Auction 64
This Auction ends at 12.00 midnight (GMT) on Sunday 30th November 2025.
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Lot Descriptions
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Lot 1
1905 ORC CSAR overprints on ½d & 1d, very fine used. Cat. £45 SGR01&2.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 2
Union 1910 2½d, 2x B4’s & 2x pairs all cancelled first day:- Aberdeen B4 (with gum creases!), Worcester B4 (fine), Upington & Jagersfontein.
Res £ 80
EV £ 80-160
Lot 3
Small McNeil photographic essay for King’s head 1d (not seen by me before).
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-30
Lot 4
King’s head ½d’s :- six B4’s & 4 B6’s collected for their postmarks – the 4 B6’s are all inverted watermark booklet panes.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-18
Lot 5
1913 1d blocks of 4 & 8, 1½d interpanneau B16 used in Swaziland + another B8, and 2d block of 15 + wmk inverted booklet pane of 6. All generally fine used.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 6
1922 3d blue a spectacular block of 42 being the bottom right corner of the top right pane, fine used at Pearston in May 1924.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-50
Lot 7
1913 blocks collected for their postmarks:- 3d black & red 2x B4s, 6d 2x B6’s & 2x B4’s and 1/- on 3 album pages with blocks of 4(3), 6, 8, 10, 12(2), 17, 18 & 24. Some good postmarks including Haarlem, Schoombie, Phokens, Rankins Pass, Dynamite Factory, Vlakhoek etc.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-90
Lot 8
1913 2/6 5 fine used blocks of 4 with good shades and postmarks.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 9
1913 5/- two fine used blocks of 4 in each shade.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 10
1916 £1 nice bright colours, fine used.
Res £ 80
EV £ 80-120
Lot 11
1925 Air set of 4, fine very lightly mounted mint.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 12
1926 London 1d, 19 used blocks of 4 (18 with 1926 control postmarks).
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 13
1927 Pretoria 1d Plate 2 : top central pair with large crack in frame on row 1/7, mint mounted. The cracking of the plate caused it to have a short life so it’s scarce.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-30
Lot 14
1933 3d blue & blue, wmk upright, bottom arrow pair with “shuttered window” flaw on row 20/4, fine mint mounted.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-35
Lot 15
1932 4d marginal pair with the “spear” flaw on row 9/2, SG46ba, fine lightly mint mounted.
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-50
Lot 16
1932 2/6 green & brown, wmk upright, fine lightly mint mounted.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-30
Lot 17
1932 2/6 green & brown, wmk upright, 2 marked shades & blue & brown, all fine mint mounted.
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-70
Lot 18
1932 2/6 green & brown plus deep blue & brown fine used.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 19
1944 2/6 blue & brown bottom left corner block of 4 with Vs. 5 & 6 (unmounted except for marginal reinforcing hinge just encroaching) plus rows 19/3-20/4 in unmounted mint B4.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 20
1944 2/6 blue & brown bottom right corner block of 10, unmounted mint but top pair with gum staining. Red serial numbers, marginal perf separations.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-50
Lot 21
1933-4 2d Issue 3. A fine used complete sheet reconstruction (much finer than usual for these), many blocks (the “comet” & “balloon” flaws each in fine used B4’s and Vs 39 & 41 in a very fine corner block of 12). Highly recommended lot. Superb reference. (Wmk upright).
Res £ 80
EV £ 80-150
Lot 22
1935 Silver Jubilee set in large left corner blocks of 14, top rows have the “cleft skull” variety with all the numerous expected varieties below. Exhibition item, all the stamps unmounted except the top row and the only negative the small but heavy hinges used in top row & bottom margin which have left pale stains (visible on scans).
Res £ 150
EV£150-250
Lot 23
½d probably Issue 12, blocks of 36, 54 & 72 fine unmounted mint, SG75cd so minimum cat of £890.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-90
Lot 24
Hyphenated 1d eight fine used B4’s cancelled 1938 or 9.
Res £ 4
EV £ 4-8
Lot 25
1940 1d Issue 15. Fine top left corner block of 12 with variety, lightly mounted left margin. Stamps unmounted except tiny hinge encroachment on row 3/1
Res £ 4
EV £ 4-8
Lot 26
1938 2d blue & violet, SG58, a fine light cds used block of 4. Cat £100.
