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1935 Silver Jubilee 6d. variety broken flagstaff, used; fractional colour suffusion, otherwise sound £70-90
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1938-52 1 1/2d. carmine-red pair, the left-hand stamp variety tick bird flaw and with printer's mark at upper left corner, sharing indistinct c.d.s. Scarce. S.G. 29b, £450+. Photo £140-180
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1948 envelope registered from Tientsin to Nkana, franked at $1,400,000 and with Egyptian transit handstamp in blue below, the reverse with despatch, Shanghai, Egypt, Salisbury and Kitwe transit c.d.s.; a few small faults though most unusual £80-100
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1953 6d. grey-black, variety watermark inverted, fine mint. Rare. S.G. 68w, £4,500. Photo £2,000-2,500
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1963 9d. yellow-brown, variety value and orange (eagle) omitted, fine unmounted mint and with a normal comparison. S.G. 81b, £600. Photo £320-350
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1963 5/- magenta, variety value omitted, marginal from the foot of the sheet, fine unmounted mint. The rarest of all the value omitted errors from this issue. S.G. 86a, £2,750. Photo £1,600-1,800
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1934 (8 June) Zeppelin third South America (Argentine) flight envelope registered from Broken Hill "By Airship Graf Zeppelin Voi London/Overland" to Pernambuco, Brazil, franked at 1/11d. and showing illustrated flight cachet in violet and Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s. (23.6), various transit c.d.s. on reverse. Rare. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1934 (26 Sept.) Zeppelin Tenth South America flight postcard from Mpika "By Airmail to London/By Zeppelin from Germany" to Pernambuco, Brazil, franked at 4 1/2d. and showing illustrated flight cachet in red, Friedrichshafen and Koln-Herbesthal transit d.s. (13.10), Recife transit c.d.s. (16.10) on reverse. Rare. Photo £800-1,000
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1939 (2 Jan.) Barotseland first flight envelope from Mongu Lealui to Mankoya, bearing 1 1/2d. with c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. (3.1) alongside and signed by the pilot H.R. Kirkman. Scarce. Photo £200-250
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1945 (18 June) envelope carried on first Livingstone-Bulawayo flight by S.R.A.S., bearing 1 1/2d. with c.d.s. and a further strike alongside, signed by the pilot Maj. L.E. Creasy and with arrival c.d.s. (18.6) on reverse. Rare with only eight items believed flown. Photo £250-300
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2014 K4.05 on 1910 FIFA World Cup K,050 marginal block of nine, fine unmounted. Very rare with few surcharged £250-300
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x A collection of mint in stockbook which includes 1891-95 B.C.A. values to 8d. pair, 1895 £1 overprinted "specimen", 1896 set to £1 overprinted "specimen", 1903-04 10/-, 1908-11 £1, 1913-21 10/- and £1, 1921-33 2/- and 2/6d., 1934-35 to 1/- perforated "specimen", 1938-44 2/- to £1 (2 sets), 1945 set to 20/- perforated "specimen" and mint (2), 1953-54 to 20/- and 1964 set to £1; 1950 Postage Due set. A clean lots, mostly lightly mounted or unmounted mint £700-800
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1895 Arms issue die proof of the large Arms vignette used for the 2/6d./£25 values, in black on surfaced card (89x114mm.); fine and very rare. Photo £4,000-5,000
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1897-1900 £1 imperforate colour trial in black and dull purple (issued colours) on watermarked paper with small part original gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1969). Photo £300-400
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1897 Arms £10 black and yellow, neatly cancelled by part Zomba squared-circle datestamp, lovely fresh bright colours, very fine. Rare. Brandon Certificate (1987).
