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1909-12 £2 rosy brown (perf. 14x15 1/2) on bluish paper, fresh mint; fine and rare. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1963). S.G. 113d, £4,000. Photo £2,000-2,500
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A mint/unused selection comprising perf. 14, 1/2d. (2), 1d. (2), 2 1/2d. (2), 4d., 6d., 10d. (2), 1/- (2), 2/- (2), 3/-, £1 and perf. 13 1/2, 8d. (2); most of the higher values with
re-distributed gum. All with Philatelic Federation of South Africa Certificates (2015). Fresh colours £500-600
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1/2d. Plate II, dull blue-green group (RJL,5), block of six, [25-37], variety imperforate with good to large margins all round, unused without gum; the usual creasing associated with this sheet (two vertical creases between or closely between the impressions), and with a small thinning at centre though overall of fine appearance. Considered to be the largest remaining multiple of this rare variety. S.G. 120a, £45,000+. Photo £4,000-5,000
Provenance: Colin Donaldson, 1983
Norman Levin, 2005
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3d. deep reddish purple and ochre, RSC "I", [6] flaw under lip of King's curl, fresh mint with a single hinge remainder; diagonal bend. Rare. Photo £600-700
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
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6d. bright chestnut and mauve, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, head plate set high, large part original gum; gum crease otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 145a, £700. Photo £300-350
Provenance: Norman Levin, November 1993
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6d. red-brown and crimson, RSC "D" within the S.G. 145a family, [3], large part original gum, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1978) as S.G. 145a. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
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1/- purple-black and blue-green, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, lightly mounted mint. S.G. 152a, £250. Photo £100-120
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2/- deep black and light blue, RSC "E", [38] with trace of printer's mark at lower left, fresh lightly mounted mint; tiny hinge thin, otherwise fine. Very rare, being one of less than ten recorded unused examples. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: Derek Lambert, November 1999
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2/6d. black and lake, [2] Hook (faint) in Queen's ear, fine mint with a single hinge remainder. S.G. 155. Photo £300-350
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
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2/6d. black and crimson, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, fresh very lightly mounted mint; scarce and very fine. S.G. 155a. Photo £500-600
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2/6d. sepia and deep crimson, [46] King's extra curl, part original gum; fine. S.G. 156. Photo £180-200
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2/6d. black and rose-carmine, [46] King's extra curl, lightly mounted mint; fine. Photo £150-180
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2/6d. blacking brown and rose-red, RSC "F", [46] King's extra curl, a rich shade,
part original gum. A rare stamp. Photo £600-700
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2/6d. blacking brown and rose-red, RSC "F", described by John Michael as "towards F", part original gum, fresh and fine. A rare stamp. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Derek Lambert, November 1999
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7/6d. carmine and light blue, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, part original gum; trace of thinning at hinge area; fine appearance. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 161. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Norman Levin, November 1993
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£1 carmine-red and (blackish) indigo, deep rich colours, large part original gum; fine and scarce. S.G. 166 variant. Photo £600-700
Provenance: Gunnar Strehmel, June 1994
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£1 crimson and slate-black, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, large part original gum;
small light tone mark at hinge area though an attractive example of this rare stamp.
B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 166a. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987
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£1 (bright) carmine and (greenish blue) slate, RSC "E", [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, large part original gum; thin spot towards foot, otherwise fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1977). Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: Gunnar Strehmel, June 1994
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4d. black and orange, RSC "C", [3], marginal with large part imprint, exceptionally lightly mounted mint. Photo £150-200
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Perf. 14 1/2d. bright green vertical marginal strip of three from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate between stamps and margin, fine mint. Very rare and not to be confused with the imperforate between stamp and interpanneau margin varieties which are perforated through the margin. S.G. 189 var. £350-400
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Perf. 15 1/2d. green block of nine, fresh unmounted mint £100-120
Provenance: R.M.Gibbs, September 1988
Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006
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Die II, perf. 14 £1 black and dull vio<\h>let with handpainting above King's cap, fine mint. Photo £150-200
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x Die II, perf. 14 £1 black and violet, original gum, centred a little to right, fine.
