9 Dec 2019 – 13 Dec 2019
4287 lots
Lot 51130
Rhodesia
1910-13 Double Heads 3d maroon and ochre (RSC ‘B’) in mint og block of 15 (14 stamp mint nh) from the top
three rows of a sheet showing full printer’s…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 51131
Rhodesia
1968 Alfred Beit 1s6d imperf. die proof affixed to Mardon Printers presentation card, seemingly in same design as issued stamp, very fine
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51132
Large Lots and Collections
Rhodesia: 1892-1908 Attractive and valuable collection of mostly mint, neatly mounted and well annotated on album pages, housed in Marini albums, showing…
Estimation: 100’000 – 120’000 GBP
Lot 51133
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1960 QEII Kariba Hydro-Electric Scheme 3d blackish green and red-orange in mint nh complete sheet of 60 with ERROR RED-ORANGE OMITTED in the 4th column,…
Estimation: 70’000 – 80’000 GBP
Lot 51134
St. Helena
1922-37 Wmk Multi CA £1 grey & purple on red in mint top left corner plate number block of four, hinged in the margin only, perf. separation in the margin…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 51135
St. Helena
1922 De La Rue die proof of the frame for the 15s in black on glazed card (60x92mm), endorsed « BEFORE/STRIKING » with manuscript date and initials lower…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51136
St. Helena
1922-37 Wmk Script CA 15s grey & purple on blue mint lh lower marginal with plate number, looks to have been expertly re-attached, very fine, cert. Diena…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 51137
St. Helena
1922-37 Mint part set of 9 values with 1d, 6d, 1s, 1s6d, 2s6d, 7s6d, 10s 15s and £1, very fine (SG £1’900+)
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 51138
St. Helena
1876-1934, Mostly mint collection on album pages incl. various QV Profile Perkins Bacon issues mint and used, then mint incl. 1884-97 set, 1903 set, 1908-11…
Estimation: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 51139
St. Kitts-Nevis
1876-78 1d Vermilion-Red perf.11 1/2 complete
mint sheet of 12 with selvedge, large part og (five stamps
unmounted), slight gum yellowing and minor…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51140
St. Kitts-Nevis
1921-29 Wmk Script 2s purple and blue on blue with « SPECIMEN » DOUBLE OVERPRINT error, mint og, very fine, a very rare and remarkable phenomenon, being…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 51141
St. Vincent
1949 UPU 24c blue-green with variety « C » of « CA » missing from watermark,
neatly cancelled by part Kingstown cds, very fine (SG £750)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 51142
Samoa
1918-19 Pair of covers: 1918 envelope with 1914-24 Postal Fiscal 2s and 1916-19 2d, and 1919 KEVII 1d lettercard uprated with 1914-24 Postal Fiscal 5s,…
Estimation: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 51143
Samoa
1955 Fiscal £20 yellow, mint, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 51144
Sarawak
1947 (Sep 20) Envelope sent by registered airmail to Scotland with 1945 BMA 10c, 15c and $1 tied by « BEAUFORT / NORTH BORNEO » cds with registration hs…
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 51145
Sarawak
TELEGRAPHS: 1933 5c purple and green with type 1 « TELEGRAPHS' »diagonal opt on 1927 Revenue issue, in horizontal pair neatly cancelled by
large part Trusan…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51146
Sarawak
TELEGRAPHS: 1933 10c purple and violet with type 1 « TELEGRAPHS » diagonal
opt on 1927 Revenue issue, in horizontal pair neatly cancelled by
large part…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51147
Seychelles
1896 Cover insufficiently franked by 1893 15c on 16c blue and brown, should have been 16c, missing 1c, wrongly taxed on arrival with Swiss postage due…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 51148
Seychelles
1900 Postal stationery envelope with 15c Blue imprint cancelled SEYCHELLES FE7 00, not admitted as postage and considered unfranked and taxed upon arrival…
Estimation: 170 – 200 GBP
Lot 51149
Seychelles
1949 UPU complete mint set of four with red SPECIMEN handstamps, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51150
Sierra Leone
1897 2 1/2d on 1s type 10 surcharge from R2/5 of the setting, mint large part og, a little heavily hinged, fresh colour and fine condition for this very…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 51151
Sierra Leone
1897 2 1/2d on 1s type 11 surcharge in mint og pair, some small fox spots on the gum, fresh colour and very fine, signed A. Diena (SG £1’100+)
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 51152
Sierra Leone
1897 2 1/2d on 2s type 8 surcharge, mint large part og, light gum bend and a couple of toned perfs,, fresh colour and fine condition for this very scarce…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 51153
Sierra Leone
1897 2 1/2d on 2s type 8 surcharge, mint og, very fine and fresh, scarce, signed Calves (SG £2’000)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 51154
Sierra Leone
1859-1937, Mostly mint collection on album pages incl. 1872 6d reddish violet (horizontal bend), 1876 set to 1s, 1896-97 set to £1, 1897 surcharged fiscals…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51155
Sierra Leone
1859-1981, Mint collection on stockcards, incl. QV issues starting with 1859-74 6d (4), 1872-73 4d blue creased, etc. (this first stockcard in mixed condition),…
Estimation: 1’500 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51156
South Africa » Anglo Boer War
1899-1900 Group of ten picture postcards printed by J. Farine, all showing different war scenes (prisoners, arrival of troops, ammunition transport, Gen….
