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1887 One Penny as ½d green, mint (2) and used, strip of three used on large part May 30 registered front to USA, and a cover (June 25) to Nova Scotia with a strip of three on the front and pair on reverse all cancelled "A12" with July 8 Halifax arrival datestamp. A good page, the cover with a couple to tiny edge tears but otherwise fine, a scarce stamp on cover. (5). Photo on Page 230. £500-600
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1898 (Mar 25) Cover to Sandy Point franked One Penny on 2½d ultramarine, cancelled by St. Kitts A12 duplex, a very scarce stamp on cover. Also 1890 (Mar 13) 1½d postcard written from Sandy Point to London, cancelled "A12". (2). Photo on Page 230. £600-700
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1876-1948 Selection, mainly mint or Specimen stamps, including 1891-98 5/- and 10/- mint singles and used blocks of four with forged cancels (1969 B.P.A Certificates), Specimen stamps (88) with 1886-87 set of four, 1891-98 set of three (2 sets), 1902-03 set of five, 1902 Columbus 2d (2), 1916 (Sept.) War Tax 1d, 1921-30 die II set, 1936 set (toned), 1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory sets, also St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. reprints (262), 1881 1/- on 1/- orange variety "SHILDING" fiscally used, etc. (c.500). £250-300
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1938-48 ½d - £1 Set of seventeen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 128/141s, £475. (17). £100-120
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1947 KGVI 10/-, variety watermark inverted, used with a neat Kingstown c.d.s, one short perf at upper right, otherwise superb and very rare. With B.P.A Certificate (2019). S.G. 158aw, £4,250. Photo on Page 104. £1,000-1,200
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1867-1967 Collections in albums (5), stockbooks (4), and loose, an extensive accumulation including proofs, covers, postal stationery, varieties, etc. (1,000s). £400-500
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1890-97 Seebeck issues, plate proofs and colour trials, unissued Ezeta proofs, sample stamps, issued stamps, sheets, 1895 arms 24c orange block of nine with adverts on reverse, etc. (100s). £200-300
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1895-97 Die Proofs comprising 1895 arms issue (8, four vignettes only), Giros stamps (10), official seal, 1896 Peace vignette master die and composite dies (11), 1897 registration10c, all in black, and 1896 Peace vignette composite dies in green (5), all fine and scarce. Also a sample sheet entitled "Specimens - Hamilton Bank Note Co., N.Y" bearing imperf coloured proofs of Salvador (7), Honduras (2) and Nicaragua (2). (48). Photo on Page 248. £200-250
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1937 Air set, sunken die proofs of the seven values in issued colours, and a master die proof in green, all on card, fine and scarce. (8). £150-200
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c.1944-50 Unadopted photographic essays (21), 1948 Arce death centenary 12c photographic proof and 14c die proof, also photos of five other essays, all from the printers archives. (28). Photo on Page 248. £100-150
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1948 Third Death Anniversary of President Roosevelt, 8c and Air 20c photographic essays, imperf mint Air 4c miniature sheet essay, perforated 1c miniature sheet essay, imperf plate blocks of four of the 8c, 20c, Air 25c and 2col stamps and frames only, all with a punch hole. A scarce group, from the Waterlow archives. (36). £150-200
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1886-99 Germany stamps (21, with fifteen stamps on twelve pieces), postal stationery cover and card all with Apia cancellations, including 1886 20pf vertical pair on piece with Postdampfschiffs c.d.s, others with the Postagentur c.d.s include 1892 3m on piece (2, one apparently red-lilac), 1888 50pf vertical pair, 1894 25pf orange on piece, etc., a few possible forgeries. S.G. £3,100+. (23). £300-350
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1877-1920 Mint and used stamps including Samoa Express issues (82, 47 clearly remainders, most of the others probably genuine), 1886-1900 issues with 1/- bisect on piece, etc., mixed condition with some faults. (126). £80-100
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1914 G.R.I 2/- on 2m unused without gum, very minor toning, an attractive example of this very scarce stamp, with R.P.S Certificate (2024). Also forged 5/- on 5m on piece. S.G. 112, £3,500. Photo on Page 164. £250-350
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1918 "A Short Note on the Design and Issue of Postage Stamps Prepared by the Survey of Egypt for His Highness Husein, Emir & Sherif of Mecca & King of the Hejaz", El-Qahira 1918, inscribed presentation page "Two Hundred of this Special Edition have been printed. This copy being the Fifty Fourth dated 15th March 1919 is presented to Lt. Col. H.D.E O'Sullivan RM". Ornate stiffened card covers with the issued set of stamps opposite the title page all within ornate background and borders, an introduction, 22 pages of text and twelve coloured plates with 87 illustrations of unadopted and adopted designs, and a fold out appendix "Table of Stamp Issues" showing the dates of initial printing and subsequent reprints, quantities printed and perforations or roulettes used. 200 Individually numbered copies were printed by the Survey of Egypt and Government Press in Cairo but many have been lost or broken up, others are in libraries and institutions and many have had the named inscription pages removed. A rare volume in unusually fine condition. £1,500-2,000
