3 Dec 2018 – 7 Dec 2018
994 lots
Lot 30400 | 1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown mint pane of 20,
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown mint pane of 20, setting 4B, some creasing at top affecting one stamp, a little perf. separation and vertical fold after…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30401 | 1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown bisect on cover
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown bisect on cover, initialled « RM / PM » by the Postmaster, tied by Palapaye Station MR 12 00 cds with further strike adjacent,…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 30402 | 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) complete pane
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) mint nh left pane of 60 (missing margins at left), three stamps at lower left with creasing, great for the overprint…
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 30403 | 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with overprint error reading upwards
Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with overprint error reading upwards, showing the distinctive broken « ch » indicating that it comes from the…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30404 | 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red complete sheet of 120 with varieties
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) complete sheet (missing margins at left and right side only), with right pane R1/3 showing inverted « u » for…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30405 | 1893-95 1d & 2d (reading downwards) collection written up on 12 pages with specialisation in overprint varieties
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d & 2d (reading downwards) collection written up on 12 pages with specialisation in overprint varieties with listed and minor varieties on mint…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 30406 | 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with « BRITISH » omitted
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with « BRITISH » omitted, mint part og, thin at right side, fine appearance and very rare variety (SG £4’250)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30407 | 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red with « BECHUANALAND. / BRITISH » transposed overprint
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with « BECHUANALAND. / BRITISH » transposed overprint, mint part og, fine and scarce variety, ex County, cert….
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 30408 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) right pane of 60 with varieties
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) right pane of 60 (missing two pieces of margins at lower left only and some margin reinforced), with R1/3 showing…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30409 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) mint block of six with varieties
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) mint block of six showing both no dots on « i » of « British » and inverted « u » for second « n » in « Bechuanaland », hinge…
Estimation: 120 – 180 GBP
Lot 30410 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint used in Gaberones
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint, the second being weaker as all the examples are from Gaberones, with light cds, one toned…
Estimation: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 30411 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint used in Kanye
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint, Kanye cds, fine variety, cert. BPA (2019) (SG £700)
Estimation: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 30412 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint used in Mochudi
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint, Mochudi cds, fine variety, cert. BPA (1980) (SG £700)
Estimation: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 30413 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with « BRITISH » omitted, two examples in re-joined vertical pair used
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with « BRITISH » omitted, two examples in re-joined vertical pair with Ramoutsa cds, fine and scarce variety (SG £1’000)
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30414 | 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with « BECHUANALAND. / BRITISH » transposed overprint
Bechuanaland » British Bechuanaland
1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with « BECHUANALAND. / BRITISH » transposed overprint, mint part og (slightly toned gum), fine and scarce variety,…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30415 | 1888 1/2d Vermilion half sheet of 120, first setting
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1888 1/2d Vermilion half sheet of 120, first setting without Jubilee lines, hinged in the margin only, fine for such a multiple, great for the overprint…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30416 | 1888 4d on 4d Lilac & Black mint hr part og, fine appearance
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1888 4d on 4d Lilac & Black mint hr part og, fine appearance (SG £475)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30417 | 1888 (Dec) 4d on 1d Lilac & Black mint (2) and used
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1888 (Dec) 4d on 1d Lilac & Black mint og (small tone spot), mint og (heavy hinge) and nice used, plus 1888 1/2d mint (SG £360)
Estimation: 50 – 60 GBP
Lot 30418 | 1888 (Dec) 1/2d Grey-Black with DOUBLE OVERPRINT
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1888 (Dec) 1/2d Grey-Black with DOUBLE OVERPRINT, mint hr, couple of faint tone spots mentioned for accuracy, fine (SG £500)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30419 | 1888 (Dec) 1/2d Grey-Black with TRANSPOSED OVERPRINT
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1888 (Dec) 1/2d Grey-Black with TRANSPOSED OVERPRINT (Protectorate / Bechuanaland), mint hr, small corner perf bend at lower left, fine appearance (SG…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30420 | 1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion overprint essay with « PROTECTORATE / FOURPENCE »
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion overprint essay with « PROTECTORATE / FOURPENCE », mint lh, very fine and rare
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30421 | 1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion overprint essay with « Protectorate / 4D »
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion overprint essay with « Protectorate / 4D », mint lh, diagonal crease, rareNote: Illustrated in the Runner Post No.24 p.447
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30422 | 1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion group of 15 stamps
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1889 4d on 1/2d Vermilion group of 18 stamps with SPECIMEN ovpt (Holmes type 2), three mint, two unused and the rest used, showing various minor overprint…
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30423 | 1889 (Mar) 4d on 1/2d vermilion with GREEN OVERPRINT
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1889 (Mar) 4d on 1/2d vermilion with GREEN OVERPRINT, Shoshong AP 11 cds, fine and rare, cert. Brandon (1987) (SG £1’500)Note: The surcharge was printed…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30424 | 1889 (Mar) 4d on 1/2d vermilion with INVERTED OVERPRINT
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1889 (Mar) 4d on 1/2d vermilion with INVERTED OVERPRINT, indistinct cancel, fine and rare, ex Frazer, cert. RPS (1964) (SG £4’000)
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30425 | 1890 1/2d Vermilion 15mm overprint mint & used and 17mm overprint mint
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1890 1/2d Vermilion 15mm overprint mint & used (just cancelled at right) and 17mm overprint mint (toned perfs at top), fine (SG £750)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30426 | 1897 1/2d Yellow-Green group written up on 2 album pages
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1897 1/2d Yellow-Green mint & used group of the three different settings written up on 2 album pages incl. SG56 irregular mint block of 28, SG57 mint block…
Estimation: 120 – 180 GBP
Lot 30427 | 1897 1/2d Yellow-Green mint block of 21 from the top
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1897 1/2d Yellow-Green mint block of 21 from the top of the pane with inverted albino double print, fine and scarce multiple
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30428 | 1897-1902 1/2d Vermilion mint lower right corner marginal
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1897-1902 1/2d Vermilion mint lower right corner marginal « Q » control block (horizontal crease at top) and mint block of 40 (block of 8 at left with perf….
