Auction 65
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BECHUANALAND
Lot 1
1900 OAS envelope from the Mafeking Relief Force to Taunton franked 4d, indistinct Rhodesian cds, sent from the Voki Field Telegraph Station, Bulawayo transit.
Res £ 90
EV £ 90-120
Lot 2
1900 envelope from the Mafeking Relief Column to Cape Town franked 2d pair, Bulawayo, Cape Town and Sea Point backstamps.
Res £ 90
EV £ 90-120
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Maritime
Lot 3
May 1866 rare Officer’s concessionary rate envelope franked 6d to a Robt Hamond RN on HMS Icarus at ‘Cape of Good Hope or elsewhere’! Carried on RMS Celt II’s maiden voyage. Large part of envelope flap missing. Ex John Dickson.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-80
Lot 4
December 1870 EL to the Bishop of Grahamstown franked 2x6d plate 9, carried on RMS Roman to Cape Town (12th) and Grahamstown receipt 17th. Ex John Dickson.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 5
1875 envelope to Grahamstown franked 4d by Castle Line Edinburgh Castle, 2d accountancy due to Cape, interesting item from the period when Union Line was having to charge 1/- and Castle Line 4d! Sorted in 1876. Ex John Dickson.
Res £30
EV £ 30-40
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Union Castle Line Hospital Ships
Lot 6
1918 from ‘PC/22/Hospital Ship’ Guildford Castle from Col. Dundee in the Mediterranean to his wife in Ealing. Fine plus postcard and photograph of the ship. Dealer priced at £200.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-70
Lot 7
Union Castle Line envelope with dumb cancel attributed to Garth Castle Hospital Ship, to Portsmouth, ironed out creases.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 8
1916 to London franked tete-beche pair 1d postal stationery cut-out cancelled Southampton, triangular censor of HMHS 602 (Braemar Castle), signed GM (G Mais, the Master). Fine.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Other Items
Lot 9
Cork cancels – fine variety mostly on seated Hopes to 5/-, also three Edwardian B4’s with parcel cancels and seven items with German Hamburg/Cape Town cancels (189). Scan of some.
Res £ 90
EV £ 90-120
Lot 10
Stock book of mainly used seated Hopes with some duplication and a few fine mint mounted copies; 1864 Crown CC 1d (3), 4d (10), 6d (5), 1/- (3) etc., values to 5/-, a few other items including ‘G’ overprints (4, fine), Rhodesia overprints (2) and Bechuanaland (3), mostly good to fine, a few rather heavily cancelled. (About 270). Cat. in excess of £900. Scan of some.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-100
Lot 11
1891 2½d on 3d, a fine mint mounted corner block of 10, the top two left stamps with the ‘horizontal serif’ to 1 (one unmounted). SG55ab. Cat. £260+
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-80
NATAL
Lot 12
1904 Official 1d, top left corner block of 15 with central gutter as top margin, appears unmounted mint but the block with a tendency to curl. Cat. £200+
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-50
UNION
Lot 13
1910 2½d, 1913 to 2/6 and coil stamps (with shades) and six values to 1/- with watermark inverted. Mostly fine light mint mounted but a number unmounted. Cat. about £340.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-70
Lot 14
King’s Head controls – a superb fine used collection with 1/2d plates 1 to 7 (including the rare plate 3, Cat. ‘200’ in SAHB), 1d the rare plate 1 or 2 in corner pair (fetches circa £200), then plates 3 to 7 including rare plate 5 (Cat. ‘100’ in SAHB), then all values to 1/3 and 10/-. A very difficult lot to replicate in any condition but exceptionally so, so fine.
Res £ 500
EV£500-700
Lot 15
King’s Head coil stamps ½d pair with join (central gutter), singles 2 (one with join to top margin) 1d, 1½d pair with join (central gutter) and single with join (to top margin), 2d (3) one with join and two with isolated perfs. Fine mint mounted or unmounted mint.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 16
King’s Head 10/- fine used with inverted watermark.
Res £ 340
EV£340-500
Lot 17
King’s Head £1 fine used in Mbabane, Swaziland.
Res £ 220
EV£220-300
Lot 18
1923 Harrison 1d Springbok essays, watermark caduceus (10) usually make circa £5 each and more often asked!
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-25
Lot 19
1927-1930 4d plate 2 perf. 14 x 13½ down but without the pale patch in right value tablet on A stamps, SAHB V1, mounted mint, faint gum crease still a nice copy.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 20
1927-1930 4d plate 2 perf. 14 x 13½ down but without the pale patch in right value tablet on A stamps, SAHB V1, fine used at De Hoek ex a few short perfs bottom right.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 21
1927 2/6 perf. 14 inscript pair, fine from front, but not from back! (See scan).
