auction-63

Auction 63

This Auction ends at 12.00 midnight (BST) on Sunday 5th October 2025.

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Lot Descriptions
This is a Society auction put together by its members, none of whom are professional auctioneers. The descriptions of the lots are those of individual members. If you have a question about a lot’s description, please email the Auctioneer (Tony Howgrave-Graham) who will put you in email contact with the vendor / member.

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Lot 1

About 90 Official black & white photos of early essays and proofs issued by the Postal Museum in the early ’60’s – an interesting lot offered for Society funds courtesy of Chris Board, 16 illustrated.

Res £ 50

EV £50-100

Lot 2

Another lot for Society funds – a deceased members unsold items left to the Society: Cape revenues, Barefoot 1 & 3, 29 UM Cape 1d’s, 1d s/bok essay, typo 3d (B4 & pair), Hugenots, 1961 1R, official roto 1d with “stop” variety & hyphenated 2d, SWA large war efforts. All mint + a few King’s heads to 10/-. Condition variable but mostly fine. Correct pairs etc Cat over £500.

Res £ 20

EV £ 20-40

O.R.C.
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Lot 3

PPC of Worcester (CP) with a message in pencil on the 7 Jan 1907. Franked with a 1/2d KE7 Cape Colony stamp. Posted in ORC as the writer had forgotten to post it in the Cape Colony. The ORC Post Office used the instructional mark ‘NOT PREPAID IN O.R.C. STAMPS’ and added a T1d postage due handstamp. On arrival in Montagu a squared circle date stamp was applied of 11 January 1907 by the Cape Colony Post Office. This pre-dated the issue of Transvaal and SA postage due labels. Confirmed by the OFS Study Circle as one of only two known of this instructional mark.

Res £ 90

EV £ 90-120

CAPE
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Lot 4

Registered envelopes:- 1889 R3B & 4A unused & 4A & 4B used, & 1901 ERI ops unused & used. Many with light toning, the last 2 more severe. (6 covers) – offered very cheaply.

Res £ 20

EV £ 20-50

Lot 5

8 Nov 1900 UK 2d registered envelope uprated 3d & 1d cancelled Army PO53, to Newcastle – some soiling but offered very cheaply.

Res £5

EV £5-20

Lot 6

Cape Colony Ocean POs:- 1904-11 Six PCs with codes C (Kildonan Castle), D (Carisbrook), E (Saxon), G (Briton), H (Edinburgh) & “8pm” (Kenilworth). Also a stamp with “E” with the date completely inverted. Generally good to fine, a couple with faults.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 7

1908 PC of Kenilworth Castle “8 PM” spaced cds the day before reaching Madeira, addressed back to Cardiff (by Walmer Castle).

Res £10

EV £10-15

Lot 8

1913 Union Ocean PO “1” (Armadale Castle) travelling north ½d paying postage back to Cape Town (20 May) and Rosetta receipt 30th.

Res £12

EV £12-18

Lot 9

21 Apr 1914 PC with the scarce UK & SA Sea PO, team 8 travelling north on Edinburgh Castle at Madeira. Back to Cape Town on Saxon

Res £28

EV £28-35

NATAL
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Lot 10

1879 1d on 6d with overprint double (one inverted), SG93c, used, some short perfs.

Res £50

EV £50-60

Lot 11

1902-8 nice fresh MM range with 1902 to 1/-, 1908 2/- & 5/- and 1d opt “NOT/FOR/USE” ex booklet

Res £25

EV £25-35

Lot 12

1897-8, 2 envelopes with 2nd Btn Dublin Fusiliers logos & contents, to Ireland (one forwarded to London) from Lt W Higginson. 1st letter on regimental paper headed “Colaba / Bombay” deleted and “Fort Napier” added. The Battalion was moved from India to Natal at the beginning of trouble by the Boers & just before the war started. Later very active around the Talana Hills. Long letters, envelopes a bit roughly opened.

Res £20

EV £20-30

UNION KING'S HEADS
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Lot 13

½d FU corner control B4’s : both top & btm rt Plt.7, btm left Plt.5, scarce.

Res £12

EV £12-20

Lot 14

1½d Plt.2 FU control B4 with missing horn in wmk variety on row 19/2, very scarce.

Res £45

EV £45-60

Lot 15

2d FU B4 with missing horn in watermark variety on row 19/2, very scarce.

