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x Master in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), endorsed "After Hardening". Photo £500-600
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x Master in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "after striking" and dated in manuscript "24/4/29". Photo £500-600
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x A small mint selection, comprising the set of four perforated "specimen", ordinary paper set with additional 1d., all fractionally toned, chalky paper 1d., 3d. block of twelve from the top of the sheet showing light impressions of the design in the top margin, a marginal block of four and singles (2). Cat. £300+ £100-120
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x 3d. black on chalky paper, an upper right corner block of nine, error Crown missing, falling between the upper right-hand pair and the margin; fine unmounted mint. Scarce. S.G. D3ab, £650+. Photo £250-300
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x 3d. black on chalky paper, a lower right corner block of six (2x3), error St. Edwards Crown, falling between the middle horizontal pair, fine unmounted mint. S.G. D3ac, £400. Photo £200-250
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x 1932 (5 Nov.) unsealed Central News Agency Ltd. envelope from Bulawayo to Lusaka bearing 1/2d. green with Buy Rhodesian Loan Certificates machine cancellation, showing circular-framed "2/to pay" handstamp completed for "1d", the reverse with the amount due most unusually paid for with 1925 1d. cancelled by arrival c.d.s. (11.11). Photo £120-150
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x 1933 (3 Apr.) envelope from Bulawayo to Lusaka bearing 1/2d. (corner defect) and 1d. cancelled by Buy Rhodesian Loan Certificates machine datestamp, showing circular-framed "2/to pay" handstamp in red completed for "1d" and bearing, on reverse, 1d. neatly cancelled by arrival c.d.s. (5.4). Photo £120-150
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x 1934 (Apr.) envelope from England to Ndola bearing 1 1/2d., showing framed "t/20/l" handstamp alongside 1d. pair cancelled in May (date unclear) on arrival; the envelope torn through on opening across the corner of the 1 1/2d. Photo £100-120
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x 1934 (11 Oct.) picture postcard from England to Ndola bearing 1d., showing framed "t/l" handstamp, large "1d" and bearing 2d. affixed over edge of card (now folded out for display) and cancelled on arrival (3.11). Photo £120-150
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x 1936 (9 Oct.) envelope from Johannesburg to Ndola bearing 1/2d. and 1d. booklet stamps with adverts attached (minor foxing), showing manuscript "5d" in blue crayon with 2d. and 3d. (torn in two pieces with the small part affixed under the other prior to cancelling) cancelled on arrival (12.10), Broken Hill transit c.d.s. (10.10) on reverse. Photo £150-200
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x 1938 (18 Apr.) envelope from Cape Town to Nkana bearing 1d. Ship with machine datestamp, showing large "1d" handstamp alongside 2d. bisected horizontally cancelled on arrival (22.4) and with a further strike on reverse. Photo £400-500
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x 1938 (7 Oct.) envelope from the African Canning & Packing Corporation Ltd. in Port Elizabeth to Kitwe bearing 1d. Ship with machine datestamp, showing framed "insufficiently prepaid" bi-lingual handstamp in violet alongside circular-framed "t/1d", the postal clerk at Nkana misreading the amount due as 1/3d. and bearing, on reverse, 1d. and 2d. block of six and a single with neat c.d.s. (14.10), an original Nkana c.d.s. of 2 October partially covered by the due franking. Most unusual. Photo £300-400
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x 1939 (9 Oct.) envelope from Johannesburg to Luanshya bearing 1d. Ship with machine datestamp, showing circular-framed "t/1d" handstamp with bisected 2d. cancelled on arrival (13.10), a further Luanshya c.d.s. (12.10) on reverse; trivial imperfections. Photo £400-500
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x 1941 (July) window envelope from Belgian Congo to Ndola bearing 75c. with Elisabethville c.d.s., showing "T" handstamp alongside 1d. (marginal) with partially indistinct arrival c.d.s. Photo £150-200
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x 1948 (30 Oct.) envelope (227x152mm.) from Johannesburg to Kitwe bearing 1 1/2d. with c.d.s., showing oval-framed "more to pay/above ozs" bi-lingual oval handstamp completed for "1", circular-framed "t/6d" and bearing 3d. marginal pair sharing neat arrival c.d.s. (3.11). Photo £120-150
