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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 30) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 26th October 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Stampex: Wednesday 26th September 11.30am to 7pm Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 10am to 6pm Saturday 29th September 10am to 5pm Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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| Auction Lots - Page 16 | |||
| 751 | |||
| 1896 Matabele Rebellion provisional 3d on 5/- surcharge mint and used with usual heavy numeral cancels. S.G. 53, £440. (2). Photo on Page 109. £120-140 |
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| 752 | |||
| 1896 British South Africa Company overprints on Cape, 1/2d - 1/- set of seven mint (the 1/- creased) and used, also additional 1d used with overprint misplaced to the left. S.G. 58/64, £648+. (16). £160-180 |
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| 753 | |||
| 1897-1908 Issues with 1897 1/2d - 8d mint and used (with additional shades and £1 fiscally used); 1898-1908 1/2d - 2d, 6d, 1/- and £1 handstamped italic "Specimen" (type R3, the only values from this set to receive this handstamp), 1d vertical pair mint imperforate between stamps and margin and the other values to the 10/- (less 2/6) mint, 1/2d - £1 used with additional shades. S.G. 66/90, £520++. (77). £160-180 |
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| 754 | |||
| 1898 1 1/2d Postal stationery postcard from Gwelo to Swakopmund, South West Africa with octagonal framed "T/10c" and a superb arrival c.d.s, manuscript "T2d" and "20" charge; and 1906 1d inland postcard from Gwelo to the "Zederburg Coach Stable, Selekwe" with the amusing message, "Sir, should a boy arrive at your stables with a placard on him addressed Angell c/o P. Fletcher - Surveyors - will you kindly re-label him to Meikles Bros. Gwelo & send him on & oblige". (2). £130-150 |
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| 755 | |||
| 1898-1908 £1 Perf 15 1/2 used, £2 unmounted mint and £5 mint, all very fine. S.G. 90/92, £3,510. (3). Photo on Page 110. £1,000-1,200 |
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| 756 | |||
| 1898-1908 3d Claret and 4d olive in central gutter pairs, both imperforate vertically between the left stamp and central margin, both used. Also 1913 perf 14 1 1/2d Admiral vertical pair with gutter margins at left imperforate vertically between the stamps and margin, fine mint. (3). Photo on Page 109. £140-160 |
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| 757 | |||
| 1903 Picture postcard to England with 1898-1908 1d tied by superb "B.S.A.P CAMP / BULAWAYO" c.d.s, and 1908 cover to Belgium with 1898-1908 1/2d and 1d pair each tied by "JUMBO MINE / S. RHODESIA" c.d.s, both fine. (2). £150-180 |
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| 758 | |||
| 1905 Victoria Falls 1d - 5/- set of six mint, the 1d and 2 1/2d in horizontal pairs (1d marginal with part imprint), and 1d - 5d, 2/6 and 5/- used, the 1d with "BRITISH ASSOCIATION / VICTORIA FALLS" c.d.s (Sep 13 05). S.G. 94/99, £522. (13). £160-180 |
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| 759 | |||
| 1906 1d Postal stationery postcard with pictorial view of "Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. View from North Bank", commercially used to Germany cancelled by "MWOMBOSHI / N.W. RHODESIA" c.d.s. A very scarce cancellation on a scarce postal stationery card. Photo on Page 129. £300-350 |
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| 760 | |||
| 1909-12 Rhodesia overprints, 1/2d - 3/-, 10/- and £1 fine mint, 1/2d - 1/- and £1 used, with some additional shades, and the £5 fiscally used. Also 1909-11 surcharges comprising 5d (2), 7 1/2d, 10d (2) and 2/- mint and the four values used. S.G. 100-118, £590+. (46). Photo on Page 110. £140-160 |
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| 761 | |||
| 1909-12 Rhodesia overprints, mint selection comprising £1 grey-purple and the four surcharges with 5d on 6d (4, one dull purple), 7 1/2d on 2/6 (4), 10d on 3/- (4) and 2/6 on 5/- (2); a few small faults, the £1 fine. S.G. 113, 114/8, £300. (15). £100-120 |
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| 762 | |||
| 1910-13 5/- Crimson and yellow-green double head very fine used with Bulawayo c.d.s. S.G. 160a, £200. Photo on Page 109. £80-100 |
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| 763 | |||
| 1910-13 Double Heads, 1/2d - 2/6 and 7/6 mint, the 2/6 thinned and 7/6 with colour run at top, the other values all fine. Also 1/2d - 2/- used, a few faults with thins to the 3d, 8d and 2/-. S.G. 119/160b, 185, £760+. (28). £180-220 |
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| 764 | |||