S.G. 52, £2,750. Photo £1,600-1,800
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1901 (3 June) part printed "stamps" wrapper from Zomba to England, bearing 1896 6d. with c.d.s. and the reverse with superb Postmaster General red wax seal and Hull arrival c.d.s.; most unusual £80-100
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1908-11 KEVII De La Rue Universal Colour Trials, comprising First Series dated 23rd November 1907, " 1/2d" in green, "2/6" in grey and carmine on blue, "4/-" in green and black, "5/-" in dull purple and black on red, "8/-" in dull purple and blue-green, "10/-" in green and red on green, "£1" in green and red on yellow and "£25" in dull purple and orange, all with solid numeral; and "1 1/2d" in yellow-orange and purple, "2d" in grey and orange, "2d" in slate-grey, "1/6" in green and blue, "2/-" in dull purple and yellow-green, and "£5" in green and yellow, all with white numeral; each affixed to a small piece with manuscript denominations alongside, fine. A very rare and most attractive group. Photo £5,000-6,000
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1908-11 KEVII De La Rue Universal Colour Trials, Second Series dated 16th December 1907, 1d. and £10, both in grey-green and dull mauve and affixed to small piece, fine. Photo £600-700
Note: This colour combination was suggested for the 8/- value
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1911 (29 Mar.) commercial envelope registered to Vienna, bearing 1908-11 4/- black and carmine neatly tied by "blantyre nyasaland" squared-circle d.s, showing violet registration h.s. at left and, on reverse, Chinde (7.4), Zanzibar (13.4), Naples (2.5) and arrival (5.5) datestamps. A rare stamp on cover. S.G. 79. Photo £700-800
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1938-44 £1 purple and black on red, variety serif on "g", fine very lightly mounted mint. S.G. 143c, £1,100. Photo £500-600
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1953 1/2d. to 20/- set of fifteen in marginal blocks of four with imprint, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 173-187, £260+ £200-250
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x 1950 3d. block of four and 4d. block of six, both marginal and neatly cancelled by Lilongwe 1964 c.d.s. S.G. D3, 4, £384+ £140-180
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x A mint range of large multiples (up to 120) with many arranged on pages giving plating details, nearly all 1/2d., 1d. or 2d. values with a few others and some Orange River Colony; generally good to fine and a useful lot for the specialist. Stated to ca. £2,525. (1690) £400-500
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x A range (209) in a small stockbook, largely mint with a range of multiples and varieties, including S.G. 102e (2), 102h (2), 104a contained in a marginal block of eight, 106 grossly misplaced overprint pair, 107a contained in a marginal strip of six and a single, 108 block of four, 109a and 109b (3) in pairs with normal, 110b (2), 111a in pair with normal, etc.; a few small faults in places though generally good to fine. Stated to cat. c. £4,000 £700-800
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x 1/2d. on 1/2d. (3), two (one marginal) with variety v.r.i." omitted, the other with surcharge double, fine mint. S.G. 101e, h, £540 £180-200
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x 1d. on 1d. error surcharged on 1d. deep brown, lightly mounted mint; folded between and with the lower stamp having a few shortish perfs. at foot. A rare multiple of this error. R.P.S. Certificate (1953). S.G. 102a, £1,200. Photo £400-500
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x 1d. on 1d. purple, variety "i" and stop after "b" omitted tied on piece by Rouxville c.d.s., and variety "d" omitted, mint with hinge remainder; both with a small imperfections, otherwise fine. S.G. 102g, i, £673. Photo £200-250
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x 3d. on 3d. ultramarine strip of four, variety surcharge misplaced causing "v.r.i." to appear at top and foot of stamps, mint; one with a gum crease though a spectacular misplacement. S.G. 106 var. Photo £150-200
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x 3d. on 3d. ultramarine strip of six, variety surcharge misplaced horizontally and diagonally resulting in the left-hand stamp showing small portion of "v" only, mint with hinge remainders; the left-hand stamp with defective upper left corner. A spectacular variety. S.G. 106. Photo £200-250
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x 3d. on 3d. ultramarine pair, variety one without surcharge, mint; gum a fraction off-white, otherwise fine. Scarce. S.G. 106b, £650. Photo £300-350
Provenance: Dale Lichtenstein, March 1991
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x 6d. on 6d. bright carmine (3) with varieties no stop after "v", "6" omitted and "6d" omitted, mint; the last not guaranteed. S.G. 108a, b, £295+ £150-200
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x 6d. on 6d. blue, variety "v.r.i." omitted, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein c.d.s.; fine and scarce. S.G. 109c, £375. Photo £200-250
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x 1/- on 1/- brown selection comprising "1" omitted mint (2, one in pair with normal) and used, "1" omitted and spaced stop after "s" mint in pair with normal and used, and raised stop after "s" mint (2, one in pair with normal); a couple with small faults though of good to fine appearance. S.G. 110c, d, g, £658 £200-250
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x 1/- on 1/- brown, variety "1" inserted by hand, small part c.d.s. at foot; lower right corner rounded, otherwise fine. Rare. S.G. 110ca, £1,000. Photo £500-600
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x 1d. on 1d. purple upper right corner block of four with plate number, the right-hand vertical pair showing variety inserted "r" with the lower right stamp additionally with thick "v", mint; diagonally creases though a rare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (1993).
S.G. 113, n, 124n, £850+. Photo £400-500
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x 3d. on 3d. ultramarine, variety surcharge double, part original gum. Scarce. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1990). S.G. 117f, £400. Photo £180-200
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x 3d. on 3d. ultramarine, variety surcharge double, one diagonal, mint with hinge remainder. Scarce. S.G. 117g, £400. Photo £180-200
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x 1/- on 1/- vertical pair, variety surcharged on 1/- orange-yellow, fresh lightly mounted mint. Fine and a very rare multiple of this surcharge error. S.G. 121a, £2,600+. Photo £1,500-2,000
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x 1929-30 Air, Ash printing 3d. black and blue-green lower left corner vertical strip of five, the top stamp with variety overprint omitted, unused with large part original gum, the top vertical pair severed and rejoined with hinge and the top pair with perfs re-enforced. An extremely rare error and an exhibition showpiece. R.P.S.V. Certificate (2014).
