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;) | HARDING, Natal postal history (N) on strip of three QV 1d mourning cover dated 23 2 91 to Bicester, Oxfordshire (MR 24), some creasing and blemishes. £20 |
;) | HATTING SPRUIT, Natal postal history (M.2) on QV 1d mourning cover dated JU 27 1902 to Pretoria (JU 28), fault at top and 75% reverse flap removed. £14 |
;) | 1047 used CATHCART, Cape of Good Hope postal history A/SP 9 99 on 1d (SG.59) cover to Vermont, USA. Fine T over 15c tax h/stamp, roughly opened at right. £48 |
;) | 653 used MONTAGU, Cape of Good Hope postal history B/MR 26 96 on ONE HALFPENNY on QV 1d Post Card to Cape Town. £36 |
;) ;) ;) | 1883-1887 6d PLATE PROOF taken by DLR from the Nissen & Parker plate in dull mauve-lilac imperforate on ungummed CA wmkd paper seemingly top left corner marginal but enlargement suggests a further impression was alongside at left. £525 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | 1900 (JU 23) BOER WAR: RAILWAY PIONEER REGIMENT entire describing 1000 strong Boer attack with original photo of the bridge at Norvalspont, the outer cover with some toning, tears, Newport Pagnell JY 16 00 arrival. £325 |
;) | ROYAL ARMS used COLONIAL BANK, LONDON on undated GB KE7 ½d green Newspaper wrapper tied F.S. (Foreign Section) to Kingston, Jamaica, worm-holes etc but most unusual. £45 |
;) ;) | GOVERNOR locally produced Postal Stationery Envelope, British Guiana postal history (T+H unlisted) lightly but clearly struck in violet pmk'd Georgetown P.B. dated 13 SP 26 on cover to Essequibo, b/stamped Anna Regina */14 SP 26, address panel lightly toned. A rare official postal stationery PSE, probably unique. £175 |
;) ;) ;) | ROYAL ARMS (reverse flap) INTERPROVINCIALLY USED envelope with Natal KE7 5d, Transvaal KE7 ½d, 6d pmkd Cape Town reg ovals dated 28 MR 12 to Vienna, hinge remains on reverse. Note: not the Lion and Unicorn Royal Arms, this appears more Armorial or Heraldic. £40 |
;) ;) | 1893 HOPKINS BROS./FORWARDING AGENTS./HARRISMITH violet dbl-ring oval dated 10/4/99 used as senders cachet on ½d carmine Brief Kaart addressed Bethlehem, minor blemishes. £150 |
;) ;) | TRANSVAAL postal history: 1901 ½d Briefkaart with added 1d tied both Pretoria 5 MR 01 with BOTHA'S HILL, Natal A/MR 8 01 arrival. £36 |
;) ;) | AMANZIMTOTE railway station, Natal postal history ppc with KE7 1d pmkd AMANZIMTOTE JU 22 07, text says the town name is Zulu words for Sweet Waters. £48 |
;) ;) | GREAT BRAK RIVER, Cape of Good Hope postal history DE 15 10 on KE7 ½d Post Card, reverse attractive advertising. £18 |
;) | 1913 underpaid interprovincial cover with pair Transvaal KE7 1d tied PHILIPSTOWN A/JU 21 13 cds, pencilled T with further KE7 ½d added and tied CAPE TOWN JU 25 13. £24 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark C/DE 4 03 on blocks of 7 and 6 plus 4 KE7 ½d (SG.76) on pieces which connect. £40 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1974 Grenadines 2c, 3c Birds(SG.24/25) the locals overprints in u/m blocks of four additionally showing full clear complete offsets on reverse. £32 |
;) | BURUTU skeleton (RUTU not inserted or fallen out) (D9) 20 AU 1928 on KGV 2d chestnut to London, no backstamps, skeleton width 30mm. Identification of this BU as BURUTU is not certain (as the BURUTU D7 d/ring was in use up to SP 8 1928 per Proud); and BUEA has been considered. Perhaps recognition of the correspondence will assist. £125 |
;) ;) | GRANTS TOWN, Bahamas postal history 1930 cover from "MASON THE FLORIST" with enclosure with pressed flora and stuck-down petals addressed to Cambridge, Massachusetts with 2 x 3d Staircase (SG.77) and decorative "WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS" advertising label all tied by GRANTS TOWN */FE 10 30 (Type 5) cds. £280 |
;) | 1902 (JA 27) BOER WAR - NQUTU, Natal postal history (M.2) JA 27 1902 tying GB QV 1d on cover to Cradock arriving FE 2 02. £140 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history: 1865 mourning cover with P.12 QV 4d pink, 6d grey-black for Marseilles route tied Geelong FE 24 65 duplex, b/stamped AP 13 65 arrival. £125 |