BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA / NYASALAND | Postage Dues / Postal History / Postmarks / Nyasa Field Force / Revenues / Booklets / Malawi

	Last updated: 4th March, 2012

	POSTAGE DUES
RA6064	1950, complete set of five values, each in a top left corner control ‘1’ block of four. Superb unmounted, a lovely and scarce group. SG D1-5	£320
RA7684	1950, complete set of five values, each in a matching lower right corner block of four with plate ‘1’ in margins. Very fine unmounted, folded vertically and the 3d with parted perfs. Attractive and uncommon group. SG D1-D5	£375
NY196	1950, 4d purple, very fine mint. SG D4	£8
NY197	1950, 6d yellow-orange, very fine mint. SG D5	£12
NY328	1950, 6d yellow-orange, very fine used. SG D5	£75

	POSTAL HISTORY
RA6066	1897 (February), BCA type bordered ˝d black and yellow ‘Internal’ postal stationery card, cancelled with very fine strike of BLANTYRE (9 Feb). A scarce card used.	£45
NY298	1898 (14th June), ‘Armbruster’ cover addressed to Zomba bearing an imperforate 1d vermilion and pale ultramarine ‘cheque stamp’ (Setting II, SG 55b). A lower marginal example, probably with embossed control ‘E / 17’ and tied by fine UPPER SHIRE (14 Jun) single circle datestamp with second very fine strike below. Zomba (14 Jun) arrival backstamp. A scarce issue on cover.	£425
RA6629	1898 (5th July), cover bearing 1d vermilion & deep ultramarine ‘cheque stamp’ (Setting II, perf. 12, SG 57a (no control visible)) placed inverted and tied by Blantyre (5 July) single circle datestamp. Handstamped address ‘W.H. Keiller / Auctioneer and Valuator . . . Blantyre’. A few minor perimeter faults, otherwise very fine and attractive.	£170
RA3920	1911 (8th August), cover bearing 2 x 1d Edwards (SG 74), cancelled with squared circle 'NGARA / B. C. A.' datestamp addressed to Sweden. 'CHINDE 2 SE' and 'ZOMBA 12 AU' transit datestamps on reverse, arrival datestamp 2nd October. The cover damaged in transit and upon arrival in Sweden secured with three printed black/cream 'GEFLE / POSTKONTOR.' seal labels at base, further applied with printed black/green 'LOSEN / …..ore' (etc.) Swedish postage due label endorsed '54', then 4 ore, 10 ore and pair 20 ore regular issues paying the deficiency, each pen cancelled. A highly unusual and remarkable cover.	£325
RA5626	1926 (24th August), pre-printed newspaper wrapper for ‘The Nyasaland Times / Blantyre Nyasaland’. Addressed to Switzerland and bearing a single KGV ˝d green (SG 100) tied by BLANTYRE (24 Aug) double circle datestamp. Neat and attractive.	£55
RA5026	1926 (28th August), intact Newspaper wrapper with printed “The Nyasaland Times / BLANTYRE NYASALAND”. Addressed to Switzerland and bearing a single KGV ˝d green (SG 100) tied by BLANTYRE (28 Aug) double circle datestamp. Neat and attractive.	£55
RA6942	1927 9th November, cover endorsed at top ‘No stamps available at Lilongwe P. O.’, addressed to ‘P. O. Dedza’. Apparently upon arrival there applied with 1d KGV, cancelled ‘DEDZA’. A little tatty, but scarce and most unusual.	£225
RA5027	1934 (12th November), cover sent airmail to England, bearing a single KGV 1/- ‘leopard’ (SG 122) tied by LIMBE (12 Nov) double circle datestamp. Scarce usage and an attractive cover.	£75
RA6630	1937 (26th January), cover to Canada bearing KGV 1/- black and orange ‘Leopard’ (SG 122) tied by Zomba / Registered (26 Jan) double circle datestamp with Zomba registration label alongside. Toronto (4 Mar) arrival backstamps.	£35
NY216	1937 (12th May), unaddressed cover bearing KGV 'Leopards' 1˝d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d and 1/- cancelled by four strikes of LIKOMA ISLAND (12 May).	£30
RA3921	(incoming) 1943, reused cover applied with printed black/white 'ECONOMY LABEL', sent from East Africa, bearing 20c George VI KUT definitive, cancelled with skeleton type 'MBAMBA BAY' datestamp, addressed to Dedza, Nyasaland, arrival backstamp. Attractive.	£25
RA2923	1951 (12th July), KGVI Diamond Jubilee of Nyasaland set, on printed cover with the Arms of the colony, struck twice with barred circular ‘C’ strikes, ‘BLANTYRE 12 JY 51’ cds below. Locally addressed, fine.	£12
RA2925	c1953 6d QEII Airletter, printed with the 6d definitive (SG 180) in purple. Very fine unused, folded. Uncommon.	£8
RA5423	1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Printed folder internally applied with glassine strips (now partially loose), and with 1945 KGVI definitive set to 1/- and 6d Rhodes Centenary Exhibition (SG 144-52, 171). Most unusual.	£25
RA5627	1963 23rd January, QEII stampless Tourist Air Letter addressed to the USA with illustration of giraffes with ‘VISIT RHODESIA AND NYASALAND’ and VISIT THE GAME RESERVES’ inscriptions at lower left. Cancelled with POSTAGE PAID / BULAWAYO (23 Jan) datestamp struck in red.	£15
AN129	1963 (November), locally addressed airmail envelope, bearing QEII 1d revenue stamp overprinted ‘POSTAGE’ and an unoverprinted 2d (SG 189, Barefoot 20) tied by a very light Blantyre (11 Nov) machine cancellation. Undoubtedly philatelic, though an unusual combination, apparently accepted for postage.	£25
AN127	1963 (November), envelope addressed to Scotland bearing a single QEII 1d green revenue stamp overprinted ‘POSTAGE’ (SG 189), tied by a Blantyre (13 Nov) single circle datestamp. Attractive and scarce example of this stamp used alone on cover, presumably paying an unsealed open-letter rate.	£45
AN128	1963 (December), envelope sent registered to Salisbury, Rhodesia, bearing QEII 3d and 1/- revenue stamps overprinted ‘POSTAGE’ (SG 191, 194) and tied by a Blantyre (18 Dec) double circle datestamp. Blantyre regsitration label at left and with Blantyre backstamp. Scarce usage of this issue on cover.	£45
AR158	1963 (December), cover addressed to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Bearing a single QEII 3d blue revenue overprinted ‘POSTAGE’ (SG 191) tied by LILONGWE (31 Dec) machine roller canceller. Uncommon.	£30