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(Also see lots 93, 99, 324, 385, 1684/5, 1767/93) | |
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Cape of Good Hope - Revenues. 1883 Transfer Deeds bearing various revenues to the 12/- value (12 stamps on three documents), 1882 Bill of Exchange bearing Stamp Duty 4d pair, and various 1865-85 revenues used (100), some on piece. (100 + 4 documents). £80-100
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Boer War. 1899 Cover from London to Johannesburg with violet boxed "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" and Returned Letter Office Cape Town c.d.s; and 1900 censored cover from Barberton to Bedford with violet boxed "STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER" and Returned Letter Office Natal c.d.s of Durban. (2). £100-120
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Boer War - P.O.W Mail. 1900 (Feb 22) Cover franked 1d from Dorking to "Private F. Ball, Imperial Light Infantry, Estcourt or elsewhere, Natal Colony", endorsed "Prisoner of War at Pretoria" and redirected to Pretoria with violet boxed "BRIEVEN CENSUUR / Waterval Krijgsgevangenis" and triangular Press Censor. Minor soiling and small circular surface scrape, an uncommon cover to the P.O.W camp at Waterval; Pte. Ball was captured at Spion Kop on January 24th. £100-120
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1910 (Nov 4) 2½d used on Cape ½d postcard (corner crease), posted on the First Day of Issue at Delpoorts Hope, and 2½d block of six with First Day cancels of Umtala. (2). £100-120
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1913-27 Definitives, mint and used selection including two large pieces of Springbok Head watermarked, paper (180 watermarks), 1912-24 issue with controls, 5/- mint, coil and booklet stamps and panes, incomplete 1921 3/- booklet, 1926-27 issue with 1d pair double perforations, 6d pairs mint (6) and block used on cover, booklet panes, etc. Also 1913 3d and 4d Mackay essays. (100s). £200-300
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1916 £1 Green and red, fine mint. S.G. 17, £700. Photo on Page 164. £150-180
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c.1923 Harrison 1d Springbok small format screened essay, perforated sheet of 100 in red, watermarked paper, no gum. (100). £300-350
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c.1923 Harrison 1d Springbok medium format screened essays, perforated blocks of ten in black and blue, blue and indigo or green and red, affixed to a page removed from Harrison & Sons booklet on Collegravure Recess and Surface Printing. (30). £150-200
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c.1923 Harrison 1d Springbok medium format screened essays, perforated blocks of ten in black and blue, blue and indigo or green and red, affixed to a page removed from Harrison & Sons booklet on Collegravure Recess and Surface Printing. (30). £150-200
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1926 6d Imperforate colour trial block of four in black and red on thick unwatermarked paper. Photo on Page 220. £100-120
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1926 6d, Perf 14½x14 colour trial block of four in black and red on gummed watermarked paper, margin at left, unmounted, scarce. Photo on Page 220. £150-200
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1929 Darmstadt Trials, dummy cigarette labels (27, seventeen partial labels only), also perforated "Shirley Temple" labels (11) and a Hunter-Penrose dummy stamp with "SWA" overprint. (39). £200-240
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1929 Booysen 1d Springbok head essays, imperforate blocks of four in black or purple, singles in blue, purple or brown, all fine mint. (11). £150-180
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1929 Air Post 1/-, imperf marginal colour trial block of four in red, printed on ungummed paper with printed wording from an obsolete landchart on the reverse. (4). £100-120
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1932 1d Black and carmine, type II, mint pair with inverted watermark, variety vignette omitted, minor toning and a few tiny black marks on reverse, otherwise fine and scarce, with R.P.S Certificate (2002). S.G. 43ewa, £1,800. Photo on Page 236. £250-300
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1937 Coronation 1d, sheet of 120 with rejoined paper variety affecting one vertical column of six stamps, mounted in the margins only, very unusual. £150-200
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1942-44 War Effort, 1½d block of four with upper margin showing adverts misplaced downwards onto the upper pair of stamps, and 2d block of four with misplaced horizontal perfs, also a perforated and rouletted watermarked gummed block of four without any stamp printing, all fine mint. (3 Blocks). £100-150
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1949 Kruger 1½d, perforated essay affixed to a cover, tied by Arcadia c.d.s. Also a photocopy of another essay signed by the designer. (2). £100-120
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1952-53 "Hope with Anchor" (13) and "Leaping Springbok" (8) essays by A. Hendriksz, both essays in blue on perforated watermarked paper, imperforate se-tenant pairs on laid paper (4), imperforate se-tenant pair and block of four on thick card, imperforate "Hope with Anchor" essays on laid paper (5). The "Leaping Springbok" essay was used for the 1953 1/3 definitive. (21). £300-400
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World War Two - Hospital Ship "Amra". 1941-43 Stampless covers, one from Durban to Canada, one with violet oval "No. 1 HOSPITAL SHIP / c/o ARMY P.O DURBAN" and "CENSORED" with a South African A.P.O, the third with F.P.O 572 c.d.s (Tunisia) and bilingual boxed "S.A HOSPITAL SHIP / No. 1 / c/o S.A. ARMY POST OFFICE". (3). £80-100