Res £ 9
EV £ 9-18
Lot 27
1941 2d grey & purple fine mounted mint bottom arrow pair.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 28
1938 6d (Type II) three fine used blocks of 4, 6 & 12 plus 1946 type III, 3 fine used B4’s. The block of 12 has Vs.1 & 2 on row 2/5 & 3/6
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-12
Lot 29
1939 1/- all 4 corner B4’s, each one lightly mounted. Cat £440+
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-100
Lot 30
1939 1/- Issue 3, superb across sheet block of 24 with central arrows, 2 pairs at top lightly mounted, rest unmounted mint, a desirable item. Cat £660++
Res £ 120
EV£120-200
Lot 31
5/- black & green (not myrtle) with V8 on row 20/6, unmounted mint, clipped perfs bottom right.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 32
5/- black & green (not myrtle) fine marginal very lightly mounted mint (row 19/5 & 6).
Res £ 9
EV £ 9-18
Lot 33
5/- black & green (not myrtle) fine mint mounted (row 19/3 & 4).
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 34
5/- black & green (shades) three very fine used blocks of 4.
Res £ 28
EV £ 28-50
Lot 35
5/- black & green fine used block of 4 with V5 broken yoke pin row 18/5.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 36
5/- black & green used block of 4 with V9 vignettes placed high (but not as marked as they can be) 2 or 3 perf separation at top.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 37
5/- black & green fine used (ex row 8/1 & 2).
Res £ 4
EV £ 4-8
Lot 38
10/- 2 pairs:- sepia & black frames – first with cloudless skies, unmounted mint.
Res £ 28
EV £ 28-50
Lot 39
10/- blue & black very fine top left corner block of 6, one light hinge at top of top margin, otherwise unmounted mint.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-60
Lot 40
10/- 3 pairs fine used, marked shades.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-20
Lot 41
10/- Eleven good to fine used blocks of 4. Several sepia & some minor varieties.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-80
Lot 42
1941 Large War Effort 3d, all 4 arrow blocks of 4, unmounted mint.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-80
Lot 43
1943 Bantam War Effort in blocks:- ½d Issue 4 marginal blocks of 18(2) & 63, 1d Issue 1 marginal B63, 1½d roulette 13 marginal Blocks 4 & 6, roulette 6½ right marginal B40 with arrow & serial numbers, 2d 2 marginal B4’s, 4d issue 2, left arrow B24, 6d issue 3 top left corner B40 to ½ middle arrow & 1/3 issue 1 top left corner B4. Most unmounted mint, odd hinge mark. Cat £300+.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-80
Lot 44
1943 Bantam War Effort 2d block of 4 perforated through middle of stamps, right marginal arrow B12 with perfs through “south” or “suid” and right marginal B12 of the stamps unprinted. Fine lightly mounted mint or unmounted mint. Plus 1945 SAP article on the same. Very desirable lot.
Res £ 120
EV£120-200
Lot 45
1943 2d albino printing marginal block of 4 lightly mounted mint, gum crease.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-25
Lot 46
Bantam War Effort 6d marginal block of 4 with slogans printed on stamps, mint mounted, the most dramatic of these varieties and very desirable.
Res £ 75
EV £ 75-150
Lot 47
1943 1d coil, R24, an unmounted strip of 22 with the remarkable V4 (huge white area in right frame, column 3, row 19).
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 48
1945 Issue 5 2d, Block of 4, unmounted excluding small area top right stamp. Cat £52.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
Lot 49
1945 Issue 5 2d, left & bottom arrow B4’s & right arrow B8, unmounted mint. Cat £208++.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-90
Lot 50
1947 2d Issue 10, margin to margin B18 showing the characteristic frame thinning on rows 1, 2 & 3. Lightly mounted, stated to be from rows 16 to 18.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 51
1941-8 1½d fine unmounted bottom marginal block of 36 with half arrow & serial number.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-20
Lot 52
1947 ½d, issue 14, the narrow sheet printing, margin to margin block of 58, unmounted excluding the top row (lightly mint mounted), includes Vs. 8 & 16.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 53
1950 6d Cylinders 6930/6 : top left corner B16, bottom arrow B16 & bottom right corner cylinder block of 16, unmounted excluding top rows which are lightly mint mounted. Cat £90++.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-25
Lot 54
1950 1/- Issue 5, top 3 & bottom 2 rows of sheet with arrows and serial numbers, fine and fresh, a couple of hinge marks & perfs slightly short under row 3/4, 5 & 6 but still a highly desirable lot. Cat £165++.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-90
Lot 55
1950 & 1953 1/- blackish brown and ultramarine. Cylinder blocks 4 from each printing, first unmounted mint, second lightly mounted top pair & extraneous red marks but shows well that differentiating the two printings by shade alone isn’t that easy!
