NORTHERN RHODESIA & ZAMBIA    

MICHAEL
DEVERELL
 		Rhodesian Arms
ALAN
MACGREGOR
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RA5781
RA 5781



RA 5342


NR68
NR 68
1963 1d, the Lusaka trial printing. Vertical pair, imperforate on gummed paper. Fine unmounted, creasing as usual. Scarce. SG 76 trial printing

£220
1963 20/-, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. Brandon opinion (2002). SG 88a

£900
Revenue. 1955 QEII Revenue issue. 20/- block of six (3x2), superb unmounted. Mewett 602

£220


 


Last updated: 12th June, 2010





  1925 GEORGE V DEFINITIVE, SG 1-17    
 
SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M M/M USED
 SG 1
  ½d  green
 1.50 1.00 0.50
 SG 2
  1d brown 1.50
 1.00
 0.10
 SG 3
  1½d  carmine-red
 2.00
 1.50
 0.20
 SG 4
  2d  yellow-brown
 2.00
 1.50
 0.10
 SG 5
  3d  ultramarine
     2.00
 1.50
 1.00
 SG 6
  4d  purple
 5.00
 3.50
 0.50
 SG 7
  6d  slate-grey
 5.00
 3.50
 0.30
 SG 8
  8d  rose-purple
 5.00
 3.50
 35.00
 SG 9
  10d  olive-green
    5.00
 3.50
 32.00
 SG 10
  1/-  yellow-brown  and  black
   *
 2.50
 1.00
 SG 11
  2/-  brown  and  ultramarine
  20.00
 12.00
 20.00
 SG 12
  2/6  black  and  green
 21.00
 13.00
 6.00
 SG 13
  3/-  violet  and  blue  (1929)
   29.00
 20.00
 14.00
 SG 14
  5/-  slate-grey  and  violet
   42.00
 30.00
 14.00
 SG 15
  7/6  rose-purple  and black
  120.00
 85.00
 150.00
 SG 16
  10/-  green  and  black  *
 60.00
 65.00
 SG 17
  20/-  carmine-red  and  rose-purple
   200.00
 160.00
 140.00

 Set of 17
    *
 375.00
 500.00
   

STAMPS

RA5940
 Complete set of 17 values, including later 3/-, overprinted or perforated (3/-) ‘SPECIMEN’. Some faults on 7/6 and 20/- and a few without gum. SG 1s-17s
 £300 PHOTO
NR1
 Set of 17 values, very fine fresh mint. SG 1-17
 £375
 PHOTO
NR3
 Set of 17 values, very fine or superb used. SG 1-17
 £500
 PHOTO
RA6828
 ½d to 1/-, less 8d and 10d, each on piece cancelled with special crested oval bilingual ‘ROYAL TOUR H. R. H. PRINCE GEORGE / 2 IV 34’ datestamps. Attractive group. SG  1-10, less 8, 9 £30 PHOTO
RA6196
 2/6, superb used on piece cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 10 AUG 37’. Lovely. SG 12
 £12 PHOTO
RA6197
 5/-, superb used on piece cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 10 AUG 37’. Lovely. SG 14
 £17 PHOTO
RA6830
 5/-, superb used lower marginal horizontal strip of three, cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 1 DEC 35’ datestamps. SG 14 £45 PHOTO
RA4978 7/6, very fine and fresh unmounted. SG 15 £120 PHOTO
RA6199
 10/-, superb used on piece cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 10 AUG 37’. Lovely. SG 1
 £80 PHOTO
RA5941
 20/-, fine used. SG 17
 £140 PHOTO
RA6200
 20/-, superb used on piece cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 10 AUG 37’. Lovely. SG 17

Note: the vast majority of used examples of this stamp are cleaned copies with dubious undated cancels. Copies cancelled in the correct period are very scarce.
 £225 PHOTO
NR6
 10/- and 20/-, both on piece oval fiscal cancel, very fine. SG 16-17
 £30
 PHOTO
NR7
 10/- and 20/-, pairs of each oval violet fiscal cancels, very fine. SG 16-17
 £45
 PHOTO
NR8
 20/-, very fine fiscally used. SG 17
 £20
 PHOTO
NR9
 20/-, pair on piece fiscally cancelled, very fine and lovely deep colours. SG 17
 £40
 PHOTO


POSTAL HISTORY

RA6240
 1934 31st March, cover bearing ½d KGV (SG 1), cancelled with oval crested ‘ROYAL TOUR H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE’ strike, another below, ‘ROBERTSON’ rubber stamp address, additionally with ‘BOOK POST RATE’ cachet. Very fine and clean.
 £45 PHOTO
RA6244
 1935 9th April, cover bearing 4d KGV (SG 6), cancelled ‘KASAMA’, addressed Airmail to Natal. A lovely and clean single rate cover.
 £45 PHOTO
RA6246
 1937 10th August, cover (Victoria Falls Hotel on reverse flap), bearing 3/- KGV (SG 13, showing printer’s marks upper right), cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE’, unaddressed. Lovely.
 £40 PHOTO


1935 GEORGE V SILVER JUBILEE, SG 18-21


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 18
  1d  light blue and olive-green
 1.00 1.00
 SG 19
  2d  green and indigo
 1.00 1.00
 SG 20
  3d  brown and deep blue
 2.50 5.00
 SG 21
  6d  slate and purple
 5.50 1.50

