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x 1/2d. to 10/- set of nine, the 2d. with short perf at right otherwise fine mint.
S.G. 1-9, £250 £60-80
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x 1903-04 CA 1/2d. to £1 set of eleven, fine mint. S.G. 10-20, £650. Photo for £1 £200-250
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x 1/2d. to £1 set of eleven used, generally fine. Also 1901-02 1d., 2d., 2/6d. and 5/- used. Cat. £1500+. Photo for £1 £400-500
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x 1904-09 MCA 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve plus 2d. and 4d. shades, the 2/6d. with some light staining on reverse, otherwise generally fine mint. S.G. 21-32ab, £600. Photo for £1 £150-180
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x 3d. (hinge remnant) and 1907-11 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve (5/- lightly gum toned), each overprinted "specimen", fine. S.G. 25s, 33s-44s, £427 £100-120
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x 1907-11 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve plus 1/2d. shade and 1d. Die A, fine mounted mint.
S.G. 33-44, £425 £120-150
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x 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve used, the 10/- and £1 each on small piece, generally fine.
S.G. 33-44, £450. Photo for £1 £120-150
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x 1912 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve overprinted "specimen", some with hinge remnant, fine mint. S.G. 45s-56s, £275 £80-100
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x 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve, fine mint. S.G. 45-56, £250 £70-90
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x 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve, all used, the £1 on small piece, generally fine. S.G. 33-56, £450. Photo for £1 £150-180
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x A small range comprising Cards with 1900 1d. and 1903 1d. reply paid both overprinted "specimen" and 1d. used (registered from Sapele to Germany and uprated with 6d. - faults), and 1908 1/2d. on 1d. unused and used; Envelopes with 1901 1d. sizes a and b used (the former to Germany and uprated 4d.); Registered Envelope 1902 size G to Liverpool uprated with 1d. Generally fine £250-300
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x 1902 (30 Jan.) envelope registered from Old Calabar to Wales, bearing 1/2d. in combination with Niger Coast Protectorate 1897-98 2d., 2 1/2d., 5d. and 1/-; 1903 (6 Apr.) envelope registered from Benin River to England bearing 1d. (6); and 1904 (23 Aug.) envelope from Akassa to England bearing 1/2d. (2) and 1d. All with minor faults £100-120
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x 1907 (22 Feb.) envelope to Southampton, bearing 1904 1d. tied by "calabar/southern nigeria" c.d.s. with another strike alongside and showing fine "salved from/ss jebba" h.s. in violet with arrival datestamp (20.3) on reverse. Photo £150-180
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x 1914-29 MCA 1/2d. to £1 with all listed papers/shades, each overprinted "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 1s-12s, £589 £150-180
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x 1/2d. to £1 with all listed dies/papers/shades except the rare 10/- and the two £1 shades, fine mounted mint; also used 1d. with watermark inverted. S.G. 1-12b, £1800+ £500-600
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x 10/- green and red with pale olive back, fine mint. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1970). S.G. 11b, £1000. Photo £300-400
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x 1921-32 Script 1/2d. to 10/- set of fourteen overprinted or perforated "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 15s-29s, £450 £120-150
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x 1/2d. to 10/- complete with all dies plus 1d. with watermark inverted, fine mounted mint. S.G. 15-29, £660+ £180-220
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x 1/2d. green, a Die I and Die II interpanneau block of four, fine mint. S.G. 15c, £950. Photo £250-300
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x 1d. rose-carmine Die I and Die II interpanneau vertical pair, fine mint. S.G. 16c, £425. Photo £120-150
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x 1935-59 complete mint collection (1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory sets used) including the 1936 and 1938-51 perf changes, fine. S.G. 30-84, £900+ £250-300
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x 1935 Silver Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, 1938-51 1/2d. to 5/- and 1946 Victory sets perforated "specimen", fine. Cat. £720 £200-250
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x 1936 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve perforated "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 34s-45s, £300 £80-100
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x A small group comprising Cards with 1914 1/2d., 1d. and 1d. reply paid overprinted "specimen"; Envelope with 1927 1d. overprinted "specimen"; and Registered Envelopes 1923-37 3d. size G overprinted "specimen" and used (3, all uprated), and 1937-51 3d. used (uprated). A useful lot £150-180
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x 1936-46 collection of mainly special or first flights (17) including 1936 (Feb.) Elders Airways first flight from Maiduguri to Jos1936 (Feb.) Imperial Airways Kano to London and Kano to Cape Town, 1936 (Oct.) Lagos to London (2, one addressed to Australia), 1937 (Aug.) Elders Airways experimental survey flight Lagos to Accra and (Oct.) first regular flight Lagos to Accra, 1939 (Apr.) experimental flight and (May) first regular flight Lagos to Takoradi, 1941 (Dec.) Pan-American flight Lagos to London, 1943 (June) restoration of service Lagos to Conarky and 1946 (Mar.) Scandinavian "Missionary" flight Lagos to Stockholm (2). A fine lot £400-500
