1900 Surcharges on Cape, 1d on ½d pair (S.G. 1), the right stamp creased, and 3d on 1d, both mint. Also examples of these two stamps with forged surcharges. S.G. 1, 3, £1,050. (3). Photo on Page 142. £180-280
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1900 Surcharges on Cape, 1d - 1/- used set of five with additional examples of both 1d on ½d stamps and 3d on 1d, one example of S.G. 2 with 1994 A.P.S Certificate. S.G. 1/5, £1,315. (8). Photo on Page 142. £300-350
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1900 Surcharges on Cape, both 1d on ½d surcharges (with an additional copy of S.G. 1), 6d on 3d and 1/- on 4d (with 1974 B.P.A Certificate) all used. Also Vryburg ½d and 1d surcharges used. S.G. 1/2, 4/5 + Vryburg 1/2, £1,245. (7). Photo on Page 142. £280-320
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1900 1/- Surcharge on Cape 4d used with AP 13 c.d.s, with two 1994 A.P.S Certificates. S.G. 5, £425. Photo on Page 142. £120-140
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1900 Surcharges on Bechuanaland stamps comprising Bechuanaland Protectorate type 1 surcharge 1d on ½d (1994 A.P.S Certificate), 3d on 1d, 6d on 2d and 6d on 3d (1994 A.P.S Certificate), British Bechuanaland type 1 surcharge 6d on 3d, 1/- on 4d (on piece), Bechuanaland Protectorate type 2 surcharge 3d on 1d, 6d on 2d and 1/- on 6d (on piece), all used. S.G. 6/11, 12/14, £1,310. (9). Photo on Page 142. £300-350
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1900 Surcharges on Bechuanaland stamps comprising Bechuanaland Protectorate type 1 surcharge 1d on ½d (on piece), 3d on 1d, 6d on 2d (on piece), 6d on 3d, British Bechuanaland type 1 surcharge 1/- 4d (on piece), Bechuanaland Protectorate type 2 surcharge 3d on 1d and 6d on 2d (on piece), all used, a useful group with four pieces. S.G. 6/9, 11/13. £1,085. (7). Photo on Page 142. £250-300
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1900 Surcharges on Bechuanaland stamps comprising Bechuanaland Protectorate type 1 surcharge 1d on ½d (2, one on piece, one with 1971 R.P.S Certificate), 3d on 1d, 6d on 3d (1986 P.F.S.A Certificate), British Bechuanaland type 1 surcharge 1/- on 4d, Bechuanaland Protectorate type 2 surcharge 3d on 1d (2, one on piece) and 1/- on 6d (on piece), all used. S.G. 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, £1,175. (8). Photo on Page 142. £260-320
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1900 2/- Type 2 surcharge on British Bechuanaland 1/-, used with MY 12 c.d.s, with B.P.A Certificate (1979). S.G. 16, £650. Photo on Page 142. £200-250
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1900 (Apr) Photographically produced 1d, pale blue and deep blue shades, both mint, pale blue stamp with minor staining and the deep blue stamp with vertical crease, both reasonable examples of these scarce stamps. S.G. 17/18, £2,400. (2). Photo on Page 142. £300-400
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1900 (Apr) Photographically produced 1d, pale blue and deep blue shades, used with MY 2 or MY 11 datestamps, both fine. S.G. 17/18, £700. (2). Photo on Page 142. £200-240
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1900 (Apr) Photographically produced 1d pale blue, 3d pale blue and deep blue (both narrow setting) all fine used with AP 10 - MY 12 datestamps. S.G. 17, 19, 20, £1,300. (3). Photo on Page 142. £350-400
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1900 (Apr) Photographically produced 3d pale blue, narrow setting, two used examples with AP 11 or AP 19 datestamps, both fine. S.G. 19, £1,000. (2). Photo on Page 142 £250-300
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1900 (Apr) Photographically produced 3d pale blue, wide setting, used on piece, fine. S.G. 21, £1,300. Photo on Page 142. £400-500
Vryburg |