 Set of 4
 10.00
 8.00






RA1230
 Set in blocks of four, superb unmounted. SG 18-21
 £40
 PHOTO
NR10
 Set in blocks of four, cancelled 'NDOLA' on the First Day of Issue. SG 18-21
 £35
 PHOTO
RA6201
 1d, ‘diagonal line by turret’ flaw, lower left stamp in a block of four. Very fine unmounted. SG 18f
 £75 PHOTO
RA5769
 2d, with prominent flaw left of flagstaff, a diagonal line resembling a canon. Very fine mint. SG 19 var. £25 PHOTO
RA5335
 Set on plain cover cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 26 OCT 1935’, sent registered to England. £20 PHOTO
RA6242
 1935 24th June, cover bearing 1d, 2d, 6d KGV Silver Jubilee and pair 1½d KGV definitives, cancelled ‘LUSAKA’, sent airmail to England. Attractive.
 £30 PHOTO
RA6245
 1935 25th August, cover bearing pair 3d KGV Silver Jubilee (SG 30), addressed airmail to England. Fine and clean.
 £25 PHOTO


1937 GEORGE VI CORONATION, SG 22-24


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 22
  1½d  carmine
 0.30
 0.30
 SG 23
  2d  buff
 0.40
 0.30
 SG 24
  3d  blue
 0.60
 1.00

 Set of 3
 1.10
 1.50



STAMPS

RA5770
 Set, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Very fine mint. SG 22s-24s £65 PHOTO
RA5945
 Set, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Very fine mint. SG 22s-24s
 £80 PHOTO
RA3136
 Set, each in top right sheet number blocks of four. Stamps unmounted, hinged on margins. SG 22-4
 £8
 PHOTO
RA5336
 Set, each in a complete sheet of 60. Superb and fresh. SG 22-24 £65 no photo
RA6831
 Set on illustrated First Day cover, cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE’. Sent registered to England. Fine and clean. SG 22-24 £15 PHOTO


POSTAL HISTORY



1938 GEORGE VI DEFINITIVES, SG 25-45


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
SG 25
 ½d  green
 0.10 0.10
SG 26
 ½d  chocolate (1951)
 0.80
 0.70
SG 26a
 ½d  chocolate, perf. 12½ x 14
      1.50
     *
SG 27
 1d  brown
 0.10
 0.10
SG 27a
 1d  chocolate (1948)
 1.50
 *
SG 28
 1d  green (1951)
 0.50
 1.50
SG 29
 1½d  carmine-red
 35.00
 0.30
SG 30
 1½d  yellow-brown (1941)
 0.30
 0.10
SG 31
 2d  yellow-brown
 35.00
 0.80
SG 32
 2d  carmine-red (1941)
 0.50
 0.20
SG 33
2d  purple (1951)
 0.30
 1.00
SG 34
 3d  ultramarine
 0.40
 0.20
SG 35
 3d  scarlet (1951)
 0.50
 2.00
SG 36
 4d  dull violet
 0.30
 0.30
SG 37
 4½d  blue (1952)
 1.00
 5.00
SG 38
 6d  grey
 0.30
 0.10
SG 39
 9d  violet (1952)
 1.00
 4.50
SG 40
 1/-  yellow-brown and black
 3.00
 0.40
SG 41
 2/6  black and green
 6.00
 3.50
SG 42
 3/-  violet and blue
 14.00
 10.00
SG 43
 5/-  grey and dull violet
 14.00
 10.00
SG 44
 10/-  green and black
 18.00
 15.00
SG 45
 20/-  carmine-red and rose-purple
 45.00
 48.00

Set of  21
 175.00
 100.00



STAMPS

RA1511   
Original set of 15 values perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Fine mint. A difficult set. SG 25s-45s
 £240
 PHOTO
NR15
 4d, perforated 'SPECIMEN'. Fine without gum. SG 36s
 £10
 PHOTO
NR16
 5/-, perforated 'SPECIMEN'. Fine without gum. SG 43s
 £15
 PHOTO
RA5947
 10/-, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Very fine mint. SG 44s
 £40 PHOTO
RA5772
 Set of 21 values, superb unmounted. SG 25-45 £175 PHOTO
RA5595
 Set of 21 values, very fine and fresh mint. SG 25-45 £75 PHOTO
NR17
 Set of 21 values, very fine used. SG 25-45
 £100
 PHOTO
RA6203
 ½d, green, lower two rows with imprint and cylinder ‘2’. Folded, very fine unmounted. Scarce. SG 25
 £45 PHOTO
RA5773
 ½d, chocolate, lower right corner pair with plate ‘3’ in margin. Very fine mint. SG 26 £8 PHOTO
RA6204
 ½d, chocolate, lower marginal block of 20 with imprint and cylinder ‘3’. Folded, very fine unmounted. Scarce. SG 26
 £45 PHOTO
RA6205
 ½d, chocolate, lower two rows with imprint and cylinder ‘4’. Folded, very fine unmounted. Scarce. SG 26
 £45 PHOTO
NR18
 1d, chocolate perf. 12½ x 14, coil strip of three with join. Superb unmounted. SG 26a
 £20
 PHOTO
RA4228 1½d, carmine-red, block of four, superb unmounted mint. SG 29 £140 PHOTO
RA3807 1½d, yellow-brown, 'tick bird' flaw in left marginal block of four, very fine mint (flaw) or unmounted. SG 30b £55 PHOTO
NR24
 1½d, yellow-brown, 'tickbird' flaw, fine used. SG 30b
 £25
 PHOTO
RA6835
 1½d, carmine-red, ‘tick bird’ flaw, left stamp in a horizontal strip of three. Very fine used clear ’15 XI 39’ datestamps. Scarce in this format. SG 29b £400 PHOTO
RA6212
 4½d, lower two rows with imprint and cylinder ‘1’. Folded, very fine unmounted. Scarce. SG 37
 £55 PHOTO
RA6836
 3/-, superb used block of four, light central datestamp. SG 42 £45 PHOTO
RA4230 10/-, block of four, superb used centrally cancelled with 'LIVINGSTONE' datestamp. SG 44 £60 PHOTO
NR28
 20/-, lower marginal copy, superb unmounted. SG 45
 £45
 PHOTO
RA6215
 20/-, fine used. SG 45
 £35 PHOTO


