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1901 1d Envelope colour trial proofs, the 1d Queens Staircase stamp in bright rose or scarlet, both inscribed "Size 9½, A·A quality", the bright rose envelope endorsed "Appx B", the scarlet envelope endorsed "approved" and initialled. A unique pair from the De la Rue archives, the first with B.P.A Certificate (2011). (2). Photo on Page 142. £300-350
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1901 Envelope Samples submitted by De la Rue for the Queens Staircase issue, endorsed "a quality, 8¼ size", "size 9¾ O quality" or "size 13, B quality, all with a file hole at left, all three sizes and papers rejected. A unique group, from the De la Rue archives. (3). £200-250
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1901 KEVII 2½d Envelope stamp, photographic essay very close to the issued design but with side dots below the value omitted, on photographic paper, 32x37mm, affixed to thick card dated "OCT 4 1901", 90x114mm. From the De la Rue archives, very rare. Photo on Page 134. £150-200
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1902 KEVII 2½d Envelope stamp, die proof in vermilion on thin card, 34x41mm. Also two examples of the issued envelope in blue with Specimen overprints. A fine and scarce proof. (3). Photo on Page 132. £150-180
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1901 KEVII 2d Registration envelope stamp, photographic essay virtually identical to the issued design but with slightly larger lettering, on photographic paper, 35x35mm, affixed to thick card dated "OCT 4 1901", 90x114mm. From the De la Rue archives, very rare. Photo on Page 134. £150-200
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1902 KEVII 2d Registration envelope stamp, die proof in vermilion on thin card, 35x42mm, also the issued envelope with Specimen overprint. A fine and scarce proof. (2). Photo on Page 132. £150-180
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1904 Piece cut from the Madagascar Post Office book of U.P.U Specimen stamps and postal stationery bearing KEVII 1d postcard and reply card, 2½d envelope and two examples of the 1d envelope, also a further 1d postcard and reply card removed from the lower part of the page, all handstamped with red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR", unique. (7). £300-400
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<\i>1913 KGV 2d Registration envelope stamp, die proof in vermilion on thin card, 34x43mm, also the issued envelope with Specimen overprint. A fine and scarce proof. (2). Photo on Page 132. £150-180
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1930 KGV 3d Registration envelope stamp, photographic essay virtually identical to the issued design but with slightly smaller lettering, 41x41mm, and a die proof in orange-vermilion on thin card, 64x64mm, a fine and scarce pair. (2). Photo on Page 132. £250-300
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1938 KGVI Postcard inscription die proof in black on thin white glazed paper, 124x70mm, the word "BAHAMAS" set too far to the right, despite this endorsed "Appd 2/5" and initialled. "Bahamas" was moved 3mm to the left in the issued design (see next lot). A very rare, probably unique, proof from the De la Rue archives. Photo on Page 136. £180-240
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1838 KGVI 1½d Postcard, die proof of the inscription and stamp in black on thin white glazed paper, 149x67mm, vertical fold. A rare proof from the De la Rue archives. Photo on Page 136. £240-280
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1938 KGVI 2d Registration envelope stamp, die proof in red on thin card, 67x64mm, initialled and dated "24/1/38", then endorsed "appd, 26/1, 13663" and initialled, also the issued size G envelope with Specimen overprint. A unique endorsed proof, from the De La Rue archives. Photo on Page 132. £250-300
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Reply Coupons. 1907 First Issue 3d International Reply Coupon, imperforate proof block of four, from the collection of King Fuad of Egypt, unique. £400-500
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1971-72 Bangladesh handstamped overprints on Pakistan stamps, used stamps in a stockbook and on pieces (100s), and used on covers, also overprinted postal stationery and covers with unoverprinted Pakistan stamps, an extensive lot with c.430 covers (virtually all commercial), many overprint types, worthy of further study. (100s, with c.430 covers). £200-250