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x 1900-09 mint selection (33) including 1900-02 trio with no stop variety, 1902 4d. on 6d. no stop after "r" variety, 1903-04 set and 1905-09 set with 4d. interpanneau block of six including "iostage" variety, generally fine. Cat. £700+ £200-250
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Second session commencing at 2.30 p.m. (Lots 2476-2951) | |
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airmails | |
1931 (Dec.) Christmas Experimental Flight | |
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x (9 Dec.) envelopes (9, two registered) from Salisbury to Bulawayo franked at 4d. with "experimental flight" h.s. in violet and to Pietersburg franked at 5d. and showing "by first air mail/from s.rhodesia" h.s. in violet, from Bulawayo to Cape Town (3, one franked at 5d. and the other at 1/2d. - registered) and to Windhoek franked at 5d., from Broken Hill to Cape Town (2, one with "by imperial airways./first flight/broken hill to cape town." h.s. in violet) and to Windhoek franked at 5d.; fine £400-500
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x (12 Dec.) envelope from Lombe to Natal, franked at 7d. and showing "experimental flight" h.s. in violet; some very minor toning in places. Scarce, only 85 covers believed carried. Photo £80-100
| 1932 (Jan.) Imperial Airways First Official Northbound Flight | |
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x A selection of envelopes (9) and cards (2) addressed to UK each franked at 10d., from Bulawayo (4, one posted from Figtree, and one from Victoria Falls), Salisbury (4, one posted from Blanket Junction and three on special souvenir envelope), Broken Hill (2) and Mpika, each with "first official air mail" h.s. in violet or black. A good lot £300-400
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x A selection of envelopes (12) to enroute destinations, comprising Bulawayo to Salisbury (2, one registered - scarce), Broken Hill, Port Bell, Juba, Cairo, Alexandria, Athens, Brindisi and Paris, and from Salisbury to Broken Hill and Athens with Greek cachets, each showing "first official air mail" h.s. in violet or black; also envelope from London to Salisbury franked at 9d. £400-500
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x A selection of envelopes (8) from Nyasaland connecting with the Imperial Airways flight addressed to Dodoma, Nairobi and UK (6), with frankings of 8d. (2), 1/- (4) and 1/1d. (underpaid and bearing GB Postage Due 2d.), each showing "first official air mail" h.s. in violet £300-400
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x 1931 (8 Dec.) envelope registered from Chisamba to England and flown from Broken Hill, bearing 1925-29 1d. (3), 4d. and 7/6d., all clearly tied by "chisamba/northern rhodesia" double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Broken Hill (29.1.32) and arrival datestamps. The 7/6d. a rare stamp on cover. Photo £250-300
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x 1932 (28 Jan.) envelope registered to England, bearing 1925-29 2d. pair and 3/- marginal strip of three (some stains) cancelled by "mpika/n.e. rhodesia" double-ring d.s. and showing arrival c.d.s. (17.2) on reverse £60-80
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x 1932 (28 Jan.) envelope to Chikwawa via Blantyre, franked at 6d. and cancelled by "bulawayo/s. rhodesia" double-ring d.s., showing "first official air mail" h.s. in black and, on reverse, Salisbury (28.1), T.P.O. Nyasaland (2.2) and Blantyre (3.2) datestamps £60-80
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x 1932 (29 Jan.) Imperial Airways envelope registered to London, bearing 1925-29 1 1/2d., 6d. and 20/-, all tied by "broken hill/northern rhodesia" double-ring d.s. and showing arrival d.s. (16.2) on reverse. Philatelic though a rare stamp on cover. Photo £300-400
| 1932 (Jan.) Imperial Airways First Official Southbound Flight | |
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x Envelopes (7, one registered) from Mpika to Cape Town (2, one signed by pilots), Broken Hill to Cape Town (signed by pilots), Salisbury to Bulawayo (addressed to India - small faults) and from Bulawayo to Cape Town and Windhoek. A good lot £250-300
| 1932 (Feb.) "City of Baghdad's" Intermediate Flight to Nairobi | |
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x Envelopes (3) from Broken Hill to Moshi franked at 6d., to Wadi Halfa franked at 10d. and showing "sudan air mail/khartoum" c.d.s. (10.2) and to Athens showing both Greek cachets. A fine trio of covers £150-180
| 1932-34 Regular Imperial Airways Flights to U.K. | |
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x A selection of envelopes (13, two registered) with mail from Salisbury (7 including two franked at 2/6d. and one at 4/2d.) from Umtali and from Broken Hill, also from Salisbury, Broken Hill and Limbe to India. Fine £250-300
| 1932 (Apr.) Oscar Garden Attempted Flight | |
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x Envelope from Cape Town to London, crashed at Abercorn, franked at 1d. with Cape Town c.d.s. (19.4), showing Abercorn d.s. (22.4), "accident at abercorn/22 april 1932./Flight Abandoned" h.s. partly overstruck by "found without contents" bi-lingual h.s.; envelope slightly soiled. Rare, twenty covers carried. Nierinck 320421. Photo £500-600
| 1932 (Aug.) Elizabethville - Broken Hill Feeder Service | |
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x Envelope to Elizabethville bearing 1925-29 1d. (2) and 1 1/2d. (2) tied by "broken hill/northern rhodesia" double-ring d.s., signed by the pilot, J.H. Veasey, and showing arrival c.d.s. (26.8) on reverse; some minor foxing around adhesives £60-80
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x 1933 (23 May) envelope from the Chileka Aerodrome "Air Week" Rally addressed to Limbe, franked at 1d. and cancelled by "chileka nyasaland" double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Blantyre and Limbe datestamps. Rare. Photo £200-250
Note: The majority of covers and cards with this cancel were never mailed. Covers with transit or arrival markings are rare.