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-40
Lot 56
1950 1/- blackish brown top left corner & bottom arrow B4’s, unmounted mint.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-20
Lot 57
1953 1/- blackish brown top & both side arrow B4’s, fine lightly mounted mint.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 58
1953 1/- right arrow block of 6, unmounted mint.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-20
Lot 59
1949 2/6 issue 2:- top arrow block of 4 & bottom 2 rows with arrow & serial numbers. Top block lightly mounted margin only, bottom lightly mounted in upper row & margin. A very nice lot.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-60
Lot 60
1952 & 1954 2/6, issues 3 & 4 cylinder B4’s, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-35
Lot 61
1954 2/6 (heat haze effect) bottom arrow B4, fine once mounted mint.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 62
1949 & 1954 5/- top right corner B4’s, mounted margins only, the first with very light even gum toning. Cat £170.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 63
1954 5/- yellow green, part arrow B4 & another B4 unmounted mint & a mounted mint pair. Cat £225.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-50
Lot 64
1950 2d Arrow blocks, top and bottom of 6 & sides of 4, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 65
1954 Sable antelope 10/- a magnificent used block of 16 plus a fine used block of 15 of the Giraffe 5/-.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 66
1960 1d issue 7, bottom 2 rows of the left (narrow) pane with cylinder numbers. Unmounted mint.
Res £ 4
EV £ 4-10
Lot 67
1961 new currency set of 13, mint mounted.
Res £ 2
EV £ 2-4
Lot 68
1945 – 1959 Commemoratives, Victory, Royal Visit, Settlers, Coronation & SANAE in blocks, arrows etc. with varieties, mint, much unmounted (about 350).
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-40
Lot 69
1953 Coronation: Cylinder 98 complete 2 pane sheet, Cylinder 66 interpanneau B20, Cylinder Number Blocks 16 & 14, left margin double row with arrow, serial number block, unmounted mint.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-25
Lot 70
1960 3d Union Day top, middle & bottom double rows with arrows & serial Numbers. Unmounted mint, minor marginal creasing.
Res £ 4
EV £ 4-8
POSTAGE DUES
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Lot 71
Postage Dues mint & used on stock leaves:- Transvaal 1/- used in 1911, 1913 to 6d, 1923 to 6d (3) many of these gum toned but thereafter fine lightly mounted & unmounted mint or fine used with blocks etc. (300+). Cat £500+.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-60
Lot 72
1937 Postage Dues 3d, SGD20, top right corner B16 from left pane + bottom left corner B6, nice blocks, unmounted mint. Cat £154.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 73
1943 Bantam Postage Dues set with both shades 2d, fine fresh lightly mint mounted. Cat £91.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-24
Lot 74
1943 Bantam Postage Dues ½d top right corner B36 (12 units), fine fresh unmounted mint. Cat £156.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-30
Lot 75
1950 Postage Dues 2d, SG D40, 40a, fine marginal block of 24 with the 4 centre stamps at the right all showing the double value variety. Unmounted mint & a nice item.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-30
Lot 76
1950 Postage Dues 2d, fine used block of 6, the top B4 all showing the doubled value .
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-28
Lot 77
1950 Postage Dues 6d, fine corner block of 20 fine unmounted mint except faintest hint of mounting in margin and one stamp at bottom. Cat £140.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-40
Lot 78
1961 Postage Dues 5c, SGD52 mint marginal B6 with V4 on row 3/8 & part serial numbers. Lightly mint mounted.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
OFFICIALS
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Lot 79
1929 set 4, SGO9:- top left corner B18 clearly showing the raised OFFISIEEL of the 1st printing on row 2/1, also V1 on 2/2, & V2 on 2/6. A very desirable block for the specialist. All stamps unmounted mint from row 3/3. Heavyish hinge mark stains (x2) in top margin which also has perf separations.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-90
Lot 80
1934 2/6 21mm spacing, SGO18a, very fine used.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 81
1941 1½d SGO22b a spectacular top right corner block of 26 with top arrow, ladder flaw & serial numbers. Only one stamp & top margin mounted. Cat £650+.
Res £ 120
EV£120-200
Lot 82
Hyphenated 6d’s, Type I unmounted B4, Type II (1939 set 16) top left corner block 18 (V1 shaved C on 1/1, stamp V2 on 2/5) unmounted mint & Type III bottom right corner block of 16 (set 20), with arrow, mounted mint – excellent lot. Cat £548+.
Res £ 100
EV£100-160
Lot 83
1940 5/- SGO28. Very find used.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-36
Lot 84
1948 5/- SGO26, a spectacular bottom right corner block of 16 very fine mint with only the top row lightly mounted. Has the stamp varieties V5 broken yoke pin plus Vs.6, 7 & 8 all these unmounted. A spectacular item. Cat £680++.
