Auction 99
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Lot Descriptions
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Cape of Good Hope Pre-Adhesive
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Lot 2
Circa 1806. Wrapper. Late Batavian interregnum. Dated ‘received 5 January (?) 1806’ by addressee in PAARL. No rate shown, presumably privately delivered 3 days before 2nd British Occupation on 8 January 1806. Wax stain and hinge remnants.
Res £ 25
EV £ 75
Lot 5
1816. Wrapper from STELLENBOSCH to Cape Town marked ms ‘official’ in black ink bearing oval MLS (Medallion Letter Stamp). Received in Cape Town with oval MLS (Medallion Letter Stamp). Annotated ‘Aug 1816 Stellenbosch’ in pencil on reverse, possibly originally annotated on front bottom. Seal cut off leaving hole, otherwise in fine condition.
Res £ 25
EV £ 50
Lot 6
Circa 1818. ‘In Dienst’ (On Service) Wrapper apparently uncharged and posted free from STELLENBOSCH to Cape Town where it was received with a fine legible strike of the GPO Crown-In-Circle (CiC) handstamp. Posted by the Landrost (Magistrate) of Stellenbosch to his superior in Cape Town, the Receiver of Taxes. Early-ish use of the GPO Cape Town CiC handstamp. Wax stain on reverse. Good condition.
Res £ 60
EV £ 120
Lot 8
Circa 1830. Wrapper undated. CALEDON to CAPE TOWN. Wrapper annotated 1818 in pencil top left. Wrapper paper watermarked ‘I S 1830’ suggesting late-ish Crown-In-Circle (CiC) use. Dispatched Caledon with CiC handstamp (1818) in black ink. Received Cape Town with CiC (1817) in black ink. Wax stain and hinge remnants on reverse. A good example with two strikes of late CiC use.
Res £ 25
EV £ 50
Lot 9
1836. Wrapper from SWELLENDAM to Cape Town. Annotated ‘Swellendam 1st March 1836’ inside. Paper watermarked ‘T Green 1834’. Disptached Swellendam with partial CiC handstamp in black ink. Red ms ‘paid 7d’. Received a useful ‘POST PAID’ rectangular boxed handstamp in black ink in Cape Town. Impression and stain of red wax seal on reverse. Good. clean condition.
Res £16
EV £ 40
Lot 10
Circa 1839. Wrapper undated. BEAUFORT to CAPE TOWN. Wrapper annotated 1839 in pencil bottom. Wrapper paper watermarked large oval Brittania. Dispatched Beaufort with CiC handstamp (1821) in black ink. Received Cape Town with useful example of ‘POST PAID’ rectangular boxed handstamp in black ink. Partial wax seal on reverse.
Res £ 20
EV £ 40
Lot 14
1867 and 1873 covers bearing 1865 4d adhesives with Outer Frame Line. 1867 example badly damaged. Cancelled with Small Triangular Obliterator and received in Cape Town with the Single Circle datestamp. Dated Town Oval dispatch postmarks on the reverse for CALEDON ‘NO 26 1873’ and BEAUFORT ‘MR 18 1867’.
Res £ 16
EV £32
Lot 15
1883 – 1893. Ten years of correct postal use of the Bredasdorp Small Triangular Obliterator in conjunction with the Single Circle datestamp. Cape Town SC receiving marks on reverse. The 1893 cover is torn and worn but otherwise all are fine and clean with clear postmarks. All three covers contain original contents. The 1895 cover has a nice wax seal of the Steyn family.
Res £ 21
EV £45
Lot 16
1884. Correct postal use of Malmesbury BONC (Barred Oval Numeral Canceller) 215 to obliterate a pair 2ds with Single Circle of JA 19 84′ as dispatch datestamp. Cape Town SC receiving mark of ‘JA 21 84’ on reverse. Foxing on the LHS but otherwise in good shape with contents.
Res £ 16
EV £32
Lot 19
1890. OHMS cover stamped with purple CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GOVERNMENT AGENCY cachet front and embossed on rear (circled in red). Posted LONDON OFFICIAL PAID ’26 NO 90′ to POPLAR received same day. An useful example of a scarce Cape cachet officially used in GB.
Res £ 18
EV £48
Lot 20
1904. Cover. TOOTABI ‘NO 13 04’ to ALBANY, USA, ‘DEC 16 1904’. 1d KE7 cancelled with Tootabi single circle datestamp, cover dated with same. A scarce postmark in fine condition.