POSTAL HISTORY

RA6832
 1938 ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/6, 3/- and 5/- KGVI definitives, on plain cover cancelled ‘LUANSHYA 1 MAR 38’, the First Day of issue, sent registered locally addressed. Very scarce. SG 25, 27, 29, 31, 34, 38, 40-43 £75 PHOTO
RA6833
 1938 ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d then 2/6, 3/-, 5/- and 10/- KGVI definitives, on two plain covers cancelled ‘LIVINGSTONE 1 MAR 38’, the First Day of issue, sent registered either to London or the USA. Very scarce. SG 25, 27, 29, 31, 34, 36, 38, 41-44 £110 PHOTO
RA6247
 1939 6th September, 4d KGVI registered envelope, bearing 3d and 1/- KGVI definitives (SG 34, 40), cancelled ‘LUSAKA’ sent airmail to Italy. Opened at left then resealed with printed ‘ Examined by / Censor No……’ label endorsed ‘6’. Re-addressed upon arrival with numerous transit and arrival strikes on reverse. Attractive.
 £65 PHOTO
RA6248
 1939 27th October, 4d KGVI registered envelope (with original letter enclosed), bearing 3d and 1/- KGVI definitives (SG 34, 40), cancelled ‘LUSAKA’ sent airmail to Italy. Opened at left then resealed with printed ‘ Examined by / Censor No……’ label endorsed ‘13’, and struck with violet triangular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 8’ cachet. Re-addressed upon arrival with numerous transit and arrival strikes on reverse. Attractive.
 £70 PHOTO
RA5599
 1940 14th October, registered cover sent airmail to England bearing KGVI 2d and 4d (SG 31, 36) tied by Fort Jameson double circle datestamp. With ‘Fort Jameson’ boxed registration cachet. Lusaka (15 Oct) transit backstamp. £25 PHOTO
RA2375
 1941 (Nov), cover addressed to Cape Town bearing KGVI ½d green (SG 25) tied by NDOLA double circle datestamp. A fine and scarce example of the ½d unsealed letter rate.
 £40
 PHOTO
RA5343
 1944 17th August, basic set KGVI definitives (less 4½d issued later), on cover cancelled ‘KITWE’, locally addressed. SG 25-45 basic, less 37 £75 PHOTO
RA3809
 1947 11th December, printed advertising cover for 'THE RHODESIAN STAMP COLLECTORS' EXCHANGE CLUB', bearing KGVI ½d green (SG 25), machine cancelled 'KITWE', addressed to Canada. A most attractive example of the ½d unsealed letter rate.
 £30 PHOTO
RA5135 1948, 3rd March, unsealed open letter rate ‘window’ envelope. Bearing a single KGVI ½d green (SG 25) tied by NDOLA machine canceller. Scarce usage. £40 PHOTO
RA6845
 1948 23rd July, cover bearing on front 3/- and reverse 1d brown cylinder ‘4’ block of four KGVI definitives (SG 27, 42), cancelled ‘KITWE’, sent registered airmail to the USA, arrival backstamps. Attractive. £55 PHOTO
RA5344
 1950, 17th July, cover with red typewritten endorsement ‘PRINTED MATTER’ at top, addressed to Czechoslovakia and bearing KGVI ½d green (SG 25) tied by KITWE machine slogan cancellation. A fine example of the ½d unsealed letter rate. £40 PHOTO
RA4987 1951, 1st February, locally addressed cover sent at the ½d open-letter-rate, bearing a single KGVI ½d green (SG 25) tied by KITWE (1 Feb) machine canceller. Very fine example of this scarce rate. £40 PHOTO
NR94
 1951, 14th March, unsealed open letter rate cover to USA, endorsed 'PRINTED MATTER' and bearing KG VI ½d green (SG 25) tied by 'KITWE' (14 Mar) machine canceller. With red printed inscription at left ‘The Rhodesian Stamp Collectors / Exchange Club. / . . . Kitwe-Nkana’
 £40
 PHOTO
RA6252
 1951 17th April, reused (folded inside out) cover bearing ½d KGVI (SG 25), cancelled ‘KITWE’ addressed to Austria. Endorsed at top ‘PRINTED MATTER’. A fine example of the unsealed overseas rate.
 £40 PHOTO
RA6251
 1951 7th May, cover bearing 1½d and 4d KGVI (SG 30, 36), cancelled ‘MUFULIRA’ and sent registered with black rubber stamp registration cachet, addressed to South Africa. Attractive.
 £35 PHOTO
RA5600
 1951 5th June, registered cover sent airmail to Cape Town bearing KGVI 6d (SG 38) tied by Broken Hill (5 June) double circle datestamp.  With ‘Broken Hill 1’ registration label. £25 PHOTO
RA6253
 1951 15th November, cover bearing ½d brown and 1d green KGVI (SG 26, 28), cancelled ‘MUFULIRA’. Endorsed ‘1st DAY ISSUE’, unaddressed. Uncommon.
 £25 PHOTO
RA6254
 1951 1st December, cover bearing 2d purple and 3d scarlet KGVI definitives (SG 33, 35), cancelled ‘KITWE’ on the first day of issue, and typewritten as such lower left. Uncommon.
 £25 PHOTO
NR95
 1951, 1st December, cover addressed to Nkana bearing KGVI final colour change 2d purple and 3d scarlet (SG 33, 35) tied by KITWE (1 Dec) double circle datestamp. Endorsed at top FIRST DAY COVER.   
£30 PHOTO
RA6255
 1952 5th May, cover bearing 4½d and 9d KGVI definitives (SG 37, 39), cancelled ‘KITWE’ on the first day of issue, and typewritten as such lower left. Uncommon.
 £25 PHOTO
RA5347
 1955 15th June, cover bearing 20/- KGVI definitive (SG 45), cancelled ‘BULAWAYO / S. RHODESIA’, sent registered airmail to S. Kelly, Kitwe. Attractive interprovincial use £60 PHOTO
RA6846
 1955 28th June, long cover bearing ½d brown perf. 12½ x 14 and 1d green KGVI definitives (SG 26a, 28), each in a coil join strip of six. Cancelled ‘ZOMBA’ and addressed to S. Kelly, Kitwe. Most unusual. £60 PHOTO
RA5348
 1955 25th July, complete set of KGVI definitives, less 1½d carmine-red, 2d yellow-brown but with ½d chocolate perf. 12½ x 14, on cover cancelled ‘ZOMBA’, sent registered airmail to S. Kelly, Kitwe. Most attractive interprovincial use. SG 25-45 less 29, 32 £110 PHOTO