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1859 (Oct 14) Cover from Liverpool to Bruce Vale, St. Andrews, Barbados, franked 1857 6d, red "1d" accountancy mark, Barbados backstamp and no "9" arrival c.d.s of St. Andrews. £100-120
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1892 ½d on 4d Brown horizontal pair variety surcharge double one albino (left stamp with "HA" inked on second impression), the right stamp also with the variety no hyphen, used with Barbados datestamps (AU 2 92). Small surface scrapes to both stamps and minor toning, left stamp with small thin and slightly short corner perf, nevertheless a unique pair. The surcharge double one albino variety listed but unpriced by Gibbons with the additional no hyphen variety unlisted. Just two examples of this double variety are recorded, the other known stamp unused and stained. With Brandon Certificate (2016) which fails to mention the missing hyphen variety on the right stamp. S.G. 104c + 104ca. Photo on Page 140. £700-1,000
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1919 (Apr 13) 35k on 4k (Romanov issue) Postcard stamp, handstamped surcharge, unused with traces of original gum, one short perf at foot, otherwise fine. Only listed by S.G unused applied to a postcard and therefore without gum, rare even with traces of gum such as this stamp. With B.P.A Certificate (2026). S.G. P2, £18,000 (unused on card, no gum). Photo on Page 148. £3,000-3,500
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1881 (Aug 21) Protectorate 1d on 1d cancelled by the "TATI / BECHUANALAND" c.d.s, only recorded on this one date. Five datestamps were produced on this day for the offices on the new runner post from Mafeking to Gubulawayo, all inscribed "Bechuanaland" but this was removed from the datestamps prior to use when it was realised some offices were actually in Matabeleland; a small number of stamps were cancelled to order on this one day prior to the datestamps alteration. A little toning but very scarce. Photo on Page 140. £200-250
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1885-1926 Mainly QV mint and used selection including 1885 2/- used, 1926 postage due ½d and 2d used, etc. S.G. £1,200. (66). £200-240
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1885-1947 Mainly mint selection on pages including 1885-87 set, 1888 1d - 1/-, 2/6 and 5/-, 1888 2d, 6d and 1/- surcharges, 1890 ½d Protectorate overprints type 16 inverted and type 17, 1914 5/-, 1932 set, etc. S.G. £3,000+. (116). Photo on Page 190. £400-500
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1891 1d Lilac overprinted British Bechuanaland, unmounted mint block of sixty (6x10) comprising the right half of the lower pane with control "R", fine and unusual. S.G. 33, £420+. £130-150
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1891-1966 Covers and cards including 1947 covers from Bechuanaland soldiers in the Middle East (5, three registered, one of these unstamped), KGV overprints (10, six registered), also a few fronts. (46). £180-220
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1892 (Sep 18) Cover with enclosed letter from Lt. W. Sitwell of the Bechuanaland Border Police to his mother in England, with 1891 6d cancelled by "MACLOUTSI" c.d.s (Proud D1, latest recorded date in the first 1891-92 period of use), the enclosed eleven page letter describes a hunting trip. £100-120
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1893-94 Covers from Gaberones to London franked 6d, the first cancelled by unclear "568" numeral with c.d.s alongside, the second cancelled by the c.d.s with year date omitted. (2). £100-120
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1897 Mashonaland 1d inland postcard to Mochudi with scarce "MOCHULI" single ring datestamp on the front (Proud D2, latest recorded use), manuscript "T1". £100-120
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Ngamiland/Boer War. 1899 (Oct 5) 1d + 1d Reply card written by Edward Lugard from "Kwebe Hills, Ngamiland" to Miss Lugard in France, privately carried to Palapye with oval forwarding agents cachet of "Blackbeard Bros, General Dealers, Cattle & Ostrich Feathers bought & sold, Palapye", posted at Palapye on Oct. 29th, 24 days after it was written, routed through Rhodesia due to the Boer War, backstamped at Bulawayo (Nov. 5), Durban and Cannes. Kwebe was the base for the British Charterland Expedition. Very unusual. £120-150
