Auction 66
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Lot Descriptions
All material offered for sale within this Auction is from the collection of Christopher Oliver, the past Secretary of the Society for a number of years. Many of the lots are offered as collections and include Christopher's write-ups.
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 any question about a lot’s description, please e-mail the Auctioneer (Nick Lindstrom) who will advise you further.
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Lot 1
1853-64 CAPE TRIANGULARS USED GROUP, incl. 1d (3), 4d (9), 6d (5) & 1s (2), identified on pages, but not guaranteed to be correct, Cat.£4600+ (19).
Res £ 200
EV£250-300
Lot 2
1853 4d deep blue on blued paper, SG.2, fine used, three even margins, Cat.£325.
Res £ 28
EV £ 35-45
Lot 3
1853 4d deep blue on slightly blued paper, BLOCK of FOUR, SG.4, used, full close to huge margins, Cat.£720+
Res £ 60
EV £ 75-100
Lot 4
1863-4 1d deep brown-red, De La Rue printing, SG.18b, mint, three margins, Cat.£650.
Res £ 50
EV £ 65-75
Lot 5
c.1873 non-denominated Stamp Duty proof in dark green, imperforate vertical strip of three on unwatermarked & un-gummed paper. Margin just touched at base on lower stamp, otherwise fine.
Res £ 75
EV £ 90-120
Lot 6
1890’s mix of Victorian Postal Stationery. Four unused plus two used postcards, one unused Registered envelope and one unused Newspaper Wrapper. All fine.
Res £ 10
EV £ 12-15
ZULULAND
Lot 7
MOSTLY MINT GROUP incl. 1888-93 most values to 1s, ½d Natal overprint without stop, 1893 6d Natal overprint, 1894-6 ½d & 1d blocks of 4 & 1s (3d & 6d used), Postal Fiscal 1891 1d mint strip of three, mixed condition, Cat.£1030+ (28 stamps + 2 blocks).
Res £ 80
EV £100-150
Lot 8
1894-6 1d dull mauve & carmine, Shaved “Z” VARIETY, SG.21a, fine used, Cat.£100.
Res £ 20
EV £ 25-35
CAPE - MAFEKING SIEGE
Lot 9
1900 1d on ½d green, Seated Hope Cape stamp, SG type T1 overprint, SG.1, Very Fine Used, Cat.£95.
Res £ 20
EV £ 24-30
Lot 10
1900 1s on 4d sage-green, Seated Hope Cape stamp, SG type T1 overprint, SG.5, fine used, cat.£450, accompanied by certificate.
Res £ 85
EV £110-130
Lot 11
1900 6d on 3d British Bechuanaland, SG type T1 overprint, SG.10, Very Fine Used on small piece, cat.£100.
Res £ 20
EV £ 25-30
Lot 12
1900 6d on 2d Bechuanaland Protectorate (on GB stamp), SG type T2 overprint, SG.13, fine used, cat.£150.
Res £ 28
EV £ 35-45
Lot 13
1900 1d deep blue on blue, SG.18, Very Fine Used on small piece, cat.£375
Res £ 75
EV £ 95-120
Lot 14
1900 1d blue on blue, SG.17, washed & faded colour, otherwise fine used space filler, cat.£375
Res £ 20
EV £ 25-35
BOER WAR
Lot 15
1900 pair of “A Memoir of The Boer War” illustrated envelopes, both addressed to England, one franked O.F.S. 1d on 1d V.R.I. overprint and cancelled BRITISH ARMY postmark, other franked GB 1d lilac and postmarked FIELD POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY with clear strike of same on reverse, minor faults, but both generally good condition.
Res £ 60
EV £ 80-120
Lot 16
1901 pair of covers with FIELD POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY postmarks on GB stamps, each addressed to England at 1d rate, ½d vermilion pair to East Grinstead, arrival mark on reverse, torn corner (repaired by hinge) and 1d lilac on envelope in poor condition, also couple of octagonal Natal postmarks on piece.
Res £ 15
EV £ 20-30
Lot 17
1902 cover to Scotland, franked GB 1d lilac, tied by clear strike of FIELD POST OFFICE / STANDERTON postmark, Edinburgh arrival mark on reverse, good to fine.
Res £ 8
EV £ 10-15
Lot 18
1900 Natal Postcard of ‘Ladysmith’ Siege, unused, good to fine.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-70
Lot 19
OHMS cover with 2½d V.R.I. overprint. Date stamped 13 NOV 00 with ‘Controller S.A.C. Pretoria 13 NOV 00’ oval cachet in purple ink. Received stamp to rear ‘London EC 2.15pm DE 14 00 AM’. Centre fold.
