| SA6559 |
1910 KGV 2½d blue shade. Upper marginal block of four. Superb and fresh unmounted. SG 2 |
£20 |
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| SA6560 |
1913 2/6 purple and green. Upper marginal showing plate '1' in margin. Hinged on margin, stamp superb unmounted. SG 14 |
£85 |
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| SA6561 |
1913 5/- purple and blue. Lower marginal, showing 'new moon' variety, in addition slight double impression of the outer frame of the oval at top. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 15 var. |
£275 |
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| AS564 |
BOPHUTHATSWANA 1977 Definitive issue. 4c Crocodile ERROR OF VALUE, due to OVERPRINT OMITTED (‘5c’ and grass), leaving the original ‘4c’ showing. Superb fresh unmounted mint. With normal for comparison. A modern rarity. SG footnote after SG 21
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£1,100 |
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| AS563 |
1913 (23rd October), printed envelope with ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ at top and ‘South African Railways.’ At lower left. Addressed locally in Cape Town, bearing a single Transvaal KEVII ½d deep green (SG 273a) tied by a CAPE TOWN (23 Oct) datestamp (post-interprovincial use). Although the flap is now stuck down, the envelope was presumably sent at the ½d open-letter rate. |
£45 |
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| SA6562 |
1951 1st May, printed 'FOREIGN PARCEL POST." label, applied with 3d x three, 2/6 and 5/- definitives (SG 117a, 121, 122), cancelled 'UPINGTON'. Addressed to London, the contents being 11lbs of Karakul pelts and valued at £50. A few light faults but still in remarkable condition for these, any which have survived inevitably in a poor state. |
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| AM1188 |
ARMY TELEGRAPHS 1899-1900 unappropriated dies overprinted ARMY TELEGRAPHS. Complete Set of 11 duties, 1d to £1. Odd fault including the 8d with a few short perforations, the 5/- with an unobtrusive horizontal crease and the £5 with a few light gum wrinkles, otherwise very fine and fresh mint. A very scarce and attractive set. These stamps (with the exception of the 8d) were used between November 1899 and August 1900 during the second Anglo-Boer War. SG AT 3-13
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£750 |
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| AS565 |
ARMY TELEGRAPHS 1899-1900 QV Jubilee ½d vermilion and unappropriated dies overprinted ARMY TELEGRAPHS. Set of ten duties as used in South Africa, ½d to £1. The 5/- with perf fault, otherwise very fine used. A scarce set. These stamps were used between November 1899 and August 1900 during the second Anglo-Boer War. SG AT 1, 3-6, 8-12 |
£250 |
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| AM1182 |
ARMY TELEGRAPHS 1899 unappropriated die 6d lilac overprinted 'ARMY TELEGRAPHS' in green. Horizontal pair, very fine used tied to small piece by clear ARMY / MR 18.XII.99 M- / TELEGRAPHS datestamp. The ‘MR M-’ denotes use at Modder Military in the Cape. Very fine SG AT6 |
£45 |
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| AS567 |
REVENUE / Penalty 1911 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 2/- dull purple and chestnut revenue stamp overprinted ‘PENALTY.’ in red. Fine used with INLAND REVENUE (3 Jul 12) double circle datestamp.
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£30 |
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| AS568 |
REVENUE c1914 De La Rue die proof of the KGV large format revenue issue vignette. Printed in black on cut-down glazed card (27x30mm). Rare.
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£850 |
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| AS566 |
REVENUE FORGERIES of the 1967 Decimal Arms Revenue Issue in complete imperforate sheetlets of 25 (5x5), printed on gummed paper (overall 192 x 228mm) with marginal guide markings. Comprising five sheetlets in the following duties: R10, R20, R50, R100 and R200 with colours very close to the issued stamps. These forgeries are believed to be the work of a Norwegian forger, K.H. Larsen and emanate from the trial of the Meyerson brothers who were convicted in May 1968 of defrauding the State. The R50 sheetlet with manuscript endorsement in upper margin on reverse and some with pin-holes in the upper left corner and all sheets with staple indents in the upper margins. Otherwise all are very fine / superb. A rare group from this fascinating fraud case which is estimated to have cost the State R175,000 in lost revenue. Two complete sheets of each of the five duties are believed to exist. |
£1,100 |
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