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x 1933 (30 May) special envelopes (2) flown by R.A.F. from Zomba to Lilongwe and from Blantyre to Lilongwe, both franked at 1/- and showing "first nyd airmail" double-ring d.s.; 1933 (31 May) envelope from Blantyre to Scotland, franked at 1/2d. and marked "Special Air Mail from Nyasaland per 'City of Karachi'"; and 1933 (5 June) envelope carried on return of special R.A.F. flight from Blantyre to Fort Jameson, franked at 1/- (light foxing around perfs) and showing "nyd nrhod airmail" double-ring d.s. £150-180
| 1933 (Dec.) Extension of Imperial Airways Service to Singapore | |
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x Envelope from Salisbury and postcard from Broken Hill to Singapore, franked at 1/9d. and 1/- respectively. A fine pair £80-100
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x 1934-39 envelopes (51, four registered), stationery registered envelopes (2) and a card, mostly addressed to UK but also to Denmark, France (4), Germany (5), Greece, Holland, India, Kenya (2), Nigeria (2), Singapore, Switzerland, Uganda and USA, showing a wide range of rates including one at 3/- and bearing thirty-six 1d., one with 1934 Royal Tour d.s. and two with 1935 Imperial Press Conference c.d.s., one showing framed "insufficiently paid for/transmission by air mail." h.s. in violet and one with framed "posted late" h.s. A fine lot well worth careful viewing £500-600
| 1934-36 Regular Flights to USA | |
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x 1934 (Mar.) from Ndola franked at 1/1d.; 1934 (1 July) from Salisbury, 1935 (Apr.) from Bulawayo and Umtali, 1935 (4 May) from Victoria Falls each franked at 1/2d.; 1935 (9 Mar.) from Ndola and from Nkala franked at 1/3d.; and 1936 (19 Mar.) franked at 2/- (undelivered and returned). A good lot £250-300
| 1934 (Mar.) First Official Air Mail to Nyasaland and Return | |
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x Envelopes (4) and postcards (2) from Salisbury to Blantyre (signed by pilot) and Limbe (2), Broken Hill to Limbe, Blantyre to Salisbury (signed by pilot) and from Zomba to Salisbury (addressed to Cape Town; signed the three pilots and the Postmaster-General of Nyasaland), three showing "s.rhodesia/nyasaland" h.s. and two with special first flight cachet. An interesting lot £200-250
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x Envelopes (10) and a postcard carried on RANA's feeder service for Imperial Airways, mail from Blantyre or Limbe to Dodoma (undelivered), UK (4), Egypt, Paris, India, Batavia, Australia and to Elizabethville, nine with special first flight cachet. A good lot £400-500
| 1934 Acceptances for Zeppelin Flights | |
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x (18 Apr.) envelope registered from Mpika to Pernambuco, Brazil, with "by airship, graf zeppelin, via london-overland" label at top left, bearing 1925-29 1/2d. (4) and 1/-, for the First South American Flight and showing various transit and arrival datestamps. Attractive. Photo £600-800
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x (13 Oct.) envelope from Salisbury to Pernambuco, Brazil, marked "By Airmail to London only, By Zeppelin from Germany", franked at 8d. for the Eleventh South America Flight, showing various transit and arrival datestamps. Rare. Photo £600-800
| 1934 (1 Aug.) First Official Flights to Portuguese East Africa and Madagascar | |
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x Envelope from Bulawayo to Quelimane via Broken Hill, franked at 10d. and showing arrival d.s. (2.8) on reverse; Envelope registered from Salisbury and from Broken Hill to Tananarive, franked at 1/8d. and 1/3d. respectively and showing arrival d.s. (4.8) on reverse £120-150
| 1934 (Dec.) Extension of Imperial Airways Service to Australia and New Zealand | |
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