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Major A.J. Miller: Envelope to Cape Town, franked 1d. Dromedaris (uncancelled),
with violet oval "city air port/*29 sep 1936*/portsmouth" cachet, endorsed
"England-Johannesburg Air Race per favour of Major A.J. Miller" and "Carried on "Percival Mew Gull" 2S AHM" signed by the pilot and dated 29/9/36; minor traces of staining, otherwise fine and rare. Only six covers carried. Photo £500-600
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Major A.J. Miller: Stampless envelope, with contents, to Pretoria, violet oval "city air port/*29 sep 1936*/portsmouth" cachet, endorsed "Carried on "Percival Mew Gull"/2S AHM", signed by the pilot and dated 29/9/38; a trifle soiled, otherwise fine and rare. Only six items carried. Photo £500-600
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Mr. Victor Smith: Envelope franked G.B. 1934 1/2d. with Portsmouth and Southsea cancellation, blue "england-southafrica/air race/september 1936" cachet, endorsed "Retired from Race Khartoum, 3rd. Oct. 36, Reached George, Cape South Africa 6th. Oct." additionally franked Orange Tree 6d. with George cancellation of 18 Jan. 1937; fine. Photo £250-300
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1936 (25 Sept.) London to Paris flight by "Boadicea", disappeared over the English Channel: envelope to Simonstown franked G.B. 1 1/2d. (4), with accompanying explanatory slip and "Ambulance" envelope; faults as to be expected. One of only two items recorded addressed to South Africa. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1936 (6 Oct.) envelope to Lundy Island franked G.B. KEVIII 1/2d. and 1d. with Cape Town Paquebot cancellation, and by Lundy 1/2 puffin and Atlantic Coast Air Services 1/2d. with appropriate boxed cancellations; fine £80-100
| 1937 (9 April) Mrs. H.B. Bonney Brisbane to Cape Town Flight | |
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Envelope to Brisbane franked George V 2d. red with Brisbane cancellation, large violet "first flight/brisbane-capetown" cachet, the flight delayed in the Sudan where 1m., 2m., 3m., 4m. and 5m. stamps appled and cancelled "Malakal/13 June 1937", on reverse another strike of the large cachet, White Nile (24.6), Khartoum (27.8) and Brisbane (3.8) datestamps and endorsed "Tail skid damaged" and signed by Mrs. Bonney; a little stained though rare. Photo £650-750
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Envelope franked Queensland 1d. (corner missing on application) and George V 1d. green with Brisbane cancellation of 8 April, large violet "first flight/brisbane-capetown" cachet and signed by Mrs Bonney, on reverse another strike of the cachet and with Brisbane d.s. (13.9); fine. Photo £350-400
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1937 (14 June) Junkers 52 "Earl of Caledon" crashed shortly after take off from Rand airport: charred envelope from Cape Town to Durban franked Coronation 1/2d., 1d., and with two explanatory slips. Rare. Photo £350-400
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1937 (13 Oct.) Copenhagen to Cape Town flight by Hansen and Rasmussen: envelope franked Denmark 1934 Air uncancelled set, on arrival "capetown municipal airport/wingfield/29. oct. 1937" datestamp cancelling the 10ö and 20ö, signed by the pilots, fine. Twelve covers carried. Photo £150-200
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1937 (14 Nov.) London-Cape Town and return record flight by Clouston and Mrs. Kirby Green: envelope franked G.B. 1 1/2d. with London cancellation of 13 Nov., "london - cape town/record fligh/by f/o a.e. clouston/ and mrs. kirby green/november, 1937" label, Cape Town arrival and "cape town municipal air-port/wingfield" datestamp, both for 16 Nov., also round trip cover franked 1 1/2d. (3) with "Record Round Flight" label and another franked 1d. Dromedaris and G.B. 1 1/2d. with the same label, the last signed by Clouston and Kirby Green; fine. Photo £700-800
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1937 (16 Nov.) Clouston and Kirby Green return flight: cover franked 1d. Dromedaris with Cape Town cancellation, "Cape Town - London/Record flight by/by F/O A.E. Clouston/and Mrs. Kirby Green/November, 1937" label, on arrival additionally franked G.B. 1 1/2d. with London cancellation (21.11) and, on reverse, another 1 1/2d. cancelled Newport Mon (23.11); offered with small J. Lyons card signed by Mrs. Kirby Green. Photo £300-400
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1938 covers (6) including 1938 (1 Nov.) Opening of the Kalahari feeder service (2), etc., chiefly fine £80-100
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1938 (6 Oct.) attempted long distance record flight from Dundee to Cape Town by the Short "Mayo" composite: long "The Union of South Africa." envelope to Cape Town, franked G.B. 1 1/2d. uncancelled pair, owing to the two aircraft having a minor collision they landed in the estuary of the Orange River about 400 miles from Cape Town, the reverse signed by the pilot D. Bennett and endorsed "Mercury" Scotland to South Africa 6th-8th Oct. 1938"; the envelope a little roughly opened and with some tears at top, otherwise fine and extremely rare. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1939 covers (6) including 1939 (13 Feb.) envelope from Barberton to Pretoria, 1939 (22 Aug.) cover to Ohopuhu, etc., chiefly fine £100-150