Res £ 10
EV £ 15-20
Lot 20
1901 Date stamped ‘NO 29 Observatory Road C.G.H with ‘V.R. Opened Under Martial Law’ censor label and ‘NPR’ cachet. Backstamped ‘Bloemfontein ORC 7.PM 2 DE 01’.
Res £ 12
EV £ 15-20
Lot 21
Natal POA 9 cancel with ‘E.R. Opened Under Martial Law’ censor label. Fine.
Res £ 10
EV £ 15-20
OCEAN POST OFFICE POSTMARKS
Lot 22
1906-1912 Six postcards (only 3 shown), all with Ocean Post Office postmarks and addressed to UK. Fine used.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-60
UNION
Lot 23
1910 Set of three unused Cape Town Pageant triangular labels, one with no gum, two mint mounted. Further used label with blunt top but good postmark.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 24
Four unused postcards from the set of 24 Cape Town Pageant postcards produced by the Cape Times, showing scenes from the Pageant. Card numbers 2, 14, 21 and 24. All fine.
Res £ 7
EV £ 7-10
Lot 25
Two 1910 Union postcards. ‘Arms of the Union of South Africa’ used Aliwal North AP 24 11. Fine. Also, image of Richard Musgrove’s design proposal for the Union stamp (not postally used) but with message on back. Cards come with undated newspaper cutting (thought to be 5/11/1910) about the Union stamp issue ‘yesterday’. Stuck to thin card.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 26
1910 Union stamps. Block of six mint mounted with partial centre line mark in selvedge at bottom plus two single used stamps and two mint mounted. Also, small leaflet produced by ‘Postage Stamp League’ titled King George on Postage Stamps. Unusual item.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
COLLECTIONS
Lot 27
1910-1913 Interprovincial collection. Stamps and covers on 13 sheets with 16 covers and postcards and 54 items. Unchecked.
Res £ 75
EV £ 80-100
Lot 28
King’s Head Collection on 19 sheets from ½d to 10/-. Includes: ½d controls 1, 5, 6 and 7, blocks of 4 and 6, coils. 1d controls 3, 6 and 7, block of 6, coils, varieties, used block of four. 1 ½d control 2, coils, block of 4, tete-beche. 2d control 1, block of 4, coils, overprint ‘Official’. 2 ½d control 1, singles. 3d orange/black, control 1 single (used). 3d blue control 1 pair, singles. 4d control 1 pair, used singles. 6d singles. 1/- block of 4, control 1, singles. 1/3 control 1 pair, singles. 2/6 singles. 5/- control 1 used, singles. 10/- singles. All unchecked but nice lot and competitively priced to sell. (Bulky lot).
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 29
Collection of Station postmarks and SAR cachets on cover from 1920-1975 in 10 sheets with 12 different covers. Useful lot.
Res £ 35
EV £ 40-50
Lot 30
1936-1937 JIPEX Exhibition collection from the Empire Exhibition of 1936. Forty-seven written up sheets in total. Covers (31) include combination covers, registered official covers (with registered Exhibition cachet), official covers one with missing red and one with dark red, a few non-official covers some with purple ‘Empire Exhibition First Day Cover’ cachet. Also includes ½d miniature sheets (17) and 1d miniature sheets (16). Postcards include the 6 blue and 6 brown postcards issued for the Empire Air Mail Scheme with Exhibition date stamp. Single card with Midget Town postmark. All unchecked. A fine but bulky lot.
Res £ 120
EV £130-150
Lot 31
1938 Voortrekker cover collection with 18 covers of which 17 were carried on the ox-wagon mail (minor duplication noted). Date stamps include, Winburg (OFS), Mossel Bay, Aliwal North, Steynsburg, Vegkop, Graaff-Reinet, Paarl (3), Potchefstroom, Bloemfontein, Slagtersnek, Bulhoek (2), Willowmore, Stellenbosch and Krugersdorp. Nice lot and priced to sell.
Res £ 45
EV £ 50-60
Lot 32
1936-1981 Collection of Paquebot marks on covers. Fifty-seven pages with many pictures of ships and sixty-six covers and postcards. Priced to sell at under £1 a cover. (Bulky lot).