Res £ 39
EV £70
Orange Free State
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ZAR / Transvaal Colony
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Lot 24
1873. Second Davis Envelope. Fine unused. Meets description in Mathews / van Zeyl’s ‘Transvaal Philately’ – 1. white envelope, 2. size 143 x 77mm, 3. gummed flap with ornament, 4. clearly visible alterations from ‘DRIE’ to ‘ZES’. Forgeries exist but this is similar to the Alan Drysdale example in ‘Transvaal Philately and quite unlike the two shades for sale on BobShop for R3500. Your money back if you can show it this is not genuine!
Res £ 24
EV £ 60
Lot 25
1882. August. QV 4d surcharged ‘EEN PENNY’ in black. Group of 23 examples mounted mint/used. Affordable choice for collectors re-constructing the Surcharge Setting. Includes 1 horizontal mm pair.
Res £ 38
EV £ 76
Lot 26
1891. ZAR cover with 2d Vurthein arms cancelled squared circle datestamp ERMELO ’16 Nov 1891′ via Helvetia ’22 NOV 91′ to Middelburg ‘2x NOV 91’, both squared octagon datestamps. Cover torn and weary but a good example of pre-ABW ZAR domestic mail surviving the war.
Res £ 16
EV £ 32
Lot 28
1906. Postcard. The Post Office Boksburg. Sallo Epstein No1569. Posted BOKSBURG ‘4 SEP 06’ to GERMISTON. Good bright condition but creased top right. A keepsake from the great heyday of SA Post Offices and mail.
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Lot 29
Circa 1906. Postcard. The Johannesburg Fire Brigade. R. O. Fusslein, Johannesburg No 3121. Unused. Fine condition.
Res £ 20
EV £ 32
Lot 30
1908. Postcard. The Johannesburg Municipal Tramways. Posted NIGEL ’22 JUN 08′. Art Nouveau style showing three scenes of trams and a Cash Ticket. Slight damage to top right. Wonderful social history from eGoli’s golden age.
Res £ 12
EV £18
Lot 30
1910. Postcard. Johannesburg Cuthberts Building. Tucks ‘Chromette’ No, 4922. Posted GERMISTON TRANSVAAL ’19 SEP 10′ to Belgium. Good condition.
Res £ 12
EV £18
Lot 30
1899. Map of Southern Africa by G W (Geo. Washington) Bacon. 10th edition. Popular and widely sold and not scarce, unlike Bacon’s rare Transvaal-only map. A very useful reference and display item. The map is fragile, repaired but intact.
Res £ 29
EV £70
Anglo-Boer War / South African War
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Bautoland / Lesotho
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Lot 35
1966. Printed Envelope. Posted at unsealed rate QUTHING ’18 DEC 66′ to Burmeister, EAST LONDON with 1c QE2 cancelled with small ‘BASUTOLAND double circle datestamp. Fine condition.
Res £ 16
EV £ 25
Lot 35
1984 -1985. Lesotho Missionary 20s Easter Labels. ‘The Ten Commandments’ (1984). ‘Stations of the Cross’ (1985). Complete sheets in fine condition. Unusual, possibly uncommon.
Res £ 16
EV £ 32
Bechuanaland / Botswana
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Lot 36
1887 2 6. 4d dull blue stamp of CoGH overprinted ‘British Bechuanaland’. Mounted mint. Hinge remainders. Cleanable. SG3. Cat £65 (2009). Price reflects fine appearance.
Res £ 12
EV £ 48
Lot 36
1895. GB Reply Card overprinted BRITISH BECHUANALAND, cancelled with single circle RAMOUTSA ‘JY 20 ? 95’ to Bavaria. Stamp dealer mail. Sender asks “Do you make exchange?” Reply card not returned. Missing stamp soaked-off PC does not detract. Curious, in fine condition and scarce.
Res £ 30
EV £ 60
Lot 36
1912. Two x CoGH PCs overprinted ‘British Bechuanaland’ and ”BRITISH BECHUANALAND’. British Bechuanaland cancelled FRANCIS TOWN BECH. PROTEC. ‘JU 26 12’, probably philatelic to GB. BRITISH BECHUANALAND (unused). In fine condition.