| 1913-24 Admirals, 1/2d - £1 set of 19 fine mint and 1/2d - 7/6 used with some additional shades, the mint mainly die III perf 14 on white paper, also 1917 1/2d on 1d Livingstone provisionals mint and used. A good lot, the mint stamps very fine, some unmounted. S.G. £2,250+. (58). Photo on Page 109. £600-700 |
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| 765 | |||
| 1926-87 Covers and cards including "Postage Paid in Cash" machine marks and handstamps (most on registered covers also bearing stamps, mostly First Day uses), postage due mail, picture postcards, etc. (83). £200-250 |
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| 766 | |||
Revenues. 1897 Large format £30 brown and green, £50 and £100 all used with perfined date and violet oval cancels. Barefoot 11a/13, £450. (3). Photo on Page 149. £130-150Northern Rhodesia |
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| 767 | |||
Zeppelin Mail. 1935 (Oct 24) Registered cover from Broken Hill to Pernambuco franked Northern Rhodesia Silver Jubilee 1d, 2d, 6d (3) and bearing "By Airship / Graf Zeppelin" label. With red cachet "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA", backstamped at Athens (Nov 5), Passau Hof Bahnpost (Nov 7) and Pernambuco (Nov 18), carried by Lufthansa air service to Bathurst, Gambia, and then flown from there by Graf Zeppelin. A very scarce 'shuttle service' Zeppelin cover from Northern Rhodesia. Photo on Page 129. £1,000-1,200Southern Rhodesia |
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| 768 | |||
| 1924-29 1/-, 1/6 and 5/- mint and 1931-37 set of 15 mint, the 1 1/2d comb perf 11 1/2, the 1/2d, 1d, 4d - 5/- all line perf 12, with additional perf 11 1/2 1 1/2d, 6d and perf 12 8d, 10d, and 1/6. The 9d, one perf 12 8d, 1/6 and perf 11 1/2 6d are mounted, the other 16 stamps all being superb unmounted, eight stamps including the 1/- - 5/- values are marginal. S.G. 10/11, 14/27, £291+. (23). £130-150 |
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| 769 | |||
| 1924-65 Issues mint and used, the collection on album pages including 1924-29 1/2d - 10d, 1/6 - 5/- mint (the 1/6 - 5/- unmounted); 1931-37 mint to 2/- (with additional perf 12 1 1/2d) and used to 5/-; all 1932-53 and 1964 stamps mint and used; and 1937 KGV definitives 1/- - 5/- imperforate frame proof pairs (5) each with a punch hole; also Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954-63 issues complete mint and used (just missing 1960 Kariba Dam 5/- and 1959-62 10/- used), and 1965 Rhodesia issues. S.G. 1/105 + R.&N. S.G. 1/49, £1,450. (373 + 10 proofs). £250-300 |
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| 770 | |||
| 1935 (Feb 14) Registered air mail cover to L.A. Wyndham, Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, franked 1931-37 4d and 1932 Victoria Falls 2d (2) each tied by "IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE / S. RHODESIA" c.d.s with a further strike on reverse, bearing a pink "R. S. RHODESIA" registration etiquette (number '4') with manuscript "IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE". Fine and scarce. £100-120 |
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| 771 | |||
| 1937 1/2d - 5/- Set of 13 mint with additional 1/-, all with upper margin showing the sheet number, with numbers between "5" and "481", unusual. S.G. 40/52, £73++. (14). £60-70 |
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| 772 | |||
1951 1/2d - 1/- Postage due set of seven mint, including the scarce 4d green. S.G. D1/7, £264. (6). Photo on Page 109. £100-120ROUMANIA(Also see lot 424) |
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| 773 | |||
| 1900 Cover from Tulcea to Bucharest bearing five 1900 3b stamps cancelled by two strikes of the pictorial ship datestamp "5 AUG 1900 / TULCEA-GALATI" with a third strike below, superb quality and very attractive. Photo on Page 129. £100-120 |
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| 774 | |||
1958 Brussels International Exhibition overprints on the 1957 Artificial Satellite set, corner blocks each comprising six strips of the 25b + 3L.75 stamps in blue + label in brown or the 25b + 3L.75 stamps in green + label in grey. The upper half of each block is inverted resulting in one vertical tete-beche stamp pair with the overprint inverted on three strips. Very fine unmounted mint. S.G. Z593/6b, £720+. £220-260RUSSIA(Also see lots 553, 554) |
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| 775 | |||
| 1869 Entire from St. Petersburg to London bearing 1866-70 3k (2) and 20k tied by oval cancels, red boxed "P.D" and datestamps of St. Petersburg and London Paid in red. An attractive entire. £80-100 |
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| 776 | |||