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1925 (July 9) Large (34x22½cm) stampless registered cover to the Cape with two of the special bilingual Royal Tour datestamp (used during the tour of the Prince of Wales to Southern Africa) and bearing the pink "R / S. RHODESIA" registration label with boxed "ROYAL TOUR" handstamp applied, Prince of Wales feathers printed on the flap and impressed in the wax seal, backstamped with the Royal Tour datestamp and at Bulawayo, Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage. Very few examples of the scarce Royal Tour registration label are recorded, this example numbered 15. £200-250
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1923-61 Mainly mint stamps with many pairs, mostly Officials including 1927 ½d - 6d in pairs, 1927 (Apr.) Specimen set of four in pairs (toned), 1938 1½d "OFFICIAI" variety within a block of four (S.G. O17a), 1951 1d - 6d transposed overprint set in pairs; some postage issues with 1927-30 4d pair no stop after "A", 1931 20/- pair mint and block of four used, Air 3d, 10d mint blocks of four; also 1958 Official cover bearing 1d block of thirty (S.G. O19), and stampless WW2 Internee cover. (100s). £150-200
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1927 (Apr.) 2d, 3d, 1/- and 10/- Pairs, 4d triangular imperf and perforated, all handstamped "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 49/51, 54/5s, £550. (6). £120-140
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1931 ½d - 20/- Imperforate plate proof pairs of all fourteen values in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, a horizontal crease to most values (the 1d, 20/- fine), the ½d pair split into two singles and rejoined with hinges. A scarce proof set, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (14). Photo on Page 236. £700-1,000
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1964 Legislative Assembly 3d, perforated gummed colour trials in three differing colour combinations, also the issued stamp. (3). £100-120
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Officials. 1945-50 2d Blue and brown pair with Official overprint type O13/14, fine used. S.G. O21, £850. Photo on Page 236. £150-180
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Air Mails. 1931-37 First flight covers comprising 1931 (Aug) internal air service (32), 1931 (Dec.) S.W.A Airways Christmas flights to connect with the Imperial Airways service (14), 1932 (Jan.) first regular Imperial Airways service between London and Cape Town (20), 1934 first flight to Madagascar, etc. (69). £300-400
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Air Mails. 1931-39 First flight covers, mainly August 1931 internal flights (92, various legs), also December 1931 Imperial Airways Christmas flight (4), January 1932 first Imperial Airways regular service (5), etc. (116). £400-500
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1931 "REVENUE" or "INKOMSTE" overprints on the 1931 issue with a bar through "POSTAGE", imperforate proof panes of sixty of the 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/6, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, each with three horizontal folds, numbered "33" - "39" in pencil, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, very rare. (7 Sheets). £700-1,000
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1931 "REVENUE" or "INKOMSTE" overprints on the 1931 issue with a bar through "POSTAGE", the 3d, 6d, 1/-, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- in interpanneau blocks of eight, no gum, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce. (6 Blocks). Photo on Page 220. £200-250
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<\i>c.1940 "REVENUE" or "INKOMSTE" overprints on the 1931 issue but without any obliterating bar through "POSTAGE", the 1/-, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- in marginal blocks of twelve (6x2, each two complete rows from the sheet), fine mint. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, scarce. (4 Blocks). £150-200
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1933 "PENALTY" or "BOETE" overprints on the 1931 issue with a bar through "POSTAGE", imperforate proof pairs of the 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/6, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (7 Pairs). Photo on Page 236. £100-150
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Entertainment Tax. 1937 1d - 1/- Set of six in pairs, overprinted in small red capital lettering, two pairs of each value (one marginal), also the 1d - 6d in interpanneau strips of four (1d creased), no gum, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (22 Pairs). Photo on Page 236. £150-200
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Tribal Tax. 1931 5/- Pairs, an imperforate proof pair overprinted "ONDONGA" on gummed watermarked paper; and perforated upper right corner marginal pairs overprinted "OVAMBU-KUSHU", "OVAMBO", "ONGANDJERA", "UKUMBI", "UKUANYAMA", "UKUALUTHI", "BASUBIA", "MAFURI (BAYAI)", "ONDONGA" or "OMBALANTU", no gum. A scarce group, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (11 Pairs). Photo on Pages 236 & 248. £300-350
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c.1910 Set of fifty numbered photographs published by R. Turstig in Omdurman, mainly portraits of men and women from various differing Sudanese tribes, also views of or near Khartoum and Omdurman, very well taken photos, each 100x120mm. (50). £500-600
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