Res £ 60
EV £ 65-75
WORLD WAR I
Lot 33
Two Patriotic Empire postcards. One used 16 Feb 1915 ‘Responding to the Call’. The other unused ‘Three Cheers for South Africa!’.
Res £ 7
EV £ 7-10
AIR MAILS
Lot 34
1918 Large Wings ‘Make Your Sixpence Fly’ card from the first flight 7 Oct 1918, with ½d King’s Head for internal post to Cape Town. Vertical fold in card.
Res £ 35
EV £ 40-50
Lot 35
1918 Small Wings, light blue ‘Make Your Sixpence Fly’ card from the Benoni flight on 1 Dec 1918 with ½d King’s Head on readdressed card. Fine
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-75
Lot 36
1918 Small Wings, light blue ‘Make Your Sixpence Fly’ card with scarce orange cross from Transvaal flight on 22 November 1918. Card with ½d King’s Head addressed to Johannesburg.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-90
Lot 37
1929 ‘Millers Service’ first flight. Postcard with 4d 1929 Air Mail stamp and ½d Springbok, not cancelled. 1929 Air Mail etiquette. First flight of Millers Service was 26 August 1929 between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Date stamped on reverse 31 August 1929 Poste Restante Cape Town/Kaapstad.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-25
Lot 38
1925/1929 – First Air Mail issue 26 February 1925 1d, 3d (pair), 6d and 9d (pair) mint mounted plus set mint unmounted and a set of second issue Forgery in pairs with one constant crease on first value of each pair. Not visible on front. Two Experimental Flight covers with special date stamps, 28 February and 27 March 1925. Letter from GPO dated 11 February 1926 to G.J. King relating to oversight of Air Mail stamp along with original cover. Second Air Mail issue 16 August 1929, 4d and 1/- used and mint mounted, plus 6 covers.
Res £ 30
EV £ 40-50
Lot 39
1937 Empire Flying Boat Service. First Northbound flight from Durban to England. Cover dated 6 June 1937 with endorsed airmail etiquette and pair of 1d King George VI Coronation stamps. Cover with tax mark.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL POSTMARKS
Lot 40
1924-1925 Set of 36 South African Postcards produced for the Empire Exhibition at Wembley, but only 30 of the 36, but 10 duplicates. Missing numbers 11, 16, 19, 28, 32 and 33.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 41
1927 East London Philatelic Society Stamp Exhibition held 5-6 January 1927. Two covers, one self-addressed advertising cover from Giddy & Giddy, Attorneys in East London with 1d ship stamp cancelled 5-1-27, with special Exhibition date stamp. Also, Special Exhibition cover, locally posted, with 1d ship stamp cancelled 6-1-27 with special Exhibition date stamp.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
Lot 42
1928 Durban Philatelic Exhibition, special Exhibition cover with two ½d King’s Head stamps cancelled with special Exhibition date stamp 2 July 1928 in red (first day of Exhibition). Further cover with block of four 1d ship stamps, dated 10 July 1928 but not tied by special Exhibition date stamp. ½d Springbok postcard with COGH 1d red, tied with Exhibition date stamp 10 July 1928. (Three items).
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 43
1929 cover date stamped the 14 March 1929 with special skeleton postmark ‘Verneuk Pan VPN’ addressed to C D Gibson in Cape Town. Centre fold in cover. Back stamped ‘Brandvlei 15 MAR A 29’, head office for Verneuk Pan Postal Agency.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-90
Lot 44
1933 ‘Sunset Covers’. Two registered covers used in Basutoland with a mixture of stamps from the Provinces, South Africa and Basutoland. Both date stamped the 29 December 1933 and addressed to Pretoria. One from ‘Mohalies Hoek’ and the other from ‘Teyateyaneng’.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 45
1934 Curio from Fifth Philatelic Congress held on the 13-14 October. Cut-out from a souvenir menu from the Banquet which had a 6d Pietersburg stamp affixed and was overprinted in red ‘Philatelic Congress, Pretoria, October 1934’.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
Lot 46
Mixed Exhibitions. A small collection of 15 covers and postcards with Commemorative date stamps/cancels. Including 1934 Rand Ideal Homes Johannesburg; 1934 Pretoria Stamp Exhibition (3); 1935 Imperial Press Conference (2); 1935 Cape Town Exhibition (1 cover and 3 postcards); 1936 East London Exhibition:1953 Johannesburg Stamp Centenary Exhibition; 1957 Postage Stamp Centenary Natal (2); S.A. Medical Conference (41st) Durban.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Lot 47
A small collection of Union of South Africa postal stationery embossed covers with King George V head. Mainly 1d but three 1½d. Fifteen covers in total with 11 postally used and 4 unused. One with reversed double embossing, a mirror-stained printing. Cover opened but a good example.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 48
1935 Silver Jubilee issue 1 May ‘tagged ear’ in blocks of 4, hinged in margin, stamps unmounted mint and very fine. Cat. £210.