| 1870 Small cover with enclosed letter written from Moscow to Yeovil, Somerset and redirected to "Victoria Camp, Wimbledon" (the temporary annual camp of the National Rifle Association). Franked around the edges with 1866-70 1k (13), 3k with background consisting of 'V's' in error and 10k, the address written in the centre, all stamps cancelled by "Postal Wagon No. 1.2 (1)" T.P.O datestamps, with a G.B 1d red applied upon redirection and tied by Yeovil 929 duplex, red Aachen c.d.s and "P.D" handstamp. Eight backstamps include a further strike of the Russian T.P.O and a Great Western T.P.O c.d.s, also the blue oval cachet "HOTEL HAMBOURG / MOSCOU". An exceptional three colour Russian franking (including the 3k error of background) with G.B 1d for redirection, camp address and T.P.O datestamps, superb quality and stunning appearance. Photo on Front Cover. £2,000-2,500 |
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| 777 | |||
| 1908 Norwegian picture postcard (Fuglebjerg, Nordland) written from the "S.S Kingsdyke, Kooda, White Sea" with Russia 4k tied by scarce Russian steamship c.d.s with two further strikes alongside. Also 1912 picture postcard with Russia 4k tied by fine oval Odessa-Batoum steamship datestamp. (2). £100-120 |
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| 778 | |||
| Russian P.O in the Levant. 1912 Picture postcard of the Austrian Lloyd Steamer "Carinthia" sent to Scotland with 20para on 4k tied by violet ROPIT c.d.s of Samsoun, and cover to Constantinople with two 5para on 1k strips of four tied by violet ROPIT datestamps of Trebizonde, both fine. (2). £100-120 |
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| 779 | |||
Azerbaijan. 1923 (Jan) Commercial registered cover from Baku to Germany franked on the reverse by 1922 "1,500,000" violet handstamped surcharge on imperf 5000r single and marginal horizontal pair, tied by Baku datestamps with transit and arrival datestamps of Moscow and Charlottenburg. Opened out with some edge tears and central vertical fold, still a very scarce issue commercially used on cover. Photo on Page 129. £150-200ST. HELENA |
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| 780 | |||
| 1908-11 KEVII 2 1/2d - 10/- set of four (with additional 4d shade), the 4d and 6d values on chalk surfaced paper, all fine mint. S.G. 64/70, £288. (5). Photo on Page 109. £100-120 |
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| 781 | |||
| 1924 Registered cover bearing KGV 1922 2d pair, one with the variety torn flag (rounded corner), sent to London but handstamped "RETURN TO SENDER / Gone Away" with a St. Helena arrival c.d.s (Mar 2, 1925) and boxed "RETURNED / LETTER" applied to both sides. Very unusual. Photo on Page 129. £150-180 |
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| 782 | |||
| 1934 Centenary of British Colonisation 1/2d - 10/- set of ten very fine mint. S.G. 114/123, £400. (10). Photo on Page 109. £140-160 |
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| 783 | |||
1934 Centenary of British Colonisation 1/2d - 10/- set of ten superb used, all with light St. Helena circular datestamps. S.G. 114/123, £450. (10). Photo on Page 109. £150-180ST. VINCENT |
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| 784 | |||
1882-83 4d Ultramarine, watermark Crown CA, perf 14, mint with part original gum. An attractive looking stamp, with R.P.S Certificate (1977). S.G. 41, £650. Photo on Page 109. £100-120SAN MARINO |
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| 785 | |||
1894 1L Red and yellow and 2L brown and buff mint, part original gum, both with B.P.A Certificates (2012). S.G. 26/7, £2,090. (2). Photo on Page 109. £400-500SAUDI ARABIA(Also see lots 425-431) |
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| 786 | |||
1920 Cover bearing 1917 rouletted 13 1pi dull purple, 1/8pi yellow and 1/4pi green, posted within Jeddah. £80-100SOUTH AFRICA(Also see lots 157, 196, 525, 527) |
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| 787 | |||
| 1890-1913 Covers and cards including 1902 cover to Switzerland with Natal 2d (3) + 4d; 1897 registered cover with Transvaal 1895 Penny Postage 1d (2); 1890-93 covers bearing Transvaal 4d or 6d and 1894 Transvaal 1d postcard uprated with 1/2d and 1d; cancels include O.R.C postcard with violet "P.O.A TWEESPRUIT / STATION" T.R.D, Natal cards with "P.O.A" numeral cancels (4, numbers 3, 31 and 90), single ring datestamps of Vants Drift (3), Balfour, Hattingspruit, Minard and Tongaat, etc. (18). £150-200 |
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| 788 | |||
| 1865 Entire letters bearing Cape 4d triangulars (2, faults); 1862 Cape contract of service for a Kaffir (at 5/- per month); 1862 £1 receipt issued by the Border Police at Bethulie; 1884 registered letter receipt with Willowmore c.d.s; a few O.F.S stamps including V.R.I 1d brown and 1/- orange (2) errors of colour and Cape 1d with inverted O.R.C overprint, unfortunately all with B.P.A Certificates stating they are forgeries; O.F.S postal stationery cards, etc., also a few G.B stamps with perfins. £100-150 |
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| 789 | |||
