AKPAFU MEMPEASEM, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.21) 14 AP 55 on QE2 2d (SG.156). £7
230, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 3d CC wmk (SG.39a). £8
15, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 6d CC wmk (SG.25b). £5
508, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 3d CA wmk (SG.43). £6
294, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2d (SG.50). £7
653, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.49a). £5
440, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2½d (SG.56). £8
Combination NATAL and British Occupied ORANGE FREE STATE stamps used ORANGE RIVER COLONY 1900 used of "E. No. 708" blue stock NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS (deleted) foolscap cover marked "Regd", "60", "Fee Paid" to Serg. Major C. Stride, Dorset Yeomanry, Wimborne, Dorset with combination Natal block of ten QV 1d carmine and British Occupied OFS 2d purple ovp'd "V.R.I." and 2d pmk'd P.O.A. 107 obliterators, both stamps and adhesives with faults, reverse Wimborne DE 8 00 arrival. The Orange Free State was formally annexed to the British Crown and renamed the Orange River Colony on 28 May 1900. £225
CONSIGNEE ENTIRE landed GRAVESEND SHIP LETTER, St. Vincent postal history 1910 cover marked "Consignee" and "p. S.S. St. Croix" to William Burr, Broad Street House, London with 1d re-drawn Arms (SG.99) tied purple str. line "THE EAST-ASIATIC COMPANY" handstamp with both GRAVESEND/SHIP-LETTER and GRAVESEND 2 AM/MY 18 10 arrival cds alongside address panel, reverse London E.C. 10.15AM MAY 18 10 arrival. The East Asiatic Company was founded in 1897 in Copenhagen by Hans Niel Andersen, initially to operate shipping services between Copenhagen, Bangkok and the Far East. In 1907 the "St. Croix" was sold to the Hamburg America Line. £750
KIMBERLEY, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (SQC) BJ/SP 21 98 on ½d (SG.61a). £3
55, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2½d (SG.63a). £6
37, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.49a). £3