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Stamps of the World - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Featuring Occupation and Siege Issues The Harry Birkhead Collection
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 12th March 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
19th to 21st February - Stand 122 at Stampex Exhibition
Monday 10th March 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 11th March 10am to 5pm
Private viewing by appointment only
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Auction Lots - Page 9
401
x 1d. rose-red and green with "Cancelled" in normal type, unused. Photo £100-120
402
x 1d. rose-red and green with "Cancelled" in normal type, unused; a couple of corner mount marks at foot. Photo £100-150
403
x 1d. rose-red and green with "Cancelled" in normal type and unusually placed above
"v-r-i.", unused; a couple of corner mount marks at upper left. Photo £150-200

Postal Stationery Registered Envelopes
404
x 4d. sage-green sizes F and H, each overprinted on both the stamp impression and "R" in oval, unused; a couple of minor soil marks, otherwise fine and a scarce pair £200-250

Introduction of Penny Postage 1d. Red

Unused
405
x A marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet, large part original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted. A scarce multiple. S.G. 9, £900+. Photo £300-400
406
x A lower right corner example with printer's imprint, fresh mint. Also a further example (some foxing) with part original gum and a used example (creases) with Cape Fourteen Streams c.d.s. (4.8). S.G. 9, £825. Photo £150-200

Covers
407
x An uncancelled example affixed on Leask imprint envelope. S.G. 9. Photo £100-120
408
x An example cancelled by 24 June c.d.s. in violet on Leask imprint envelope addressed to his daughter locally and marked "Censored C.G. Huddleston Ass. Comm" in lower left corner. Photo £150-200
409
x A horizontal pair each cancelled by 21 July c.d.s. on envelope, addressed locally in Leask's handwriting, to Mr. Jac Clouston; the envelope with two vertical creases, one of which crosses the left-hand stamp. Photo £200-250

Leask Covers Registered to his daughters in Scotland
410
x 1902 (9 May) envelope (complete with registration receipt) bearing 1d. red (2) together with 1d. rose-red and green and three G.B. values, all cancelled by Army Post Office Klerksdorp double-ring datestamps, London Registered (31.5) and Portobello (1.6) datestamps on reverse. Photo £200-250
411
x 1902 (15 May) envelope bearing 1d. red (2, one defective) and 1d. rose-red and green, together with three G.B. values, all cancelled by Army Post Office Klerksdorp double-ring datestamps, London Registered (7.6) and Portobello (8.6) datestamps on reverse. Photo £100-120
412
x 1902 (22 May) envelope (complete with registration receipt) bearing 1d. red together with three unoverprinted Transvaal values and four G.B. values, all cancelled by Army Post Office Klerksdorp double-ring datestamps, London Registered (21.6) and Portobello (22.6) datestamps, all on face. Photo £100-120
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413
x Receipt from Lt. Huddleston for "£5/2/6" for stamps received from Dr. Leask for overprinting. An interesting item of ephemera for this siege issue £50-60
Note: From comments contained in his diary Dr. Leask did not consider Lt. Huddlestson to be a man of high integrity. For this reason he obtained receipts from him for all transactions, and each value of stamp on envelope to be sold, signed by Huddleston as proof of approval

Zeerust

The town was occupied on 5 June 1900 by Rhodesian Troops under Lt. Col. Plumer where he joined forces with Baden-Powells troops from Mafeking and Otto's Hoop. The force then moved forward to occupy Brackfontein on 10 June and Rustenburg on 14 June

