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x Envelopes (12, one registered) and postcards (2) with mail from Bulawayo to Australia, Salisbury to Dutch East Indies (2), Australia (2) and New Zealand, Broken Hill to Australia, Mpika to Dutch East Indies and Australia (3), and from Nyasaland to UK, Australia and New Zealand. A fine lot £400-500
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x 1935-37 envelopes (7, five registered) ex a correspondence from Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, addressed to Latvia, franked at 11d. (2), 1/2d., 1/3d. (3) and 1/6 1/2d. A most interesting lot £200-250
| 1935 (1 Aug.) R.A.N.A. First Official Flight Salisbury to Beira | |
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x Envelopes (5, four the special printed type) from Salisbury (2, one bearing 1943 perf 11 1/2 8d.), Lusaka and Blantyre (2, one signed by pilot), fine £180-220
| 1935 (5 Oct.) First Official Air Mail Umtali to Salisbury | |
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x Envelope franked at 4d. and showing same day arrival datestamp on reverse. Very few covers believed to have been carried £60-80
| 1936 (29 Sept.) Schlesinger Air Race | |
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x Envelope carried by Capt. S.S. Halse, posted originally at Portsmouth (28.9) with GB 1/2d. and addressed back to UK bearing Southern Rhodesia 1d. (2) tied by Salisbury d.s. (7.10 and 12.10), showing air race cachet front and back and signed by the pilot. Scarce. Photo £150-180
Note: Capt. Halse was leading the race up until Rhodesia where he landed in error in a ploughed field at Dombasawa near Salisbury and had to withdraw from the race.
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x Envelope carried by A.E. Coulston, posted originally at Portsmouth (28.9) with GB 1/2d. and addressed back to UK, envelope bears full endorsement re accident and signature of Coulston, air race cachet front and back. Photo £150-180
Note: Coulston crashed his plane due to engine failure when holding second place at Felixburgh Road near Bulawayo.
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x The Official programme for the race printed at sixpence which set out the details relative to the entrants and their machines, 24 pages of text and signed on front cover by ten of the competing pilots. An interesting addition to the race story £100-120
| 1937 (9 June) First South African Airways External Flight | |
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x Envelope from Bulawayo to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, franked at 4d. and showing arrival c.d.s. of the same day on reverse. Only 25 covers believed carried. Photo £120-150
| 1937 (June) British Empire Airmail Scheme | |
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x 1937-38 envelopes (15, one registered) comprising 1937 (28 June) first flight northbound from Nkana to Kenya, 1937 (29 June) first flight southbound from Nkana to Pietersburg and Kenilworth, 1937 (30 June) first flight from Bulawayo addressed to UK and Salisbury with mail addressed to UK (3, one registered) and Vancouver and last Imperial Airways flight from Salisbury to Kisumu, 1937 (4 July) First South African Airways flight from Bulawayo to Dodoma, 1938 (1 Feb.) 1 1/2d. rate first flight from Salisbury to UK and from Umtali to Mauritius (handstamped "inconnu"), 1938 (3 Apr.) from Salisbury to UK, 1938 (16 Apr.) from Umtali to UK and 1938 (20 May) from Lusaka to UK. A fine lot £400-500
| 1938 (1 Feb.) Inauguration of Inter-Town Air Service | |
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x Souvenir envelopes (7) from Salisbury to Gatooma, Que Que, Gwelo and Bulawayo, from Bulawayo to Gwelo, from Que Que to Gwelo, from Gatooma to Salisbury (with Gatooma Gold Mining Industry label) and from Gwelo addressed to Johannesburg £200-250
| 1939 (Jan.) Barotseland First Flight | |
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x (2 Jan.) from Lusaka to Mongu, franked at 1 1/2d. and showing Mongu-Lealui arrival datestamp (9.1) on reverse. Photo £60-80
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x (3 Jan) envelope from Lusaka to Fort Jameson, franked at 1 1/2d., signed by pilot and showing arrival c.d.s. for the same day on reverse; (4 Jan.) return flight from Fort Jameson to Lusaka, similarly franked and showing arrival datestamp (11.1) on reverse. A fine pair of covers. Photo £150-180
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x 1939-44 envelopes (12, one registered), Southern Rhodesia 3d. Active Service Letter Cards (9, three unused), Southern Rhodesia 6d. Air Letters (7, one unused) and Airgraphs (7, two in delivery envelopes), variously addressed, the envelopes showing frankings of 1/3d. (7, including two to Nigeria, one to Kenya and one to India), 2/6d. (from Blantyre to Malindi) and 7/10d. (registered from Blantyre to India - faults).
