG17, fu marginal, on piece with Brandon certificate
Res £ 130
EV £160
Lot 12
1900 3d Baden Powell 3d, SG18, fu on small piece
Res £ 220
EV £250
Lot 13
19 May 1900 Natal Mercury envelope posted at Durban, to London, which opens out into a wonderfully large jingoistic souvenir of the Relief! – a rare item.
Res £ 100
EV £140
ORANGE FREE STATE
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Lot 14
c1868-1900 unchecked selection of 139 stamps ex dealer’s stock pages. mint, mm or used notes by stamps not guaranteed (Auctioneer’s note – clearly some decent values!)
Res £ 50
EV £80
Lot 15
1902 bordered PS postcard Bloemfontein to Pretoria, faint PBC censor.
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
TRANSVAAL COLONY
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Lot 16
E7 63 stamps, um, mm & used, some interprovincially.
Res £ 25
EV £ 50
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (ANGLO-BOER WAR)
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Lot 17
1900. Manchester Philatelic Society 1d war fund labels, complete sheet of 12, um
Res £ 45
EV £ 50
Lot 18
1900 four French used humorous propaganda postcards.
Res £ 24
EV £32
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICAN
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Lot 19
LITERATURE – Hagger 1986 handbook, good condition, much sought after.
Res £ 38
EV £ 50
Lot 20
LTERATURE – Reisener 1986 (copy 530 of 900) Special and Commemorative Postmarks 1892-1975 – another much sought after book.
Res £ 18
EV £ 30
Lot 21
21. June 1913 superb looking B6 Transvaal 10/- used at Port Elizabeth (bottom left stamp has a small tear in corner)
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Res £ 29
EV £ 70
KINGS HEADS
The next 6 lots are a last chance before going to a leading auction house.
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Lot 22
1/3 watermark inverted, a vfu B4, a very rare item – Cat £900++
Res £ 320
EV £ 400
Lot 23
5/- with V2 “UNI” obliterated, fine used & rare (realised £500 before commission in Van de Kar) plus 1d with similar missing “AFR” of Africa, also rare and fine used.
Res £ 480
EV £ 550
Lot 24
10/- watermarked inverted fu & rare, Cat £2,000.
Res £ 750
EV £ 850
Lot 25
£1 green & red with 10/-, 2/6 & pair 6d fine used in South West Africa, ex a diamond package, cancelled Luderitzbucht 1920, £1 has small red crayon mark from registration.
Res £ 300
EV £ 350
Lot 26
£1 fine used in Mbabane, Swaziland
Res £ 280
EV £ 350
Lot 27
£1 pale olive green & red, SG17a, a fine used pair cancelled Hollard Street in 1927, a very rare multiple, Cat £2,600+
Res £ 950
EV £ 1100
Lot 28
1926-7 ½d Springbok proof in red & black, fine & scarce
Res £ 80
EV £100
Lot 29
1927 bicoloured set of 6 opt SPECIMEN, fine lmm & very scarce
Res £ 350
EV £400
Lot 30
1927 2d,3d,4d,1/- & 2/6, perf.14, fine lmm, cat £250
Res £ 35
EV £50
Lot 31
1927 Postage Dues : Imperf frame proofs in green, rose & grey, fine.
Res £120
EV £150
Lot 32
1929 Darmstadt Trial vignette block of 12 (Dix 35, German ink, Harrison coated ungummed paper), left 2 stamps show preprinting paper creases (from long storage), blocks scarce.
Res £130
EV £ 180
Lot 33
1929 Darmstadt frame trial marginal strip of 6 endorsed “Coated Harrison Paper” Dix40 trial took place at the same time as lot 32.
Res £ 70
EV £100
Lot 34
1931 Round Church, Seapoint skeleton cancels on strip of 3x3d plus postcard.
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 35
1933-8 Issue 3 2d BALLOON FLAW on pair from 1st printing (wmk inv), also wmk up and indigo & violet in a block of 4, SG44d & 44ea, fine lmm, Cat £1,580.
Res £ 260
EV £400
Lot 36
1933-8 VTs & 1939 Huguenots on leaves, fine mm (15 pairs) Cat £175
Res £ 20
EV £30
Lot 37
1933 VT 1d two B4’s (wmk left & right) each showing V1 “comet & blurred inscription” (SG51a) on row 2/7 & also the mp V2 on 1/7. mounted mint.