Estimation: 90 – 110 GBP
Lot 51157
South Africa » Anglo Boer War
1900 (Feb 1) Envelope with « COLENSO 1 FEB 00 » violet straightline cancel tying Transvaal 1d and Orange Free State 1d to envelope to Johannesburg, with…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 51158
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
1823 (Oct 21) Wrapper sent to Charles Henry Somerst, Governor and Commander of the COGH, with crisp FREE crowned hs, very fine
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51159
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
1855-63, Small group of 3 Triangulars incl. 1d deep rose-red small part og, fine to large margins, light diagonal crease (SG £1’200); 1d deep rose-red…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51160
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
1853-1902, Mostly used collection on album pages, starting with
Triangulars (25) incl. 1853 1d pale brick-red used with jumbo margins,
4d deep blue…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51161
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
1864-77 Attractive old-time collection of Cape rectangulars, showing a good deal of complete, mostly used condition, mounted on 18 album pages, some useful…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 51162
South Africa » Mafeking
1900 6d on 3d Lilac & black with ERROR « MAFEK / 6d / BESIE », caused by a paper-fold during printing, tied to piece by crisp Mafeking MR 31 / 1900 cds,…
Estimation: 2’400 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51163
South Africa » Mafeking
1900 Baden Powell 3d pale blue on blue horizontal laid paper (21mm wide), mint part og, two or three toned perfs, fine and very rare stamp, cert. Brandon…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51164
South Africa » Natal
1897 1/2d brown reply card with additional franking 1882-89 1/2a blue-green, with marginal plate no. 2, addressed to Italy, fine
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 51165
South Africa » Natal
1893 1/2d Brown postal stationery card cancelled PINE-TOWN / NATAL and addressed to Switzerland, taxed upon arrival with Swiss postage due 1889 10c cancelled…
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 51166
South Africa » Natal
1902 £5 Mauve & Black mint lh, small light gum wrinkle at foot mentioned for accuracy, very fine and fresh example of this rare high value, cert. RPS (1971)…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 51167
South Africa » Natal
1904-08 £1.10 Brown-Orange and Deep Purple mint hr, faintly toned gum with one lightly toned perf on gum side, fine and scarce (SG £1’800)
Estimation: 360 – 440 GBP
Lot 51168
South Africa » Natal
1908-09 « POSTAGE POSTAGE » mint og set of 7, the 5s mint nh and 10s mint nh lower right corner plate no. marginal, very fine (SG £550)
Estimation: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 51169
South Africa » Natal
1859-95, Mint & used collection on album pages incl. a range of Chalons, « POSTAGE » overprints incl. 1869 1s green unused, 1877 1/2 on 1d set of local surcharges,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 51170
South Africa » Natal
1902-09, KEVII mint & used collection on album pages incl. 1902-03 mint sets (2) and used to 2s6d, 1902 High Values incl. mint to £1.10, the 5s, £1.10,…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 51171
South Africa » Transvaal
1885-93 £5 Deep Green mint lh, pos. R3/3, slightly toned gum, brown spot on perf at foot, very fine and very rare, cert. BPA (2000) (SG £3’250)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 51172
South Africa » Transvaal
1893-1900, Two items to Switzerland with Swiss postage dues applied on arrival: 1d card with 10c postage due (incorrectly taxed as postage was 1d) and…
Estimation: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 51173
South Africa » Transvaal
1901 Insufficiently franked double-weight cover with strip of four of 1901-03 E.R.I 1d rose and green from Pretoria to Niederuzwil/Switzerland, missing…
Estimation: 300 – 360 GBP
Lot 51174
South Africa » Transvaal
1903 £5 Orange-Brown & Violet mint hr, very fine, fresh colours, scarce high value (SG £2’250)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 51175
South Africa » Transvaal
1907 OHMS envelope from Pretoria to Neuchatel/Switzerland, sent as official mail but not accepted as such by the Swiss post and taxed with Swiss postage…