An interesting lot £150-180
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x 1942-44 envelopes (5) flown on Pan-American Airways Trans-Atlantic Service to USA from Bulawayo, Salisbury, Ndola, Luanshya and Lusaka, showing frankings of 3/6d. (underpaid 3d.), 3/3 1/2d., 4/1d. (registered), 3/4 1/2d. and 4/2d., all with censor cachets and/or labels. A good group £200-250
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x 1945-53 envelopes (33, eight registered), stationery registered envelopes (3), 6d. Air Letters (23, nine unused), picture postcard and large piece, mostly addressed to UK but also items to Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland (2), Malaya, Portuguese Goa, Sweden (2) and Switzerland (3), and showing a good range of rates including 1/7d., 2/3d., 4/6d., 10/4d. and £1/6/0 (piece). A fine lot well worth careful examination £500-600
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x 1945-52 envelopes (19, four registered) and 6d. Air Letters (2) all addressed to North America, various frankings including 2/-, 2/6d. (2), 3/4d., 3/9d. (5, one with framed "o.a.t." in red), 4/6d. (2) and 5/10d. A good lot £500-600
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x The collection comprising 1890-93 4c. unused and used (2, one uprated to Holland), 6c. overprinted "specimen", unused and used (2), 8c. overprinted "specimen" and unused, 4c. reply paid with presentation "specimen", 4c., 6c. and 8c. reply paid unused and 6c. reply paid used (2, one an outward half); 1902 6c. on 8c. handstamped "Specimen", unused and used, and reply paid handstamped "Specimen" (2) and used (2, outward halves); 1902 3c. on 6c. used (2, one with corner faults), reply paid unused and used (2), reply halves used (3, all uprated and one without "reply" deleted); 1912 6c. c.t.o. Condition generally fine £500-600
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x The collection comprising 1895 8c. size a overprinted "specimen", unused and used (2, uprated to Germany and USA), and size b unused and used, 15c. size a unused and used (2), size b overprinted "specimen", unused and used (5, two uprated to France and Germany), 30c. unused and used (5, two uprated - one to Argentina); 1896 18c. on 30c. unused and used (uprated to Germany); 1901 6c. on 8c. sizes a unused and b (3, one uprated to Switzerland) and 6c. on 15c. used (2, one registered to Germany - very scarce, the other torn across stamp impression). Condition generally fine £600-800
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x The collection including 1903 12c. size G overprinted "specimen", unused and used (to Australia), size G used, size H unused and used, size H2 unused and used (uprated to Paris) and size K (uprated to London - faults); 1912 size H handstamped "colonias", unused and used, size H2 used (uprated to USA) and size K unused and used (uprated to London - small faults); 1916 20c. size F unused and used, size H unused and used, size H unused and used (uprated to USA) and size K unused; 1938 20c. size F unused and used, size H overprinted "specimen" and used (3, all uprated), size H2 unused and used (3) and size K used; 1965 40c. unused and used, size H unused (2) and size H2 unused. A fine lot £800-1,000
| Sierra Leone | |
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x French map titled "Carte de L'entrée de la Riviere de Sierra Leone" and "Plan de L'Isle de Bense"; clean and in fine condition £100-120
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x 1829 (18 May) entire letter to Kent, rated "1/4" (deleted) and "1/8" and showing, on reverse, step-type "ship-letter/plymouth" and red London datestamp (24.7); the entire with some staining, mainly along folds £100-120
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x 1861 (21 July) entire to La Rochelle, showing red crayon "1/3", circular-framed "pd", London Paid transit d.s. (12.8), Calais entry c.d.s. and, on reverse, light "sierra leone/paid" c.d.s. in red partly overstruck by arrival datestamp £60-80
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x 1891 (23 Feb.) envelope from London to Sierra Leone, bearing 1887 4d. tied by hooded datestamp and showing, on reverse, Freetown arrival c.d.s. (11.3); the cover with some light peripheral staining £60-80
| 1859-74 No Watermark Sixpence | |
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x 6d. die proof, stamp-size in black on glazed card and affixed to small piece of card, fine. Photo £200-250
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish paper, an imperforate plate proof horizontal strip of four with margins at both sides, fresh unused. Scarce and unusual. Photo £400-500
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish paper, an imperforate plate proof, without gum, fine. Photo £100-120
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish paper, imperforate and handstamped "specimen" (Type D1) diagonally, without gum, fine. Photo £200-250