| 1904-49 Covers and cards (14, twelve from 1904-14), all with skeleton datestamps, comprising Hilton Road (3), Vereeniging (2, differing types), Welkom, Kings Hill (2), Roodepoort, Middelburg, Johannesburg, Gumtree, Fordsburg and Empangeni, a scarce group. (14). £120-150 |
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| 790 | |||
| 1914-53 Covers and cards from Transvaal (3, 1871 and 1873 postal stationery envelopes), South Africa (6, four with Official stamps) or South West Africa (9), including WW1 forces mail (3), 1919 South Africa 4d registration envelope franked 1d tied by Maltahohe c.d.s, etc. (18). £140-180 |
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| 791 | |||
| Revenues. 1901-19 Revenue documents (some incomplete) bearing revenue stamps of Transvaal (5, including 1901 "pass within the municipal limits of Middelburg"), Natal, O.R.C + Transvaal stamps, or issues for South Africa (4). (11). £100-120 |
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| 792 | |||
Revenue/Telegraph stamps. Various QV-KGV revenues from Cape of Good Hope (118), Natal (12), O.F.S (3), South Africa (13) and Stellaland, including Cape 1876 Crown CC 12/6 mint block of four (minor stains) and 1885 watermark Anchor 12/- mint block of eight. Also telegraph stamps from the O.F.S (52, various overprints with three blocks of four) or Natal. (200). £100-120Boer War |
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| 793 | |||
| 1900-01 Covers including cover from a British Officer Prisoner of War in Pretoria franked 2 1/2d with blue circular "GEZIEN / 23 APR. 1900 / CENSOR"; stampless cover from F.P.O 47 to India much redirected before being returned unknown with 28 various mainly Indian postage due marks and postmarks; covers to Egypt and redirected to Malta (2, one with Egypt postage due stamps), etc., a few faults. (7). £100-120 |
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| 794 | |||
| Boer Invasion of Cape Colony. 1899 (Dec 23) Covers bearing OFS 1d tied by "ALIWAL-NORTH" or "ALIWAL NORTH / C.G.H" c.d.s, both to Lady Grey with arrival backstamps. Also pieces with OFS stamps used in Colesberg (2), other covers, fronts and ephemera. £100-120 |
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| 795 | |||
| Boer Invasion of Natal. 1900 Cover to Krugersdorp with Transvaal 1/2d pair tied by violet straight line "COLENSO, 1 JAN. 00", backstamped at Hoofdlager (Jan. 16), Johannesburg and Krugersdorp. Photo on Page 139. £100-120 |
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| 796 | |||
| Indian contingent. 1900 1d Postal stationery postcard from Cape Town to Belgium, the reverse with violet senders cachet "CONTROLLER MILITARY ACCOUNTS / INDIAN CONTINGENT / SOUTH AFRICAN FORCE" and "GLACIS / CASTLE / CAPE TOWN / AUG 15 1900". Also 1900 (Dec 22) cover to India addressed in Indian script, almost certainly from a soldier in the Indian Contingent, with Cape 1d tied by "ARMY P.O 55 / S. AFRICA" c.d.s. (2). Photo on Page 139. £200-250 |
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| 797 | |||
| Basutoland. 1901 Cover to a Prisoner of War in Ceylon with Cape 1d tied by fine "MORIJA" c.d.s with a second strike alongside, missent to Tuticorin, India with black "maldirige" handstamp, oval violet Diyatalawa Camp censor cachet, very fine. £100-120 |
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| 798 | |||
St. Helena. 1901 1d Postal stationery postcard to Holland with violet censor cachet initialled "c.d.n.s", with straight line "DEADWOOD. CAMP" cachet applied to both sides. £100-120Boer War - Pietersburg |
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| 799 | |||
| Essays printed in blue for the six values, the 4d value virtually identical to the adopted design, printed on a single piece of rose coloured paper endorsed at the right edge "obtained from printers Trial Proofs, 11-4-01, A.H.W. Grubb". Very rare, most recorded essays on white gummed paper with a printed inscription below; the first essays without this inscription we have seen. Photo on Page 135. £1,000-1,200 |
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| 800 | |||
| 1901 (Apr 4) Registered cover to J.J. de Beer in Pietersburg bearing imperf 1/2d initialled in red and the 1/2d - 1/- set of six initialled in black each tied by Pietersburg c.d.s, the 1/2d red control with variety no bar over lower right value and "<+z5k-15b3.5>1<$z$b$>⁄<-z5k$>3<$z$>" at upper left, the 1/- with variety "AER" at left. Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 139. £1,000-1,200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 30) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 26th October 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Stampex: Wednesday 26th September 11.30am to 7pm Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 10am to 6pm Saturday 29th September 10am to 5pm Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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