Estimation: 170 – 200 GBP
Lot 51176
South Africa » Transvaal
WOLMARANSSTAD: 1900 3d Purple & Green with « Cancelled / V-R-I. » type L3 handstamp in blue, mint large part og, very fine and rare as only 20-30 were issued,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 51177
South Africa » Transvaal
1877-1909, Mostly mint collection on album pages incl. 1878-80 mint & used values to 2s, various surcharges incl. 1d type 10 on 6d in red used, 1900 £5…
Estimation: 900 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 51178
South Africa » Zululand
1888-96, Mint group incl. 1888-93 Jubilee set and 1/2d, 1893 6d, 1894-96 1/2d to 4s and very fine £1 SPECIMEN, mixed condition so please inspect
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 51179
South Africa » Union & Republic of South Africa
1925 Airmail issue set of four in pairs showing the figure value in circle in the margin, mint nh, a little perf. separation, very fine and scarce (SACC…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 51180
South Africa » Union & Republic of South Africa
1911 « Immelman » photographic essays in sepia, set of six designs for the 1/2d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 6d, fine and scarce (6)
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 51181
South Africa » Union & Republic of South Africa
OFFICIALS: 1944-50 2d blue and violet with ovpt type O6 (reading upwards with
‘OFFICIAL’ at left and 16mm between lines of overprint) in mint nh block…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 51182
South Africa » Collections, Lots etc.
1914-48, Lot of 29 covers all addressed to Switzerland and bearing a range of different taxations applied on arrival, mostly single-weight rate paid for…
Estimation: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 51183
South Africa » Collections, Lots etc.
1910-48, Mostly mint collection on album pages incl. 1913-24 set of 15 to £1 (the £1 mint nh, small bend), with extras incl. two extra 5s, two extra 10s…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 51184
South West Africa
1923-30, Mint collection on album pages incl. 1923 Setting I 1/2d to £1 set (£1 with gum thin, cert. PFoSA) plus 1/2d, 4d, 6d, 1s and 2s6d with shiny ink…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 51185
Southern Rhodesia
1932 Victoria Falls 3d IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY in mint og left marginal vertical pair, both stamps with hinge traces, very fine and very rare variety,…
Estimation: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 51186
Sudan
1931-52, Old-time collection of Airmail issues in a spring-back album, with varieties, blocks, plate blocks, panes, first flight covers, commercial usages…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 51187
Swaziland
1889-90 10s Dull Chestnut, type 1 overprint on Transvaal, mint large part
og, plated to R4/2 on the sheet, odd shortish perf., still very fine
and…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 51188
Tanganyika
1916-22, Mint collection incl. 1916 N.F. set, 1917-21 1c to 20R set incl. blocks of four for many values up to 4R (of which many are plate number blocks),…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 51189
Tanganyika
1917-21 Wmk Multi CA 5R blue & dull purple mint nh lower right corner marginal block of four with plate number, very fine and attractive positional multiple…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 51190
Tanganyika
1917-21 Wmk Multi CA 10R red & green on green (emerald back) in mint og top left corner marginal block of four with plate number, couple of faint tone…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 51191
Tanganyika
1917-21 Wmk Multi CA 50R carmine & green mint nh top marginal (looks to be expertly re-attached), very fine and fresh (SG £750)
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 51192
Tanganyika
1921 Wmk Script CA 3R violet & green mint nh top right corner marginal block of four with sheet number and plate number, faintly toned gum, very fine and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51193
Tanganyika
1922-24 Issue mint group incl. 5c to 75c (two of each), wmk sideways 1s to £1 (£1 with toned gum and paper impurity), wmk upright 1s to £1 (with two 1s…
Estimation: 260 – 360 GBP
Lot 51194
Tanganyika