1946 VICTORY, SG 46-47


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 46 1½d red-orange   0.40   0.50
 SG 46a 1½d red-orange, perf. 13½ 12.00 10.00
 SG 47 2d carmine 0.10
   0.50






RA5777
 Set, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Superb unmounted. SG 46s-47s £90 PHOTO
RA5950
 Set cylinder ‘1A’ blocks of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 46-47
 £25 PHOTO
RA5951
 Complete set of cylinder blocks of four, 1½d and 2d 1A, 1B, 75A, 75B. 1½d 75A perf. 13½, others perf. 13½ x 14. Very fine mint or unmounted. Very scarce as a complete group. SG 46-47
 £100 PHOTO


1948 GEORGE VI SILVER WEDDING, SG 48-49


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 48
 1½d orange
   0.20
   0.10
 SG 49
 20/- brown-lake
 55.00
 60.00








1949 75th ANNIVERSARY OF U.P.U., SG 50-53


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 50
 2d  carmine
 0.20
 0.30
 SG 51
  3d  deep blue
 1.30
 1.50
 SG 52
  6d  grey
 0.50
 1.50
 SG 53
  1/-  red-orange
 0.60
 1.00

 Set of 4
 2.50
 4.00



STAMPS

RA6216
 Set in combined imprint and cylinder ‘1’ or ‘2’ (6d), lower right corner blocks of eight. Very fine unmounted. SG 50-53
 £30 PHOTO
RA1513
 Set in double bottom rows with imprint and cylinder ‘1’. Superb unmounted. SG 50-3
 £40
 No Photo


1953 BIRTH CENTENARY OF CECIL RHODES, SG 54-58


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 54
  ½d  brown
 0.40
 0.50
 SG 55
  1d  green
 0.30
 0.50
 SG 56
  2d  mauve
 0.30
 0.10
 SG 57
  4½d  blue
 0.50
 2.50
 SG 58
  1/-  orange  and  black
 0.70
 4.00

 Set of 5
 2.00
 7.50



STAMPS

RA6217
 Complete set in top right corner sheet number blocks of four. Superb unmounted. SG 54-58
 £15 PHOTO
RA5952
 Complete set imprint blocks of four. Very fine unmounted. Uncommon. SG 54-58
 £35 PHOTO
RA5339
 ½d, ‘CECIL’ re-entry (constant, row 10/6), in positional lower right cylinder 1B block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 54 var. £15 PHOTO
RA6219
 1/-, major re-entry of ‘FALLS AND RAIL’ flaw, (constant, row 1/4). Fine used. SG 58 var.
 £20 PHOTO


1953 RHODES CENTENARY EXHIBITION, SG 59


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 59
  6d  violet
 0.50
 1.00



STAMPS

RA5954
 Cylinder ‘1’ block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 59
 £5 PHOTO
RA6220
 Imprint block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 59
 £5 PHOTO
RA5955
 Combined cylinder ‘1’ and imprint block of eight. Very fine unmounted. SG 59
 £10 PHOTO
RA1519
 Double bottom rows with imprint and cylinder ‘1’. Superb unmounted. SG 59
 £10
 No Photo


1953 QE CORONATION, SG 60


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 60
  1½d  black  and  yellow-orange
 0.50
 0.20



STAMPS

RA1521
 Double bottom rows with imprint and cylinders ‘1A 5A’. Superb unmounted. SG 60
 £15
 No Photo
RA1522
 Double bottom rows with imprint and cylinders ‘1B 5B’. Superb unmounted. SG 60
 £15
 No Photo
RA1523
 Double bottom rows with imprint and cylinders ‘1B 2B’. Superb unmounted. SG 60
 £15
 No Photo
RA1524
 Double bottom rows with imprint and cylinders ‘1B 5B’, in addition the lower margin showing additional strike (3 or 4 pins) of the vertical perforations along the edge. Superb unmounted. SG 60
 £30
 No Photo
RA5993
 1953 2nd June, printed AIR LETTER, with additional illustration below ‘CORONATION H. M. QUEEN ELISABETH II’. Bearing block of four QE II coronation (SG 60), cancelled ‘CHINGOLA’ on the first day of issue. Unusual.
 £15 PHOTO