Res £45

EV £45-60

Lot 16

3d black & red FU B16 & 3d blue FU B12, scarce blocks.

Res £15

EV £15-25

Lot 17

1/3 & 10/- lower control singles, fine used and scarce.

Res £25

EV £25-30

Lot 18

2/6 three FU B4s in markedly different shades, scarce.

Res £25

EV £25-30

Lot 19

5/- in a very FU B4.

Res £20

EV £20-30

Lot 20

£1 FU in nice bright colours and cancelled St Andrews St. Bloemfontein, a very short lived office 1922-4. (ex Jack Newman).

Res £140

EV £140-160

1926 AIR
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Lot 21

Set of 4, unmounted mint, 1 or 2 shortish perfs.

Res £10

EV £10-12

Lot 22

Set of 4, fine lightly mounted.

Res £10

EV £10-12

Lot 23

Set of forgeries in blocks of 4, unmounted mint.

Res £20

EV £20-40

Lot 24

Set FU on cover cancelled Western TPO, the 9d with extended strut variety, cover with light fold through middle not affecting stamps. Cat £110++

Res £45

EV £45-60

Lot 25

Two interesting covers one with Air 3d to England from Ipsingo Beach (scarce), should have been 6d but not charged, the other with air 6d within SA when 3d should have sufficed!

Res £35

EV £35-50

1927-1930 TYPO & RECESS
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Lot 26

Harrison Springbok essays : the superb page from their sample booklet with 3 blocks of 10 of the perforated bicoloured stamps.

Res £330

EV£330-400

Lot 27

2d perf 14×13½ down inscriptional pair, UM, a few slightly short perfs. Cat £50×2½.

Res £15

EV £15-20

Lot 28

3d opt SPECIMEN, fine LMM, scarce (set of 7 – Cat £1100).

Res £15

EV £15-25

Lot 29

4d perf. 14×13½ down, fine MM (a bit extensively). Cat £60 x 2½

Res £15

EV £15-25

Lot 30

2d (3), 3d (vertical), 4d (3), 1/- (2) & 2/6, all MM the 2/6 fine & worth the reserve. Cat £399.

Res £40

EV £40-60

1930-1934 ROTO
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Lot 31

Superb UM marginal strip of 6 of the Leiden proof, the margin and right 3 rows watermarked clover leaf, (printed on the gravure machine at the start of the Darmstadt trials and scarce), a diagonal gum crease on stamp 11 but the stamp isn’t creased. Rare exhibition item.

Res £140

EV £140-180

Lot 32

The Leiden proof, a left marginal B4 with no watermark, unmounted mint.

Res £80

EV £80-120

Lot 33

Darmstadt imperf trials:- vignette (pair), frame (3 different) and perforated frame (2 different), (Dix, in order, 35, 45, 61, 42, 59 & 60) all on un-gummed paper as in trial.

Res £150

EV £150-180

Lot 34

Dix 38, wmk trefoil (testing the new replacement cylinders) a block of 4, fine unmounted mint with, very unusually, an apparent paper join at bottom.

Res £80

EV £80-100

Lot 35

Dix 43 rt marginal pair, trefoil wmk, bright shade due to added varnish, fine MM.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 36

Later trials on gummed esparto paper, no wmk, UM marginal pair.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 37

Dix 65 & 71, gummed esparto paper, no wmk, fine MM.

Res £40

EV £40-60

Lot 38

½d varieties Cobweb, $ & scarcer “line” (Vs 13, 10 & 24) each in mounted B4.

Res £12

EV £12-20

Lot 39

2d indigo & violet fine UM, cat £350.

Res £45

EV £45-60

Lot 40

3d black & red, wmk inverted, top double row with margins & arrow, stamps unmounted, a very nice show piece.

Res £160

EV £160-200

Lot 41

4d watermark upright, fine used, cat £150.

Res £ 35

EV £35-45

Lot 42

1/- Issue 1, wmk inv. (2 pairs, marked shades) and wmk. upright, fine MM. Cat £190.

Res £45

EV £45-60

Lot 43

1/- Issue 1, wmk inverted with the scarce smaller white travelling flaw of row 6, here on 12/6 and positioned to cause the 4/- flaw, a rare item.

Res £50

EV £50-70

Lot 44

1/- Issue 1, wmk upright in its final 1937 shade very similar to Issue 2, ex row 8/2 & 3 and fine unmounted mint.