S.G. 114/114b, £7500+. Photo £5,000-6,000
Note: A single sheet with the overprint omitted on the fifth and sixth horizontal rows was discovered in 1929 by the London dealer, Richard Roberts. The sheet was divided into five upper strips of 5 and five lower strips of three
Literature:
"Papua Airmail Overprint Varieties 1929-30" by Raymond Kelly, pages 17-23
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x 1932-40 1/2d. to £1 set of sixteen, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 130-145, £550 £100-120
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x A mint collection on stock leaves which includes 1901-05 values to 1/-, 1910-11 2/6d. type C, 1916-31 5/-, 1917 1d. surcharges, 1929-30 airmails in singles and multiples, 1932-40 set to £1 with additional values to 2/6d. (3) and 5/-, 1938 and 1939 Air sets; Papua & New Guinea with 1952-58 set to £1 (3) with additional values to £1 (2) and £1 Specimen, 1963 10/- and £1 Specimen, 1964-65 10/- Specimen and other issues to 1968, both 1960 Postage Due sets. Generally fresh and fine, lightly mounted or unmounted mint £300-350
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1878-1978 mint and used collection in a black album, hundreds including 1878 black "5" on 1r., 2r., 1934 Zeppelin set, a good range of later issues with sets, miniature sheets, etc., many fine £150-200
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1938-2003 collection of covers neatly mounted and written-up on pages, contained in a carton, including 1938 Radio Communication covers (3) bearing N.Z. 1d. with Postal Agency c.d.s. and cachet in blue, 1940-55 collection of covers (31) bearing George VI values including 1940 registered and censored to Tahiti with set of eight and Bounty cachet, 1940 illustrated type to President Roosevelt with 1/2d., 1d. and 1 1/2d., both ex Roosevelt collection, several other illustrated types with two signed by Roy Clark, 1946 Victory and 1948 Wedding sets, 1951 4d. and 8d. on illustrated first day cover and 1953 registered to USA bearing 6d., undelivered and returned, 1951 and 1952 official unstamped covers with one showing "official/paid." handstamp in red and many later; also The Pitcairn Island Specialized Stamp Catalog by Kisling. An interesting lot £500-600
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x 1853-1982 mainly used collection arranged in a stockbook including a good range of early imperforate issues, 1895 St. Anthony values to 300r., 1923-26 glazed paper mint 2e.40 sage-green, 3e. pink, 3e.20 bronze-green, 5e. turquoise-green, 1930 4e.50 orange; condition a little mixed in places. (hundreds) £160-200
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x A middle period selection of mint issues on stock leaves with 1940 Rowland Hill set, 1941 Costumes set, 1943-49 set of twenty six to 50e., 1944 Brotero, 1945 Navigators, President Carmona set, 1946 Castles set, 1947 Regional Costumes set, Recapture of Lisbon, 1949 Portraits set, 1950 Holy Year, San Juan de Dios, 1952 N.A.T.O. pair, St. Francis Xavier, 1953 Medieval Knight to 50e., and to 1953 Automobile Club. Most are unmounted mint making a good lot £600-800
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x 1945 President Carmona 10c. to 3e.50 set of eight in blocks of four, unmounted mint. S.G. 977-984, £900 £150-200
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Postal Stationery: Selection (70) including Angola, Azores with Angra, Cape Verde, Macao, Madeira, Mozambique, Portuguese Guinea, Portuguese India, St. Thomas and Prince Islands, etc., chiefly unused, mostly fine £100-120
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x A mint collection on stock leaves which includes 1892-93 6d. single and pair, 1892-94 4d. pair and 8d. (3), 1896-97 Arms 10/-, 1898-1908 10/- (2) and £2, 1905 Victoria Falls 2/6d. and 56/-, 1910-13 Double Heads including 1/- purple-black and blue-green, 2/-, 2/6d., 5/- and 7/6d., Admiral values to £1 (tone spots); Q.E. issues to top values. Also Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 values to 7/6d., 1938-52 set to 20/- perforated "specimen" and unmounted mint with additional 20/-, 1953 set to 20/- and 1963 set to 20/-; and Rhodesia & Nyasaland with 1954-56 set to £1, 1959-62 set to £1 (2). Some of the earlier issues with some gum disturbances, otherwise lightly mounted or unmounted mint £700-800
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1892-93 1d. to £10 set of eleven imperforate plate proofs in issued colours on wove paper, fine. PFSA Certificate (2012) for each of the top four values. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x 1892-93 £2 rose-red, cancelled-to-order by Umtali 1898 c.d.s.; fine. S.G. 11, £170 £60-80
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