1953 QE DEFINITIVES, SG 61-74


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 61
  ½d  deep brown
 0.50
 0.10
 SG 62
  1d  bluish green
 0.50
 0.10
 SG 63
  1½d  orange-brown
 0.70
 0.10
 SG 64
  2d  reddish purple
 0.70
 0.10
 SG 65
  3d  scarlet
 0.50
 0.10
 SG 66
  4d  slate-lilac
 1.00
 1.00
 SG 67 
 4½d deep blue
 1.00
 3.50
 SG 68
  6d grey-black
 1.00
 0.10
 SG 69
  9d violet
 0.80
 3.00
 SG 70
  1/- orange-brown and black
 0.80
 0.10
 SG 71
  2/6 black and green
 7.00
 4.00
 SG 72
  5/- grey and dull purple
 8.00
 10.00
 SG 73
  10/- green and black
 6.00
 22.00
 SG 74
  20/- rose-red and rose-purple
 24.00
 30.00

 Set of 14
 50.00
 70.00



STAMPS

RA5596
 Complete set of 14 values, very fine and fresh mint. SG 61-74 £22 PHOTO
RA5340
 Complete set in blocks of four. Superb unmounted. SG 61-74 £180 PHOTO
RA5956
 ½d to 1/-, imprint blocks of four. Hinged in margins, stamps unmounted. SG 61-70
 £60 PHOTO
RA5957
 20/-, imprint block of four. Superb unmounted. Scarce. SG 74
 £150 PHOTO
RA5960
 Complete set of 14 values in blocks of 12 (3x4). The four high values (2/6, 5/-, 10/- and 20/-) all in lower right corner plate '1 1' blocks. Some perf splitting between stamps on 1d block, otherwise all stamps superb fresh unmounted. SG 61-74. 
£750 PHOTO





POSTAL HISTORY



1963 QE ARMS DEFINITIVE, SG 75-88


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG 75
 ½d bright violet
 0.30
 0.50
 SG 76
 1d light blue
 0.30
 0.10
 SG 77
 2d brown
 0.30
 0.10
 SG 78
 3d yellow
 0.20
 0.10
 SG 79
 4d green
 0.30
 0.20
 SG 80
 6d light olive-green
 0.30
 0.10
 SG 81
 9d yellow-brown
 0.30
 1.00
 SG 82
 1/- slate-purple
 0.30
 0.10
 SG 83
 1/3 bright purple
 1.50
 0.10
 SG 84
 2/- orange
 1.20
 2.50
 SG 85
 2/6 lake-brown
 1.20
 1.20
 SG 86
 5/- magenta
 7.00
 4.50
 SG 87
 10/- mauve
 9.00
 15.00
 SG 88
 20/- blue
 12.00
 25.00

Set of 14
 35.00
 48.00



STAMPS

RA5781
 1d, the Lusaka trial printing in grey-blue. Vertical pair, imperforate on gummed paper. Fine unmounted, creasing as usual. Scarce. SG 76 trial printing £220 PHOTO
RA6221
 1d, the Lasaka trial printing in grey-blue. (Wide) left marginal block of four. Superb unmounted (for these, often creased). SG 76 trial printing
 £450 PHOTO
RA5961
 1963 10th December, two printed ‘FIRST DAY COVER’, bearing complete set QEII Arms definitives (SG 75-88), cancelled at Kitwe on the first day of issue. Uncommon.
 £75 PHOTO
RA6222
 1963 10th December, complete set on printed First Day cover, typewritten address. Very fine, uncommon. SG 75-88
 £45 PHOTO
NR37
 Set in blocks of four. Superb used central datestamps. SG 75-88
 £180
 PHOTO
RA6843
 Cylinder 1A blocks of four. Superb unmounted.

1d SG 76, 2d SG 77, 4d SG 79, 6d SG 80, 9d SG 81
5/- SG 86
10/- SG 87
 
3d 1B SG 78


£5 each
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no photo
RA5966
 ½d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 75a
 £725 PHOTO
RA5968
 1d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 76a £10 PHOTO
NR40
 1d, showing shift of '1d' left, hinged. SG 76 var.
 £15
 PHOTO
RA5970
 1d, showing strong shift of ‘1d’ downwards, now across ‘POSTAGE’. Very fine mint. SG 76 var.
 £25 PHOTO
RA6226
 1d, horizontal pair showing major shift of ‘1d’ down, now across ‘POSTAGE’. Superb unmounted. SG 76 var.
 £100 PHOTO
NR45
 3d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 78a
 £70
 PHOTO
RA6229
 3d, major variety VALUE AND ORANGE (EAGLE) OMITTED. Left marginal, superb unmounted. SG 78b
 £180 PHOTO
RA1960
 3d, major variety VALUE AND ORANGE (EAGLE) OMITTED, lower left vertical corner pair. Superb unmounted. SG 78b
 £350
 PHOTO
RA6611
 3d, major variety EAGLE PRINTED DOUBLE. Superb unmounted. RARE. SG 78c
 £2750 PHOTO
RA6230
 3d, major variety ORANGE (EAGLE) OMITTED. Superb unmounted. R.P.S. certificate (2008), for a vertical pair, this the lower marginal example. Very scarce. SG 78d
 £1200 PHOTO
NR47
 3d, showing major shift of '3d' down, through 'POSTAGE'. Very fine mint. SG 78 var.
 £25 PHOTO
RA6231
 3d, pair showing major shift of ‘3d’ down, through ‘RHODESIA’ and into margin. Superb unmounted. Scarce this strong. SG 78 var.
 £120 PHOTO
NR48
 3d, with value shifted down over 'POSTAGE'. Fine used and uncommon thus. SG 78 var.
 £45
 PHOTO
RA3167
 3d, with strong shift of orange eagle up. Fine used, uncommon. SG 78 var.
 £30
 PHOTO
RA3168
 3d, with thin ‘3d’ variety. Fine used, uncommon. SG 78 var.
 £25
 PHOTO
RA1239
 3d, top marginal pair each with missing perf. hole between stamp and margin at right. Superb unmounted. SG 78 var.
 £30
 PHOTO
RA1240
 3d, top marginal strip of three each with missing perf. hole between stamp and margin at right. Superb unmounted. SG 78 var.
 £45
 PHOTO
NR49
 3d, top marginal pair each with missing perf. hole. Superb used. SG 78 var.
 £35
 PHOTO
NR52
 4d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 79a
 £85
 PHOTO
RA5976
 4d, showing ‘break in Queen’s hairline’ flaw. Superb unmounted. SG 79 var.
 £20 PHOTO
RA5977
 4d, showing ‘break in Queen’s hairline’ flaw. Superb used, uncommon as such. SG 79 var.
 £20 PHOTO
RA5978
 6d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Fine unmounted, oily patches as often encountered on this value. SG 80a
 £300 PHOTO
RA6233
 6d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted, and free from the oil staining which affects many of these. SG 80a
 £550 PHOTO
RA5981
 9d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 81a

Note: previous experience would suggest this variety to be more difficult to locate than the 6d.
 £425 PHOTO
RA4982 9d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Lower marginal, superb unmounted. Very scarce. SG 81a

Note: previous experience would suggest this variety to be more difficult to locate than the 6d.
 £450 PHOTO
RA6842
 9d, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 81a

Note: previous experience would suggest this variety to be more difficult to locate than the 6d.
 £450 PHOTO
RA5782
 9d, major variety VALUE AND ORANGE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. Scarce. SG 81b £350 PHOTO
RA6841
 9d, ‘break in Queen’s hair’ flaw. Superb unmounted.  SG 81 var. £20 PHOTO
RA5983
 9d, right marginal block of four, lower left stamp showing ‘break in Queen’s hairline’ flaw. Superb used, uncommon. SG 81 var.
 £35 PHOTO
RA5987
 5/-, showing black ‘doctor blade’ like smear in shield. Superb used. SG 86 var.
 £35 PHOTO
RA6234
 5/-, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Lower marginal, superb unmounted. SG 86a
 £1900 PHOTO
RA1970
 20/-, marginal block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 88
 £48
 PHOTO
RA5342
 20/-, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. Brandon opinion (2002). SG 88a £900 PHOTO
RA5988
 20/-, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Lower marginal, superb unmounted. SG 88a
 £950 PHOTO
RA4231 20/-, major variety VALUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. SG 88a £1000 PHOTO

POSTAL HISTORY

RA6257
 1964 11th January, cover bearing QEII 1d definitive, major variety VALUE OMITTED (SG 76a), cancelled ‘NDOLA’, locally addressed. Scarce.
 £250 PHOTO
RA6847
 1964 22nd February, Federal registered postal stationery envelope, bearing 1/- and 1/3 QEII Arms definitives (SG 82, 83), cancelled ‘LUSAKA’, addressed to England. Light faults at left. £45 PHOTO
RA6260
 1964 25th March, cover bearing strip of three 1d QEII definitives (SG 76), cancelled ‘IKELANGE’, addressed to England. Scarce.
 £55 PHOTO
RA6262
 1964 4th June, long printed ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE’ cover, bearing 2/6 QEII definitive (SG 85), cancelled ‘RIDGEWAY’, addressed to the U.S.A. Most unusual high value useage.
 £75 PHOTO
RA6267
 1964 21st October, printed ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE’, bearing pairs 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- QEII definitives (SG 84-87), cancelled ‘NDOLA. Unaddressed.
 £50 PHOTO


1929-52 POSTAGE DUES, SG D1-D4


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M M/M
 USED
 SG D1
 1d grey-black
 3.00 2.00   2.00
 SG D1a
  1d grey-black, chalk-surfaced paper
 *
 *
 *
 SG D2
  2d grey-black
 4.50
  3.00
   2.50
 SG D3
  3d grey-black
 4.00
  3.00
 20.00
 SG D3a
  3d grey-black, chalk-surfaced paper
 6.00
 *
 *
 SG D4
  4d grey-black
 11.00
   8.00
25.00

 Set of 4
 22.00
 15.00
 45.00



STAMPS

RA5990
 2d, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Very fine mint. SG D2s
 £25 PHOTO
RA5991
 3d, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’. Very fine mint. SG D3s £25 PHOTO
RA6235
 3d, showing ‘thick and slanting ‘d’ of ‘3d’ variety, lower left stamp in a lower right corner block of four. Superb unmounted. Very scarce. SG D3 var.
 £80 PHOTO
RA4985 3d, on chalk surfaced paper. Complete pane of 60 stamps, fresh unmounted. SG D3a £250 No photo


POSTAGE DUES ON COVER

RA5597
 1937 5th November, window envelope underfranked at 1d meter frank cancellation, Durban and presumably addressed to NKANA. Endorsed in red crayon ‘T’ then applied with top portion of a horizontally biected 2d due, this cancelled ‘NKANA / 1 NOV 37’. The due partially torn through, presumably by a previous attempt to bisect by hand. A clean and attractive example of this scarce temporary use. (see footnote in SG) £550 PHOTO
RA5598
 1938 29th April, window envelope underfranked at 1d meter frank cancellation, Port Elisabeth and presumably addressed to NKANA, with arrival backstamp dated 4th May. Endorsed in blue crayon ‘T 1d’, and struck with black circular ‘T / 1d’ plus violet straight line ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID’ bilingual cachets. Then applied with lower portion of a right marginal horizontally biected 2d due, indistinctly cancelled. Opening tear at top and minor stains, an attractive example of this scarce temporary use. (see footnote in SG) £450 PHOTO