Res £40

EV £40-50

Lot 45

Jan 1938 1/- Issue 2 (ex row 10/5 & 6), fine lightly mounted.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 46

2/6 deep green & brown, wmk inverted (row 7/1 & 2) – fine lightly mounted. Cat £225.

Res £50

EV £50-70

Lot 47

2/6 deep green & brown, wmk inverted, ex row 17/4 & 5 and before V4 (scratch) developed. A scarce item. Unmounted mint. Cat £225+.

Res £70

EV £70-90

Lot 48

2/6 green & brown, wmk upright, fine very lightly mounted mint.

Res £28

EV £28-35

STAMPS
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Lot 49

1933 5/-, watermark inverted, fine LMM marginal pair with V8 (broken yoke pin row 18/5) basic stamp Cat £120, scarce item.

Res £65

EV £65-90

Lot 50

JIPEX mint ½d panes (panes 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20 & 21), six are unmounted (10).

Res £12

EV £12-15

Lot 51

JIPEX used ½d panes (panes 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 & 21), all fine, Cat £117 (9).

Res £20

EV £20-25

Lot 52

JIPEX used 1d panes (panes 1, 2, 4, 8, 11 to 16, 20 & 21), 3 are on cover (1 with ½d on reverse) and all fine except pane 21 (12).

Res £18

EV £18-25

Lot 53

1938 sought after 3d razor blade booklet complete and exploded.

Res £20

EV £20-28

Lot 54

1949 5/- SG 122, blocks of 6 & 4, pair & 2 vertical pairs and 60 singles, all good to fine used. Catalogued £760!

Res £35

EV £35-50

Lot 55

1954 5/- SG122b, six vertical pairs and 23 singles, good to fine used.

Res £10

EV £10-15

OTHERS
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Lot 56

1910 Cape Town Pageant:- the unused triangular labels in green, red (pair) & blue, also green used & uncancelled on cover, plus a very poor Cape 4d triangle. Condition generally is poor but the red pair gummed (1 unmounted) is alone worth the reserve.

Res £20

EV £20-30

Lot 57

1913-56 Alec Pages’ collection of registered mail:- 11 unused & 48 used items well written up & including a lot of better as one would expect. Many smaller offices including Berbice, Taungs Station, Prince Albert Rd, Kemgray, Bandolierkop, Parkhurst, Qumbu, Pimville (to Maseru & wrongly addressed), Kloof etc. but the one I like best is from Brakpan with ½d adhesive & 2½d meter mark and the cds only from the machine canceller used in red. PR1 to 25 (minimised weight is approx 1½lb)

Res £350

EV £350-400

Lot 58

1937 to c’90 Mobile Post Offices:- 11 covers or cards (fine) plus a very fine reproduction of the 50 page booklet on them.

Res £22

EV £22-30

Lot 59

1938-42 Railway Parcel stamps on waybill pieces 30 stamps on 17 pieces, values to 2/6 (2) and 10/- (poor, off piece).

Res £18

EV £18-25

Lot 60

1951 Christmas Seals : the 6d, 1/- and 2/6 booklets.

Res £8

EV £8-12

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - GERMAN PERIOD
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Lot 61

4 unused postcards related to farming.

Res £18

EV £18-25

Lot 62

10 unused postcards relating to troops and their movement.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 63

3 nice PPC’s stamped on the picture side from Warmbad (2) & Windhoek (has cardboard backing).

Res £25

EV £25-40

Lot 64

5 unused postcards of Abbabis, Karibib (2), Luderitz & ?Aus (faded).

Res £20

EV £20-30

Lot 65

1905 feld PC (of yacht stamps) from Warmbad to Coblenz.

Res £20

EV £20-30

Lot 66

1907 feld envelope with good Kub cds, to Germany.

Res £20

EV £20-30

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - CAMPAIGN
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Lot 67

Seven unused postcards issued by the Garrison Institute for use by troops.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 68

Nov.’14 C Force PC to Durban with superb ABPO 4 cancel over red crowned “Defence Force / Free”, “Postage Free / Passed by Censor” in blue. Also a 9 Apr. ’15 PC (of camel transport) with a less fine strike of the same rendered dumb. ex John Sussex.