Res £ 70
EV £ 70-90
Lot 49
Coronation of King George VI First Day cover, 12 May 1937, with unusual Kango Caves oval date stamp in purple. Cover missing its rear flap but does not detract. Fine and unusual date stamp.
Res £ 7
EV £ 7-10
Lot 50
Apartheid 1930’s – 50’s. Non-European counter postmarks and covers. Two blocks of four stamps with non-European date stamps. Also, three registered covers with non-European registration labels and date stamps. Fine examples.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-15
Lot 51
1933-1948 1d ship imperforate, watermark inverted, top right corner block of 4, unmounted mint. Minor crease on back but generally fine. Cat. £360.
Res £ 60
EV £ 60-90
Lot 52
1956 Cover with ‘Official Free’ cachet of the Governor General along with two invitation cards to a Garden Party on the 24th February 1956, in English and Afrikaans. Cover addressed to Prof. and Mrs H J Mandelbrote. Includes card to be presented to the Aide-de-Camp-in-Waiting on arrival.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS
Lot 53
1911 5/- Mackay Essay in violet, with printing variety (blob on head).
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-75
Lot 54
1911 Photographic reproduction of the CP Immelman six designs for the King’s Head definitive series, ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 6d.
Res £ 5
EV £ 10-20
Lot 55
1d Harrison Essay, black and blue, slight blunt perforations at top, unmounted mint but some gum disturbance top left corner with small crease not visible on front. Perforated 13½ x 13.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 56
1d Harrison Essay, black and blue, slight blunt perforations at top, unmounted mint but some gum disturbance top left corner with small crease not visible on front. Perforated 13½ x 13.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-20
Lot 57
1929 1d Booysen Essay in black, unmounted mint. One with minor tone mark otherwise fine.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-75
Lot 58
1929 1d Booysen Essay in violet, unmounted mint. Both with minor tone marks otherwise fine.
Res £ 50
EV £ 50-75
Lot 59
Undated curio, high quality photographic guide to London Pictorial designs and hyphenated pictorials. Interesting item.
Res £ 10
EV £ 15-20
Lot 60
1964 Fifty-five photographs of early Essays and Proofs issued by the Postal Museum in the early 1960’s. Interesting lot of colour (not often seen) and black and white photographs. Many have Collection 42 stamped in purple on reverse, but other numbers included.
Res £ 110
EV £120-150
NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS
Lot 61
1912-1934, 46 items of SA newspaper wrappers plus one SWA overprint of various dates. Mint and used wrappers, Some varieties and many written up as a small collection. Interesting lot.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 62
1927 – 15 November, unhyphenated Suidafrika. Format 125 x 296mm with missing vignette on stamp. Unusual.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
WORLD WAR II - SPECIAL ITEMS
Lot 63
War train cover dated 6 May 1941 addressed to Bloemfontein. Cover with both English and Afrikaans special War Train date stamp.
Res £ 30
EV £ 35-50
Lot 64
½d Postal Stationery card, used as a receipt in 1941, for the Navy League War Fund, Seamen’s Sheepskin Coat Section. Unusual.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 65
Liberty Cavalcade Cover date stamped 25 March 1944 on the first day of the Cavalcade with special date stamp. Fine.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 66
Durban and Natal Coast Thanksgiving Cavalcade. Postcard date stamped 2 August 1944, locally addressed with 1d Bantam and Cavalcade label
Res £ 45
EV £ 45-60
Lot 67
1941 War Effort Series reduced size issue. Six pairs (but 3d split) and two singles (no 1/3d). Mint mounted with ‘Press Photographs’ of stamps in English and Afrikaans. Unusual and fine lot on three sheets.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 68
1942 Bantam War issue. Seven pairs and one single mint mounted with ‘Press Photographs’ of stamps in English and Afrikaans. Unusual and fine lot on three sheets.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 69
1943 Political leaflet with handwritten date 7/7/43, ‘Vote Nationalist’. Issued by Federal Council of the Reunited National Party. Scarce item.