1899 Boer Occupation ½d on Cape ½d single (Nov 25 first day use) and vertical pair (vertical crease), and 1d on Cape 1d (2), all used with Vryburg datestamps. Also forgeries of 1d and 2½d surcharges. S.G. 1/2, £440. (7). £100-120
Cape of Good Hope
(Also See Lots 365, 666, 1057, 1079) |
1853-1904 Mint and used collection on pages including Cape triangulars (26, thirteen with expert certificates) with three margin examples of S.G. 3, 3a, 4a, 5, 5b, 6a, 7b, 7d, 8, 21, 21 used, S.G. 86, 20 mint, also 4d pale grey-blue woodblock used with two margins, later issues including 1879 3d on 4d variety "THE.EE" (S.G. 34b) used, 1893 1d on 2d variety no stop unmounted mint and used, 1902-04 set mint, etc., a useful collection with some good stamps. (254). Photo on Page 144. £500-600
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1864-71 Imperforate plate proofs on thin glazed paper without watermark or gum, each stamp overprinted "CANCELLED" (type D7), comprising 1864 4d and 1871 1d in pairs, 1864 1/- and 1871 5/- in interpanneau blocks of eight, all fine. (20). Photo on Page 122. £200-250
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c.1760-1830 Entires addressed within the Cape, mostly to Cape Town, one entire (with a message on the inside flap) possibly a Briefstok letter, one endorsed "Sito", a c.1766 entire to the Sovereign Council, etc. (54). £350-400
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c.1810 Entire to "His Excellency The Earl of Caledon, Governor & Commander in Chief at the Cape of Good Hope" with a good strike of oval "G.R" Cape of Good Hope arms handstamp. The Earl of Caledon was Governor 1807-11. Photo on Page 148. £160-180
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c.1810 Entire prepaid 1sk to the Secretary of the Estates Office Cape Town with oval "G.R" Cape of Good Hope handstamp, a little overinked in places but finer then usual. £100-120
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c.1810-45 Entires to Cape Town, addressed to Colonial Secretary C. Bird (2) or H. Alexander, or to the Secretary to the Government (3, two to Sir R. Plasket), and an entire to the Secretary to the Lt Governor, the last paid 4d, one hand delivered, the other five delivered free of charge as official mail. The first with oval "G.R" Cape of Good Hope arms handstamp and endorsed "free", two with first type Cape Town "Free" crowned datestamp, also circular crown handstamps of Simons Town (2), Worcester and Cape Town, all fine. (7). £250-300
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c.1820-47 Entire letters (2) and entires (10) all to the Master of the Supreme Court in Cape Town, one apparently allowed free as official mail, the others prepaid (7, five with boxed "POST PAID") or unpaid and charged upon arrival (4, one charged 3/3, two with boxed "TO PAY"), five with circular crown handstamps of Worcester, George, Uitenhagen, Caledon or Port Elizabeth, three with Cape Town datestamps. Also two 1834 printed letters from the Master of the Supreme Court regarding insolvency matters, the address panels with printed O.H.M.S headings, addressed within Cape Town, probably hand delivered. (14). £250-300
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1828-52 Entire letters (9), entires (5) and a cover with boxed "POST PAID" (8), "PREPAID" (3) or "TO PAY" (4), two with circular crown handstamps of Caledon or Swellendam, four with Cape Town datestamps, three with faults, otherwise largely fine. (15). £240-280
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1860-1944 Covers and cards including 1860 4d Cape triangular cover, a few Boer War and WW1 items, 1916 postcard to an internee at Fort Napier with violet "NOT CAMP 1" cachet, 1933 Basutoland covers bearing stamps of Basutoland, South Africa and the four South African provinces (2), etc. (48). £80-100