	POSTMARKS
RA3608	KOTA KOTA squared circle, in VIOLET, part strike date not visible on 1d Edward (SG 59)	£10
RA6071	MLANDA / NYASALAND single circle relief type strike, dated 17 JY 51, on pair of KGVI leopards on piece. Uncommon.	£20

	1914-18 NYASALAND–RHODESIA FIELD FORCE
RA9011	1916 Nyasaland–Rhodesia Field Force. KGV complete set of five overprinted 'N.F.', 'SPECIMEN' overprints. Fine to very fine mint. SG N1s-N5s	£220

	REVENUES AND FISCAL USE
AN167	REVENUE 1891 Large format 2/6 slate-purple and vermilion. Fine mint. Mewett 669 / Barefoot 5	£65
NY289	REVENUE 1891 Large format 2/6 slate-purple and vermilion. Fine used with RUO double circle cancellation and manuscript ‘X’. Mewett 669 / Barefoot 5	£45
AN168	REVENUE 1891 Large format 4/- greyish-black and vermilion. Exceptionally fine and fresh mint with part of papermaker’s watermark. Mewett 670 / Barefoot 6	£125
AN169	REVENUE 1891 Large format 10/- deep green and vermilion. Fine and fresh mint. Mewett 671 / Barefoot 7	£85
RA3265	REVENUE 1891 Large format Ł1 deep blue and vermilion. Very fine mint. Mewett 672 / Barefoot 8	£100
AN170	REVENUE 1891 Large format Ł1 blue and vermilion. Very fine fresh mint. Mewett 672 / Barefoot 8	£125
AN171	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł10 Indian red and vermilion. Light diagonal crease, otherwise very fine fresh mint. A rare stamp. Mewett 673 / Barefoot 9	£275
AN178	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł25 deep blue, imperforate, on thin wove paper, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ (type B1, twice). Without gum. Superb and most attractive. Very scarce. Mewett 674 / Barefoot 10 specimen	£400
AN156	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł25 deep blue, imperforate, on thin gummed wove paper. Light horizontal gum bend (not a crease) otherwise very fine mint. An attractive, very imposing stamp and a superb example of the engravers art. Very scarce. Mewett 674 / Barefoot 10	£450
AN179	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł50 deep green, imperforate, on thin wove paper, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ (type B1, twice). Without gum. Superb and most attractive. Mewett 675 / Barefoot 11 specimen	£400
AN157	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł50 deep green, imperforate, on thin gummed wove paper showing part of papermaker's watermark. Most attractive and a very imposing stamp. Very scarce. Mewett 675 / Barefoot 11	£550
RA6945	REVENUE 1893 Large format Ł1 blue and vermilion surcharged ‘ONE SHILLING’. A few irregular perfs otherwise fine unused (without gum). Scarce. M677 / Barefoot 13	£45
AN172	REVENUE 1893 large format Ł1 blue and vermilion surcharged ‘ONE SHILLING.’ Very fine and fresh mint. Mewett 677 / Barefoot 13	£125
AN173	REVENUE 1893 large format 10/- deep green and vermilion surcharged ‘ONE SHILLING.’ Very fine and fresh mint. Mewett 676 / Barefoot 12	£125
AN174	REVENUE 1893 large format Ł1 blue and vermilion surcharged ‘SIX SHILLINGS.’ Diagonal bend, otherwise very fine mint. A rare stamp. Mewett 678 / Barefoot 14	£350
AN175	REVENUE 1891 large format Ł10 Indian red and vermilion surcharged ‘SIX SHILLINGS.’ Few light gum bends otherwise very fine fresh mint. A very scarce stamp. Mewett 679 / Barefoot 15	£250
RA6068	1896 Arms Ł1 black and blue, very fine fiscally used with MILANJI / BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA double circle cancellation. A scarce cancel and a rare stamp used fiscally. SG 40	£110
NY234	1897 10/- black and olive-green and Ł1 grey-black and dull purple (three singles, one with fault) fine used on small piece with red pen cancellation. Attractive. SG 50a, 51	£55
NY235	1897 Ł1 grey-black and dull purple very fine used on small piece, cancelled in manuscript and with HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULAR COURT BLANTYRE circular cachet. Attractive. SG 51	£25
