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1897 2 1/2d. on 1/- dull lilac horizontal strip of three, Types 11, 9, 13, Freetown cancellations of 12 July 1897; the first with blue crayon lines and rounded lower left corner, otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2015), S.G. 66, 64, 66b, £3,025. Photo £700-800
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1918 (15 Feb.) envelope to USA, bearing 1914 2 1/2d. (a little soiled) tied by Freetown c.d.s. and showing straight-line "passed by censor" with framed "1" in half oval (Martin & Walton Type 3) in black £70-90
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1933 Wilberforce set, fresh and fine mint. S.G. 168-180. £1,100. Photo £300-400
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Selection (28, chiefly post cards) including 1891 1 1/2d. card to Germany, reply paid cards, etc., also 1897-1963 group of covers (27), mostly commercial; mixed condition £100-150
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Selection (65) on stockpages, including 1896-97 £1 pen-cancelled with 6d. and 2/- (2) on piece, George V with values to 10/-, £1 and £2, 1932 £1 block of six on piece, etc., mixed condition £150-200
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x A general collection of mint issues in stockbook which includes 1913-24 5/- (2), Airmails, 1930-44 2/6d. pair, 1933-48 hyphenated values to 10/- pair (3), 1938 Centenary set, 1939 Landing set, 1941-46 War Effort, 1954 set to 10/-, later issues to 1969; Officials with 1935-49 hyphenated values to 5/- and 10/- (2), 1950-54 values to 5/- (3) and 10/- (2). Also New Republic £1 and Swaziland 1933 5/- and 10/-,
1938-54 set to 10/-, Q.E. sets to top value. Generally clean and fine, lightly mounted or unmounted mint £300-350
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1916 £1 green and red, marginal from the foot of the sheet with plate number, lovely fresh colours, "middle July 1916" ink notation in margin, unmounted mint. Very fine. SACC R29,700; S.G. 17. Photo £800-1,000
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1922 (12 Dec.) G.B. 4 1/2d. registered envelope from Balham to Pretoria, upon arrival redirected to East London and bearing 1913-24 6d. with oval registered datestamp (5.1) and with handstamped registration handstamp below deleted original label; unusual use of the compulsory redirection fee for registered mail £70-90
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1930-44 2d. blue and violet horizontal pair, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 44e, £350 £100-120
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1930-44 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 £120-150
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1930-44 2/6d. green and brown horizontal pair with inverted watermark, fine mint.
S.G. 49aw £80-100
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1942-44 4d. upper right corner block of twenty units with sheet number in red, fine unmounted mint £80-100
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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. £80-100
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x 1974-76 Flowers 3c. "arrow" marginal block of eight (2x4) from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate; all creased, otherwise sound. S.G. 350ab, £480 £60-80
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1987 Bible Society 40c. error, unmounted mint; flat spot on gum. SACC 638, R12,000. Photo £380-450
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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 £140-180
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1860 4d. imperforate plate proof in carmine, a block of six (3x2) on thick wove paper, the upper row with light crease and the top right stamp with small black mark at base of Queen's neck, otherwise fine £60-80
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x 1886-96 perf. 11 1/2-12 1/2 £10 bronze, unused with large part original gum, good strong colour. An attractive example of this rare stamp. R.P.S.V. Certificate (2010). S.G. 206a, £6,500. Photo £2,500-3,000
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x A general mint collection in stockbook which includes 1923-26 10/- pair, 1927 set to 10/- in pairs with additional values to 10/-, 1927-30 £1, 1931 pictorial set to 20/- plus 20/- pair fine used and additional values to 10/- (3), 1941-43 War Effort, 1943-44 Bantams including 4d. block of four overprint inverted (R.P.S. Cert.), 1954 set to
10/-. A clean and attractive lot, mostly unmounted mint £350-400
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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 £3,000-3,500
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1954 (Nov.) Definitive 1d. to 10/- set of twenty-five different colour trials, comprising 1d. (2), 2d. (2), 3d., 4d. (3), 4 1/2d. (2), 6d. (3), 1/- (2), 1/3d. (2), 1/6d. (2), 2/6d. (2), 5/- (2) and 10/- (2), fine unmounted mint £700-900
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1974 Rock Engravings 5c., variety black (country name and value) omitted, fine unmounted mint. Scarce. PFSA Certificate (2011). SACC 274a, R90,000. Photo £2,200-2,500
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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 £1,000-1,200
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1901-02 1d. die proof of the frame in black on glazed card, marked "before hardening" and dated "12 oct 00", fine. Photo £200-250
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x A general mint collection on stock leaves with 1924-29 Admiral set to 5/-, 1931-37 set to 5/- with a few duplicates, 1937 set to 5/-, 1953 set to £1 and 1964 set to £1.