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Maritime Mail / Shipwrecks. 1830-46 Entire letters comprising 1830 letter to London with Cape Town c.d.s and red boxed "INDIA LETTER / PORTSMOUTH", reporting the wreck of the "Jessie" east of Simons Bay and listing the dead and missing; 1831 letter from Reunion to Cape Town "p.Arab" with Simons Town and Cape Town handstamps, charged 1/1; 1833 letter from Amsterdam to Cape Town "p. Jeannethe Philippine Kapt C. Kent" with Cape Town handstamp, charged 4d; 1840 letter from Swellendam to the French Consul in Cape Town reporting the loss of the French ship "Eliza" en route to Reunion, with Cape Town handstamp and boxed "TO PAY"; and 1846 part letter from Holland to Utrecht (in the Cape) with red oval "ZEEBRIEF / DEN HELDER", marked "P.Pd" with an "8" charge crossed out. (5). £240-280
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Maritime Mail. 1852-54 Cover to England and entire letter to New York both carried by General Screw Steam Shipping Co. packets to England, the 1852 cover to England carried under the first contract on the "Harbinger"; the 1854 letter under the second contract on the "Argo" with the 1/- charge crossed out and rated 45 cents, a New York Br. Pkt c.d.s on the front. (2). £100-120
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Cancellations. 1867-1915 Covers and cards (90, also a front and piece) with selected cancellations including triangular "C.G.H" obliterators (12, with oval, double arc, or single ring datestamps); double arc datestamps (2, one cancelling a 4d stamp); single ring (29) or double ring (3) c.d.s cancels; railway station or siding datestamps (15); Rondebosch skeleton c.d.s; triangular bulk posting datestamps (3); experimental octagonal Cape Town datestamps (6); Cape Town Poste Restante c.d.s (3) and Private Box Section c.d.s (3); Record Branch c.d.s (2); hooded circles (7), etc. (93). £600-800
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Namaqualand. 1868-1910 Covers and cards with datestamps O'Okiep (11) or Port Nolloth (8) including O'Okiep "200" barred oval numeral (3) and skeleton c.d.s, etc. (19). £180-220
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Official Mail. 1854-1909 Stampless entires and covers (36, some with enclosed letters) including items from the Colonial Secretary's Office, Government House, South African Museum, items sent on Post Office or Money Order business (with five 1855-65 entires to The Postmaster General), Civil Commissioners, Cape Government Railways, Cape Police, an unusual 1871 cover to the Supreme Court endorsed "Not Franked" and "Unstamped", various cachets and cancels including oval town datestamps (13) and Sutterheim double arc datestamp, one cover to Brussels with red "CAPE TOWN / POSTAGE PAID" c.d.s, also a cover to Holland franked 2½d, a few faults, most fine. (37). £350-400
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Explanatory Handstamps. 1870-1914 Covers and cards, various handstamps include octagonal framed (2) or unframed "TOO LATE", Officially Redirected (4), Not Known or Unknown (3), Missent (2), Gone No Address (2), Unclaimed (2), Insufficiently Addressed (2), etc., a few faults. (23). £250-300
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Postage Due Mail. 1882-1910 Covers and cards (22) and a front sent within, to, or from the Cape all with postage due handstamps or charge marks including a 1d envelope to Germany with a 2d charge mark applied in error in London and crossed out, charged 20pf in Germany; 1900 registration envelope to G.B with boxed "POSTED OUT OF COURSE / TO PAY" but not charged; 1892 cover to G.B with Cape "2½" charge mark obliterated and replaced by a 5d charge in London; "TAX" handstamps of Alfred Docks (2); "2½d" charge marks on postcards from Russia (2); 1894 1d card uprated ½d with both stamps cancelled by the "T" handstamp; 1899 postcard to Germany with octagonal "T/25c" obliterated by a "1" barred numeral handstamp and replaced by octagonal "T/15c", etc. (23). £220-260