1963 POSTAGE DUES, SG D5-D10


SG NO.   DESCRIPTION U/M USED
 SG D5
  1d orange
 0.80
 4.00
 SG D6
  2d deep blue
 0.80
 4.00
 SG D7
  3d lake
 1.00
 5.00
 SG D8
  4d ultramarine
 1.00
 9.00
 SG D9
  6d purple
 5.00
 7.00
 SG D10
  1/- light emerald
 6.50
 22.00

 Set of 6
 14.00 50.00



STAMPS

RA3529 2d, block of four, each horizontal pair either narrower or wider than usual due to misalignment of horizontal perforations. Superb unmounted. SG D6 var. £8 PHOTO
NR55
 2d, horizontal left marginal strip of six, with each alternate stamp narrower or wider than usual due to incorrectly aligned vertical perforations. Superb unmounted. SG D6 var.
 £28
 PHOTO
NR58
 1/-, complete sheet of 120, imperf. at right margin running sheet no. 104. Superb unmounted. SG D10
 £200
 PHOTO


BOOKLETS

RA2822
 1964 1/- QE booklet, pane upright. Very fine, unexploded. SG SB1
 £12
 PHOTO


POSTAL STATIONERY

NR59
 1925 1d KG V Postcard. Very fine unused. H&G 1
 £30
 PHOTO
NR62
 1925 4d KG V Registered envelope (size G), 'WATERLOW & SONS LTD' embossed imprint under flap. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in black. Very fine unused. H&G 1 spec.
 £45
 PHOTO
RA1527
 1949 6d KG VI Air Letter, with five lines of text at upper left. Very fine unused, folded. H&G F1.
 £14
 PHOTO
RA5603
 1949 6d KGVI Air Letter, with five lines of text at upper left. Very fine unused, folded. H&G F1.
£14 PHOTO
RA1974
 1953 6d QE II Air Letter (H & G F3). Very fine unused, folded.
 £12
 PHOTO
RA5604
 1953 (15th September), QEII 6d Air Letter (H&G F3). Unaddressed and cancelled with neat COMPOUND P.O. / CHINGOLA, N.R. (15 Sep) double circle datestamp.
 £15 PHOTO


REVENUES

RA5785
 c1937 1d Cigarette Tax label, in un-issued colour bright ultramarine. Overprinted ‘WATERLOW & SONS LTD. / SPECIMEN, Imperforate on ungummed paper. Lovely and VERY RARE. £500 PHOTO
RA5786
 c1937 1d Cigarette Tax label, in un-issued colour chocolate. Overprinted ‘WATERLOW & SONS LTD. / SPECIMEN, Imperforate on ungummed paper. Lovely and VERY RARE. £500 PHOTO
RA804
 1945 printed British South Africa Company INSPECTION CERTIFICATE (now horizontally folded for album page), bearing KG V £2 pair, £5 and £30 revenues plus pair 5/- KG VI definitives, each pen cancelled and light violet oval cancels. Issued at Lusaka dated 22nd January 1946. Clean and most attractive, the £30 is very scarce. Mewett 518, 520 and 524
 £275
 PHOTO
NR99
 1948 printed British South Africa Company INSPECTION CERTIFICATE with Livingstone altered to Lusaka. Bearing KG V £30 and £50 revenues (B&H 4,5, M524, 526) and KG VI 20/- postage stamp (SG 45) all tied by oval Accountant General’s Department / Lusaka / Northern Rhodesia (20 Feb) oval datestamps.
 £250
 PHOTO
RA1257
 1948 printed British South Africa Company INSPECTION CERTIFICATE with Livingstone altered to Lusaka. Bearing KG V £10 and £50 revenues (B&H 3,5, M522, 526) tied by oval Accountant General’s Department / Lusaka / Northern Rhodesia (20 Feb) oval datestamps.
 £160
 PHOTO
NR100
 1948 printed British South Africa Company INSPECTION CERTIFICATE with Livingstone altered to Lusaka. Bearing KG V £2, £5, £10 revenues (B&H 1,2,3, M517, 520, 522) and KG VI 10/- postage stamp (SG 44) all tied by oval Accountant General’s Department / Lusaka / Northern Rhodesia (20 Feb) oval datestamps.
 £110
 PHOTO
RA4232 1955 QEII Revenue issue. 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/- and 20/- in marginal blocks of four (the 20/- an upper left corner block) all superb unmounted mint. A very attractive group. Mewett 594-7, 602 £350 PHOTO
RA6237
 1955 QEII 2/6 Revenue, very fine used. Mewett 599
 £10 PHOTO
RA6238
 1955 QEII 10/- Revenue, very fine used. Uncommon. Mewett 601
 £35 PHOTO
NR68
 1955 QEII 20/- Revenue issue, block of six (3 x 2), superb unmounted. Mewett 602
 £220
 PHOTO
RA6239
 1955 30th March, large part printed ‘MIGRANT LABOURER’S WORK BOOK’ (green card covers), issued to one ‘Trywell Mbale’. First internal page (3) applied with four 5/- Employment Stamps, second internal page (7) with a further two examples, each pen cancelled. Internal pages 1-2 and 5-6 removed, apparently as normal. RARE in this form, with a very low survival rate.
 £700 PHOTO
RA5351
 1959 12th September, printed ‘NDOLA LOTTERY LIMITED’ receipt, bearing 1d QEII revenue, pen cancelled. Attractive and uncommon £20 PHOTO
RA5606
 (?) 15th January, printed ‘The Rhodesian Autolot’ receipt, bearing 1d QEII revenue, pen cancelled. Attractive and uncommon. £20 PHOTO
NR69
 1930 6¼d Cigarette Tax. Grey-green. Fine unused, scarce.
 £65
 PHOTO
NR70
 1930 6¼d Cigarette Tax. Grey-green. Pair, top strip with large tone spot, otherwise fine unused, scarce.
 £110
 PHOTO
RA5607
 1960 revenue ‘frank’ impression on piece, dated ’11 X 60’ to the value of ‘£3 14/5d’. Most unusual. £45 PHOTO
RA5608
 1961 revenue ‘frank’ impression on piece, dated ’24 II 61’ to the value of ‘£7 19/10d’. Most unusual. £45 PHOTO


