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2d. blue and violet horizontal pair, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 44e, £350. Photo £150-200
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1/- brown and deep blue horizontal part arrow marginal pair from the top of the sheet with inverted watermark, the right-hand stamp with twisted horn flaw, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 48bw, c, £350. Photo £180-200
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2/6d. selection of pairs comprising green and brown (two shades), deep bronze-green and brown with inverted watermark (marginal), slate and brown transitional shade, "powder" blue and deep brown transitional shade, light to deep blue and brown shades (4, two in block of four and deep blue and cinnamon (lower left corner) pairs, fine mint with some unmounted. S.G. 49/49b group £250-300
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2/6d. green and brown horizontal pair with inverted watermark, fine mint. S.G. 49aw £100-120
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1933-54 hyphenated issues complete with shades as per S.G. listing, forty-four pairs mint or unmounted mint. Cat. £850 £150-200
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1/2d., 1 1/2d., 2d. (both colours), 3d., 6d. Types II and III, 1/-, 5/- (two shades) and 10/- (two shades), mint blocks of four, largely marginal or corner, fine mint with some unmounted. Cat. R17,000+ £400-500
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1d. perf. 13 1/2x14 coil stamps with inverted watermark, a gutter block of twenty-four with margins at left and right, fine mint and mounted at centre only. S.G. 56dw, £1,080+ £300-400
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2d. blue and violet top, bottom and left "arrow" blocks of four, the first with V2 "ladder" and V5 "tree" flaws, and a lower left corner pair with V8 bar through "e" of "postage" flaws, mint; the first and second a little gum toned. S.G. 58, £525 £120-150
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2d. grey and dull purple all four "arrow" blocks of four, all four corner blocks of four including V3, V4 and V8 flaws, and a marginal block of four with sheet number, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 58a, £1,170+ £250-300
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6d. green and vermilion Type I pair showing "Falling ladder" flaw and a marginal pair with one showing "Molehill" flaw, mint; the first with faint foxing at centre not barely affecting appearance. S.G. 61a, b, £550 £120-150
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6d. green and vermilion Type I pair showing "Falling ladder" flaw, neatly cancelled by part Johannesburg 1959 c.d.s.; scarce. S.G. 61a, £350. Photo £120-150
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6d. green and vermilion Type I horizontal marginal pair from the foot of the sheet, the left-hand stamp with molehill flaw, unmounted mint. S.G. 61b, £250 £140-160
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6d. green and vermilion Type I horizontal, the left-hand stamp with molehill flaw, unmounted mint. S.G. 61b, £250 £120-150
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5/- selection of six pairs in a variety of shades including two with inverted watermark
(one with rounded corner), fine mint £120-150
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5/- black and blue-green blocks of four from the four corners of the sheet, one with V7 flaw, fresh unmounted mint £180-200
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5/- black and blue-green blocks of four in differing shades, one showing broken yoke, the other showing broken bucket flaws, and 1947-54 5/- black and pale blue-green cylinder 6925 36 corner block of four with rainfall flaw. S.G. 64, 122 £150-180
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5/- study of the V4 and V5 "broken yoke pin" (R.18/5) and V6-8 flaws, comprising 1st. printing pair with inverted watermark and later shades with two pairs, a marginal block of four and a lower right corner block of six, mint; the block of four with gum partially toned though generally good to fine £200-250
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1935 Silver Jubilee set of four in marginal blocks of six from the left of the sheet,
all showing cleft skull and tagged ear flaws, fresh mint with only the top pair in each mounted. S.G. 65/a-68/a £200-220
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x 1937 (15 June) envelope from Durban "Per Air Mail Via Madagascar" to Curepipe, Mauritius, bearing 2d. (2) and 6d. (2) neatly cancelled by c.d.s., the reverse with Mozambique (15.6), Mauritius General Post Office (22.7) and Curepipe Delivery (23.7) datestamps, no evidence that it passed through Madagascar though a most interesting cover with only 13 covers believed to have been carried on this flight (note from owner though not verified) £80-100
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1941 1d. block of four with one showing stain on uniform flaw, 1942-44 2d. marginal pair with horizontal perforations misplaced by 3mm. and line on cap flaw and 1947-54 3d. pair with one showing shading partly missing at lower left, fine mint £100-120
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1942-44 War Effort, 3d. marginal strip of six units from the left of the sheet, variety joined paper affecting the first and second units, fine mint with only one stamp hinged; perhaps the rarest of all the South Africa joined paper varieties £400-500
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4d. upper right corner block of twenty units with sheet number in red, fine unmounted mint £120-150
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2/6d. green and brown August 1949 upper and lower double rows with "arrows" and cylinder numbers and May 1952 lower "arrow" double row, marginal block of four with red sheet number and a top marginal pair with "arrow", fresh unmounted mint £150-200
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2/6d. green and brown January 1954 upper double rows with "arrow" and part red sheet number and a marginal pair with "extra bush" flaw, double rows with part "arrows" at left and right (a little light foxing) and bottom double rows with "arrow" and part cylinder number, unmounted mint £150-200
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5/- black and pale blue-green September 1949 selection comprising upper left corner pair and upper right corner block of four, a cylinder block of four with V5 "rain" flaw, a block with scarce V2 "thunderbolt" flaw, a top marginal block of four with "arrow", a marginal block of four with red sheet number and a bottom marginal pair with "arrow", fine mint with some unmounted. S.G. 122, £540+ £200-250
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5/- black and deep yellow-green selection comprising upper left corner pair, upper right corner block of four, pairs (2), lower left corner block of four, lower block of four with "arrow" and lower right corner cylinder block of four, fine mint or unmounted mint.