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Printed Matter. c.1880-1912 Wrappers and circulars (9), postcards with printed advertising messages (2) and a front, the covers sent internally franked ½d (6), 1d or 2d, one cover to England franked 1d, the two cards and one cover with red datestamps of G.P.O Cape Town (2) or Port Elizabeth, three with Newspaper Branch cancels, also c.1875 wrapper from London to Bloemfontein via Cape franked G.B. 1d red, with red "PER R.M STR / VIA PLYMOUTH" and "FORWARDED BY / WILLIAM DUNN & Co. / LONDON". (13). £100-120
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Postal Stationery. 1898-1909 Picture postcards comprising QV 1d on 1½d card with coloured views of Cape Town, and a similar card used with an O.F.S 2½d stamp, both published by J.C Hubrich of Cape Town; QV 1d cards with pictures of Adderley Street (2, one not posted) or Zulu girls and views of the goldfields on the reverse, or Cape Town G.P.O on the address side; KEVII ½d cards with handpainted views (2) or a photo applied to the reverse; and KEVII 1d cards with Buffalo Harbour, East London shown on the address side (2), all used, the Hubrich cards very scarce. (11). £220-260
Griqualand |
1877-79 Mint and used accumulation, various types of "G" overprints with values to the 1/-, including S.G. 4b (2), 4e, 5b, 5e (2), 17a all mint or unused, S.G. 29a used (double overprint, with portions of two further "G" overprints, a few perf faults), etc., a few small faults and some unused without gum, a useful lot. S.G. £2,000+. (35). £240-280
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1881 (Dec 23) Cover posted from Grahams Town to England bearing 1879 6d vertical pair with "G" overprints (S.G. 27), a few edge faults with a 3cm closed tear at upper edge, a very presentable example of Griqualand stamps used in the Cape after Griqualand ceased to be a separate colony. £80-100
Orange Free State |
1888-1913 Covers and cards, mainly postal stationery including postcards with adhesive stamps tied by arms overprints (19, eight used), etc. (67). £250-280
Union of South Africa |
1930-44 ½d Black and green, watermark inverted, mint marginal strip of four, the lower half of all four stamps with printing omitted due to paper adhering prior to printing, two vertical creases affecting three stamps and split perfs strengthened with several hinges, still a spectacular looking variety. Photo on Page 142. £450-500
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Postal Stationery. 1948-2003 Air letters, mint and used collection with many identified varieties. (178). £250-280
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
(Also See Lot 295) |
1899-1959 Covers and cards including G.S.W.A postal stationery (13) and later stationery, South Africa used in S.W.A, 1915 Army Base P.O 6 c.d.s., etc. (45). £150-180
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1910-21 South Africa stamps (139) all cancelled in South West Africa, including pieces (53) and multiples, with 1910 2½d, 1913 2/6 - 10/-, ½d and 1d coil stamps. Also Cape 2½d with 1904 Swakopmund c.d.s, 2½d and 3d with Walfish Bay datestamps, and 2½d pair on piece with 1918 Windhoek datestamps. S.G. £800 (approx). (144 stamps). £150-180
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1923-1937 Used collection in a stockbook including overprint setting I ½d - 1/3 in pairs, ½d - 2/6 and £1 singles and shiny ink overprint ½d and 4d - 1/3 pairs, setting III set in pairs and singles (2 sets), setting VI ½d - 2/6 and 10/- pairs, and singles (2 sets), 1927 (Apr) 2d - 2/6 and 10/- pairs, 1927-30 1/3, £1 and ½d - 10/- set in pairs (10/- vertical), 1931 set in pairs (with two additional 10d air pairs), etc. A useful collection with up to thirty examples of some stamps collected for their cancellations. S.G. £6,000 (approx). (350+ stamps/pairs). Photo on Page 144. £1,000-1,200