NY236	1897 Ł1 grey-black and dull purple. Five examples very fine used on small piece with circular Blantyre Consular Court cancellations. Attractive. SG 51	£125
RA7357	1903 6th March, two page typewritten Indenture document, front page applied with two x 2/6 and three x 4/- Arms ‘CONSULAR’ overprints, plus vertical pair same 2/6 Arms but un-overprinted. Cancelled with light black ‘BLANTYRE’ cancels. Black wax seal upper left, cracked and some missing, light staining, folded horizontally. Extremely rare with few complete documents using these Consular overprints known.	£850
NY246	1913-19 KGV Ł1 purple and black on red. Vertical pair fiscally used. SG 98	£25
RA5630	1913-19 KGV Ł1 purple and black on red, irregular block of five and a single cancelled with neat Blantyre (22 Oct 1930) oval datestamps. The block plates as position 11-12, 23-24, 36 showing varieties BREAK IN SCROLL, BROKEN CROWN & SCROLL and NICK IN TOP RIGHT SCROLL (some partly obscured by cancel). One with corner fault, otherwise very fine fiscally used. SG 98/a/b/c	£120
RA6368	c1938 KGVI Ł10 dull purple and ultramarine ‘key-plate’ inscribed ‘Revenue Revenue’. Very fine used with oval High Court (1939, early use) datestamp and lightly crossed by green accounting crayon (as are all of the few recorded examples). APS certificate (2008). VERY RARE, the second example we have ever handled. Barefoot 5 / Mewett 806a	£2,850
RA6369	c1938 KGVI Ł10 dull purple and ultramarine ‘key-plate’ inscribed ‘Revenue Revenue’. Very fine used with oval Blantyre (Jun 1940) datestamp and lightly crossed by green accounting crayon (as are all of the few recorded examples). VERY RARE, the third example we have ever handled. Barefoot 5 / Mewett 806a	£2,850
AN137	1955 QEII revenue issue. 3/6 orange, very fine used with oval datestamp (Oct 1959) struck in violet. Rare, with very few examples recorded. Mewett 856 / Barefoot 26	£650
AN124	1955 QEII revenue issue, Ł1 deep violet. Block of four, superb fresh unmounted mint. Very scarce. Barefoot 30	£220
RA1610	19?? vertical oval revenue stamp (similar to cheque stamp) inscribed 'THREE POUNDS' and 'NYASALAND' beneath a crown. Embossed in deep blue on smooth wove paper. Small paper thinning. Apparently unrecorded. Rare.	£180
NY245	Employment Stamp c1962 5/- green, fine used. Barefoot 2	SOLD
RA6632	Employment Stamp c1962 5/- green, fine used. Barefoot 2	SOLD
RA6367	Consular Issue 1898 2/6 black and ultramarine overprinted ‘CONSULAR’ in red. Very fine used. Barefoot 3C	SOLD
RA5632	1953 revenue ‘frank’ impression on piece, dated ’20 III 53’ to the value of ‘23/4˝d’ and ‘1d / PAID’. Most unusual.	£45

	BOOKLETS
NY242	1953 QEII 2/6 complete, very fine. SG SB 1	£20
RA2928	1953 QEII 5/- complete, very fine. SG SB2	£25

	MALAWI
NY243	1964 Ł1 definitive, with shift of yellow printing right, creating double 'Ł' impression and white outline to horns, normal for comparison. Superb unmounted. SG 227 var.	£20
RA3610	1971 1t definitive perf. 14˝ x 14 coil stamp, strip of four with join. Superb unmounted. SG 375a	£5
RA6946	1979 Opening of Salima-Lilongwe Railway. Unissued 4t contained in a miniature sheet, together with issued 5t type. Superb unmounted. RARE. See SG footnote.	£850

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		FEATURED ITEM				FEATURED ITEM

		AN156				AN157
		REVENUE 1891 large format Ł25 deep blue, imperforate, on thin gummed wove paper. Light horizontal gum bend (not a crease) otherwise very fine mint. An attractive, very imposing stamp and a superb example of the engravers art. Very scarce. Mewett 674 / Barefoot 10				REVENUE 1891 large format Ł50 deep green, imperforate, on thin gummed wove paper showing part of papermaker's watermark. Most attractive and a very imposing stamp. Very scarce. Mewett 675 / Barefoot 11
		£450				£550