1922-24 £1 Yellow-Orange, wmk upright, mint og, very fine (SG £450)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 51195
Tanganyika
1927-31 5c to £1 mint og set of 16 with two of each value up to 10s, some with toned gum, the £1 is very fine (SG £770+)
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 51196
Togo
1915-20, Mint group of two pages incl. 1915 set of 12 (20s creased) and 1916-20 set of 12, odd spot of toning, mostly fine (SG £400+)
Estimation: 60 – 80 GBP
Lot 51197
Tonga
1893 2 1/2d on 2d (carmine ovpt) with inverted watermark, unused, two small thins, fine appearance and rare, unlisted by SG
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 51198
Tonga
1893 2 1/2d on 2d (black ovpt) with variety fraction bar completely omitted in unused block of four with stamp below only showing a trace of the bar, minor…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 51199
Tonga
1894 1/2d on 4d vertical strip of 10 with sheet margin and sheet number, with four stamps showing the « SURCHARCE » variety and one showing « SURCHARCI »,…
Estimation: 40 – 50 GBP
Lot 51200
Tonga
1895 1/2d on 2 1/2d Vermilion imperf. vertically variety, unused left marginal, fine and very rare, unlisted by SG, cert. BPA (2019)
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 51201
Tonga
1897 2s View of Haapai group of 6 forgeries (or poster stamps?) in very similar design to the issued stamp, in different colours (green (2), bistre, olive,…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 51202
Tonga
1923-24 « TWO PENCE / PENI-E-UA » (type 28) ovpt albino impression struck 3 times on two pieces of buff paper, very unusual
Estimation: 60 – 80 GBP
Lot 51203
Tonga
1949 UPU complete mint set of four with red SPECIMEN handstamps, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51204
Tonga
OFFICIALS: 1893 (Feb) Photographs of the Sperati forgeries of the 4d, 8d and 1s values, fine
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 51205
Trinidad and Tobago
1949 UPU complete mint set of four with red SPECIMEN handstamps, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51206
Trinidad and Tobago » Trinidad
1907 Insufficiently franked double weight cover to Fribourg/Switzerland franked by 1906-07 1d(2) and 1/2d, Swiss postage due 1897 50c applied on arrival…
Estimation: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 51207
Uganda
1895 (May) Typewritten 20(c) black, narrow letters, 18mm wide, left
marginal with virtually complete borders on other sides, unused, small tone spot…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 51208
Uganda
1897 (Aug) Envelope to England with 1896 1a pair tied by blue crayon cross, in combination with British East Africa 1896-1901 2 1/2a blue tied by Mombasa…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 51209
Uganda
1899 (Jan) Cover of White Fathers origin, to « Monseigneur Streicher,
Vicaire Apostolique du Nyanza Septal, La Maison – Carree, Algeria »,
franked by…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 51210
Uganda
1896-1902, Small mint & used collection on two pages incl. 1896 type-set 1a unused, 2a used, 3a unused and 4a used, 1898 set (1R used, odd fault incl….
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 51211
Zanzibar
1913 Dhow 200r brown and black mint nh, yellowish gum as usual, very fine (SG £1’400)
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 51212
Zanzibar » Anti-Slave Patrol (1864-1896)
1889 Sailor’s concessionary rate envelope from the H.M.S. “Griffon » while a Zanzibar, from the Sullivan correspondence sent to England (received 22 April),…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 51213
Zanzibar
1896 (May 26) 1a on 1 1/2a blue postcard uprated with 1896 (11 May) « 2 1/2 » (type 3) on 1a plum (showing small small second « z ») cancelled by Zanzibar…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 51214
Zanzibar
1904 Monogram Issue group of five De La Rue die proofs for the Rupee values, each in black on glazed card (92x60mm),
comprising the vignette and border…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 51215
Zanzibar
1895-96 1a6p Sepia mint og with « Zanzidar » variety from R4/6, Hall’s
setting ‘D’, very fine, a great rarity, being one of only five unused
examples…
Estimation: 3’250 GBP
Lot 51216
Zanzibar
1949 UPU complete mint set of four with red SPECIMEN handstamps, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP