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1966 (July) Dr. Vedder 3c. and 15c. colour trails in close to issued colours, both in marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet with part "arrow", fine unmounted mint. SACC R9600+ £250-300
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1973 Succulents 1c, to 1r. set of sixteen with additional 7c. and 10c. shades, all in imperforate plate proof blocks of four; superb. Cat. R28,600 £600-800
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1973-79 5c. marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, variety black (face value) omitted, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 245a £150-200
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1975 Paintings 15c. tête-bêche block of eight, variety imperforate, unmounted mint; fold at centre. Ex proof sheet. Photo £800-1,000
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1923 (Jan.-July) Setting I on South Africa stamps, 6d. marginal block of nine from the right of the sheet with small stop and broken "a" varieties, and Setting II on Transvaal 5d. marginal block of four, unmounted mint. S.G. D5, 10 £150-180
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1923-26 Setting IV, Transvaal 5d. black and violet horizontal marginal pair, fine unmounted mint. Rare, especially so fine. SACC R25,000; S.G. D17a, £900. Photo £800-900
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x 1972 1c. green and 8c. bright blue Pane "A" imperforate upper left corner "arrow" blocks of twenty-four (6x4), fine unmounted mint. A rare pair of multiples from the Namibian Postal Archive £1,500-1,800
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1820-21, four entires ex the same correspondence to Marseilles, all with red "espagne par/perpignan" and three with "(Crown)/valencia", French Consulate handstamps on reverse; stained from disinfection, otherwise fine £240-260
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x 1955 (21 Oct.) envelope registered to Chicago, franked 1951-61 3p., 4p. and 5p. with Gambeila cancellations, registration etiquette completed by hand, arrival datestamps on reverse; fine £60-80
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1889-1968 largely mint collection including 1889-90 values (13, two used), 1933 set, 1938-54 set with a range of shades, 1956 set, 1961 range, 1962-66, 1968 Independence, various commemorative sets and Postage Dues, all mint, and George VI 1d. card (2) unused £150-200
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1889-90 5/- slate-blue, fine unmounted mint. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). S.G. 8, £170 £80-100
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1933 1/2d. to 10/- set of ten, lightly mounted mint. S.G. 10-20, £180 £80-100
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1d., 2d., 3d. and 6d. complete sheets of sixty including 2d. lightning conductor, 3d. and 6d. short extra flagstaff varieties, unmounted mint. S.G. 21-24, 22c, 23b, 24b, £870+ £400-500
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1d. part sheet of forty-four including lightning conductor variety, unmounted mint.
S.G. 21, 21c, £522+ £250-300
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2d. complete sheet of sixty including lightning conductor variety, a couple of fox marks, otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 22, 22c, £272+ £120-150
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2d. large part sheet of forty-eight including lightning conductor variety, unmounted mint. S.G. 22, 22c, £255+ £120-150
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3d. complete sheet of sixty including short extra flagstaff variety, unmounted mint.
S.G. 22, 22b, 210+ £100-120
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3d. complete sheet of sixty including short extra flagstaff variety, unmounted mint.