Res £ 150
EV£150-300
Lot 85
1948 10/- marginal left & right blocks of 8 from rows 5 to 8 with stamp varieties 2 & 3 on rows 5 & 6/1. Top rows mounted, rest unmounted. Superb lot. Cat £880+.
Res £ 180
EV£180-300
Lot 86
1949 1½d overprint reading upwards SGO34, HB set 23:- both cylinder blocks of 6, top left corner & left arrow blocks of 4. Fine & fresh, all once mounted (with top marginal items in margin only). Scarce lot. Cat £650++.
Res £ 120
EV£120-220
Lot 87
1950 2d, SGO35, a fine used single (Cat £275 but rarer than a mint pair!!).
Res £ 100
EV£100-150
THE RATHER NEGLECTED STEREO OVERPRINTS
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Lot 88
A very fine collection on stock cards:- ½d top & bottom corner B4’s & Cylinder 11A & B Cylinder B6’s, 1d Cylinder 76/14 Cylinder B8, Cylinders 6A & B cylinder B6’s, further corner & arrow B8’s, redrawn 1d Cylinders 54/53 Cylinder B4, 2 arrow & 2 corner B4’s, 1½d arrow B12, 2d Cylinders 6927/50 Cylinder B4 & both central arrow B4’s, Cylinders 30/18 all 4 corner B4’s (incl cyl), further corner & arrow B4’s & a block of 32, 1/- Cylinders 66/3 both top corners, top & bottom arrows and Cylinder blocks of 4, 2/6 1st issue Cylinder B4, 2nd issue top left corner, top & bottom arrow & Cylinder, blocks of 4 and bottom left corner B8 with arrow, 5/- SGO49 (Cat £180) & SG50c Cylinder B4 & 10/- corner B4 much once mounted but a fair bit unmounted (206). Basic Cat c£600 (recommended).
Res £ 130
EV£130-250
Lot 89
2/6 Cylinders 6919/17 bottom right corner B8 with arrow, lightly mounted top row only.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-18
Lot 90
5/- grey & yellow green top right corner B8 with serial Numbers. Unmounted mint.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-120
Lot 91
10/- bottom right corner block of 4, fine unmounted mint.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-80
Lot 92
10/- fine used. Cat £250.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-80
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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Lot 93
AEROGRAMMES 1948 1½d & 1961-7 & modern RSA & Homelands, fine unused or cancelled to order, attractive lot, especially the birds (20).
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-15
Lot 94
CHRISTMAS LABELS:- 1935-83 fine mint selection including largish blocks part tête-bêche and 12 complete sheets including 1979 Golden Jubilee (about 400).
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-50
Lot 95
CHRISTMAS LABELS:- 1976, 1978 & 1979 (Golden Jubilee) sheets of 20 & 1981 (6 sheets), so 9 sheets in all, unmounted.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
Lot 96
RSA 1961 to 1986 on stock cards:- mostly mint but a number used strength in Architecture with Cylinder blocks, later commemoratives, Cylinder blocks, some duplication (100s) .
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-30
Lot 97
UNION on stock cards including 1910 2½d B4, Kings Heads ½d plate 5 control pair & block, 1925 & 1929 air, various VTs, Huguenots, Darmstadt 1d (2 without gum), Silver Jubilee set, ½d plain border pane of 6 (SG 75ca, Cat £65), low value blocks, 1d coil SG56cd, various War Efforts, values to 2/6 & commemoratives all mint. Used include 1925 3d & 6d air, Pretoria ½d &1d booklet perfs, Recess 1/- perf.14 and perf 14 x13½ down (very fine), Silver Jubilee 6d, later to 5/- (SG122, very fine, Cat £80) & 10/- Sable. Sable antelope fine B8. (5 to 600) – high catalogue – offered cheaply.
Res £ 90
EV£ 90-150
Lot 98
SOUTH WEST AFRICA on stock sheets:- scattered earlies including SG47, Apr. 1927 1/- & 2/6, Aug. 1927 1/- & 2/6, 1931 5/-, 1954 10/-, SG 166-70 (x2, no 6d!) all mint (these Cat. £250). Then various including Cylinder pieces to 1986 Swakara MS’s (10), also a few used (130 +13MS’s).
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-60
Lot 99
SOUTH WEST AFRICA rare 1927 first officials:- ½d (split pair), 1d & 6d fine mounted mint. Cat £300.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-100
Lot 100
TRANSKEI:- duplicated lot in a stock book:- mainly unmounted mint with many Cylinder blocks and some used (about 850 + 15MS’s) – priced to sell!
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-60