16c Franking: 1884 (Feb 23) Envelope from the Count de Kergaradec at the French Consulate in Bangkok to his wife in Angers, France with 1882-85 6c lilac…

1853 Small neat envelope from Madras to Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, sent by “Pr Steamer Indicuna”, an array of India mkgs in red, a fine and unusual…

1824 letter to the Courts of Justice, Cape Town with another, from 1831, to Cape Town with ‘Prepaid’ boxed in black, an attractive pair of covers.

1837 letter from Griqua Town via Cape Town to London with fine strike of “Cape of Good Good Hope / General Post Office” SE 23 1837 crowned oval cancel,…

1902-29 reprints (proofs) in pairs for 6d in black and in carmine, also 1s in violet, attractive and scarce (possibly as few as 6 copies of each printed).

1s reprinted plate proof pair from the defaced plate (done in the early 20th Century) in blue on wove paper, one stamp with “POSTAGE” and “ONE SHILLING”…

1853 1d pale brick-red on deeply blued paper, used with good to large margins, very fine (S.G. £450).

1853 Perkins Bacon 1d deep brick-red, on deeply blued paper, used pair, clear to large margins, clear sharp impression and excellent colour, a scarce pair,…

1853 1d deep brick-red on deeply blued paper, with good to large margins, crisp and light triangular cancel, very fine (S.G. £500).

1853 1d deep brick-red on deeply blued paper, with good to large margins, crisp partial triangular cancel, very fine (S.G. £500).

1853 1d deep brick-red on deeply blued paper fine used with large margins (S.G. £500).

1853 4d blue on slightly blued paper unused (regummed), with fine even margins, a fresh and attractive example (S.G. £2’250).

1853 4d deep blue on deeply blued paper in pair with clear to large margins, bold triangle obliterator, very fine and most attractive (S.G. £650+).

1854 entire written by Isaac Hughes (a Griqualand missionary) from Griquatown to London, bearing 4d deep blue (SG 2) and 4d deep blue (SG 4), the latter…

1853 1d brick-red on slightly blued paper with just clear to large margins, unused without gum, a very fine and attractive example; cert Bloch (1980) (S.G….

1853 1d brick-red, on slightly blued paper, used pair, clear to large margins, s fine and scarce pair; cert. Brandon (2020) (S.G. £700+).

1853 1d brown-red on slightly blued paper in block of four, used with 18-barred triangular cancel (Goldblatt STO – 1), a very fine and attractive multiple;…

1853 1d brown-red on slightly blued, good margins, neatly used, very fine (S.G. £375).

1853 Perkins Bacon 1d brown-red, used, three good even margins, fine (S.G. £375).

1853 4d deep blue, on slightly blued paper, unused with part original gum, three good to large margins, light creases, fine impression, and excellent…

1853 Perkins Bacon 4d blue, on slightly blued paper, unused pair, good to large margins, fine impression, scarce; cert. Brandon (2023) (S.G. £1’900+).

1853 4d deep blue on slightly blued paper in used block of eight with good to very large margins, somewhat indistinct cancels (almost certainly used on…

1853 4d deep blue on slightly blued paper in pair, large margins, struck twice with the triangular cancel, very fine and attractive; cert. Pfenninger (1965)…

1853 4d deep blue on slightly blued paper with clear to very large margins on cover from Aliwal to Cape Town, tied by triangular obliterator, Aliwal DE…

1853 4d blue on slightly blued paper with good margins on cover from Grahamstown to Port Elizabeth, tied by triangular obliterator type STO-1, reverse…

1853 Perkins Bacon 4d blue, two unused and one used, just touched to three clear margins, fine (S.G. £4’000).

1853 4d blue, on slightly blued paper, unused pair with part original gum, good to very large margins, some creases, fine impression, and a rare mint pair,…

1853 4d blue, on slightly blued paper, unused, good to large margins, fine impression, and a rare mint pair, cert. Brandon (2023) (SG £2’000+).

1853 4d blue on slightly blued paper in pair with good to large margins, very lightly cancelled, very fine and most attractive; cert. Holcombe (1989) (S.G….

1855 1d brick-red on cream toned paper with clear to very large margins, neat ‘Roller’ cancel, a lovely example of this most elusive of stamps, missing…

1855 1d rose on cream toned paper in pair mint part o.g., clear to large margins, fine and scarce multiple; cert. BPA (1952) and Richter (1995) (S.G £1’700+).

1855 1d rose on cream toned paper sideways watermark variety in used pair, margin touched at left, neat triangular obliterator, very fine and very scarce…

1855-63 Perkins Bacon 4d deep blue on white paper, unused single and block of four, one just touched, the rest with good to large margins, fine (S.G. £7’000).

1855 4d deep blue on white paper, unused (regummed), with good margins, trace of a thin spot, a fresh and attractive example (S.G. £1’400).

1855 4d deep blue on white paper with good margins (tiny nick at base) on cover to Stellenbosch with arrival strike on reverse, the stamp with pen cancel,…

1855-63 4d deep blue, two large margins and just touched at lower right tip, tied to front sent “Via Mauritius” to Australia by barred triangle cancel,…

1855 4d blue on white paper, unused, with fine to good margins, tip of left corner reattached, a fresh and attractive example (S.G. £1’100).

1855 6d pale rose-lilac on white paper with fine to good margins on neat little cover to England, tied by triangular cancel, endorsed ‘Per R.M.S. Athens’,…

1855-63 6d pale rose-lilac on white paper with sideways watermark variety, used with large margins, small thin, a very scarce item with few known; Holcombe…

1855-63 6d deep rose-lilac on white paper, used, with good to large margins, fine (S.G. £400).

1855-63 6d slate-lilac unused, fine even margins, light crease at right and tiny corner crease, fresh colour, a scarce unused stamp (S.G. £4’500).

1855-63 6d slate-purple on blued paper, fine used with good margins all round; scarce so fine.

1855-63 Perkins Bacon 6d slate purple on blued paper, used, with good to large margins, fine; cert. Brandon (1983) (S.G. £1’000).

1855 1s bright yellow-green on white paper, unused, just touched at lower left with fine margins otherwise, a most attractive example of this scarce stamp…

1855 1s bright yellow-green on white paper with large margins, neatly used, a choice example (S.G. £325).

1855-63 Perkins Bacon 1s bright yellow-green on white paper, used, with three good to large margins, fine; cert. RPS (1973) (S.G. £300).

1855 1s bright yellow-green, good to large margins, with 1d rose, two margins, on front to Utrecht in the Netherlands, tied by triangular obliterator,…

1855 1s deep dark green in mint block of four with large part o.g., close to large margins and exceptional colour, two light vertical creases, a scarce…

1855 1s deep dark green on white paper mint pair, large part o.g., large margins, superb (S.G. £900+).

1855 1s deep dark green on white paper mint pair, large part with light hinge, large margins, superb (S.G. £900+).