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x 1950 (4 May) envelope from Johannesburg to Chingola bearing 1 1/2d. with machine datestamp, showing circular-framed "t/1 d" and bearing bisected 2d. cancelled on arrival (10.5); fractionally truncated at left. Photo £400-500
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x 1953 (Aug.) unstamped envelope from New York to Fort Jameson, showing "y/n.y.d./centimes/30" duplex in magenta and bearing 4d. with fine arrival c.d.s. (11.9); an elusive value on cover. Photo £140-200
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x 1953 (15 Oct.) envelope (151x230mm.) from Johannesburg to Sam Kelly at Kitwe bearing 2d. pair, showing circular-framed "t 4d" alongside 1d. and 3d. (marginal) sharing two arrival c.d.s. (21.10). Photo £150-200
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x 1953 (11 Nov.) envelope from Mufulira to Sam Kelly at Kitwe bearing Coronation 1 1/2d. (corner fault) and showing manuscript "T1" alongside 1d. corner example on chalky paper neatly cancelled on arrival (12.11), the internal rate having increased to 2d. on
1 July. Scarce with the chalky paper values in use for only a short period. Photo £150-200
| 1953 Mkushi Provisional Issue | In July 1953, postal rates within the South African Postal Union were increased. Many post offices in Northern Rhodesia experienced shortages of Postage Due stamps. Owing to a misunderstanding, quantities of 1d. Definitive stamps and of the 1953 Rhodes Birth Centenary 1d. stamps were overprinted and surcharged. Although unofficially prepared, their usage was subsequently approved by the Postal Authorities
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x 1953 (July) envelope from Broken Hill to Mkushi bearing Coronation 1 1/2d. with double-ring datestamp, showing manuscript "To Pay 1d" in blue crayon and bearing Rhodes Centenary 1d. Type 2 marginal example with type-written "postage/due/1d" in red cancelled and tied by two arrival c.d.s. (31.7); central vertical fold. Very rare with only five such covers recorded in "The Rhodesian Philatelist" listing, of which this is number 4. S.G. cat. from £4,250. Photo £3,000-3,500
Provenance: Sam Kelly, March 1992
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x 1953 (16 Aug.) airmail envelope from Broken Hill to "Bama Mukushi" bearing 1 1/2d. with light machine datestamp, showing manuscript "T1d" in blue crayon and bearing Definitive 1d. green Type 1 with type-written "postage/due/1d" in red neatly cancelled and tied by arrival c.d.s.; central vertical fold. Very rare with only twelve such covers recorded in "The Rhodesian Philatelist", of which this is number 15. S.G. cat from £4,250. Photo £2,500-3,000
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x 1953 (2 Sept.) envelope from Lusaka to Mkushi bearing Rhodes Centenary 1d. with light machine datestamp, showing incorrect manuscript "T1d" charge in blue crayon (2d. was due) and bearing Definitive 1/2d. green Type 1 lower right corner example with
type-written "postage/due/1d" in red neatly tied by arrival c.d.s. (4.9). Very rare
with only twelve such covers recorded in "The Rhodesian Philatelist", of which this is number 18. S.G. cat. from £4,250. Photo £2,500-3,000
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x 1d. orange vertical pair, nearly full original gum; very fine. SACC 5a, R70,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x 2d. deep blue vertical pair, nearly full original gum. SACC 6a, R70,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x 3d. red horizontal pair, nearly full original gum; surface faults and gum creases like nearly all other known examples of this value. SACC 7a, R70,000. Photo £500-600
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x 4d. ultramarine vertical pair, nearly full original gum. SACC 8a, R70,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x 6d. purple vertical pair, nearly full original gum. SACC 9a, R70,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x The set of six in lower left corner blocks of four, in lower right corner blocks of four, imperforate to margin, and in singles, unmounted mint. S.G. D5-10, £261 £80-100
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x 1/- light emerald marginal block of four from the foot of the sheet, variety imperforate horizontally and imperforate between vertically, fine unmounted mint. S.G. D10b, £1,600. Photo £800-900