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-40
Lot 22
1927 10/- perf. 14 inscript pair, fine ex small perf. fault between stamps, mounted mint.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-60
Lot 23
1931 ½d economy strip of 20 from the watermark inverted middle column of the booklet printing in strips of 7 (2) and 6. A fine example of the early roto errors with numerous stamps showing portions of the original engraving as well as other varieties – fine unmounted mint and explanation of all included.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-70
Lot 24
1930 ½d coil issue (the other major early roto error bringing two E & A stamps together on the added rows 21&2): All twelve columns in strips of 8 from column 18 to row 3 with 2xE or 2xA se-tenant on rows 21&2. Fine mint mounted (row 1 broken between rows 19 and 20 and row 12 a strip of 4 only (row 20 to 1). Varieties all indicated. Good lot.
Res £ 200
EV 200-250
Lot 25
1/- Issue 1, inverted watermark, top right corner pair with twisted horn variety, unmounted mint.
Res £ 65
EV £ 65-80
Lot 26
1937 1/- Issue 1, watermark up, top right corner pair with twisted horn variety, unmounted mint.
Res £ 95
EV £ 95-120
Lot 27
1938 1/- Issue 2, bottom right corner block of four with V10 (row 19/6) and V11 ‘collared gnu’ on 26. Unmounted mint and scarce, (dart variety now Cat. £500).
Res £ 120
EV £120-150
Lot 28
2/6 green and brown with inverted watermark, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 29
1d Issue 11, fine unmounted mint imperforate pair. Cat. £180.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 30
1935 1d from the sheet printing of the coil stamps (R15S), a superb interpanneau block of 48 with the good variety on row 9/7 positioning it. Mounted once in top row and 3x in bottom, rest unmounted mint. Cat. £1080+. Ex John Shaw.
Res £200
EV£200-300
Lot 31
1d Issue 15 bottom 6 rows from the booklet printing with rows 1, 5 & 9 blanked, with serial number, fine unmounted mint.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 32
1931 6d type 1, fine lightly mounted block of four with the ‘ladder’ flaw.
Res £ 65
EV £ 65-80
Lot 33
1931 6d type 1, mounted mint pair with the ‘mole hill’ flaw.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 34
1948 1/- Issue 4 (the brown arrow issue) top arrow pair (mounted extreme top only) and bottom arrow block of four (with V5) unmounted mint.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 35
1933 5/- with inverted watermark and V8 on row 20/6, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-50
UNION
Booklet Material
Lot 36
1935 B10 1d ‘voucher’ copy of pane 15 stamped ‘CONTROLLER OF STORES/26-11-1935/G.P.O. PRETORIA’ twice. Very scarce (given to advertisers). Unmounted mint.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-80
Lot 37
1937 blank border booklet ½d and 1d panes, SG75ca and SG56f, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-35
Lot 38
1941 B19 covers and lightly mounted ½d, 1d & 1½d panes.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-20
Lot 39
1951 3d marginal block of 4 with the ‘flying saucer’ variety, very very lightly mounted.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 40
1954 1d, Issue 1, cylinder 12, top part arrow block of 8 showing the smallest trace of the beginning of the Drakensburg flaw. Unmounted mint. Scarce.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
POSTAGE DUES
Lot 41
SGD1 to 70a, mostly mint (17 used) but the mint are variably stuck down (94). Cat. £460. A good buy for the patient lifter!
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-25
CHRISTMAS SEAL BOOKLETS
Lot 42
1951 6d, 1/- & 2/6, 1956 1/-, 1958 1/-, 1960 6d and 1961 5c. All complete and fine (7 booklets).
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-12
COLLECTIONS
Lot 43
WW2 Censor Seals, labels and cachets:- 3 pages of notes, 37 covers on 18 leaves (well written up) plus a further 38 covers not written up and a few Egypt prepaid on pieces. Condition mixed. 75 covers, 7 pieces. Reserve priced to sell!