Res £ 40
EV £50
Lot 38
1933 VT 1d 2 pairs & a single all showing mpV3 on 4/9 (the single being unrecorded Issue 1 with wmk left), the pairs Is.1 without & Is.2 with V4 “blurred man” on 4/8, mm.
Res £ 20
EV £25
Lot 39
1933 VTs 2d with V2 (broken shield) r.5/15 & V5 (line through “OO”) on 6/11, mm.
Res £ 9
EV £ 15
Lot 40
1933 VTs 3d with V2 (broken frame) row 4/8 & V5 on 6/8, mm.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 41
1936 VTs ½d Church of Vow, two left arrow blocks before & after the development of V4 (mark between windows) on row 4/1, 1st m margin only, 2nd UM.
Res £ 18
EV £ 25
Lot 42
1934 First Imperial Airways flight to Australia : 4d registered envelope with Cape Town label, uprated by 2x9d Air (these alone cat £220 off cover), & 2x1d.
Res £ 48
EV £ 60
Lot 43
1936 OFFICIALS registered envelope to New York franked 1931 single 2/6 (SGO11) with a B4 of the scarce 1930 2d (SGO5c, Cat £200 off cover) & ½d B4 on the back.
Res £ 45
EV £ 60
Lot 44
1939 OFFICIALS 2d Set 17 superb top corner block of 8 with arrow, stamp V2 “ladder” on r.1/4 & broken frame (left bottom) on 1/6. This is diagnostic for set as it’s repaired by set 18. very fine lmm at top only. cat £600 but +++ for arrow & varieties.
Res £ 300
EV £ 350
Lot 45
1949 3d both Cylinder and left arrow blocks of 6, fine mm/um.
Res £ 12
EV £ 15
COILS / ROLLS
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Lot 46
1931 ½d coil strip of 8 with 2E/2A se-tenant, ex column 5, UM.
Res £ 18
EV £ 26
Lot 47
1931 ½d coil strip of 6, 2A/2E se-tenant and with the good V1 “cigar” variety on row 10/1, the key 4 stamps (r.20,21,22&1) unmounted.
Res £ 25
EV £ 30
Lot 48
1931 2d coil pair with “rift in cloud” variety, row 5/20, UM, also a single with the same SAHB R13 V3), very difficult stamps to find, especially with a variety (ex Shaw).
Res £ 48
EV £ 60
Lot 49
1935 R14 ½d perf 13½x14 (SG54b) UM strip of 20 including V7 on row 10/1, wmk upright, strips from coil machines are scarcer than from sheet sales. Cat £400+.
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Res £ 60
EV £ 90
Lot 50
1935 R14S ½d perf.13½x14, scarce gutter B8, wmk up, only 2 stamps vlmm, SG54b, Cat £160++ (as gutter block).
Res £ 35
EV £ 60
Lot 51
1935 R15S, 1d perf 13½x14, fine UM gutter block of 16, Cat £320++.
Res £ 60
EV £ 90
Lot 52
1943 R21, first monocolour ½d : fine collection with strips of 22 for columns 1,2,4,6,7,8&10 all apparently UM, also strips of 4 from cols.3&12 & pair from 12. cat £288+ (164).
Res £ 45
EV £ 60
Lot 53
. 1943 1d R24 strip of 8 and 4 pairs showing the wide range of shades of this issue. mm.
Res £ 8
EV £ 12
Lot 54
1948 ½d R23 collection with UM strips 22 from columns 1(with good Vs,5&6), 10,11 & 12(with V1) plus pairs to strip of 17 from others (6 doesn’t exist) later mm or um.
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
WORLD WAR 2
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Lot 55
1944 airmail (via London) from Port Elizabeth to New York franked 3×2/6 and with oval ringed “O.A.T.” (onward air transmission) in red. a bit tatty at right.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 56
1944 airmail from Jo’burg, via London, to LA with oval ringed “O.A.T.” in violet. 2618 censor label.
