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;) | 447 used KALK-BAY, Cape of Good Hope postal history on 1d rate cover to Constantia dated D/MY 12 94, some soiling, flap damaged with part removed, b/stamped Wynberg C/MY 12 94. £32 |
;) | NYLSTROOM, Transvaal reg. cover to Boston, USA with KE7 3d, 6d (9d rate, 4d reg, double rate 2½d postage) dated 2 SEP 05. £40 |
;) ;) | NYLSTROOM, Transvaal reg. cover to Austria with KE7 ½d, pair 1d, 2d, 3d (7½d rate, overpaid 1d or late fee?) dated 15 JUL 04, reverse sender's wax seal. £65 |
;) | NYLSTROOM, Transvaal reg. cover to Austria with KE7 ½d pair, 2½d, 3d (6½d rate) dated 4 AUG 06. £40 |
;) ;) | S.A.R. & H. GERDAU. 566, Transvaal incoming from India stampless cover b/stamped MAROLI BAZAR 21 MAR 33 with One Anna Due h/stamp added PONSRA, further tax h/stamps confirming 1d, pair 2d Postage Dues required tied 12 APR 33 arrival, some toned perfs and ragged opening at left. £250 |
;) | 1900 (AP 7) BOER WAR - BLOEMFONTEIN O.V.S., Orange River Colony early V.R.I. civilian mail cover (non-military) dated AP 7 00 with 2 x ½d to Port Elizabeth, b/stamped AP 9 arrival. Bloemfontein, capital of the OFS, fell to the British 26 days earlier on March 13, 1900. (When Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, was re-occupied by the British on June 5 1900, a civilan postal service began 13 days later). £120 |
;) | ANCHOVY, Jamaica (SQC) dated C/JY 16 96 tying 5 x QV ½d (SG.16a) on cover to London. £85 |
;) ;) ;) | BETHANY (STATION excised) R.O., Orange River Colony the tall letters cds (Putzel unlisted) dated SP 4 (00) on ½d Brief Kaart uprated with ½d for Germany, b/stamped Bloemfontein SP 4 19(00). The BETHANY STATION R.O. sighting was taken from the Batten collection (still intact) where only the "S" was visible but a full strike on loose stamp shows it to be BETHANY SIDING R.O. The correction will appear in the Putzel addendum £325 |
;) | PARIJS, Orange Free State postal history dated JA 23 94 on pair ½d cover to Port Elizabeth, b/stamped very fine strikes VREDEFORT JA 23 94 and MIDLAND DOWN JA 25 94 cds, slight toning around perfs. £120 |
;) | BRANDFORT, Orange River Colony dated MY 25 03 on ½d, 2 x 1d mourning cover to Switzerland £25 |
;) | 1901 (NO 26) BOER WAR - ARMY POST OFFICE, KRUGERSDORP to DEMERARA cover dated A/NO 26 01 to Miss Baker c/o Capt. Baker in Georgetown b/stamped 10 JAN 2 arrival, some soiling etc. Interesting research item £175 |
;) ;) | THE PROVING CARD WITH LATEST DATED USE "A10" (horiz) used KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT postal history: 1883 use of QV 1½d brown Post Card to London design tied black horiz. "A10" (PML.2) with red ST. VINCENT A/JU 8 83 despatch cds, card with vertical crease. An exceedingly important item. The vertical "A10" was re-introduced for use at Kingstown on JY 28 1883 as seen on QV 4d blue cover to Leipzig, Germany (the PML LRD of FE 22 84 is an error). £250 |
;) ;) | SER.ET variety, Jamaica postal history 1905 cover with 1d Arms (SG.34a) tied CHAPLETON sqc OC 7 05 locally to St. Anns Bay (OC 9 05), small opening tear top right corner clear of adhesive. £165 |
;) | BATHURST, Gambia postal history 1959 commercial cover, roughly opened 3 sides, to London with 5 x QE2 ½d (SG.171) tied */1 JU 59, alongside matching ink red strikes locally applied "T" and "1d/TO PAY" handstamps. £120 |
;) | BATHURST, Gambia "A.R" cover reg. cover with QE2 6d, 1/3d dated 13 JU 59. £65 |
;) | MATURA, Trinidad (T.1) on KE7 2d PSRE with added ½d, 2 x 1d for Germany dated A/6 FE 05, slight soiling etc. £48 |
;) | CUMBERLAND, St. Vincent postal history self-addressed cover by Peter Jaffe (during his only visit to St. Vincent) dated */3 JY 50 with village str. line REGISTERED, minor toning. £50 |
;) | POA 44, Natal postal history cover with pair KE7 ½d, b/stamped Dundee FE 15 10 and Durban FE 16 10. £65 |
;) ;) | 482 used CALA (contrary to regulations), Cape of Good Hope postal history on full 2d rate cover from solicitor at CALA (per flap) without despatch cds (contrary to regulations) showing Queens Town K/JU 28 88 arrival, some tone spotting. £48 |
;) | 795 used BRANDWACHT, Cape of Good Hope postal history on full 1d rate cover b/stamped A/AU 12 97 despatch to Mossel Bay, opened 3 sides for display, smaller peripheral faults. £80 |