Res £ 5
EV £ 5-10
Lot 70
1941-1945 Twelve sheets of WW2 APO and Egypt Prepaid date stamps, written up with many examples including 92 items, 3 covers and 1 motor vehicle licence. Fine lot and priced to sell.
Res £ 20
EV £ 25-35
Lot 71
1942-1944 ½d Bantam War Effort, full sheet (Serial No. 7448 in red), in greenish blue, SG97b. Includes ‘Buy Union Loan Certificates selvedge’ in English and Afrikaans. Partial perforation separation on centre line at arrow marks. Presented on card 290mm wide x 560mm high. A large item.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 72
1944 Specialist correspondence collection of seven items addressed to Mrs Boxhall from Flt/Lt C BOXHALL (88118), including letters, covers and active service letter cards along with research papers. Interesting lot which would suit further research and development.
Res £ 35
EV £ 40-50
Lot 73
1939-1945 Extensive collection of WW2 Civil Censorship in South Africa written up in detail. Includes types of re-sealing Censor Labels, examples of lettered handstamps with Union Coat of Arms, examples of dual (and triple) Censorship by Civil and Military Censors and SA Censorship of Portuguese African Colonial mail. Bulky lot of 104 sheets with 124 items making a superb collection.
Res £ 350
EV£375-400
ROYAL TOURS
Lot 74
1925 Two covers from the Prince of Wales, Royal Tour of South Africa. One dated 8 June 1925 when in Natal and the other dated 17 July 1925 when departing from Southern Rhodesia.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-20
Lot 75
1934 Two covers from the Royal Tour of HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent. One dated 13 February 1934, the start of the tour in Cape Town and the other dated 19 February 1934.
Res £ 7
EV £ 7-10
Lot 76
1947 Royal Visit collection on 34 written up sheets, including stamps, blocks, varieties, covers, photographs, and pictures. Of note, a cover with the personal handstamp of the Captain of the Vanguard in red with picture of the King and Queen practicing their rifle shooting on board. Also White Train and Pilot Train pictures and letterheads, pictures of the Royal family at De Beers in Kimberley and inspecting soldiers in Natal. Twenty-two covers with Royal Train date stamps, registration cachets and HMS Vanguard cachets. Nine First Dy Covers (21 Apr 47) from Basutoland, Lobatsi Bech. Prot (17.II.47) and Mbabane, Swaziland (17.II.47) Windhoek SWA 9 (17.II 47.) Bulky but very fine lot and priced to sell.
Res £ 100
EV £110-125
Lot 77
1947 Dorothy Wilding photograph (150mm wide by 210mm high) of King George VI, which formed the basis of the 1d stamp along with a block of 4 stamps with V5, row 20/5 variety. Copyright stamp ‘Dorothy Wilding Portraits Ltd, 16 Old Bond Street, London W1 / Institute of British Photographers’ in blue on reverse of photograph. Fine condition.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-75
Lot 78
1947 Two covers with the Royal Air Force, The King’s Flight cachets. Both in good condition and very clear strikes. One dated 4 February 1947, the other dated 11 March 1947. Not often seen.
Res £ 100
EV £110-125
Lot 79
1947 Afrikaans version of ‘Proceeding to Parliament’, Order of Procession with English translation. Foolscap size, folded. Posted with blocks of Royal Visit stamps and Houses of Parliament date stamp 21 February 1947. Very unusual item sent through the post.
Res £ 50
EV £ 60-70
Lot 80
Cover addressed to ‘Buckingham Palace’ and signed with a stamped, A Lascalles signature cachet (non-manuscript), the private secretary to King George VI. Royal cypher in red on reverse flap of cover.
Res £ 30
EV £ 30-40
Lot 81
1947 Set of 6 souvenir postcards issued to mark Princess Elizabeth’s 21st birthday along with a separate card entitled ‘Twenty-First Birthday Greetings’ from Navy Week. 21st April 1947.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
Lot 82
23rd February 1947. Letter written on White Train stationery, from the Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Elizabeth to Mr Hosham, advising it is not possible for the Princess to send him stamps (!). Cover with letter has official stamp and Royal cachet in violet. Unusual item in very good condition.
Res £ 100
EV £100-125
Lot 83
1947 ‘Printed Form Letter’ from Government house Cape Town, ‘signed’ by Elizabeth, written as a thank you letter for presents received on her 21st birthday.
Res £ 30
EV £ 40-50
Lot 84
1947 Photographic Essay prepared for the South African Post Office, showing the two Princesses’ but not issued. The copy was laid down on blank perforated stamp paper to show the effect.