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-120
Lot 44
1949 Settlers on leaves:- 9 mint blocks of four including arrows (mint mounted), cylinder block of 6 unmounted mint, 10 pairs, used Blocks of 4 (12) and pairs (5). 3 or 4 on cover including FDC, numerous varieties identified including SG127a & b. Nice lot.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-16
Lot 45
1949 UPU unmounted mint cylinder blocks of 12, also for SWA plus arrow blocks, various other mint and used including 2 FDC’s. Voortrekker Monument unmounted cylinder and an arrow blocks, 3 FDC’s, 1d used cylinder block. 1951 Van Riebeeck cylinder and arrow blocks and 1/- variety block mounted mint. SADIPU cylinder blocks and interpanneau pairs, 2 FDC’s, varieties, 1953 interim definitives mostly used including nice bottom two rows of 4½d. Quantity.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 46
1941 to 1947 TPO’s:- 32 covers sent by A G Oliver to himself:- Western (18), North (8), South (6) and 2 wartime envelopes from him to his wife (Egypt Prepaid 60 and Premier Camp with Service Corps cachet).
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 47
1950 to 1977 Slogan cancels:- circa 50 covers and 5 pieces, mixed condition.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-15
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
German
Lot 48
1896 piece franked pair 2M parcel stamps cancelled Cape Cross, scarce.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 49
1897 4 x 5pf ‘vorlaufer’ on piece cancelled Otjimbingue.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-25
Lot 50
1M & 2M Yacht stamps without watermark used at Keetmanshoop and 2M watermarked used at Grootfontein. Good to fine used.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 51
3pf to 40pf Yacht stamps all used at Rehoboth (7).
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-16
Lot 52
24 Nov 1906 5pf postcard to Leipzig cancelled a fine strike of the Epukiro wanderstempel.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-80
Lot 53
4 Apr 1899 10pf postcard to Dortmund with fine manuscript ‘Khanrivier’ wanderstempel.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-90
Lot 54
29 May 1899 5pf postcard to Swakopmund with the Jakalswater wanderstempel.
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 55
Herero Rebellion – June 1904 field postcard to Frankfurt cancelled the scarce ‘K.D.FELD POSTEXPED’ at Okahandja (postcard of horses at Wecke & Voigts farm).
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 56
Herero Rebellion – fine K.D.Felpostation 1 on envelope to Colditz.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-30
Lot 57
Herero Rebellion – Aug 1904 envelope (vertical fold through centre) to Breslau with fine scarce K.D.Felpostation 3.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 58
Herero Rebellion – 14 Feb 1904 the first ship (Adolph Woermann) carrying troop reinforcements to SWA. Deutsche Seepost oval and Adolph Woermann handstamp. The same ship made further trips but this is the only one with the handstamp. Rare item.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-80
Lot 59
Herero Rebellion – June 1904 Gruss Aus field postcard of ostriches with fine Jakalswater cds plus a rare negative seal (inverted – readable the right way up).
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 60
1905 Field postcard (of Monrovia) from troop carrier SS Hans Woermann, to Grengeldanz.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-20
Lot 61
1904 Field postcard (of Madeira) to Berlin, fine XXII Seepost oval of Ernst Woermann.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-30
Lot 62
Aus:- 1911 5pf on postcard to Berlin + 20pf on piece + 3pf and 1M (no watermark).
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-16
Lot 63
Hasuur:- 2 field postcards with Ptzl A2b in violet (Aug 05) and A2 in black (Oct 06), fine strikes. Cat. 2080 pts.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-70
Lot 64
Karibib 1912 wonderful postcard of a field bakery, superb A2 cancel, to Pecs in Hungary.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-18
Lot 65
1914 fine postcard of work on a wagon stamped on picture side, cancelled Warmbad front and back, to Ridgewood, USA.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-18
Lot 66
Campaign: 1915 two postcards with the unique large FPO 13 of Swakopmund.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-40
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
Occupation Period
Lot 67
1916 fine envelope to Friedensbureau in Bern, franked 2½d, Windhoek altered r/way cancel, censored at Cape Town with ‘100’ label and oval censor.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-18
Lot 68
Jan 1919 fine envelope, registered, to the Red Cross in Geneva franked 6d plus½d cancelled Luderitzbucht. Un-numbered censor label and C9 ring, Red Cross and POW cachets – did not reach Geneva until November.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-35
Lot 69
1919 fine envelope (slightly truncated at left) with fine rare Arandis Rail rubber canceller in blue. Windhoek censor label and ring. Ptzl B2a (4,800 points).
Res £ 110
EV £110-160
Lot 70
1916 fine Busch ½d post stationery card with very fine Mariental altered German cancel, censored at Keetmanshoop.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-12
Lot 71
1917 meteorological report with fine scarce Ondonga rubber cancel in violet.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 72
1921 meteorological report with fine scarce Waterberg cds (2,000 points) and German address altered to ‘Director of Posts & Telegraphs’.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-50
Lot 73
1920 strip of 3 x 2d on piece canceller 2 x the very scarce Rhein Pflaz rubber without year slugs.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-40
Lot 74
1918 rare ‘107’ censor label of Outjo on 1d postal stationery envelope, unlisted by Putzel.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 75
POW mail:- 1918 and 1919 envelopes from Aus and 1916 and 1917 envelopes from the officer camps at Okanjande and Swakopmund. (Offered at less than currently on e-Bay for one!).