S.G. 122a, £550+ £150-200
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1961-63 watermarked 1c. "s 11 a s 7 a" lower right corner block of ten (2x5), the lower block of four and margin sharing variety joined paper, unmounted mint. Scarce. S.G. 199 var. £300-350
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12 1/2c. Protea, variety yellow omitted, unmounted mint; tiny adhesion at top, otherwise fine. Rare. S.G. 207a, £1,500. Photo £600-700
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1963-67 2c. upper right corner block of six (3x2) with blue colour bars at top, comb perforation misplaced resulting in being "imperforate" between stamps and adjoining comb perfs., unmounted mint; a few light fox marks though a most unusual variety. SACC 228a, R22,500. Photo £400-500
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1964-72 1/2c. marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate
(Cyl. G7 9 16, Pane B, [7-20]), superb unmounted mint. S.G. 238a, £750. Photo £300-350
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50c. arrow block of ten (5x2), the right-hand vertical pair with partial dry print resulting in weak lettering and black colour looking "grey" in parts; fine unmounted mint. S.G. 250 var. £60-70
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1964 Nursing Association 12 1/2c. bright blue and gold, marginal from the right of the sheet, variety gold omitted, fine unmounted mint. Rare. S.G. 257a, £3,500. Photo £2,000-2,500
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1966 Verwoerd 12 1/2c. lower right corner vertical strip of seven, stamps 2-4 sharing variety joined paper, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 268 var. £350-400
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1969 1/2c. complete coil roll of 220 separated in to ten strips of twenty-two with each strip numbered to show it's position in the roll, all showing shift (doubling) of the blue colour; most unusual. S.G. 276a var. £100-120
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1969 1c. Kafferbloom block of twenty (10x2) from the top of a sheet showing extra row of comb perfs. intruding on eight of the top row stamps, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 276 var. £100-120
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1974 Voortrekker Monument 4c. vertical strip of five, stamps 2-3 sharing variety joined paper, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 374 var. £350-400
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40c. error, a complete sheet of twenty-five, fresh unmounted mint. A fine and very rare multiple of this unusual error. SACC438, R372,000. Photo £12,000-14,000
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40c. error, fine unmounted mint. SACC638, R12,000. Photo £400-500
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40c. error upper right corner colour bar block of four, fine unmounted mint. Scarce. SACC 638, R120,000. Photo £3,500-4,000
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1993-97 Definitive 2r. upper right corner block of sixteen (4x4), variety dramatic shift of vertical perforations into middle of stamps, superb unmounted mint. Spectacular. S.G. 818 var. £250-300
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1996 Asian Philatelic Exhibition miniature sheet, variety overprint for Taipei inverted, fine unmounted mint £180-200
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1998 Bird 10r. sheet of ten, variety vertical perforations misplaced 4mm. to left, fine unmounted mint £120-150
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1935-49 2d., 1/-, 5/-, 10/- and 1950-54 5/- blocks of four, fine unmounted. Cat. £475 £350-400
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1944-50 16mm. between lines of overprint, 2d. blue and violet horizontal pair, the right-hand stamp variety raised "official", fresh unmounted mint; very fine. One of the great George VI Official rarities. B.P.A. Certificate (2010), S.G. O35, var. S.A.C.C. 40a, R140,000. Photo £4,500-5,500
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1922 rouletted 1d. black and rose-red complete pane of sixty from Pane 3, the first column progressively miss-rouletted from top to foot giving narrow stamps at top, mint and hinged in margins only. Unusual £200-250
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1932-42 3d. indigo and milky blue lower left corner block of four with inverted watermark, fine mint and mounted in margins only. F.P.S.A. Certificate (2012).
S.G. D28a, £340 £140-180
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1948-49 2d. black and violet block of twelve (3x4), the centre right block of four variety thick double "2d", R.15/5-6, R.16/5-6, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 36, 36a, £576 £180-200
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1967-71 English at top, 4c. deep myrtle-green and emerald and 4c. dark green and pale green, both in cylinder blocks of four, fine unmounted mint. S.G. D62b, 64; SACC 58H, 62, R6,200 £120-150
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The International Gold award-winning collection formed by Barry Smith | |
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Olive-green card, franked George V 1/2d. and Edward 1/2d. with code 4 cancellation of
3 Sept., addressed to R.M. "Athenic", Cape Town and with arrival d.s. (3.10) on reverse; a few minor scuffs; fine £80-100
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Olive-green card, franked George V 1/2d. with code 3 cancellation of 9 Sept., addressed to Johannesburg and on arrival taxed by Transvaal 1d. Postage Due applied over tax markings; some small creases or wrinkles though of fine appearance and rare. Only two underpaid cards to South Africa are recorded. Photo £120-150
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