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish paper, imperforate and handstamped "specimen" (Type D5), without gum, fine. Photo £400-500
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish, perf. 14, overprinted "specimen" (Type D2), without gum; perfs almost cut off at right, fine. Photo £100-120
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x 6d. in bright violet on white glazed paper, imperforate, both overprinted "cancelled", fine £60-80
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x 6d. dull purple on bluish with part original gum and 6d. grey-lilac with part original gum (some gum creasing), also used 6d. reddish lilac (2, one perf 12 1/2); fine. S.G. 1-4, £637 £150-180
| 1872-73 Issue | |
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x Master with blank value tablet, stamp-size in black on glazed card; some light staining at top and at right, mainly in the margins. Photo £100-120
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x 1 1/2d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) dated "15 sep. 80", fine. Photo £250-300
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x 1d. rose-red, 3d. buff, 4d. blue and 1/- green on gummed sideways watermarked paper, fine. An attractive set. Photo £300-400
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x 2d. magenta on gummed upright watermarked paper, fine. Photo £80-100
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x 1/- green on gummed sideways watermarked paper, fine. Photo £80-100
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x 1d. rose-red imperforate on gummed sideways watermarked paper, handstamped "specimen" (Type D5), fine. Photo £400-500
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x 4d. blue imperforate on gummed sideways watermarked paper, handstamped "specimen" (Type D5), fine. Photo £400-500
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x 1d. rose-red, 3d. buff, 4d. blue and 1/- green, each with margin at right, all without value on glazed unwatermarked paper, the odd minor mark otherwise fine and most attractive £200-250
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x Watermark sideways 1d. without gum, 3d. (rounded top right corner with part original gum, 4d. without gum and 1/- regummed; watermark upright 1d. (2, one with variety watermark inverted - regummed), 2d. and 3d. with small part gum, 4d. used and 1/- regummed; some minor perf faults in places. S.G. 7-15, £2715 £300-400
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x 1876 CC, perf 14 1/4d. to 1/- set of seven (some heavily mounted) and 1884-91 CA 1/2d. to 1/- with shades of the 1d., mint. S.G. 16-22, 27-34; £610 £120-150
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x 1883 CA, perf 14 1/2d., 1d. (fine) and 2d., unused with small part original gum (a little disturbed on the 2d.), the 1/2d. with three stained perfs at top. R.P.S. Certificate (1959) for 1d. S.G. 23-25, £317 £70-90
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x 4d. blue, fine unused with part original gum. Rare. S.G. 26, £1000. Photo £400-500
| 1884-91 Watermark Crown CA | |
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x 3d. yellow handstamped "specimen" (Type SL 1) diagonally, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 32s. Photo £200-250
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x 4d. brown, perf 12, overprinted "specimen" (Type D12), small part original gum, fine. S.G. 33. Photo £150-180
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x 1/2d. dull green with variety watermark inverted, fine mint. S.G. 27w, £250. Photo £80-100
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x 2 1/2d. ultramarine with variety watermark inverted, a little heavily cancelled though fine. S.G. 31w, £250. Photo £80-100
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x 1885-86 CC, 6d. brown-purple overprinted "specimen" (4, two on blued paper), a complete mint left pane of twenty (small piece of margin missing at top right) and singles (2, one used and showing dot after "six"), 6d. dull violet mint and 6d. purple-lake mint; generally fine. S.G. 35-37, £1138 £300-400
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x 1893 (Jan.) CC "half/penny" on 1 1/2d. lilac, fine unused with large part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1985). S.G. 38, £550. Photo £150-180
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x CA "half/penny" on 1 1/2d. lilac, a mint study including a marginal block of twelve (6x2) with current and plate numbers with one showing "penny" shifted to right, a block of nine with margin at left and one showing variety "pfnny", a pair with interpanneau margin at right and one showing broken letters "eaif" and six singles, two with surcharge inverted, one with variety "pfnny", one with surcharge grossly misplaced sideways and one with non-constant variety missing "y" in "penny" (B.P.A. Certificate, 1991), mostly fine mint. S.G. 39, £600+ £250-300
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