S.G. 243, £450. Photo £200-220
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x Die II, perf. 15, 3/- chocolate and blue, large part original gum, pencil mark on reverse, fine. S.G. 250, £750. Photo £250-300
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Die II, perf. 15, £1 black and vivid purple, fresh with part original gum. A lovely shade. Photo £800-1,000
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x Die III, perf. 14 2d. (2), 3d., 4d., 6d., 8d. (2), 10d. (2), 1/-, 2/-, 2/6d. (2), 3/- (2), 5/- (2); large part original gum, 2/- with paper adhering to the reverse, chiefly fine £300-350
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1917 (Aug.) Livingstone Provisional, 1/2d. on 1d. rose-scarlet horizontal strip of three, [18-20] of the setting, surcharge inverted, [18-19] with spaced "n y", overprint positions [38-40] and stamp positions [21-23], mint with the outer stamps unmounted; a couple on tiny light tone marks, otherwise fine. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 280, a, c, £4,200+. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: Shapland, Christie's Robson Lowe, June 1993
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1931-80 collection of cover (36), mostly air mails, including 1931 Broken Hill/Capetown, 1932 Broken Hill/London, 1935 Salisbury/Biera/Salisbury flights (7), Forces mail, etc., good to fine £400-500
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x 1963 World Tobacco Congress 3d. vertical strip of five from the top of the sheet, the top stamp showing partially dry print of the olive-brown resulting in value largely disappearing and a thickening of "rhodesia & nyasaland", etc. fine unmounted mint and accompanied by a normal strip for comparison. A striking and scarce variety. Photo £200-250
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1868-70 2b. yellow (2 shades), 4b. blue (2 shades), 18b., thinner paper 3b. mauve
(2 shades), large part original gum, one 4b. slightly stained, otherwise fresh and fine £80-100
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1869 10b. blue (2), 1871-72 5b. (2), 15b., 25b. (2), 10b. (corner pair and two singles), 50b., large part original gum, fresh and fine £150-200
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1844-1985, Collection of covers and cards (550+ and many loose stamps), housed in five albums contained in a carton, including Censored, Registered, Red Cross, Prisoner of War, Field Post, Military Propaganda, Air Mails, Travelling Post Offices, etc., mixed condition but an interesting lot. Also Literature with "Russian Railway Postmarks" by Kiryushkin and Robinson and "The Postmarks of Moscow, 1765-1917" by Combs and Warr £600-800
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1957 "4 x 57 First Artificial Satellite of the World" 40k., cancelled block of twenty-five (5 x 5), some gum wrinkles, fine. S.G. 2151, £1,175 £100-120
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Postal Stationery: 1961-83 collection of 150+ mostly commemorative cards housed in a black album, chiefly unused; fine £100-150
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x 1961 (12 Oct.) Tristan Relief Fund 2 1/2c.+3d. to 10c.+1/- set of four with the 2 1/2c.+3d. and 7 1/2+9d. marginal, fresh mint with each having a single hinge remainder. PFSA Certificate (1980) for each. S.G. 172-175, £8,000. Photo £2,500-3,000
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1932 1c. to 8c. in imprint strips of four and 10c. to $1 (toned perf at top) in blocks of four, fine mint. S.G. 91-105, £400. (V) £150-200
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x 1934-41 25c., 30c., 50c., $1 and $2, each in a complete printer's archive file sheet of one hundred affixed to thin card, the $2 with printed numbers "1", "100" and "000" in top margin, all with manuscript file number and dated between 1934 and 1941 in top margin; 25c. with a little foxing, mainly confined to the margins, otherwise generally fine.
