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;) | 718 used EMBEKELWENI, Swaziland postmark in blue ink on ½d grey (SG.4), perf. fault. £14 |
;) | MBABANE on ORC ½d V.R.I. and 1d V.R.I. on piece dated 15 AUG 32. £24 |
;) | CYPRUS KE7 ½pi CA and MCA wmks stockcard with 32 used stamps, generally fine. £48 |
;) | CYPRUS KE7 ½pi CA and MCA wmks stockcard with 32 used stamps, generally fine condition. £48 |
;) | T.O. KAALLAAGTE, Orange River postmark purplish d/ring dated 3 NOV 10 tying 2 x KE7 1d (SG.149) to piece. Extremely rare office (Putzel unable to illustrate any datestamp prior 1957). £125 |
;) ;) | The BADLY ALIGNED PREPARATION SHEET, Montserrat stamps: 1866 QV 1d pale rose INLAND REVENUE on unissued vertical laid paper, a generally fine and fresh IMPERFORATE complete sheet of twelve stamps showing the two units of six stamps laid down but BADLY ALIGNED within the full marginal inscriptions including One Penny Each - One Shilling per Sheet. at base (changed on issued sheets) on gummed paper sheet numbered 256 at top left. Trace of rusty paper clip at top which probably had a note attached re the two corrections required. Some slight creasing. Note: The initial delivery is thought to be Sheets 1 to 250 making a total of 3,000 stamps being issued on horizontal laid paper with base inscription reading One Penny each - One Shilling per Sheet. - the change from Each to each being made at preparation stage due Victorians being fussy about incorrect grammar. Only three imperforate sheets (numbered 256,257,258) are currently known with the original "Each" setting, and each showing differing adjustments to the lining up of the two units. Morley in 1910 reported the existence of these stamps on vertical laid paper but both Britnor (1965) and Robson Lowe (1990) were unable to confirm their existance in their handbooks. Sheets 251 to 260 are therefore printer’s unissued preparation sheets. The "Each" error was not noticed by philatelists until 2001 (135 years later!). £1500 |
;) | JAMAICA stamps: 1897 QV 5/- lilac Crown CA wmk (SG.26), used block of four pmkd REGISTERED oval d/ring dated DE 11 05. Cat.?340.00. £225 |
;) ;) | 1901 (AU 10) BOER WAR - UMSINSINI, Natal postal history (M.4.2) in violet dated A/AU -- 10 (for A/AU 10 01) on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa, reverse E.(crown)R. (KE7) OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW label. A rare office £125 |
;) | B64 used SEYCHELLES postmark on Mauritius QV 10d maroon (SG.Z25). £225 |
;) | B65 used RODRIGUES, Mauritius postmark on QV 4c orange CC wmk (SG.93), creased. £150 |
;) | WILLOW GRANGE, Natal postmark (M.4.2) dated O/SP 13 09 on C.S.A.R. 1d PARCELS STAMP. £36 |
;) | UMGENI, Natal postmark (M.3.1) dated A/OC 20 09 on N.G.R. 3d PARCELS STAMP. £30 |
;) ;) | 10 used PHILIPPOLIS, Orange Free State postal history on 1d Brief Kaart written 24 Sept to Cape Town. £75 |
;) | 21, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) on horiz. pair 1d on 3d (SG.54). £14 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postmark on Great Britain QV 4d dull green (SG.192) stamp dated C/JY 10 87 paying the correct UPU rate between UK and St. Lucia pmk'd on arrival from R.M.S.P. mailboat, or as loose mail on arrival from mail posted on board a British vessel. Exceptionally rare use and a probably unique display item. £500 |
;) | DAKAR, Senegal postmark on Sierra Leone stamps tying piece with KE7 1d PSE with added QV 1½d tied 7 AVRIL 03 datestamp. £15 |
;) | 1902 6 d on 6d wide spacing (SG.137b) used. £30 |
;) | GERIHUN, Sierra Leone postmark (045.01) */3 NO 56 (LRD 3rd period) on QE2 3d (SG.214). Rare. This is the first example noted on QE2 issue. £30 |
;) | BOSHOP, Orange River Colony postmark JY 13 without year on "2½" on 3d (SG.104) block of four. £40 |
;) | B.31 used FREETOWN, Sierra Leone postmark (17x25mm) vertical format on QV 1d rose-carmine (SG.28a). Rarely available. Sent from GPO, London 1st June 1893. £250 |