Also Postage Dues including 4d. dull grey-blue. Lightly mounted or unmounted mint £150-180
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x 1924-29 1/2d. to 5/- set of fourteen, 1931-37 1/2d. to 5/- basic set of fifteen and 1/-
perf. 14, used; first 2/6d. and 5/- a fraction soiled, otherwise good to fine. S.G. 1-27, 23b, £650 £100-120
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1924-29 1/2d. blue-green horizontal marginal pair from the left of the sheet, variety imperforate between and between stamp and margin, lightly mounted in margin only; one with light natural paper crease, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 1 var. Photo £500-600
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1937 duplicated used quantity with postmark interest comprising 8d. (48), 9d. (53), 10d. (41), 1/6d. (74), 2/- (163), 2/6d. (222) and 5/- (161). Fair to fine £200-300
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1934 (27 Sept.) Zeppelin Tenth South America flight postcard from Salisbury "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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1936 (7 Oct.) Schlesinger Air Race envelope from Salisbury to England carried by Capt. S.S. Halse who crashed near Salisbury while leading the race, bearing 1d., 2d. and G.B. 1 1/2d. sharing c.d.s., signed by the pilot and with manuscript "Salvaged from wreck of Capt. Halse's plane crashed at Domboshawa near Salisbury, S. Rhodesia 30-9-36". Photo £200-250
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1924 3/-, 7/6d., 10/-, £1, £5, £10 and £20 complete design imperforate printer's file proofs in marginal blocks of four from the top of the sheet with imprint, vignette and frame die numbers, the usual punched holes and printer's correction marks in places; some creases and a few other faults though an impressive and unique group £1,500-1,800
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1924 3/-, £10 and £20 vignette and complete design imperforate printer's file proofs blocks of twenty (10x2), being the complete lower two rows of the sheet with the usual hole punctures, all with notes on the correct layout of the sheet, numbers to be printed and approval of the colours with the complete design trio showing some correction marks, all folded for display purposes; some creasing, 3/- vignette block with portion of lower margin torn away and £20 complete design with some damage in the lower margin, nevertheless an impressive and unique group £3,000-3,500
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x 1924 £50 orange and blue used with part Bulawayo Civil Commissioners oval datestamp in violet; colours a little faded though a rare stamp. Barefoot 8, £450 £60-80
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1934 3/-, 7/6d., 10/-, £1, £5, £10 and £20 perforated printer's file proofs complete design marginal (£5) or upper right corner blocks of four with the usual hole punctures; creases in places. A fine and rare group £800-900
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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. Photo £200-250
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1954 1d. to £50 set of sixteen imperforate colour trials in the issued colours with additional 6d., 3/- and £50 in colours that were not accepted, all affixed on two pieces of card (157x261mm.) with each bearing printer's label at foot. A fine and unique group £1,500-2,000
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1850-1986 mint and used collection housed in four blue Davo albums contained in a carton, including 1850 12c. pair, 5r., 6r. and 10r., 1851 5r., 6r. and 10r., 1852 12c., 2r. 5r., 10r., 1853 12c., 2r., 5r., 10r., 1853 Madrid Local 1c., 3c., 1854 thin paper 2c., 1r., 2r., 5r., 6r., 1855 watermark loops 2c., 1856 watermark crossed lines 2c., 1r., 1862 19c., 1864 19c., 1865 imperf. 19c., perf. 19c., 1866 19c., 1867 19c., 1870 19c., 1e.600m., 2e., 1872-73 4p., 10p., 1873 4p., 10p., 1874 4p., 10p., 1875 4p., 10p., 1876-77 10p., 1878 10p., 1879 10p., 1889 10p., 1905 Cervantes, 1920 U.P.U. (4p. and 10p. A000.0000), 1926 Red Cross Postage and Air, 1927 Coronation Postage and Air, surcharge set, 1930 Railway Congress Postage and Air, 1931 Republic unissued 4p. and 10p. (Edifil NE26-27), 1931 Montserrat Postage and Air (mixed perfs.), 1936 Exhibition Postage and Air, 1938 Air 45c. + 2p. + 5p., 1938 Constitution Air 1p. + 5p., 1938 Submarine miniature sheet, 1938 Militia set, 1938 Army and Navy imperf. sheet, 1940-46 Zaragoza Postage and Air, 1950 Stamp Centenary Postage and Air, 1950 Visit 10c. on 50c., 10c. on 1p., 10p. on 25p. (without figures), later issues, Carlist issues, War Tax 1876 5p., 1897 15c., Civil War labels, etc., mixed condition though a valuable and useful lot with viewing recommended. Photo £5,000-6,000