Res £ 16
EV £ 22
Lot 57
Pieces (16) or stamps (21) on leaf with good range of Egypt prepaid numbers, also a packet of 23 pieces (most EPP70) & 15 pieces with APO-U-MPK numbers. many complete strikes.
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Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 58
Egypt Pre-Paid “31” (Cairo) : 3 air letters franked 3d (2 are GB stamps) to Pilgrims Rest, & air envelope at 10d rate. All SAAF related (incl No.1 Sqdn) with pyramid (in red & purple), hexagonal or square RAF censor cachets. Some interesting content (4)
Res £ 20
EV £ 25
Lot 59
Egypt Pre-Paid “34” 3 envelopes (2 at 10d, 1 OAS free). 1941 at Sidi Barani(?) and 1942 at El Adem (Libya)
Res £ 16
EV £ 22
Lot 60
Egypt Pre-Paid “37” (UDF Base Depot at Helwan) 1941-2 OAS Free to POW Bureau in Cairo, Air letter franked 3d & envelope 10d (the recapture of Benghazi is mentioned).
Res £ 15
EV £20
Lot 61
APO-U-MPK cancels on cover (8) plus an Airgraph : Nos. “2”,”5″,”7″,”8″,”10″,”16″,”18″ and “30”. Good to fine strikes. One on captured Italian envelope. (9 items)
Res £ 38
EV £ 50
Lot 62
Air Letter Cards (5), 4 used, one opt “SWA” unused. One from Durban to Lt/Cmdr SANF on HMS Colossus mentions cousin on aircraft carrier killed by Japs.
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 63
Italian POW mail : a very fine registered item from Koffiefontein franked 4d (reg), postage free. Format pc from Vermaak, Klipnek & 3 with 5-line camp cachets. good lot.
Res £ 45
EV £ 60
Lot 64
Cape Town Colosseum “flier” advertising RAF film of raid over Germany & competition supporting Mayor’s War Fund. nice bit of ephemera for a “how to fund raise” theme?
Res £ 4
EV £ 6
RSA
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Lot 65
1963 ½c coil strips of 22 from rows 1 to 9 and 1c from all 10 columns, fine UM (light pencil mark on 1 stamp indicating row), SG198&9b, cat £687 (418 stamps)1963 ½c coil strips of 22 from rows 1 to 9 and 1c from all 10 columns, fine UM (light pencil mark on 1 stamp indicating row), SG198&9b, cat £687 (418 stamps).
Res £ 48
EV £ 60
Lot 66
1963 ½c coil strip of 22 with leader, ex row 5, SG198b, UM.
Res £ 5
EV £ 8
Lot 67
1960’s to 90’s hundreds of used (about ½ on piece), some duplication, postmark interest?
Res £5
EV £ 8
Lot 68
1961 R1 with V3 (blue mark joining tops of 2 left petals), row 3/5 and the same as middle stamp in a strip of 3 of the 1964 R1 (SG236), fu, Cat £146 without variety!
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Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 69
1961 R1 with V4 (broken “U” in Republic) row 13/5 in a strip of 3 and the same in the 1964 wmk RSA R1 B4. fine to vfu and Cat £200 without varieties!
Res £ 18
EV £ 30
Lot 70
1977 3rd Definitives : over 100 corner blocks, ½ sheets, strips, coils. Values to R1 (800+).
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 71
1993 FDC No.523, SA Aviation set of 25, fine.
Res £ 5
EV £ 8
Lot 72
1994 Mandela inauguration 45c, 2008 2x birthday MSs & 2024 Ramaphosa MS.
Res £ 5
EV £ 8
Lot 73
1998 Raptors (10x standard postage) & 2008 big 5 birds (10x international airmail)
Res £ 5
EV £ 8
South West Africa
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Lot 74
Aug 1899 Gross Aus 5pf pc to Berlin uprated by 3pf(pair), cancelled by two examples of the Jakalswater wanderstempel, one with station handstamp, the other without.
Res £ 45
EV £ 60
Lot 75
1900-01 nice trio of cards all to the same address in Munich, all franked unhyphenated overprint on 5pf, from Windhoek, Karibib and Swakopmund.
Res £ 15
EV £ 22
Lot 76
Apr 1902 envelope to Leipzig franked 5pf & 2pf (2), each cancelled by the Kapanoussëu wanderstempel (Ptzl.A4), vertical crease barely detracts.