Res £25

EV £25-35

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - OCCUPATION PERIOD
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Lot 69

1916 Interprovincial use of postal stationery:- Cape envelope & letter card & Tvl letter card used at Keetmanshoop with its boxed censor cachet in unusually bright colour.

Res £25

EV £25-35

Lot 70

1916 2/6 on piece scarce Neuheusis rubber cancel in black (Ptzl 3c), stamp cat £70 and cancel 800pts.

Res £25

EV £25-35

Lot 71

1916 three envelopes from the same correspondence ex Wasserfall (bz Windhuk) to the same addressee in Germany. Sent via the Friedensbureau in Berne (cachet in blue, purple & red). ex Vogenbeck with a start price of 90Ɛ. Interesting lot showing how mail was got out to Germany during the war.

Res £50

EV £50-70

Lot 72

1916 similar envelope but incoming through the Peace Bureau, to Karibib, excellent censorship, tear at left barely detracts.

Res £30

EV £30-40

Lot 73

1917 registered envelope to Switzerland franked 2½d & strip 3x ½d. Censored with Windhoek label and manuscript “born Swiss / Swiss subject” – fascinating assertion he wasn’t German! 2 filing punch holes.

Res £40

EV £40-50

Lot 74

1917 env to Red Cross in Geneva franked 2½d with the scarce Outjo conversion from the wanderstempel (Ptzl 2000pts), from a G Trotha (? related to the notorious general?).

Res £45

EV £45-50

Lot 75

1919 env to Karibib franked 1d with (good for this) Ondonga rubber cds in black, Putzel 1600pts.

Res £40

EV £40-50

Lot 76

1919 POW env from Aus to Bogenfels, Commandant cachet in purple, “Prisoner of War/ Postage Free/AUS” in blue, 103 censor ring.

Res £35

EV £35-50

Lot 77

26 July 1916 fine scarce early officer POW envelope with crowned Commandant cachet with “Okanjande” in manuscript.

Res £50

EV £50-70

Lot 78

March 1917 large env from Capt Deininger in the officer camp at Swakopmund, superb crowned Commandant cachet with “S/mund” in green crayon, folded through middle.

Res £65

EV £65-90

SOUTH WEST AFRICA - MANDATE PERIOD
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Lot 79

1923 setting I set to 5/- fine MM, cat £427.

Res £120

EV £120-150

Lot 80

1923 setting I 6d with shiny litho overprint, cat £38, UM.

Res £10

EV £10-14

Lot 81

1923 setting I specimen singles:- ½d, 1d, 3d & 4d (all A), 1/-, 1/3, 2/6, 5/- & £1 (all E), each has a crayon obliteration & little gum ex being removed from a Southern African archive. Cat £1,000+, Sissimondo certificate.

Res £110

EV £110-150

Lot 82

1923 setting II £1, fine LMM, Cat £1000.

Res £350

EV £350-400

Lot 83

1924-6 setting VI set of 12, fine fresh MM (£1 is olive shade).

Res £150

EV £150-180

Lot 84

1926-7 SG43-54 fine fresh very LMM or UM.

Res £70

EV £70-100

Lot 85

1926-7 2d, 3d, 1/ – & 10/- specimen set of 4, LMM, Cat £400.

Res £120

EV £120-150

Lot 86

1927 SWA overprint, 1/3 normal & opt Specimen, SG56, 56s, fine LMM.

Res £20

EV £20-25

Lot 87

1927 £1 pair with middle gutter attached at top, UM, superb exhibition item.

Res £120

EV £120-150

Lot 88

1930-31 roto opts, Issue 1B control B4, top pair mounted, scarce.

Res £26

EV £26-40

Lot 89

1930-31 roto opts, SG69 & 70, ½d with V11 & 1d with V12 (extra peak, row 14/9), Cat £42++.

Res £10

EV £10-14

Lot 90

1931-8 pictorial set to £1, incl 1½d, all perf. up, fine light or very LMM.

Res £40

EV £40-50

Lot 91

1931-47 with 1931 2d & 3d (perf down), Silver Jubilee, Coro (2 sets, one in scarce vertical interpanneau pairs) VT 1d, 1½, large & bantam war efforts (with extra marginal blocks incl 1/3 corner control B6 with variety, ½d bantam Is. 1 control & others), Victory, Royal Visit & Silver Wedding – all fine M or UM. Cat £216. (154)

Res £35

EV £35-45

Lot 92