Res £ 75
EV £ 80-90
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 85
1974 Second Definitive Series. Collection of 69 sheets with mint mounted cylinder blocks, coils, perforation variations and varieties. Excellent condition. Unchecked and priced to sell. Bulky lot.
Res £ 35
EV £ 40-50
Lot 86
1977 Third Definitive Series (Protea). Collection of 73 sheets. Mint mounted and used sets plus coils mint mounted and used. Numerous control blocks some mint, mounted in margins and some mounted on blocks. Unchecked and priced to sell. Excellent collection but bulky lot.
Res £ 30
EV £ 35-50
Lot 87
1982 Fourth Definitive Series (Buildings). Collection of 44 sheets. Mint mounted and used sets plus coils mint mounted and used. Numerous control blocks some mint mounted in margins and some mounted on blocks. Unchecked and priced to sell. Excellent collection. Bulky lot.
Res £ 30
EV £ 35-50
Lot 88
1988 Fifth Definitive Series (Succulents). Collection of 30 sheets. Mint mounted and used sets plus coils mint mounted and used. Numerous control blocks some mint mounted in margins and some mounted on blocks. Unchecked and priced to sell. Excellent collection. Bulky lot.
Res £ 25
EV £ 30-45
Lot 89
1995 UNESCO Pre-paid Envelopes. Nine colour separations plus one large unused registered envelope and four used registered envelopes with final printing. Unusual lot and interesting.
Res £ 35
EV £ 40-50
Lot 90
Permit Mail from 1990’s-2000’s. Pre-printed covers forming interesting and attractive collection. Thirty-seven items on 16 sheets.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 91
Collection of inkjet postal slogans from 1990’s to 2000’s. Thirty sheets with 132 items. Attractive covers but bulky lot.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 92
2010 Collection of South African Peacekeepers covers with the United Nations. Nine sheets written up with 12 covers all with special date stamps. FPO 03, 31, 33, 34, 35, 111, 311, 312 and 313. Unusual lot.
Res £ 10
EV £ 10-20
Lot 93
1969-1980 Collection of Maritime mail including Paquebot marks and pictures/photocopies of ships relating to covers. Many Commemorative covers of maiden sailings and of last scheduled sailings. A good specialist lot with 43 covers and postcards. Bulky lot. Priced to sell.
Res £ 25
EV £ 30-40
Lot 94
1936-1978 Superb collection of Mobile Post Office date stamps on cover in two box files, including W A Page’s original collection being expanded by C Oliver and written up in detail. Probably one of the most complete collections on this topic with ephemera, pictures and photographs. Also included is W A Page’s 1989 black and white booklet on Mobile Post Offices of South Africa and Chris Oliver’s SACS Study Booklet following his 2018 display at Meriden. Bulky lot.
Res £ 600
EV£700-800
OFFICIAL OVERPRINTS
Lot 95
1930-1947. ½d marginal block of 10 with Official overprint shifted upwards. Mint mounted on 2 stamps with horizontal perforation split between first and second row on last two stamps.
Res £ 25
EV £ 30-40
SWAZILAND
Lot 96
1938-1957 King George VI Definitive issue ½d to 10/- including perforation variations. Mostly mint but some mint mounted. Good lot. Cat. £660
Res £ 100
EV £100-125
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Lot 97
1934-1990’s. Part collection of booklet panes, singles, blocks. Unchecked mixture of Union and RSA on forty sheets plus six sheets of Easter ‘Help Cripple’ labels and a part used Veldtrust booklet.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-30
BOOKLETS
Lot 98
1948 SG.SB18 – 3/- ‘Kirchoffs for Seeds’ two complete booklets. Fine condition.
Res £ 20
EV £ 20-25
FORGERIES
Lot 99
Fournier Forgeries from Transvaal, including 6d block of eight in yellow with FAUX in black, 1/- light brown & green with FAC-SIMILE applied diagonally in blue and £5 block of 16 with FAC-SIMILE applied diagonally in blue. Also 3 fake postmarks on piece, 2 of Pretoria and 1 of Mafeking. All affixed to original pages issued by L’Union Philatelique de Geneve in 1928.
Res £ 40
EV £ 40-50
Lot 100
Transvaal – Booklet of ‘Collection de Timbres du Transvaal’, 62 in violet lightly printed on the front cover. All pages complete and clean. A fine, neat booklet with mounted mint items.
Res £ 15
EV £ 15-20