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x 1/- light emerald marginal block of four from the left of the sheet, variety imperforate horizontally and imperforate between vertically and showing light doubling of print, unmounted mint; two thumb prints on gum, one being on the upper pair. S.G. D10b, £1,600. Photo £700-800
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x 1924 (31 July) piece bearing Rhodesia £50 grey-green and orange block of six cancelled by several fine "mines office/livingstone" oval datestamps in violet; the upper right stamp defective though a scarce usage of these stamps during the Interim Period. Photo £150-200
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x 1929 (23 Dec.) B.S.A.C. Certificate of Registration form (printed in 1912) with 5/- blue-green embossed stamp at upper right, "mines office/livingstone" oval datestamp at top centre; two punch holes at top. Most unusual and a late usage of this certificate. Photo £100-120
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x £2 in a format slightly larger than that issued, the right-hand value tablet shown as "£50", "£2" value tablet at right and with an alternative lower portion of the design executed below with manuscript "Canoes out", marked at top "Black centre & Blue £2", the whole executed on tracing paper (82x119mm., some creasing). Photo £1,500-1,800
Note: The provenance of this sketch has not yet been confirmed though it is believed to emanate from the Waterlow & Sons archive
Provenance:
Sam Kelly, March 1992
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x £2 stamp-size essay in sepia, mounted on card (82x101mm.) dated "26.8.24", lettered "C" and marked "duplicate". Photo £1,200-1,500
Provenance: Sam Kelly, March 1992
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x Master of the frame for 1/-/20/- values in black engraved by W.G. Fairweather, on wove paper (81x97mm.) showing reversed die number "10468" at top and endorsed in pencil "Appd 23/Oct./24", the outer frame represented by four thin lines as opposed to the issued one thick and two thin lines; a couple of small imperfections at left edge, otherwise fine. A rare Waterlow proof for a Crown Agents contract. Photo £1,500-2,000
Provenance: Sam Kelly, March 1992
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x £2 to £50 set of five, two examples of each with a couple very lightly cancelled, and £2 used on 1949 Certificate of Extra Work; also Employment Stamp 5/- (marginal), mint and Buy British, Buy Rhodesian "flag" label mint block of four. Barefoot cat. £440 £200-250
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x £2, £10 (2) and £30 (4) used with George VI 20/- on 1952 piece cancelled by Lusaka Accountant-General oval datestamp; a late use of this issue with the £30 value scarce.
Also 1925 Postage 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- (3) on 1925 piece cancelled by Registrar of Mining Titles oval datestamp. An attractive pair. Photo £100-120
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x £2, £10, £30 and George VI 20/- on 1945 Mining Inspection Certificate, the £30 scarce on document, and £10, £50 (2) and George VI 10/- on 1949 Mining Inspection Certificate, both used from Lusaka with different Accountant-General oval datestamps. An attractive pair £100-120
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x £30, £50 block of ten and a strip of four together with Postage 5/- and 20/- on 1925 (5 Nov.) piece cancelled by "mines office/livingstone" oval datestamp; £30 with defective corner, the two postage values crossed by crease though a rare franking. Barefoot cat. £825+. Photo £250-300
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x A selection including 1953 "R" overprint values with mint to 5/-, 1d. and 3d. mint plate blocks of six, a group of values to 5/- on pieces (5) and 20/- used strip of three, and 1955 (c.) with values to 20/- including 1d. mint block of twenty (2x10) being the top two rows of a sheet, 1d. strip of three on 1956 envelope from Monze to Durban, ringed as unaccepted and with manuscript "tax 5d" in blue crayon, and 20/- used block of twelve. Barefoot cat. £600+ £200-250
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x 1955 (c.) 2/6d. strip of three and 20/- blocks of ten and twenty used with straight-line datestamps on 1956 Transfer of Shares of Stock document, and 5/- and 20/- pairs (3) embossed on 1952 Share Certificate. Also four 1955 Cancelled Share Certificates without stamps. Barefoot cat. £600+ £200-250