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1965 75th Anniversary of Windhoek 15c, stamp sized photographic essay of the adopted design with the background handpainted in green, applied to perforated paper (or a stamp), a larger photograph of the design (115x128mm) above, both mounted on thick card (202x224mm), endorsed "Sketch Proof". A unique archival item. Photo on Page 148. £350-400
SPAIN
(Also See Lots 678, 740, 1037/9, 1236) |
1626 Disinfected entire letter from Cadiz to Livorno, 1797 entire letter from Madrid to Paris with curved "D'ESPAGNE", and 1790-97 entire letters with crowned handstamps comprising boxed "MADRID" or "ARA / GON" (2, solid or broken circles), all very fine strikes. (5). £80-100
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Mail via Bayonne. 1807-27 Entire letters, the first from Madrid to Bruges with scarce "ESPAGNE PAR / BAYONNE" (only used in 1807 shortly after the war with Spain, applied in Paris on mail sent directly from Madrid to Paris bypassing Bayonne), the others all to Frederick Huth & Co in London with two line "ESPAGNE / PAR BAYONNE" (small and large types) and various town handstamps, four disinfected. (28). £200-250
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Mail via Perpignan. 1816-60 Entire letters with two line "ESPAGNE PAR / PERPIGNAN" (small and large types) in black (10) or red (9), 1837 boxed "ESPAGNE / PAR / PERPIGNAN" (recorded 1837-39, applied at Marseille due to postal disruption during the Carlist War), or red "ESPAG. / PERPIGNAN" c.d.s (3), one letter also with scarce "ESPANA" handstamp, some with town handstamps. (23). £250-300
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1854-1917 Entires and covers (8) and a front, comprising 1854 Official issue ½o on front, 1857-59 entires bearing 1855 Official issue ½o or 1o pair + single, 1861 entire letters from Majorca (3) or Gibraltar bearing 1860-61 4c single (3) or pair, 1896 cover bearing rose Congress of Deputies stamp and 1917 cover franked 25c both with crowned Congress of Deputies cancels. (9). £150-180
SUDAN
(Also See Lots 62, 64/5, 177/8, 182, 184, 186, 264, 270, 277, 288) |
Army Officials. 1905 1m Watermark Star and Crescent, small type A2 Army Official overprint with "ARMY" reading down, unused without gum, a little minor perf soiling; and 1906 5m pair with horizontal Army Service overprints, variety overprint double, one diagonal, mint, light toning. Three scarce stamps, good appearance. S.G. A3b, A9ab, £2,100. (3). Photo on Page 142. £180-220
SWEDEN
(Also See Lots 69, 70, 73, 82, 138, 214, 601) |
1863-1973 Covers and cards including 1924 air mail cover to Austria bearing U.P.U Congress 10ore + 60ore, T.P.Os, F.D.Cs, Christmas seals (8), a good range of exhibition and congress cancels (19) with 1924 U.P.U Congress, Esperanto Congresses, etc. (98). £250-300
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Maritime Mail. 1875-1947 Covers and cards, various handstamps and cancels include "Fra Sverige" (7, three types, one with boxed Paquebot), "Fra Sverrig", Fran Utlandet", "Fran Denmark", Trelleborg-Sassnitz c.d.s (16, three as cancels on Sweden or Germany stamps), Angbats datestamps, etc. (33). £150-180
SWITZERLAND
(Also See Lots 135, 139-141, 359, 500, 562) |
1813-1960 Covers and cards including exhibition and congress cancels, stamp exhibitions, postal stationery picture postcards, prestamp mail, 1900 and 1924 U.P.U stamps, Pro Juventute, military mail, etc. (154). £350-400
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T.P.Os / Lake Mail. 1864-1939 Covers and cards with various T.P.O datestamps (108), inscribed Ambulant, Bahnpost, Regional, Poste Amb. or simply with two town names, the majority with straight line handstamps of the station of posting, two on French stamps. Also 1863-1955 cards and covers with "Schiffsbureau Luzern", "Luzern - Alpnach Schiff" or "Luzern Fluelen Schiff" datestamps (17, two types) used on Lake Luzern steamers. (127). £200-250
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