OFFICIALS: 1903 8a grey-black and pale blue with variety “no stop after M” and overprinted “SPECIMEN”, fine mint, rare in this form

OFFICIALS: 1903 Wmk Mult Crown CA 2a dull and bright purple with variety “no stop after M”, mint, fine (SG £2’500) Expertise: Signed Bloch

REVENUES: Court Fee 1a (2) with differing styles of overprint, affixed to 1900 (27 June) Appendix sheet with that selected marked “This please”, initialled…

REVENUES: Court Fee 1a and Revenue 1a, each overprinted “CANCELLED” (D6) and affixed to piece, the Court Fee 1a dated “Aug. 1900.”, the Revenue “Jan 1901”

REVENUES: Court Fee 1a (2), 8a, 1903 2a on 3a (2) and Revenue 1900 1a, good to fine mint, a seldom offered group.

REVENUES: QV ovptd India 15r green Court Fee document, fresh unused, scarce

COLLECTIONS: 1903 Specialised mint & used collection incl. mint QV ovpt at top set, mint QV ovpt at bottom to 3r, with QV varieties incl. “BRIT SH” on…

1913 (Interprovincial Period) OHMS Cover to Paris with 2 1/2d Natal cancelled by Cape Town cds, Free franking not allowed on overseas mail as is shown…

1913-24 2d Dull Purple WITHOUT WATERMARK, mint, very fine, not listed by SG (S.A.C.C. 3’000 rand) Expertise: Cert. PF of SA

1918 (Nov 24) Germiston flight airmail postcard with KGV tied by Aerial Post cds, plus 1925 Royal Tour cachet tying KGV 1 1/2d tête-bêche pair to cover…

1923 1d Harrison Springbok unadopted essay in green and carmine, mint nh, very fine

1923 1d Harrison Springbok perforated essay 1d carmine in block of left marginal block of 9 on watermarked ungummed paper, very fine

1923 1d Harrison Springbok perforated essay 1d carmine in block of four on watermarked ungummed paper, very fine

RTV 1926-27 1d Proof of the outer frame only in carmine in top right corner block of 10, no gum, fine and scarce

RTV 1927-30 5s Black & Green mint pair with lower marginal printer’s inscription, fine and rare as such (SG £300+)

1930-44 2d Slate-grey and lilac and 2d blue and violet (one toned perf. on gum side) in pairs showing “airship flaw”, mint hinged, fine (SG £1’090)

1930-44 4d Brown with variety “spear flaw” in block of four on airmail cover to Australia along with 2d pair, minor cover faults, scarce usage of the variety…

BOOKLETS: 1921 3s Booklet and 1922 3s6 on 3s booklet, both exploded, both complete, both with some minor discolouration to the cover, scarce (SG £1’900)

POSTAL STATIONERY: KGV 6d embossed die proof for stationery envelope in orange, attractive and scarce

1896 Envelope to London endorsed “Dongola Expedition Force, No Stamps,” WADI HALFA 7 AO 96 cds alongside, Cairo transit and Paddington arrival bs, fine…

1897 Specialised 1m-10pi mint and used collection mounted on 11 pages with identified ovpt types varieties, multiples, etc., some foxing, fine and useful…

1898 (Wmk rosette) 10pi + 5pi + 1pi tied by blue WADI HALFA 5.XII.98 cds on registered cover to Germany, arrival bs, very fine & scarce

1903 (Dec 8) soldier’s envelope from “8636 Bugler J, Farrell “H” Company 2nd, Batt. R. Bde. Khartoum Sudan” to England, countersigned by the Commanding…

1907 (Feb 16) Picture postcard (Abu Simbel) to Paris, bearing 4m blue and olive-green with indistinct cds (Halfa) and tied by straight-line “*Ville De…

1909 (May) Picture postcard to England, bearing 5m red and black cancelled by superb “Paquebot” handstamp with Suez cds alongside, fine

1913 (18 Jan) 2m green stationery card, the senders details on reverse given as “Mohamed Tewfic El Habashi 1st. Comp. Equatorial Batt. E.A. Loka. Bahr…

1914 (Jan 17) Ligue Nationale Aerienne 5m postal stationery envelope addressed in Pourpe’s handwriting to the President of L.N.A (who sponsored the flight)…

1921 (Jul 5) De La Rue “Colour Scheme” Appendix sheet, bearing issued 1898 2m to 10p with suggestions written alongside each for new values to be used…

1922ca. 1m perforated printer’s samples (2), comprising small format in brown and magenta and large format in red and purple, both overprinted “Specimen”…

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven, 1927 2p and official punctured “SG” 1922 set of four and 1927 2p, all in strips of three (except 1m which is a pair and…

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven each handstamped “Specimen” (BEC 1), traces of gum, a unique group

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven imperf. colour trials in issued colours on watermarked paper, the 4m with camels white neck flaw, each handstamped “Specimen”…

1921-23 5m olive-brown and black double pane of 120 from the top of the sheet with pillar margins at foot, each overprinted “Specimen” (D16) with a few…

1927-41 Specimen Stamps: 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 10m, 2p, 4p, 5p, 6p, 8p, 10p and 20p each handstamped “Specimen” in black or violet by the Bechuanaland Receiving…

1927-41 3p red-brown and blue in strip of three, twice cancelled by “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta and affixed on piece dated…

1927-41 20p imperf. colour trial in blue and black (left marginal) on watermarked ungummed paper, fine

1927-41 20p imperf. colour trial in blue and black on watermarked ungummed paper, fine, plus 1951 5m printer’s imperforate proof in black and purple on…

1935 15m on 10m Gen. Gordon double surcharge variety, very fine corner example, slight hinge trace only (SG £1’000) Expertise: Signed Forester in margin

1938 Airmail 3pi on 3 1/2pi in complete sheet of 50 (separated in two blocks), mint nh, two stains in the margins where attempts have been made to re-join…

1939 Printed envelope used for forwarding small quantities of correspondence with label on reverse “Air Mail / From Malakal” with ms 21.9.1939 and 110kg…

1940-41 4 1/2pi surcharge on 8p proof sheet of 60 on plain wove paper showing the constant varieties broken fraction on stamp 14, flattened top of 2 on…

1940 5m on 10m carmine and black strip of three, cancelled by complete and partial strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta…

1940-41 4 1/2p on 5m strip of three and 4 1/2p on 8p vertical pair and a single, cancelled by complete strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie”…

1941 Tuti Island 1m to 20p set of fifteen, all in strips of three with each cancelled byone or more strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie”…

1948 3p frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) marked “147/31”, fine

1951 5m printer’s imperforate proof in black and purple on thin pink paper, a marginal block of four from the right of the sheet

OFFICIALS: 1901 (Oct 19) “OHMS” envelope from Khartoum to the war office in Cairo, bearing 1901 1m brown and pink punctured “SG” and neatly cancelled by…

OFFICIALS: 1936-46 4m and 5p each handstamped “SPECIMEN” in violet by the Bechuanaland Receiving Authority, fresh without gum as usual for these archival…

OFFICIALS: 1936-46 5m olive-brown and black strip of three cancelled with complete and part strikes of “Specimen/Collection/Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta…

OFFICIALS: 1936-46 2p to 50p with additional 4p on ordinary paper and 1948 1m to 15m, all in blocks of four, mostly marginal or corner with some low values…