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30429 | 1897-1902 Jubilee issue with mint set, Specimen set, etc.
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1897-1902 Jubilee issue with mint set, Specimen set (mixed condition), plus a few extras incl. forgeries and a cut out from the Fournier album of the different…
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 30430 | 1904-13 KEVII group written up on album pages
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1904-13 KEVII group written up on album pages incl. 1d and 1s Specimens, mint blocks incl. 1s, mint and used sets incl. shades and a variety of cancels,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30431 | 1904-13 KEVII 1/2d Blue-Green with SPECIMEN type GB16 overprint
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1904-13 KEVII 1/2d Blue-Green with SPECIMEN type GB16 ovpt, part og, fine and rare
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30432 | 1904-13 2 1/2d Ultramarine with STOP AFTER P variety
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1904-13 2 1/2d Ultramarine with STOP AFTER P variety in mint nh strip of three with normals above and below, minor folding over of perfs in between, very…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30433 | 1913-24 Simple Cypher mint CONTROLS collection
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1913-24 Simple Cypher mint CONTROLS collection written up on album pages, mostly in blocks of 6 or 4, with six 1/2d (C13, O20, R21, J17, S22), seven 1d…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30434 | 1913-24 1/2d to 5s mint nh SPECIMENS (excl.1 1/2d)
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1913-24 1/2d to 5s mint nh SPECIMENS (excl.1 1/2d), plus extra mint hr 1s, very scarce ovpt on the lower values, very fine, ex Rossi
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30435 | 1913-24 2d Orange die I with INVERTED WATERMARK used
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1913-24 2d Orange die I with INVERTED WATERMARK, Palapye Road cds, very fine and scarce, listed but unpriced by SG
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30436 | 1914-23, Seahorses used group
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1913-24 Seahorses used group incl. Waterlow 5s with central Francistown cds, De La Rue 2s6d sepia, 2s6d pale brown on piece and Waterlow 5s vert. pair,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30437 | 1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 2s6d and 5s Specimens, etc.
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 2s6d and 5s Specimens plus 2s6d in sepia-brown and deep sepia-brown and 5s in rose-carmine (heavy gum creasing) and deep rose-carmine,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30438 | 1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 2s6d with double overprint (one albino)
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 2s6d with double overprint (one albino), mint hr, very well centred and very fine, cert. PFofSA (1981) (SG £300)
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 30439 | 1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 5s rose-carmine with double overprint (one albino) mint nh
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 5s rose-carmine with double overprint (one albino) mint nh, very fine, cert. Brandon (2007) (SG £375)
Estimation: 120 – 160 GBP
Lot 30440 | 1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 5s deep rose-carmine with
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1914-15 Waterlow Seahorses 5s deep rose-carmine with double overprint (one albino) mint large part og, collector’s hs on reverse, fine (SG £375)
Estimation: 90 – 120 GBP
Lot 30441 | 1913-24 Waterlow 2s6d Seahorse in grey-brown showing RE-ENTRY
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1916-19 Waterlow 2s6d Seahorse in grey-brown showing RE-ENTRY on lower stamp in top left corner marginal pair, a little perf. reinforcement in-between…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30442 | 1916-19 De La Rue Seahorses mint group
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1916-19 De La Rue Seahorses mint group with three shades of the 2s6d and a 5s, mint hr, fine (SG £670)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30443 | 1920-23 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses mint group
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1920-23 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses mint group with two shades of both the 2s6d and 5s, mint hr, fine to very fine (SG £400)
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30444 | 1913-24 Bradbury Wilkinson 2s6d with MAJOR RE-ENTRY variety
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1920-23 Bradbury Wilkinson 2s6d in chocolate brown with MAJOR RE-ENTRY variety, mint nh, slight gum toning and the odd natural gum wrinkle, fine and scarce…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30445 | 1925-27 Block Cypher mint CONTROLS collection
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1925-27 Block Cypher mint CONTROLS collection written up on album pages, mostly in blocks of 6 or strips of 3, with three 1/2d (E26, H27, L29), five 1d…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30446 | 1925-27 1d Scarlet with INVERTED WATERMARK used
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1925-27 1d Scarlet with INVERTED WATERMARK, Lobatsi cds, faint crease at top right not noticeable from the front, fine appearance and scarce, listed but…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30447 | 1925-27 3d Violet with INVERTED WATERMARK mint hr
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1925-27 3d Violet with INVERTED WATERMARK, mint hr, very fine (SG £200)
Estimation: 50 – 60 GBP
Lot 30448 | 1932 Definitive mint nh SPECIMEN set of 12
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1932 Definitive mint nh SPECIMEN set of 12, the 1s to 10s in lower left corner marginals and 2d to 4d left marginals, very fine (SG £450)
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30449 | 1932 Definitive mint nh set of 12 with 10s in imprint lower marginal pair
Bechuanaland » Bechuanaland Protectorate
1932 Definitive mint nh set of 12, with 1 1/2d to 1s values in right marginal mint blocks of four, the 2s to 5s as singles and the 10s in a lower marginal…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP