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x 4d. blue with good to large margins, neatly tied on 1855 (17 Mar.) envelope (seal cut away) from Cape Town to Grahams Town with despatch oval datestamp on reverse; small sealed puncture on face panel, otherwise sound £140-180
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x 1d. brick-red on cream toned paper, good to large margins and clearly cancelled; trivial rub in lower left corner; scarce. Holcombe Opinion (1993). S.G. 5, £900. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. pale rose with good to large margins, fresh unused with traces of gum. S.G. 5a, £750. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. rose with clear to large margins, unused with large part original gum; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1951) states "deep rose-red". S.G. 5a group, £750. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. rose shades (3), two with good to large margins, neatly cancelled and fine, the third touched on one side. S.G. 5 group, £900 £200-250
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x 1d. deep rose with watermark sideways, good to large margins and neatly cancelled leaving much of "Hope" clear; fine. S.G. 5ab, £650. Photo £200-250
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x 4d. deep blue, an enormous single with huge margins and showing portions of two adjoining stamps, lightly cancelled and superb. S.G. 6. Photo £100-120
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x 4d. deep blue single with clear to large margins, and 4d. blue pair in a pale shade, good to large margins with marginal lines watermark; fine. S.G. 6, 6a £70-90
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x 4d. deep blue pair with watermark sideways, good to large margins; fine. S.G. 6c, £650. Photo £200-250
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x 4d. blue pair with apparent blueing to the surface of the paper, good to very large margins on three sides and 8mm. sheet margin on the fourth side, unused with large part original gum; horizontal and vertical creases though of very fine appearance. A rare and most attractive multiple. Holcombe Opinion (1997). S.G. 6a. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x 4d. blue with clear to good margins, unused with traces of gum; sound. S.G. 6a, £950. Photo £200-250
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x 6d. pale rose-lilac with good to large margins, unused with part original gum; vertical crease and the usual age marks associated with this stamp. S.G. 7, £1,200. Photo £200-250
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x 6d. pale rose-lilac with good to large margins, unused with part original gum; vertical crease, pinhole and the usual ageing associated with this stamp. S.G. 7, £1,200. Photo £120-150
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x 6d. slate-lilac on blued paper, good to large margins and clearly cancelled; small corner crease at left though of good colour. R.P.S. Certificate (1983). S.G. 7c, £500. Photo £150-200
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x 6d. slate-purple on blued paper, good to large margins, unused with much gum that is almost certainly not original, nevertheless a presentable example of this rare stamp.
S.G. 7d, £4,000. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x 1/- yellow-green with good to very large margins showing marginal line watermark, fresh unused with large part original gum. A fine and most attractive example of this rare stamp. Richter Certificate (1995). S.G. 8, £3,750. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x 1/- yellow-green and 1/- deep dark green with marginal lines watermark, both with clear to large margins; good to fine. S.G. 8, 8b, £850 £200-250
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x 1/- deep dark green pair with good to very large margins, unused with large part original gum, fine. S.G. 8b, £900. Photo £300-350
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x 1/- deep dark green with good regular margins, cancelled leaving much of "Hope" clear; small natural wrinkle. S.G. 8b, £550. Photo £150-180
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x 1d. vermilion with good regular margins and neat wide bars cancellation of Grahams Town; crease towards right corner and with a natural wrinkle "line", however a most attractive example. S.G. 13, £2,750. Photo £700-900
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x 4d. pale milky blue with good to large margins and clearly cancelled; some natural pre-printing paper creases, otherwise fine. Brandon Certificate (2001). S.G. 14, £2,000. Photo £500-600
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x 1d. deep carmine-red pair with good to large margins, fresh unused with part original gum; fine. S.G. 18, £600. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. deep carmine-red, two shades with good to large part margins, part and large part original gum. S.G. 18, £600 £180-200
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x 1d. deep carmine-red, good to large margins and neatly cancelled with large part barred oval "3", fine. S.G. 18. Photo £100-120
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x 1d. deep brown-red, large margins all round, unused with part original gum; most attractive. B.P.A. Certificate (1978). S.G. 18b, £650. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. deep brown-red, two shades, one with small margins nearly all round and with part barred oval cancellation, the other with watermark sideways and triangular cancellation, small rub at lower right. S.G. 18b, 18ba, £750 £140-180
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x 1d. brownish red with clear to large margins, large part original gum; two tiny handstamps on reverse showing through to face. R.P.S. Certificate (1956). S.G. 18c, £650. Photo £120-150
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x 4d. deep blue block of four with good to large margins, unused with part original gum; a couple of small natural wrinkles. S.G. 19, £1,100. Photo £300-350
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x 4d. deep blue pair with good to large margins and large part original gum; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1958). S.G. 19, £550. Photo £200-250
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x 4d. deep blue and pale blue with good to large margins, unused with part original gum. S.G. 19, 19a, £575 £150-200
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x 4d. deep blue and 4d. pale blue, good to large margins and used with part original gum. A fine and attractive pair. S.G. 19, 19a, £575 £150-180
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x 4d. blue pair with clear to large margins and part original gum; fine. S.G. 19a, £600. Photo £200-250
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x 4d. pale blue with watermark sideways, large margin all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at foot, unused without gum; crease towards apex and trace of soiling though an attractive delicate shade. S.G. 19d, £1,000. Photo £150-200
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x 4d. slate-blue with good to large margins, unused with part original gum. R.P.S. Certificate (1954) states "it belongs to the slate-blue group". S.G. 19b, £2,500. Photo £800-1,000
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x 4d. steel-blue, three used examples in differing shades, two with large or very large margins; the latter with a thin. R.P.S. (1983) and B.P.A. (1994) Certificates for two.
S.G. 19c, £825 £180-200
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x 4d. steel-blue with good to large margins all round, neatly cancelled and tied on 1865 (July) entire to Cradock with arrival oval datestamp (5.7) on reverse; suspicion of bend from original contents at top of entire through the triangular, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo £500-600
Provenance: "Bonaventure", September 1993
Ad Indhusophon, May 1999
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x 6d. bright mauve pair with good to large margins, fresh unused with large part original gum. S.G. 20, £800. Photo £300-350
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x 6d. bright mauve with good to large margins, small part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1977). S.G. 20, £400. Photo £150-180
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x 6d. bright mauve with good regular margins, part barred numeral cancellation; sound. R.P.S. Certificate (1985). S.G. 20, £500. Photo £150-180
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x 1/- bright emerald-green pair with good to large margins, fresh with large part original gum; fine. S.G. 21, £1,200. Photo £400-500
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x 1/- bright emerald-green, large margins and with part original gum; fine. S.G. 21, £600. Photo £200-250
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x 1/- bright emerald-green with good to large margins, neat cancellation; fine. S.G. 21, £650. Photo £200-250
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x 1/- pale emerald-green with good to large margins, unused with part original gum; fine and scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1974). S.G. 21a, £1,400. Photo £400-500
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x 1864-77 1d. (2), 4d. (2), 6d. (3, one reperforated on the vertical sides) and 1/- (3), shades, unused with part to large part original gum, and 4d. with inverted watermark, used. S.G. 23-26 group £350-400
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x 1868 4d. on 6d. deep lilac, unused with part original gum; small Senf and Stollow handstamps on reverse; also a defective used example. S.G. 27, £500. Photo £200-250
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x 1871-76 CC 1/2d. (2), 1d. (2), 4d. (2), 5/-, 1880 3d. and 1881 3d. (two shades), unused with part to large part gum; the 1880 3d. a little faded and one 1881 3d. with a thin, the 5/- fine. S.G. 28-31, 36, 39, £1,950. Photo for 5/- £350-400
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x 1871-74 1d., 4d., 1/- and 5/- pairs, 1/- and 5/- blocks of four, all in close to issued colours on gummed unwatermarked surfaced paper, each overprinted "cancelled" (D7); an attractive group £350-400
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x 1874-76 1d. on 6d. unused (2, one with part gum) and used (6, one with bar only, two with value and bars at top and one with surcharge misplaced sideways), 1d. on 1/- mint block of four and a single, and 1879 3d. on 4d. unused and used ("pencb" variety); also two forged varieties £300-350
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x 1878 envelope ex the Rev. James Stewart correspondence from Knysna to Lovedale, Alice with despatch and Blanco oval datestamp on face, 1881 (Apr.) envelope from Cape Town to Egypt franked at 7 1/2d. and redirected to Paris showing "2 1/2d" handstamp in red, 1881 (Sept.) envelope from Grahams Town to Port Alfred bearing 1880 "3" Type 10 with barred oval "3", and 1883 (Nov.) envelope from Claremont to France franked at 7 1/2d. and showing "2 1/2d" handstamp in red; an attractive group £150-200
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x 1880 (Feb.) 3d. on 4d. unused (3) and used (7 with a block of six), 1880 (Aug.) "3" Type 10 on 3d. unused (4, two with broken type) and used (5 with a pair, two with watermark inverted and one with surcharge inverted) and "3" Type 11 on 3d. unused (2) and used (5 with two pairs); a few small faults though of generally good to fine appearance £250-300
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