Henk de Lange
Recent acquisitions are numbered in blue. Last update: 22 February 2024
South Africa
H894 Union Castle Line The very rare court size (120x 75mm) postcard with Blackish vignette of "Castle Line to South Africa / Donald Currie & Co Managers". Fine unused condition. This apparently is the earliest Castle Line vignette card. The artist is W.L. Wyllie (1851-1931) whose barely legible signature appears below the "c" of "Castle" £300
H895 Union Castle Line 1900 Standard size 1d CGH p.s. postcard with colourful vignette of "A Castle Liner' written on board of the R.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle". The card cancelled with Cape Colony Ocean Post Office SP 19 00, index "A" and addressed to London. Fine condition. £50
H573 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1887 (May 11) Three colour franking cancelled BONC '34' with single circle Wellington cds adjacent plus 2½d red accountancy mark at bottom left. Addressed to the USA. Fine proving BONC cover £65
H692 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1889 (Dec 20) Clean cover franked Hope seated 1d (2) and 2d cancelled BONC '896'. Neat Lady Grey Div. Aliwal North single circle date stamp plus '2½d' red accountancy mark at lower left. Addressed to Germany and back stamped. Cover opened at left and partially at top left with minor damage. From the Mosheim Lady Grey corespondence £45
H574 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1896 (May 8) 1½d Postal stationery postcard cancelled BONC '13' with Stellenbosch cds adjacent. Addressed to Germany. Fine proving BONC card. £25
H577 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1898 (Sep 5) Illustrated 'Fra Diavolo Cigars' advertising cover franked 1d Hope standing from Cape Town to Worcester. Backstamped. Scarce and attractive. £40
H578 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1902 (Mar 28) Re-directed mail, postcard ex Coalbrookdale UK addressed to Lieut W Alfred Youden in Simonstown who re-addressed the card to Scotland. Uprated with CGH 1d Table Mountain to pay for the 'foreign' re-direction fee, stamp cancelled by 'Passed Censor Cape Town' (unusual) with 'Cape Town Mar 26 02' cancel at left. View side showing The Library, Shrewsbury with much handwriting around picture. Some creasing and small tear at right but scarce re-directing franking. £50
H698 NATAL - POSTAL STATIONERY 1891 1d+1d reply paid card with reply section attached (size 139 x 89mm) and with 'NATAL' below Coat of Arms handstamped SPECIMEN unused. This reply paid card unlisted in H&G. Very fine. £50
H699 NATAL - POSTAL STATIONERY 1891 1d+1d reply paid card with reply section attached (size 139 x 89mm) and with 'NATAL' below Coat of Arms unused. This reply paid card unlisted in H&G. Very fine. £50
H701 NATAL 1904 (Jan 2)) The Chamberlain Tour Memorial Postcard with views on both sides, franked 1d KEVII ex Durban and addressed to Southampton England. A very difficult card to find.
 
Note: Chamberlain visited South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903 seeking to promote Anglo-Afrikaner conciliation. During his visit Chamberlain became convinced that the Boer territories required a period of government by the British Crown before being granted self-governance within the Empire.