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x 1955 (c.) £50 grey (6 with two vertical pairs) in combination with 1925 £2, £10, £30 and 1953 "R" 20/-, on piece with all cancelled by Lusaka Accountant-General 1954 oval datestamp; a few slightly soiled perfs. though the £50 value a scarce stamp. Barefoot cat. £775. Photo £200-250
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x 1930 (1 June) envelope (Victoria Falls Hotel imprint on flap) from Livingstone to California franked at the surface rate of 7d. with 1/2d. (2), 1d. (2) and 2d. (2), and with U.S.A. Air "Beacon" 5c. (2, one creased) with one partially affixed under the two 1/2d. values, the Postage values cancelled by Livingstone c.d.s., the two U.S. values cancelled by indistinct oval obliterators, upon arrival redirected to New York with arrival c.d.s. (3.7) tying one 5c. value. An unusual cover and the first that we recount having offered carried on accelerated by air system. Photo £300-400
Note: The two U.S. Air stamps affixed prior to despatch from Livingstone with the cover carried under the scheme whereby mails for overseas, instead of being carried by slower surface transport, could be accelerated by air within the U.S. provided that the current air fee was pre-paid with U.S. stamps
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x 1930 (Dec.) Government "White Paper" pamphlets publicising the introduction of the London to Cape air service passing through Northern Rhodesia, two examples from London to Capt. Smye at Broken Hill, both bearing 9d. agate, showing arrival c.d.s. (19.12) and marked for Return to Sender. An unusual pair £100-120
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x 1932 Imperial Airways selection of covers with January Southbound from G.B. and from India, both to Broken Hill and from Broken Hill to Cape Town, Northbound from Broken Hill and Livingstone to England, and from Livingstone to Austria with Greek "plane" cachet, June from New Zealand to Broken Hill and marked "Return to Sender", October from India to Broken Hill, and 1934 Extension of the service August to Madagascar and December to Australia (2). An interesting group £300-350
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x 1934 (17 Apr.) envelope registered from Broken Hill to Pernambuco for acceptance on the Zeppelin First South America flight, bearing 1925-29 1/2d. to 6d. with additional 3d. all neatly cancelled by c.d.s., showing "europa-sudamerika" cachet and Berlin illustrated cachets, both in red, and Friedrichshafen c.d.s. (26.5), all on face, the reverse with Broken Hill (17.4), Berlin (27.4) and Pernambuco (29.5) c.d.s. A rare Zeppelin acceptance with only about one dozen covers recorded. Photo £800-1,000
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x 1935 (28 Aug.) envelope registered from Broken Hill to Pernambuco, bearing Silver Jubilee 3d. (2) and 6d. (3) cancelled by double-ring datestamps and "by german air mail" perforated label, carried by Imperial Airways to London and thence by German airmail service and finally via the "Wesfalen" catapult flight over the South Atlantic, showing "europa-sudamerika" illustrated cachet in red and sealed at foot with yellow on green "Correspondencia Postal" label tied by Pernambuco c.d.s. (16.11). An elusive item of catapult mail originating in Northern Rhodesia. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x 1936 (23 Sept.) envelope from England to Lusaka and recovered from the wreck of the Imperial airliner "Boadicea" which disappeared over the English Channel with the loss of both crew members, stamp floated off and showing French wreck cachet in red, the reverse with French "Postes, Telegraphes et Telephones" label strip of four tied by Lusaka arrival c.d.s. (10.11); also two contemporary newspaper cuttings announcing the recovery of a bag of mail from the wreck. Photo £250-300
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x 1936 (23 Oct.) "Test Cover" envelope from London "via Marseilles & Stanleyville" and "Via SABENA service. (Brussels, Elizabethville)" to Broken Hill, bearing 1d., 2d. and 1/- with double-ring datestamps and showing, on reverse, Paris (23.10) and Broken Hill (30.10) datestamps; a scarce item carried on the Sabena Accelerated Service with few examples recorded. Photo £100-120
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x 1938 (30 Dec.) envelope from Johannesburg to Mongu, bearing 1 1/2d. with machine datestamp and signed by the pilot A.H. Downing, Lusaka (2.1) and Mongu (3.1) c.d.s. on reverse; previously unrecorded. Photo £250-300
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