Res £ 30
EV £ 60
Lot 37
1941. Envelope. Posted with 1½d blue KGVI ‘cattle’ definitive cancelled with elusive GABERONES STA B.P. ’18 X 41′ to Burmeister, EAST LONDON. Uncommon and in fine condition.
Res £ 20
EV £ 50
Lot 38
1947 – 1960. Two x Lobatsi postmarks. Registered letter ROYAL VISIT LOBATSI.BECH. PROT. ’17 APR 47′ using RV Registration cachet and postmark two months after visit. FDC Anniversary of BP cancelled LOBATSI ’21 JAN 60. Both in fine condition and good examples of the datestamps.
Res £ 6
EV £ 12
Lot 38
1949. Envelope. Posted with 1½d blue KGVI ‘cattle’ definitive cancelled with LOBATSI ’20 JUL 49′ to Burmeister, EAST LONDON. A good example of the datestamp.
Res £ 12
EV £ 20
Lot 40
1957. Envelope. Posted with 2d brown QE2 ‘cattle’ definitive cancelled with FRANCISTOWN BECH PROT ‘9 VII 57’ to Burmeister, EAST LONDON. Fine condition.
Res £ 10
EV £ 20
Union of South Africa
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Lot 40
1930. Cover. Strip 4 x ½d Roto printing Pretoria and single 1d London Pictorial stamp cancelled JOHANNESBURG ‘JUN 14 1930’ with failing ‘BUY UNION LOAN CERTIFICATES’ MC. Additional ½d pair cancelled with JOHANNESBURG 6 (?) and for good measure the lightly cancelled MC stamps. Some foxing.
Res £ 6
EV £ 12
Lot 42
1938. Cover illustrated with Great Trek Boer. A Boer ‘en sy roer’ (Afr. ‘and his rifle’), his wife and child close to hand trek into the interior. Single ½d + ½d green Voortrekker Centenary Memorial Fund stamp cancelled BLOED RIVIER ’16 12 38′ (centenary of the Battle of Blood River). Some fox spots and wear but otherwise an attractive item in good condition.
Res £ 16
EV £ 36
Lot 43
1939. Cover ORANGE RIVER ’10 OCT 39′ to HOLLAND. OPENED BY CENSOR 1105 label (black). As SA declared war ‘6 SEP 39’ this is an early example of SA’s WW2 censorship. The sender’s address is ‘Bakovenspan, (Afr. Baking Oven’s Pan), presumably a reference to the heat. Sent from ‘PO Orange River Station’.
Res £ 9
EV £ 18
Lot 44
1939 & 1941. Hotels. The Stephanie Hotel (Johannesburg), and the Hotel Osbourne (Durban). JOHANNESBURG ’25 X 39′ to GB and DURBAN ’28 IX 41′ to NS, Canada. Of note the airmailed Hotel Stephanie cover bears a single, a pair and two blocks of 6 1d reds while the torn and rougly opened Canada cover is printed with a hotel monogram and has a censor label. Condition good.
Res £ 10
EV £ 18
Lot 44
1942. POW Air Mail cover to Italy. 6 x 1½d Airman Bantams cancelled ‘WOOL EXCHANGE DURBAN’ ‘2 Oct 42’. Sent to Capt. in POW Camp 75 (Bari) and re-directed to Camp 47 (Modena). Censored in SA and Itlay. Fine condition.
Res £ 16
EV £ 36
Kings Heads
Priced to clear, some re-offers and some new. If not sold they’ll be going to a large auction house.
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Lot 45
Selection of used low value King’s Heads to 2/6d, mostly in pairs (16), a strip of 3 and blocks (3×4, 1×6 and 1×16) plus six singles. Includes tete beche block of 4 x 1½d. Nice MOO PMBURG and MARKET STR pmks on singles. Totally unchecked for varieties, etc. A useful addition to any display of used King’s Heads.
Res £ 12
EV £ 48
Lot 46
1932 Registered Airmail First Air Mail Cover to GB. Cancelled CAPE TOWN ’26 January 32′. Illustrated SA Travel Bureau. Posted at a rate of 1/- and 8d comprising a 1/- orange and 2 x 4d green 1929 second airmail stamps. Blue bilingual aimail label. Received Sutton Coldfield GB ’17 FE 32′.