Cat. £6,400 £1,000-1,200
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1946 Centenary die proof of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke in black on proof paper;
some paper splitting on the right side and small red ink mark at foot, largely on reverse. Scarce. Photo £350-400
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1886 (5 July) envelope (opened-out) from Manoh Salijah to France, bearing 1884-91 4d. brown (defective at upper left) cancelled with a legible strike of the "post office/manoh salijah/post office" oval-framed handstamp in red and with Calais-Paris T.P.O. c.d.s. (4.8) at left, the reverse with a superb strike of the oval handstamp, "manoh salijah/sierra leone" c.d.s. in red, Sierra Leone (12.7), London (4.8) and Auxerre (5.8) c.d.s.; minor perimeter faults with small tear affecting the oval handstamp on reverse, nevertheless a very rare cover. S.G. 33. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971
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x 1921-27 Script £2 blue and dull purple, original gum, fine and fresh. S.G. 147, £900. Photo £300-350
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x 1948 (11 Dec.) envelope (265x115mm.) registered from Christmas Island and addressed locally, bearing 1948 perf. 14 1c. to $2 and Wedding $5 in pairs with each neatly cancelled by "christmas island" c.d.s. in blue; a colourful franking £100-120
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1962-65 $2 Yellow-bellied Sunbird, a top left corner block of four showing yellow-green grossly misplaced downwards, also $1 White-breasted Kingfisher block of four showing major misplacement of perforations to upper right; fine unmounted mint. Photo for $2 £1,200-1,500
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1974 (June) 9th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference 10c., a block of four showing major shift of gold to right, fine unmounted mint. With matching normal block for comparison.
S.G. 233var £400-500
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1903 KEVII 2a violet, overprint at foot, variety "brit sh" instead of "british";
one shortish perf. at foot, dealer's authentication mark on reverse and part original gum. Fine with good appearance. S.G. 27a, £1,300. Photo £150-200
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x 1910 Parliament 2 1/2d. selection comprising mint single, blocks of four and six, a used example, with Cape, Natal, ORC and Transvaal 2 1/2d. affixed to piece cancelled on day of issue at Germiston and signed "Hugo" (H.S. Wilkinson, designer), five used examples cancelled on day of issue at Cape Town, Heidelberg, Merriman St, Kimberley (rare), Utrecht and Woodside, a further example, three other pieces and a card used Interprovincially £100-120
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x 1911-37 selection of airmail covers/cards (24), including 1911 (27 Dec.) Kenilworth-Muizenberg card with contemporary photo card showing loading of mails, 1918 Make Your Sixpence Fly small wings card used, 1925 (2), 1931-32 (10) and 1934 South Africa-Australia (5); also GB 1911 First Aerial Post card, envelope and real photo card showing "Hamel with return mails" £200-250
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x A mint range with values to 5/- including a few blocks to 3d., 1d. pair with part offset, 1 1/2d. tête-bêche interpanneau block of four and a selection to 1/- with inverted watermark including some further multiples, coil stamps with some paper join pairs, isolated perf. holes, 1921 3/- booklet; also Harrison Springbok 1d. essays in black and blue and two blocks of four in carmine £400-500
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x A used collection with a range of blocks of four to 2/6d., 1 1/2d. blocks of four (6) and nine with tête-bêche pairs, 1 1/2d. booklet pane of six, 3d. black and orange-red block of forty-eight, 6d. missing "z" in pair with normal, £1 green and red punched with large holes and used at Port Elizabeth, two covers and two uprated later cards £100-120
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x A selection of plate numbers (mainly singles) comprising 1/2d. 1 to 7, 1d. 3, 4, 6 (four corner pairs), and 7, 1 1/2d. 1 and 2, 2d. 1 and 2, 2 1/2d., 3d. (both), 4d., 6d., 1/- (2), 1/3d., 2/6d., 5/- and 10/- broken Jubilee line corner pair with number partially trimmed; the 10/- with faults though generally good to fine £300-400
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x 1/2d. to £1 (both listed shades) with additional 1/2d. to 5/- shades. good to fine mint.
S.G. 3-17a, £2,130. Photo £600-800
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