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1939 (4 Feb.) Alex Henshaw flight from England to Cape Town and back: envelope to Cape Town franked 1d. (2) with Gravesend cancellations, boxed "city of cape town/8 feb. 1939/municipal airport" arrival datestamp, signed by the pilot; fine. Henshaw carried twelve envelopes on the round trip, not all of them were signed. Photo £500-750
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1939 (1 May) Imperial Airways "Challenger", hit a small boat on landing at Lumbo: envelope from Shepherds Bush to Port Elizabeth, franked 1 1/2d., violet "damaged by seawater/airplane challenger" cachet, also envelope from Glasgow to Cape Town, stamps floated off, with violet bilingual "flying boat correspondence damaged by seawater" cachet, taxed by 1d. and 2d. Postage Dues and with found open and officially sealed label £250-300
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1940-45 envelopes (20) including 1940 (8 Jan.) K.L.M. flight to South Africa, censored and non censored items, Airletters, Airgraphs, etc., chiefly fine £150-200
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1941 (12 Nov.) South African Air Force "Lodestar" crash at Malakal (Sudan): charred envelope to Natal franked 1d., 6d., War Effort 3d., with accompanying "ambulance" envelope. Rare. Only six items of mail could be sufficiently identified for sending on to the addressees. Photo £600-800
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_ Lockheed "Lodestar" crashed into Lake Victoria: Italian Prisoner of War card, censored and water damaged, together with accompanying explanatory slip. Rare. Photo £750-1,000
| 1942 (19 Dec.) "Pienaar" Crash | |
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Stampless O.A.S. censored envelope from Egypt to Durban, on reverse endorsed "Salvaged from Kisumu Aircrash" and signed over the Belvedre Base Post Office official stamp; stained as to be expected, otherwise fine. The only known item from this crash which is not a Prisoner of War card. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1943-44 Prisoner of War covers/cards (6), comprising four from South Africa to Asia or Italy, 1943 card and 1945 cover from Germany to South Africa, mixed condition £200-250
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1943 (June) Karachi-Cairo route: charred envelopes (2) from India to Johannesburg and Ceylon to Wilderness in the Cape, the first with "Salvaged air mail Cairo-Karachi despatch No. 65" slip, the other with violet "salvaged mail" cachet on reverse £250-300
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1944-45 covers/cards (6) with "O.A.T." markings, four from South Africa, 1944 from Canada to Transvaal, 1945 from Sweden to Cape Town; good to fine £150-200
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1909 £1 and 1912 £1; the first with flat patches of gum, otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 44, 56, £450 £150-180
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x 1936, two 1/2d. postal stationery cards, each addressed to Germany, the first additionally franked 1d. with Salisbury cancellation, the other franked Falls 2d. and 3d. with Bulawayo cancellations (creased); fine £100-120
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1d. scarlet block of four, the upper right stamp with large "ink smudge" variety, fine unmounted mint; unusual. Photo £100-120
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1/- black and greenish blue perf. 11 1/2 block of four, two part Bromley c.d.s.; fine and scarce. S.G. 23a. Photo £150-200
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1/- black and greenish blue perf. 14 block of four sharing neat Hamilton c.d.s. at centre; fine and rare. S.G. 23b, £640+. Photo £350-400
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1/- black and greenish blue perf. 14 together with 1935 Falls 2d. on 1937 (4 Nov.) envelope from Gwelo to U.S.A.; a scarce stamp on cover. S.G. 23b £120-150
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1/6d. black and orange-yellow perf. 11 1/2 used with 1932 Falls 3d. on 1937 (19 Jan.) Palace Hotel advertising envelope from Bulawayo to Germany; flap torn though a rare stamp on cover. S.G. 24a £100-120
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1963 1/- light emerald complete vertical row of ten with margins at top and foot, variety double impression, unmounted mint. Unusual £150-200
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1937 7/6d. grey with trace of printer's mark at lower left, manuscript "7/6" and tied to small piece by part oval datestamps; pinholes though a very rare stamp. Mewett 275 £300-400
