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;) | ZULULAND stamps: forgery of the Natal QV £20 REVENUE CA wmk with ZULULAND reading up, fine used. £40 |
;) | NONDWENI and NQUTU combination, Zululand postmarks purple NONDWENI (Z.4) - JAN 93, fair large part upr. showing DWE lettering with fine fullish NQUTU (Z.9) 15 JA 93 on QV 1d (SG.F1). £95 |
;) ;) | ST. CHRISTOPHER stamps: 1886 "4d" (no stop) on QV 6d (SG.25a), fine used, Cat.£300.00. £120 |
;) | 1912-25 Ceylon KGV 10r (SG.318) fine used. £45 |
;) | GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR, Bahamas postmark (T.5) in blue ink dated */10 AP 31 on 3d Staircase (SG.77). £30 |
;) | LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history: 1915 Sun Printery, Antigua advertising cover to New Jersey with KGV 1d (SG.48) tied St. John's C/AP 15 15 cds. £80 |
;) ;) | 1907 2c with unrecorded PLATE SCRATCH to Canada cover £65 |
;) ;) | 1922 Abfchnitt/Coupon Parcel Card to British Guiana £50 |
;) ;) ;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1916 WAR omitted and inserted by hand on 4th Setting 1916 KGV 1d carmine-red WAR STAMP (SG.124), fine mint showing the STAMP. portion in deep black, and the WAR portion in a distinctly different sheen of colour having been struck at an angle. (Scanned with normal for comparison). BPA committee not prepared to give an opinion. (Red scratch line through E of POSTAGE should identify sheet position). This stamp illustrated Page 304 in the newly published War Tax Stamps of the British Empire by John G.M. Davis. £850 |
;) | 36 used SWEET HOME/ALOEPOORT, Orange River Colony postmark on CGH stamp interprovincial use in purple on CGH KE7 ½d (SG.70), minor faults. £30 |
;) | 86., Orange River Colony postmark used on CGH stamps interprovincial in magenta (attributed Rietspruit/Zamenkomst/Kaallaagte) on 2 x CGH KE7 ½d (SG.70) piece. £24 |
;) ;) | 1887-89 1d rose-red MAJOR DOUBLING of VIRGIN ISLANDS (SG.33) without gum and some faults but currently the only known example as such on this issue. £425 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | INCORRECT VICTORIAN GRAMMAR on PREPARATION PROOF SHEET with UNISSUED VERTICAL LINED PAPER 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 |