S.G. 22, 22b, 210+ £100-120
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3d. large part sheet of forty-nine including short extra flagstaff variety, unmounted mint. S.G. 22, 22b, 200+ £100-120
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1961 (Feb.) 10c. on 1/- black and deep olive, variety surcharge double, fine mint. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 73a, £1800. Photo £1,200-1,300
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1990 15c. on 45c. Butterfly Plate 1A, 1B and 1C complete sheets of fifty, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 580a, £2,550+ £300-400
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x Military Post: Collection of eleven covers (3 are used), two cards and seventy-two cut outs, a variety of types, chiefly fine £80-100
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x 1920 (21 Jan.) envelope to New York franked Turkey 1916 1pi. with violet "Arab Government" handstamp, Halep code 3 cancellation; the envelope with upper left corner missing and with filing folds; scarce £150-200
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1917-21 10r. red and green on emerald marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, fresh unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. S.G. 60a, £720+. Photo £250-300
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1921 Script 5r. blue and dull purple marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, fine unmounted mint. Scarce. S.G. 68, £640+. Photo £250-300
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x Small selection, including Chinese Post Offices 1911 1/2c. on 5c., 1912-50 1/2t. violet, 1933-60 2t. proof, pin perf. 2/3t., 4t. on piece with imperf. values, some Nepal with prestamp, etc., mixed condition £100-150
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1878 (12 Oct.) envelope to Scotland, bearing 1877-79 "V.R./Transvaal" imperforate 1d. red on orange, 3d. mauve on buff and 6d. blue on blue, each cancelled "24" and showing faint Marthinus Wesselstroom c.d.s. (date unclear) alongside and, on reverse, Durban (12.10) and arrival (18.11) datestamps. A colourful and very rare franking. S.G. 116, 118, 121. Photo £12,000-15,000
Note: This cover was carried from Durban aboard the "Asiatic" and, from Cape Town aboard the "Walmer Castle", which sailed on the 22 October and off-loaded the mails on 15 November. The half ounce letter rate to the UK via Natal was 4d. (to or via Natal) plus 6d. (to the UK). With effect from 1 July 1877, payment could be receipted entirely with Transvaal stamps
Provenance: Dr. Alan Drysdall, March 2006
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1878-80 1/2d. imperforate printer's sample in brown, perforated "specimen" and affixed to card; fine. Photo £350-400
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1880 (21 July) entire letter from Wakkerstroom to the Surveyor General at Pretoria, bearing 1878-80 4d. sage-green with indistinct target cancellation, the reverse (part flap missing) with arrival c.d.s. (29.7). Photo £350-400
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1880 (4 Aug.) entire letter from Wakkerstroom to the Surveyor General at Pretoria, bearing 1878-80 3d. dull rose with pen cancellation, the reverse (part of flap missing) with small part c.d.s.. Photo £300-350
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1895 Penny Postage 1d. red block of twelve (6x2), being the top two rows of a pane, the centre three rows variety imperforate between, unmounted mint; vertical fold at centre and a couple of fox marks. A scarce multiple. S.G. 215cb, unpriced £800-1,000
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x 1900 (26 Nov.) envelope (226x102mm.) registered from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth, bearing V.R.I. 1/2d. (10) and 1d. (2) tied by double-ring datestamps and showing, on face and reverse, "Imperial Govt. Municipality/johannesburg" handstamp in violet, not previously recorded £80-100
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1903 (1 Feb.) £5 orange-brown and violet, fresh colours, unmounted mint. Rare so fine. Brandon Certificate (1982). S.G. 259. Photo £3,000-4,000
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1904-09 10/- (marginal from the top of the sheet) and £1 (tiny handstamp on reverse), fresh unmounted mint. S.G. 271, 272; SACC R13,500. Photo for £1 £400-500
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1851-1935 mint and used collection on leaves, including 1851-55 (1d.) shades (6)
and 1854 (1d.) grey pair, mint, a range of perforated Britannias to 1/-, 1869 5/- mint, 1883-94 set mint, 1886-1906 selection to 5/- mint, Postage Dues and a few Trinidad and Tobago to 5/- mint; generally good to fine £300-400
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1929, personal re-addressed envelope to Montreal with the original enclosure, written on board the "Duchess of Atholl", franked by two Great Britain 1 1/2d. cancelled by two very fine strikes of the type IVa cachets in red, with London Paquebot datestamp alongside, fine and rare. S.G. C5. Photo £3,500-4,000