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Postal Stationery: 1882-1966 mostly mint selection (23), including post cards with 1901-03 5c., 10c., 1905 10c., 1931 25c., reply paid cards with 1920 10c. + 10c., 20c. + 20c., etc., chiefly fine £80-100
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x A mint selection on stock leaves with a few 1897 overprints in multiples including Official 5m. perforated "S.G." tête-bêche vertical pair, 1935-37 Gordon Air Mail 10p. block of four, some surcharges, 1941 Palm Trees set to 20m. (2), 1948 set to 50p., 1951-61 values to 50p. in corner plate blocks of four; Officials with 1950 set to 20p. and 1951 values to 50p. in corner plate blocks of four. The first issue is lightly mounted mint, the others apparently unmounted mint £250-300
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x 1898-1954 mint collection of Camel issues written-up on pages and in a stockbook including 1898 1m. to 10p., 1902-21 1m. to 10p., 1905 5m. on 5p. (2, one used),
1921-23 1m. to 15m., 1927-42 1m. to 20p. including ordinary papers (no 2p.) plus 4m. with watermark inverted (used) and a range of values to 4p. with misplaced vignette, 1940-41 Air 4 1/2p. proofs of both surcharges in blocks of four and 1948-51 1m. to 50p. plus perf 13 20p. and 1m. to 15m. in top left corner plate number blocks of six showing "nun" flaw, 1m. to 10m. in marginal blocks of six each overprinted "school" and with a central punch hole, and 2p. , 4p., 20p. and 50p. pairs each overprinted "New Issue" by typewriter; Official stamps including 1902 1m. (11 including a pair, one with oval "O" - R.P.S. Certificate, 1987, and three singles with overprint misplaced), 1903-12 1m. to 10p. (both) set of ten with additional 2p. handstamped "Specimen" by the Rhodesia receiving authority and 5p. showing variety malformed "O", 1922 3m. to 10m.,
1936-46 2p., 5p. and 10p. (both) and 1948 1m. to 15m. in lower right corner plate number pairs and 2p. to 50p. in lower right corner plate number strips of three and a complete set in singles, plus 1m. to 15m. in top left corner plate number blocks of six each showing "nun" flaw; Army Service stamps including 1905 (Jan.) "army" reading up 1m. block of four with one showing "!" for "1" and a single with smaller overprint, "army" reading down 1m., 1905 (Nov.) wmk Quatrefoil 1m. (BPA Certificate, 1966) and
1906-11 1m. to 1p. in blocks of four showing long tail to "y"; condition generally fine. Also some literature: Sudan, The Stamps and Postal Stationery of 1867 to 1970 by Stagg and Stamps and Posts of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Gisburn and Thompson £1,000-1,200
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x Vignette only with uncleared country tablets and circular surround, in black on glazed card (92x60mm) marked "before hardening" and dated "21 sep 97", fine. Photo £200-250
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x Vignette only in black on glazed card (92x60mm) marked "after striking" and dated "1 nov 97", fine. Photo £200-250
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x 5m. frame only in black on glazed card (92x60mm), unmarked, fine. Photo £150-180
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x 1p. frame only in black on glazed card (92x60mm), unmarked, fine. Photo £150-180
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x 5p. frame only in black on glazed card (92x60mm), unmarked, fine. Photo £150-180
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x 10p. frame only in black on glazed card (92x60mm), unmarked, fine. Photo £150-180
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x 1902-21 vignette die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked "before striking", initialled and dated "Sept 5", fine. Photo £200-250
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x 1902-21 5p. imperforate plate proofs (2) in issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, one overprinted "specimen", fine £100-120
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x 5m. on 5p. brown and green diagonally handstamped "specimen" by the Bechuanaland receiving authority, without gum; two small thins and some paper adhereing to reverse none of which affects appearance. The only known example. S.G. 29. Photo £60-80
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x 5m. on 5p. brown and green, a complete setting of thirty (6x5) and a block of twelve (3x4; a few split perfs) with two showing variety damaged stereos, fine mint. S.G. 29, 29b; £410 £120-150
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