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Boer War. 1899-1901 Covers comprising 1899 (Oct. 21) cover with Cape ½d + 1d (4) posted at Vryburg during the Boer Occupation to Thomas Leask in Wolmaransstad (torn, stamps and cancels fine), stampless O.A.S covers from Lord Methuen with F.P.O 4 c.d.s (Aug 31 00, copy letter from Mafeking) or Vryburg c.d.s (Feb 12 01, filing endorsement stating Schweizer Reneke Feb 10th), 1900 soldiers cover from Mafeking franked Cape 1d, also 1900 soldiers cover to Palla Road with Bulawayo and Palapye Station backstamps. (5). £100-120
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Boer War. 1900-01 Covers franked 2d from Lobatsi to South Africa, one to Cape Town cancelled by the Lobatsi c.d.s, the other to Bloemfontein cancelled "1159" numeral (Proud K2, Dec 27 00, earliest recorded use, only used until Sep. 1901), Kimberley backstamps, both censored with "H.P.Y" or triangular "PASSED PRESS CENSOR / W.E / KIMBERLEY". (2). £120-150
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Boer War. 1901 (Jan 26) Stampless O.A.S cover to England with F.P.O 4 c.d.s. The enclosed letter from Taungs includes "we have been trekking in Griqualand & Bechuanaland arriving here yesterday .... My Squadron (or the Kuruman Column) has not yet re-joined us ...... the only casualty in our column (sniped) with an explosive bullet & had his brains spilt over his saddle ..... two casualties in my column last week, Lycett Wheelwright getting a bullet through his wrist & a man named Smith hit in the thigh". £100-120
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1914-24 2/6 and 5/- Seahorses mint comprising Waterlow 2/6, De la Rue 2/6 pale brown (minor toning) and 5/-, Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 (2, one upper right corner marginal) and 5/- (3, one upper right corner marginal), the De la Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson stamps all unmounted. S.G. 83/9, £1,080. (8). £240-280
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1929 (Dec 14) 4½d Claret size G registration envelope franked ½d from Shashi to Transvaal, black scalloped oval "BECHUANALAND / SHASHI / PROTECTORATE" handstamp applied in the upper left corner with manuscript number, six Shashi datestamps. Fine and scarce, the oval registration handstamp not recorded by Proud. Photo on Page 142. £120-150
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1887-1906 British Bechuanaland postcards (23) and reply cards (6), all used, comprising H&G 1 (2), 1a, 2 (2, very scarce, commercial uses from Francistown in 1905-06), 4 (4), 5 (3, one from the Vryburg Postmaster in 1894 "have just received a supply of these cards"), 6 (7), 7 (3, one 1892 card with message "this is one of the first issue of reply paid cards"), 8 (4, one July 1894 card from the Vryburg Postmaster "these cards & English reply post cards surcharged just issued"), 9 (3), also 1d wrapper (H&G 4). A good lot, two uprated with stamps, eighteen with commercial messages, cancels include "638", "555", Ramoutsa c.d.s., etc. (30). £400-500
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1894-1901 British Bechuanaland postcards, all uprated, used with commercial messages, comprising 1894 1d card (H&G 4) franked ½d from Mafeking to Tati with "638" cancels, 1896 1½d card (H&G 8) franked 1895 2d from Molepolole to England (central fold), 1898 1d card (H&G 5) franked 1897 ½d green (S.G. 56) + 1891 1d from Palapye to U.S.A, 1901 ½d card (H&G 2) franked ½d from Francistown to England. (4). £120-150
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1895 (May 27) British Bechuanaland 4d registration envelope size H used from Vryburg to Switzerland, franked 1888 3d + 1891 1d and 2d, light horizontal fold near the foot, otherwise fine and attractive. £100-120
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1904-58 Bechuanaland Protectorate used postcards with H&G 1 (2) commercially used from Gaberones Station to O.R.C in 1904 or from Ramoutsa to Germany in 1908 uprated ½d, H&G 2 and 3 used from Francistown in 1913, also H&G 5, 7, 8, 9 (3, white or buff card), 10, the QV and KEVII cards scarce. (11). £150-200
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1901-02 Bechuanaland Protectorate 4d registration envelopes (H&G 7) size F used from Mochudi to Brazil franked British Bechuanaland 4d with Press Censor, or from Palapye Station to Germany franked British Bechuanaland 4d + Bechuanaland Protectorate 6d, size G used from Mochudi to Cape Colony franked 2d or 1d strip of three, size G envelopes with minor faults, the censored cover to Brazil very unusual. (4). £180-220