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Res £ 45
EV £ 70
Lot 77
Three postcards of the diamond field, 2 unused, 1 cancelled boxed censor mark only.
Res £ 10
EV £ 15
Lot 78
1906 postcard of a farm near Okahandja burnt down by the Hereros, fine unused.
Res £ 12
EV £ 15
Lot 79
c1906 pc of the church at Okahandja covered in bullet holes, fine unused.
Res £ 12
EV £ 15
Lot 80
Two of the fine Schulte post cards of Swakopmund (Nod. 15 & 20) unused, and a 1915 Hubrich pc of Auss Berge with ½d cancelled unclear APO 6 of Windhoek, to Natal.
Res £ 18
EV £ 30
Lot 81
1905 feldpostkarte to Germany with Hasuur cds in violet, Putzel A2b, scarce.
Res £ 38
EV £ 45
Lot 82
1906 feldpostkarte to Gobabis cancelled Epukiro wanderstempel III (Ptzl.A2), fine and very scarce.
Res £ 90
EV £ 120
Lot 83
16 Dec 1914 “Dingaans Day” (day of the Vow) – hand produced OAS card whilst at Tschaukaib (with time on his hands!), to Braamfontein.
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Lot 84
11 Apr 1915 OAS envelope to Grahamstown with v fine dumb off-centre APO4 of Luderitz, boxed censor & hand drawn stamp of the Kaiser! condition not great but fun!
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 85
Aug.1915 & Dec.’16 both franked 2½d & to Switzerland and censored at Cape Town, the first with the scarcer un-numbered label, the 2nd with a “99” label and taxed 50c
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Res £ 18
EV £ 30
Lot 86
Oct.1916 envelope Windhoek to Carl Berger, boxed censor & backstamped the scarce Kalkfontein North rubber cds (Ptzl.2b) in violet + Gibeon
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Res £ 12
EV £ 20
Lot 87
Bargain of the sale! (to clear) January 1923 Un-overprinted & overprinted ½d’s used together on a postcard from Grootfontein to Keetmanshoop. Only possible in this month and one of the very few examples known. This one fetched c£800 in Welz 20 years ago.
Res £ 150
EV £ 220
Lot 88
OFFICIALS 1931 2d & 6d perf down inscript pairs & 1935 (perf up) ½d inscript pair and set of 4 – fine lightly mm, cat £100+.
Res £20
EV £ 30
Lot 89
1938 VTs, SG.105-8, fine mm ex gum crease on 1½d, cat £110.
Res £10
EV £ 15
German East Africa
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Lot 90
Corner strip of 3 of 4 heller green & of 4 of 7½ heller red, only 1 stamp & margins are mounted in each.
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 91
1902 5 pesa PS card (with reply half unused, attached) from Iringa (Tanganyika) to Dőmitz (Germany). A post runner will have carried it to Dar-Es-Salaam which took 24 days, then by ship with Dőmitz receipt 27 days later, a scarce item
Res £ 40
EV £ 50
Lot 92
1909 4 heller card written 27 July with Iringa cds 29th to Leipzig. Carried by train to Dar-Es-Salaam then by ship.
Res £ 25
EV £ 35
Bautoland
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Lot 93
LITERATURE : Scott “The Cancellations & Postal Markings of Basutoland & Lesotho and their Historical Background”, 1980, good condition.
Res £ 30
EV £ 40
Lot 94
1938 GVI set of 11 fine unmounted mint.
Res £ 38
EV £ 50
Lot 95
1942 scarce St Rodrique Mission cds on Burmeister envelope.
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 96
1948 Silver Wedding pair fine unmounted mint
Res £ 16
EV £ 22
Lot 97
1949 UPU set of 4 in top left corner blocks of 4 UM mint.
Res £ 4
EV £ 5
Bechuanaland / Botswana
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Lot 98
1887-1964 80+ stamps m&u, mixed condition, many better.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20
Lot 99
1953 fine scarce Moshupa cds on pair 1d on Burmeister cover.
Res £ 20
EV £ 30
Belgian Congo
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Lot 100
1910-18 mounted mint selection including better stamps
Res £ 18
EV £ 30