Res £ 110
EV £110-150
Lot 76
1915 three covers from POW’s at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 77
1917 POW envelope supplied by the authorities to Swakopmund, pink censor label.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 78
1916 very fine envelope from a German sergeant on PAROLE in Warmbad to the Red Cross. Parolees did not qualify for free postage so franked 2 x 1d and ½d. A rare item.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-80
Lot 79
1918 A large registered envelope from Keetmanshoop to the parolee Lt. Col. Franke (CO of the German army in SWA) at Farm Okawayo. A bit unwieldy in size so folded through middle but a must for the SWA collector!
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-70
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
Mandate Period
Lot 80
Jan 1923 Setting I set to 5/-, fine lightly mounted mint. Cat £400+ (10).
Res £ 110
EV £110-150
Lot 81
Mar 1923 Setting II R1, SG47, fine lightly mounted mint.
Res £ 350
EV £350-400
Lot 82
Aug 1923 Setting III set to £1, fine lightly mounted mint (the 1d appears to be Setting I).
Res £ 200
EV£200-250
Lot 83
1924 Setting IV 2/6, SG28, mounted mint.
Res £ 25
EV £ 25-35
Lot 84
1924 Setting VI 10/-, fine very lightly mounted mint.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-40
Lot 85
Jan 1923 Setting I £1, fine mounted mint.
Res £ 240
EV£240-300
Lot 86
1926 to 1927 all 3 triangulars, 6d SG43, 1927 ½d to 6d and 2d to 10/-, all fine mint, the 3d to 10/- all unmounted.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-90
Lot 87
1927 to 1930 SWA overprints – a good lot with 1/3, and ½d to 5/-, extra 1/- & 2/6 perf 14 x 13½ and the 1930 to 1931 Roto overprints. Fine mint mounted with some unmounted including 1/- perf 13½. Cat. £387+.
Res £ 110
EV £110-150
Lot 88
SWA overprints – 1d overprinted at top, Pretoria Plate 1 control block and marginal block of 4 overprinted at bottom. Both fine lightly mounted.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 89
1931 Pictorial set with airs, fine (mostly lightly) mounted mint.
Res £ 80
EV £ 80-90
Lot 90
1931 imperforate set of 7 revenue stamps to £1. Ex the BW archive, fine unmounted mint, from the retained gummed proof sheet so rare (most of these proofs are un-gummed).
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-90
Lot 91
1931 imperforate set of 7 revenue stamps to £1. Ex the BW archive, fine mounted mint, from the retained gummed proof sheet so rare but with variable creasing (a feature of this archive from storage).
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-40
Lot 92
1951 Officials, 1½d and 6d corner blocks of four, one in each block with transposed overprints, fine mounted mint. Cat. £140.
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-45
Lot 93
1924, 1927 & 1928 three registered covers from Kolmanskop, the first two with the misspelt cachet as ‘Kolmankop’ in black, then red-violet, the last with the spelling corrected.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-60
Lot 94
Dec 1931 Robertson cover from the Christmas Flight joining Imperial Airways, franked 1931 3d and 10d air pairs (these Cat. £130 off cover).
Res £ 35
EV £ 35-45
Lot 95
Three further covers from the same flight Windhoek to Uppington, Kimberley and London and 26th Jan 1932 to Chester on the first regular flight (4 covers).
Res £ 35
EV £ 34-45
Lot 96
1935 to 1947 SJ, Coro (set in pairs + set in part inscription interpanneau pairs), 1938 VTs (both) large war efforts (extra 2d pair with variety), bantams with all three ½d’s, both 1d, 2d & 1/-‘s, Victory, Royal Visit and Silver Wedding. All fine mounted or unmounted mint. Cat. £300+.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-40
Lot 97
1/3 War effort, top left corner block of 6 with broken ‘H’ variety on 3/2, unmounted mint.
Res £ 12
EV £ 12-18
Lot 98
Various officials and postage dues, fine mounted or unmounted mint. (50) Cat. £160+.
Res £ 18
EV £ 18-25
Lot 99
Circa 1980 two sets of 10 and one of 8, fine unused (1 cto) (one of each shown in scan) (28 postcards).
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 100
Circa 1970’s to 1990’s:- 26 covers or cards with postage due marks, cachets or labels.
Res £ 8
EV £ 8-15