Postal History
414
x A selection of Great Britain stamps cancelled in Zeerust, comprising 1/2d., 1d., 2d., 2 1/2d., 3d. and 1/- green each tied on piece by superb double-ring "p.w.k./zeerust z.a.r."; large envelope with twenty-eight G.B. or Transvaal values, 1/2d. strip of three, 1d. block of six and Transvaal V.R.I. 1/2d. each cancelled by double-ring "zeerust/" c.d.s. (27.6)
with "z.a." removed, the earliest recorded use of this cancellation on Pretoria overprint stamps. An unusual and most attractive group £200-250
415
x 1899 civilian mail envelope to London bearing Transvaal 1d. (3) with Boer and British censor labels and 1900 (Feb.) "Veld dienst" envelope to Johannesburg, both with pre-occupation double-ring datestamp, 1900 (July) soldier's envelope from Corpl. Ridout of the Southern Rhodesian Volunteers to England bearing G.B. 1d. lilac with double-ring datestamp ("z.a." excised), 1900 (Nov.) bank cheque authorisation document bearing G.B. 3d. pair and 1/- sharing superb Office of the District Paymaster oval datestamp in violet and signed, 1901 envelopes (2) to England, both bearing 1d. lilac with F.P.O. 4 c.d.s. and part Zeerust oval datestamps in violet, and two other items £100-120
416
x 1900 (late May) envelope "On Service" from Maj. Weston-Jarvis in the field to Mafeking with arrival c.d.s. (5.6), forwarded to the Landrost's office Zeerust with arrival c.d.s. (17.7), again redirected to Rustenburg showing squared-circle d.s. (2.7) and again back to Mafeking, delayed due to the Siege of Elandsriver and re-addressed to Bulawayo with arrival c.d.s. (25.8) and taxed with handstruck "2"; small faults as to be expected with an item that has travelled so far, nevertheless full of character. Photo £600-800
417
x 1900 (June) unstamped soldier's envelopes (2) with Zeerust double-ring datestamps with "v.a." removed, the first to England from a Trooper serving in the Rhodesian Regiment Field Force and countersigned by the Commanding Officer, London Paid c.d.s. (20.7) alongside the despatch datestamp, the second from Corpl. Reid of E Squadron, Rhodesian Regiment to Bulawayo, showing Mafeking (18.6) and Bulawayo (22.6) c.d.s. and charged 1d. tax. Photo £120-150
418
x 1900 (15 June) envelope to the "Adjutant of Genl. Cronje Prisoner of War, St. Helena", bearing G.B. 2 1/2d. purple on blue (affixed over another stamp) and illegal use of Cape 1d. carmine (defective) sharing double-ring datestamp with "z.a." removed, manuscript Zeerust censor manuscript and St. Helena arrival c.d.s. (1.8) alongside, Mafeking datestamp (16.7) on reverse; the envelope with some foxing and flap removed, nevertheless interesting and a most unusual illegal usage of a Cape adhesive in the Z.A.R. Photo £200-250
419
x 1900 (18 June) envelope to England, bearing Bechuanaland 4d. green and purple-brown cancelled by c.d.s. with "z.a." removed, Aldershot arrival c.d.s. (16.7) on reverse; faults at top through opening though an early use of a Bechuanaland stamp for mail through the Protectorate, one of three examples recorded. Photo £200-250
420
x 1900 (15 July) envelope registered "No 6" from Otto's Hoop to London, bearing Cape 1d. carmine (5) sharing manuscript "Otto's Hoop 15-7-1900", London Registered oval d.s. (11.8) alongside, the reverse with Mafeking (16.7), Cape Town (20.7) and London (11.8) datestamps. A most unusual cover after the Boers retreated leaving neither stamps nor cancellers. Photo £300-400
Note: Otto's Hoop, also known as Malmani Goldfields, was occupied on 2 June 1900
421
x 1900 (21 July) envelope "From N. Caddell. attached ASC" (Army Supply Corps.) to Bulawayo, countersigned by "A. Wilson Maj. O.C. Zeerust" and bearing G.B. 1d. lilac (4) cancelled by double-ring datestamps with "z.a." removed, upon arrival redirected to London, the reverse (flap missing) with Marico Hotel cachet in violet, part Bulawayo and London arrival (15.9) c.d.s.; a few small faults though most unusual. Photo £400-500
422
x 1900 (Nov.) soldier's envelope (complete with letter headed "Zeerust") to England, countersigned by Lt. Col. Grey of the 3rd. Mounted Brigade of the Rhodesian Field Force and showing F.P.O. 4 c.d.s. alongside London Paid c.d.s. (3.12), arrival c.d.s. (4.10 on reverse, and 1901 (8 Sept.) unstamped envelope from Lord Methuen at Zeerust to his wife in England, showing Mafeking and London Paid (12.10) datestamps £100-120

Transvaal Revenue Stamps Surcharged
Lord Cecil ordered Z.A.R. Revenue stamps to be handstamped V.R.I. to value of 1d.
The following quantities were produced: 1d. on 6d. - 204, 1d. on 1/- - 480, 1d. on 2/- - 240 of which only 120 were issued
423
x 1d. grey-blue perf. 11 with manuscript "V.R.I." in red ink and "Zeerust 23rd. June 1900 TWT"; possibly used as a provisional pending the surcharging. Believed to be unique. Photo £100-120
Note: This stamp is discussed and illustrated in "Transvaal Revenue and Telegraph Stamps" by Alan Drysdall, pages 55-56
424
x 1d. on 6d. red, 1d. on 1/- olive-bistre and 1d. on 2/- orange, unused with part original gum. A rare set. Photo £300-400
425
x 1d. on 6d. red, 1d. on 1/- olive-bistre and 1d. on 2/- orange, each with part Zeerust oval datestamp in violet for 3 or 4 July. A rare set. Photo £300-400
426
x 1d. on 1/- olive-bistre lower right corner "strip of five" showing boxed "p.z." (Enschedé's printer's mark) in right margin and manuscript "Certified Genuine issue for Imperial Purposes, G.P. Tighe, Zeerust 1/VIII/00 Secy to Lord Cecil Imperial Commissioner, Marico"; some faults/defects and with three stamps that were not part of the original piece having been added. An almost certainly unique item. P.F.S.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £300-400
Note: This item is illustrated in "Transvaal Revenue and Telegraph Stamps" by Alan Drysdall, page 55
427
x 1d. on 1/- olive-bistre neatly cancelled by double-ring "p.w.k./zeerust. z.a.r." and affixed on small piece; one of only two postally used examples recorded. Photo £100-120

END OF THE SALE
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Stamps of the World - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Featuring Occupation and Siege Issues The Harry Birkhead Collection
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 12th March 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
19th to 21st February - Stand 122 at Stampex Exhibition
Monday 10th March 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 11th March 10am to 5pm
Private viewing by appointment only
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