£50
H892 Swaziland 1889 Transvaal ZAR 2d olive-bistre (perf 12½) overprinted 'Swaziland' and showing the 'Swazilan' variety. Fine used with part Bremersdorp cancel. SG 5b £180
H893 Swaziland 1889 Transvaal ZAR 10/- dull chestnut (perf 12½) overprinted "Swaziland". The stamp and overprint plated as position 1/3. Fine used with part Bremersdorp oval cancel in purple. A wonderful and extremely rare stamp. SG 9. 2023 PFSA Expert Committee Certificate. £3,200
H889 South Africa 1911 First Flight Souvenir card to Rosebank with "New Year Greeting / from / The Vacuum oil Company" in blue on reverse. Card flown from Kenilworth to Muizenberg both with "First South African/Aerial Post" Kenilworth and Muizenberg commemorative date stamps. Also Kenilworth (23.12, Muizenberg (28.12) and Rosebank (28.12) post office cancels on face of card. Very rare and only the second example of this "Vacuum Oil" card I have seen in 40+ years of trading. The other card was in the Neville Polakow collection which was ex Jeidel. SOLD
H614 South Africa - Postal Stationery 1913 KGV 1d ps postcard without dividing line unused. Superb and very scarce. H&G 2 £40
H890 South Africa Red Cross 1918 Aerial Post Card 'Make your Sixpence Fly' Large Wing card with 'Our Day' label (damaged) applied at bottom. Franked KGV ½d cancelled special 'Aerial Post 23 DEC18' commemorative postmarks, one of which is tying the 'Our Day' label to card. Addressed to Kalk Bay (in Cape Town) with text on reverse. Rare card with label tied by postmark. £300
H891 South Africa Red Cross 1918 Aerial Post Card 'Make your Sixpence Fly' Large Wing card franked KGV ½d cancelled special 'Aerial Post 26 OCT 18' commemorative postmark. Addressed to Oranjezicht (in Cape Town). Text on reverse. Few light handling bends top left corner otherwise very clean. £100
H616 South Africa - Postal History 1917 Red Cross 'Make Your Sixpence Fly' Large Wing Aerial Post Card unused. Fine and scarce. £85
H618 South Africa - Postal History 1920 (Oct 29) Incoming post card ex Holland to Cape Town with feint boxed 'NOT KNOWN / ONBEKEND' two tax markings and, as the addressee could not be found at the address given, the card re-directed with various endorsements. Tax paid with ½d and 1d South African postage dues and tied with Triangular hand stamps. The ½d value in particular very scarce correctly used on cover/card. On reverse short text and four different Cape Town dated cancels £80
H620 South Africa - Postal History 1923 (Mar 21) 6d registered postal stationery envelope uprated with KGV 1d and cancelled with various examples of the very scarce 'WEST'S BLUFF NATAL' postmarks, addressed to The Hague in Holland. Backstamped. £35
H621 South Africa - Postal History 1924 (Jul 19) 5½d registered postal stationery envelope cancelled with multiple strikes of the rare 'WATERBERGS SIDING' postmark, addressed to Bombay India with arrival strike. £60
H623 South Africa - Postal History 1932 (Jan 26) Registered envelope carried on first Imperial Airways return flight from Cape Town to London, franked 1929 Air Mail 4d block of 4, bottom left stamp showing short "I" in AIRMAIL variety. Unboxed bilingual "CONTRARY TO REGULATION" cachet at bottom. Backstamped 'Cape Town 26 JAN 32' and 'Returned L.O. Cape Town 15 MAR 32'. £40
H624 South Africa - Postal History 1932 (Jan 27) Imperial Airways envelope franked 1929 Air Mails 1s from Cape Town to Sutton Coldfield UK with attractive ½d Paid Sutton Coldfield Birmingham cancel in red. £25
H625 South Africa - Postal History 1932 (Sep 29) Previously unrecorded "DUNDEE PAID 29 SEP 32" postmark in red on postcard to Pomery. On reverse text with political connotation. This postmark is a new find and has now been recorded by Prof A Visser. £25
H626 South Africa - Postal History 1934 (Mar 16) 6d Roto's Official block of 6 with two stamps top row showing Stop after "OFFISIEEL" on English stamps, SGO13a, fine used on cover to Pretoria with 1934 Royal Tour HRH Prince George commemorative postmarks. Backstamped Pretoria £35
H628 South Africa - Postal History 1937 (Jun 30) Scarce Round Church Sea Point postmark on registered cover franked various Coronation stamps and addressed to Grahamstown. Putzel rated RRR with the Round Church cancel being only used between 1930 and 1937. £20
H629 South Africa - Postal History 1941 (Mar 30) 1½d franked cover from Upper Uhmlatuzi to Durban, irregular posted in a posting box as it contained a 5s postal order and consequently registered and surcharged, "T/8d" tax marked and tax paid with 2d postage due strip of 4. PO Caution label re 'Letters and packets containing currency or valuable articles' on reverse cancelled Durban 1 Apr 1941. £50
H630 South Africa - Postal History 1943 (Mar 13) Scarce Westlake Camp skeleton postmarks on cover bearing various War issues addressed to Hereford, England. Westlake Camp (close to Muizenberg outside Cape Town) was established as a transit and repatriation centre for the Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel and was run by the Imperial Army which also maintained a hospital here. (Reisener) £45
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