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1907-28 Bechuanaland Protectorate KEVII (2) and KGV (7) registration envelopes all commercially used, comprising KEVII 4d on 2d size F franked 1d and size G franked ½d + 2½d both to South Africa (H&G 9, 9a), KGV 4d on 3d brown size G (H&G 12) used from Mochudi to Mafeking franked by eight 1d or three 1½d stamps, 4d on 3½d blue size F (H&G 13) from Kanye to Mafeking franked ½d strip of three, 5½d on 4d grey size F franked ½d from Maun to Rhodesia, 4½d claret size G (H&G 16) used from Molepolole to England franked 1d, Chanzi to Cape Town franked ½d, or Kasane to England franked 2d. A good lot, the Chanzi and Kasane datestamps scarce. (9). £280-350
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1825-1971 Covers and cards including Ostende-Dover Seapost postal stationery postcards (22) and cancellations, other maritime, WWI, 1918-19 temporary cancels, exhibition cancels, T.P.Os, etc. (178). £200-250
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c.1850-1990 Covers and cards, the large accumulation including express mail (with six 1889-1900 cards or lettercards), postage due mail, postal stationery, etc., also some stamps. (100s). £120-150
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1919-20 5f Carmine-lake and 10f claret in mint blocks of four, mounted on the upper pairs with the lower pairs unmounted. S.G. 249/50, £1,200+. (2 Blocks). £150-200
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1865 1d Rose-red, variety imperforate, four margins, used with "2" numeral cancel of Hamilton, minor toning, a light "Faux" handstamp erroneously applied to the reverse, otherwise fine, a good example of this rarity. About 14 examples of this variety are known, all used at Hamilton and cancelled with this type K1 numeral "2". They are thought to be plate proofs sent to Bermuda in error and used by the Postmaster. With 2014 B.P.A Certificate stating "used, toned, erroneously handstamped 'Faux' on reverse, is genuine". S.G. 1a, £27,000. Photo on Page 140. £3,500-4,500
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1865 1d Pale Rose, mint block of eighteen perforated at Somerset House with wing margin at right, part margin at base, positions 43-60 from the upper left pane, a few perfs strengthened with hinges and very minor tone spots, a scarce and attractive large block, ex Ludington. S.G. 2, £2,520. £600-700
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1873 3d Orange, fine mint, very scarce so fine, with B.P.A Certificate (2012). S.G. 5, £2,250. Photo on Page 140. £600-700
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1865 6d Dull Purple, a few short perf tips at left, otherwise fine mint, part gum. S.G. 6, £1,000. Photo on Page 140. £150-200
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1903 QV 6d Bright Mauve, perf 14x12½, complete unmounted mint lower right pane of sixty, complete margins, Current number "30", superb. S.G. 10a, £1,020. £300-350
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1893 1/- Green, mint vertical strip of three, perf 12½ vertically, imperf horizontally between the stamps, small thin to central stamp resulting in a light mark on the face. This variety occurred in rows 8-10 of one pane only resulting in 24 possible vertical strips, at least four of which are known to be separated. An attractive example of this rarity, stamps 47, 53, 59 from the upper right pane, ex Ludington Collection, with B.P.A Certificate (1999). S.G. 11a, £12,000. Photo on Page 212. £2,500-3,000
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1874 3d on 1/- Green, first type surcharge fine mint, hinge remainders and possibly a tiny thin spot, large part original gum, excellent colour and appearance, scarce so fine. With R.P.S Certificate (1977). S.G. 13, £2,500. Photo on Page 140. £500-600
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1874 3d on 1/- Green, first type surcharge, superb used with light numeral cancel. S.G. 13, £850. Photo on Page 140. £200-240
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1874 3d on 1/- Green, third type surcharge in Roman capitals, mint single, a couple of short perf tips at left, otherwise very fine, excellent colour, lightly mounted. With R.P.S Certificate (1991). S.G. 14, £1,500. Photo on Page 140. £300-350
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1875 One Penny surcharges, the 1d on 2d and 1d on 3d unused without gum, 1d on 1/- fine mint (tiny Gebr. Senf expert handstamp on reverse). S.G. 15/17, £1,700. (3). Photo on Page 140. £250-300
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