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1966 Churchill 1d., horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, the first stamp with value omitted and both with country name at right due to misplacement of the Gold printing; unmounted mint, the error with a tiny area of flat gum at top, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1980). S.G. 89a, £1,300+ Photo £750-850
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x 1796, entire letter in French, from Philadelphia to Boston, with fine "II/IV" Bishop mark and rated "20" in manuscript; fine and a scarce early letter £80-100
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1930 Zeppelin $1.30 brown, tied by New York cancellation on cover addressed to Germany special cachets in red and violet, transit and arrival markings on reverse; fine. Photo £200-220
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1940-46 thirty-one covers, many censored, mostly from Lend-Lease bases in the Caribbean, including Bermuda, British Guiana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad, etc., good to fine £100-120
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x Postal Stationery: 1853-75 collection of ninety-one envelopes and a number of cut-outs, well written up on pages, including 1893 Columbus 5c. and 10c. entires unused, Official 1873 2c, unused and 3c. used entires, 1877 (-) blue on amber and (-) black on amber entires used, War Department 3c. unused and used entires, 12c. and 24c. entires unused, 1875 2c. entires on white and orange unused, etc., chiefly good to fine £100-150
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1888-93 5/- rose, good colour, fresh and fine unmounted mint. Rare in this condition. PFSA Certificate (1984). S.G. 11, £700. Photo £500-600
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1894 £5 purple and black on red, cancelled by two part strikes of Eshowe double-ring d.s., fine. S.G. 29, £1600. Photo £400-500
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1948 and 1949 selection of six air crash covers, including 1948 (21 Jan.) Miami-Boston flight, crash on landing at Logan, cover from Brazil and Cuba with cachet or explanatory slip; 1949 (29 Nov.) Paris-Tunis flight, crashed at Bron, ambulance envelope to Tunis, etc., good to fine £140-180
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Selection in five volumes and loose on pages, contained in a carton, thousands, including Belgium, Dahlek Islands Expedition covers and labels, Great Britain with R.A.F. Museum covers, Israel 1948 New Year set with tabs, etc., mixed condition £150-200
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An All World accumulation housed in seventeen volumes, contained in two carton, including Great Britain 1840 1d. (2) and Empire with Australia, Canada and New Zealand, Foreign with U.S.A.; also a few covers. (thousands) £200-250
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An All World collection in a Simplex album, including G.B. 1840 1d. (2) and 2d., later line -engraved with 1870 1/2d. Plate 8 and 20 pair on pieces, Q.V. surface printed, KGV to 10/-, 1960 GLO 1/3d. mint (70), 1966 Birds mint sheets (2), Australia CofA 10/-, Labuan 1902 set to $1 mint £250-300
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1932 selection of nine air wreck covers, including (15 Jan.) Kingsford Smith Croydon-Australia flight, delayed at Timor; (26 Jan.) South Africa- London flight, damaged on take off, cover franked South West Africa Official 2d. and Air Mail 10d.; (28 March) Saigon-Marseilles flight, delayed between Corfu and Naples with "courrier accidente" cachet, two covers, one with stamps floated off; (13 Aug.) Marseille-Siagon flight, capsized in Beyrouth Harbour, cover with stamps floated off with "Lettre Parvenue Deterioree/Suite Accident Courrier Avion" cachet, etc., chiefly fine £250-300
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x A selection of covers (29) including British Honduras 1891 with 2c. bisect, Cape of Good Hope 1857 from Swellendam to cape Town bearing 4d., Cayman Islands 1919 registered from Grand Cayman, G.B. 1879 to Cape Town bearing 6d., Greece 1873 to London franked at 92L., Malta (3), South Africa 1948 from Marion Island and Southern Rhodesia 1925 Royal Tour (7); a few stamps with Cape of Good Hope triangulars (4), South Africa 1940 2/5d. booklet (SG B15a) and a stockbook of Bhutan £250-300
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An old-time All World accumulation housed in eight assorted volumes and loose in packets/small boxes (3), contained in a carton, including Great Britain 1935 (7 May) plain first day covers (2), and Empire with Australia Roos to 10/-, British East Africa 1895-96 1/2a. (inverted 's' in British) to 2a., 3a. (broken 'h' in British) on small piece by mombassa/ja 2/97 squared circle, Malaya, Malta, Rhodesia, Tonga tin can mail envelope bearing 1897-35 series to 5/- also postal history selection and Russia 1933 Air Stratosphere set used. An interesting lot well worth of close inspection. (thousands) £300-400
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