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£50 orange-brown imperforate marginal plate proof pair from the top of the sheet with guide mark at centre, mint and each with small security puncture. Mewett 282 £80-100
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1906 Salisbury Executors Trust large piece bearing Rhodesia 1896-97 3/- and 5/- pairs, 1898-1908 1/- and 1905 Falls 5/- (4) with dated perfins and Master of the High Court oval datestamps, 1912 Salisbury Notary Public document bearing 1905 Falls 2/6d. (2) initialled and dated in manuscript and 1921 Salisbury Inventory bearing 1898-1908 10/- (6) and 1913-24 Die III £1 black and bright purple (4) and £1 black and deep violet (2) all with dated perfins and Master of the High Court oval datestamps £100-120
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1923 Salisbury Land Grant bearing Rhodesia 1922-24 £1 black and magenta strip of four with Land Settlement Department boxed datestamp and Revenue 3/- with dated perfin and Registrar of Fees oval datestamp, and 1929 Salisbury Liquidation and Distribution account bearing Postage 1d., 6d., 1/- (2) and Revenue 3/- (2), 10/-, £1 (4) and £5 with High Court oval datestamps. An attractive pair £120-150
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x 1916 (Jan), envelope registered to Switzerland franked South Africa 1913 1/2d., 1d., 2d., 2 1/2d., 3d., 4d., 6d. and 1/- with Tsumeb cancellations, blue "passed censor/c.15" handstamp and "Opened by Censor" strips, transit and arrival markings on reverse;
small faults. Photo £200-250
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1923-93 mint and used collection, the mint include 1923-26 Setting I 2/6d., Setting III values to 5/- and Setting VI 1/2d. to £1 (both), 1927 5/- and 10/-, 1927-30 £1 and Pictorial set of ten, 1931 set of fourteen, commemoratives, Officials and Postage Dues; the used with a range of the earlier values to £1 in singles; generally good to fine with viewing recommended £500-600
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1923 (Jan.-June) Setting I 1/2d. green pair with overprint grossly misplaced to foot resulting in "Africa./Afrika." missing (traces at foot), mint; a few light fox marks though of good appearance and a most unusual pair. S.G. 1 var. Photo £250-300
Note: With the words "South West/Zuid-West" this pair comes from the top row of the pane from the one sheet of 240 recorded, therefore only twelve such pairs can exist from this sheet
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1923 (Jan.-June) Setting I 1d. block of four, the lower right stamp variety "Af.rica", unmounted mint; one normal with a light gum crease. S.G. 2/c, £180+ £120-150
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5/- and £1 pairs and (Mar.) Setting II 5/- pair, mint; the £1 a little gum toned, otherwise sound. S.G. 10, 12, 13, £1,135 £150-180
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10/- blue and olive-green horizontal pair, fresh unmounted mint; exceptionally fine for this scarce stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 11. Photo £2,800-3,500
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1923 (Mar.) Setting II, 5/-, 10/- and £1 horizontal pairs, fresh colours, unmounted mint. A superb trio. S.G. 13-15; SACC R54,250. Photo £2,000-2,500
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£1 pair with part Windhoek c.d.s.; scarce. S.G. 15, £1,400. Photo £400-500
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1923 (July) - 26 Setting III 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve in horizontal pairs, fresh mint with the 2/6d. to £1 lightly mounted. S.G. 16-27, £650 £200-250
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£1 green and red horizontal pair from the upper right corner of the left-hand pane, lovely rich colours, unmounted mint; very fine. S.G. 27, £325. Photo £150-200
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1923 (July) - 26 Setting IV 2/6d. horizontal pair, Setting VI 3d. deep bright blue block of four, 1927-30 1/3d. (2) and £1, fine mint. S.G. 28, 32a, 56, 57, £270 £100-120
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1923 (July) - 26 Setting VI 1/2d. to £1 (both) set of thirteen in horizontal pairs, fine mint. S.G. 29-40a, £800 £250-300
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£1 green and red block of four, strong rich colours, unmounted mint; very fine.
S.G. 40, £600+. Photo £250-300
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1927 (Apr.) 2d. to 10/- with additional 16mm. spacing 2d., 3d., 1/- and 10/-, and 1931 Postage 1/2d. to 20/-, all in horizontal pairs, fine mint. Cat. £450+ £150-200
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x 1937 Coronation 1/2d. to 1/- set of eight die proofs in English with a companion set in Afrikaans, all in issued colours with each pair affixed to Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card (164x107mm.). A very fine and rare set. Photo £4,000-5,000
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