Res £ 15
EV £ 30
Lot 110
1942 air envelope to Fish Hoek franked LWE 2d (B4) & 1d pair making the
10d rate, cancelled the scarcer Egypt Pre-Paid “*” machine cancel (average to good strike)
Res £ 5
EV £ 10
Republic of South Africa
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Lot 50
2004 – 2009. 75 Years Air Mail Services plus 2009 SAA 75 Years x 2 mini-sheets. All in fine condition. Includes used 96c illustrative mail route stamp.
Res £ 16
EV £ 32
Lot 51
2008 01 23. 7th Definitive Colourful South Africa. Complete sheet, a Booklet of 10 stamps and the Flowers of Namaqualand, all in fine condition.
Res £ 18
EV £ 36
Lot 51
2024. Be First to get possibly the Last South African stamp. 16 Nov 2024. B4 (R15,45c) x 2 self-adhesive stamps on card. Availabityin and postage from SA is the issue!
Res £ 4
EV £ 10
Lot 51
Some 100+- modern democratic era used on piece. Includes some dupication in pairs or blocks on piece, also a few late RSA stamps and some good modern postmarks. A used mini-sheet separated into several parts can be restored by the enthusiast if it can be soaked out of the plastic wallet in which it is loosely stuck. Hours of fun!
Res £ 16
EV £ 64
Rhodesia
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Lot 52
1905. Opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge. Vertical pair 1d red cancelled GWELO ’03 ? AUG 05′. Upper stamp repaired top LHS. Some short perfs, otherwise an attractive pair with a useful postmark. Price reflects the bottom stamp only.
Res £ 6
EV £12
OTHER – Not Southern Africa
Belgian Congo
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GEA – German East Africa
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GB to South Africa
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Lot 55
1874. One for the ladies! Commercial cover from Eugene Rimmel Perfumiere with contents ex-CHARING CROSS (LONDON) ‘DE 18 74’ to E. Burmester, Adderley Street, Cape Town, ‘JA 21 75’. Envelope bearing GB 1/- Green Plate 10 (cat £190 used on cover) tied by an impressive strike of Charing Cross Duplex CX / 4. An attractive item of commercial postal history.
Res £ 80
EV £ 160
Lot 56
1878. Commercial cover soliciting business with contents ex-BIRMINGAM GB to E. Burmester, Adderley Street, Cape Town. Envelope bearing GB 6d Grey Plate 16 (not ‘6’, cat £110 used on cover) tied by Birmingham Duplex 75. A wonderful item of commercial postal history from Britain’s Victorian Industrial and Colonial age.
Res £ 80
EV £ 160
Lot 57
1879. Commercial cover soliciting business with contents ex-LONDON ‘AU 28 79’ via Southampton on the ‘Arab’ to E. Burmester, Adderley Street, Cape Town, ‘SP 18 79’. Envelope bearing GB 6d Grey Plate 16 (cat £110 used on cover) tied by London Duplex EC / 55. Attractive maritime commercial postal history.
Res £ 30
EV £ 120
Lot 21
1888. First OFS Postcard (Een / One Penny rate from the printing of 1884). Posted internally from the National Bank of SA BLOEMFONTEIN ’10 July 1888′ to SMITHFIELD. Attractively cancelled Bloemfontein ‘JUL 10 1888’ in red ink. Received Smithfield ‘1x JY 88’. Neither early nor late but useful and in good condition.
Res £ 22
EV £ 45
Lot 22
1893. PC Uprated with a ½d stamp for postage to Germany. Dispatched DE PUT ’12 JAN 93′ via BETHANIE, BLOEMFONTEIN and LONDON ‘FE 6 93’. Received in DRESDEN, ‘8 2 93’. Cancelled with De Put’s 11-bar ‘M’ Alphabetical Canceller (sans-serif). Red and black palimpsest on reverse. Tape and paper adhesion remains. A wonderful item of OFS postal history in good condition.
Res £ 60
EV £ 150
Lot 23
1899. ABW. Half Penny PC ex The National Bank FICKSBURG ’13 DE 99′ to SENEKAL ‘DE 15 99’. |THE South African War (aka ABW) began 11th October 1899. PC issued in 1898 when the OFS PC rate was ½d (Halve Penny). Printed by the bank on the reverse. Interesting internal use during the SAW.
Res £ 18
EV £ 36