RHODESIA RAILWAYS

RA5605
 1964 – 67, range of five part Railways Waybills. Variously franked with 4d to 5/- ‘NKA’ (NKANA) Railways Parcel stamps, some with violet rubber stamp ‘NKA’ station code, another showing overprinted use and balance with printed ‘NKA’. Attractive and uncommon group. £45 PHOTO


MISCELLANEOUS

AM112
 undated envelope addressed to Lusaka bearing large crowned oval GOVERNOR’S OFFICE / OFFICIAL PAID / NORTHERN RHODESIA struck in purple. The flap bears the coat of arms embossed in gold.
£35 PHOTO
NR101
 1946 stampless ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ cover addressed to the USA. LIVINGSTONE (22 June) double circle datestamp at upper left and large oval POSTMASTER’S OFFICE / LIVINGSTONE (22 June) cachet struck in violet at lower left, with signature endorsement.
£25 PHOTO
RA4990 1959 1st December, stampless official ‘O.H.M.S.’ window envelope, cancelled with 'CHINGOLA' datestamp. Unusual. £15 PHOTO
RA3535 1964 22nd June, stampless 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE' cover, reused and applied with printed black/white 'ECONOMY GUMMED LABEL', cancelled with 'SAMFYA / N.RHODESIA' datestamp addressed to Ndola. Struck with black rectangular 'NORTHERN RHODESIA GOVERNMENT / DISTRICT COMMISSIONER / 27 JUN 1964 / SAMFYA' cachet. Fine and clean. £25 PHOTO


ZAMBIA


STAMPS

NR73
 1964 ½d & 1d definitive, coil strips with joins. Superb unmounted, uncommon.
 £12
 PHOTO
NR74
 1964 1d definitive, coil pair with join, superb unmounted.
 £4
 PHOTO
RA6850
 1964 2d definitive, block of four showing large downwards shift of red printing (face mask). Superb unmounted. SG 96 var. £30 PHOTO
RA6852
 1964 1/3 definitive, showing major upwards shift of yellow printing (tobacco leaves). Superb unmounted. SG 102 var. £15 PHOTO
RA1263
 1964 2/- definitive, with good shift of black printing left. Fine unmounted, small blemishes on gum. SG 103 var.
 £35
 PHOTO
RA6853
 1964 2/- definitive, block of four showing right shift of black printing (faces). Superb unmounted. SG 103 var. £60 PHOTO
RA3811 1964 5/- definitive, lower marginal cylinder 1A copy, showing 'hat on child' flaw. Very fine mint. SG 105 var. £5 PHOTO
RA1264
 1965 6d First Anniversary of Independence. Major variety FIREWORKS COLOUR omitted. Superb unmounted. SG 113a
 £120
 PHOTO
RA6613
 1966 3d WHO, major variety GOLD OMITTED. Superb unmounted. Scarce. SG 116a
 £130 PHOTO
RA6857
 1966 1/3 WHO, block of four showing shift of light blue printing right. Superb unmounted. SG 117 var. £60 PHOTO
RA6858
 1966 1/3 WHO, block of four showing upwards shift of light blue printing. Superb unmounted. SG 117 var. £60 PHOTO
RA6614
 1968 8n definitive, major variety BLUE OMITTED. Superb unmounted. Scarce. SG 133b
 £130 PHOTO
RA1268
 1981 8n Musical Instruments, major variety IMPERFORATE, horizontal pair. Ungummed paper. SG 356 var.    

Note: this variety was discovered in the archive of the printers and released as such.
 £45 PHOTO
NR76
 1981 Traditional Musical Instruments issue. Artist's rough sketch / painting, this instrument the 'Nshingili' was used for the 18n stamp. Signed by the artist Gabriel Ellison. Most unusual.
 £85
 PHOTO


POSTAL HISTORY

RA1531 1964 ‘Independence’ Air Letter, with Makishi dancer illustration. Very fine unused, folded.
 £8
 PHOTO
NR77
 1965 illustrated Air Letter, 1st Anniversary of Independence with map and Independence Monument illustration. Very fine unused, folded.
 £4
 PHOTO
NR78
 1965 26th May, native cover bearing pre-used 1d definitive, scored around in red and endorsed 'T 6d'. Cancelled 'WUSIKILI' alongside the stamp then applied with 6d postage due cancelled 'KITWE 28 MAY 65'. Attractive and most unusual. SG D15
 £45
 PHOTO
NR79
 1966 14th November, cover endorsed 'BY FORCES AIR MAIL' Broken Hill to Kitwe with black boxed 'REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA / HEADQUARTERS COMPANY / 3RD BN. ZAMBIA REGIMENT / 14 NOV 1966' cachet. Uncommon.
 £20
 PHOTO
NR80
 1966 21st November, stampless cover endorsed 'BY FORCES AIR MAIL' Broken Hill to Kitwe with black boxed 'REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA / HEADQUARTERS COMPANY / 3RD BN. ZAMBIA REGIMENT / 21 NOV 1966' cachet. Uncommon.   
£20
 PHOTO
RA1273
 1968 3/6 ‘ZAMBIA AIRWAYS’ Air Letter Service labels. Ex. Booklet, pane of two in emerald green, roulette 10 x imperf. with margin at left which shows the two pairs of staple holes through. Superb unused with gum. Uncommon. Mewett type 7, no. 13. (See SA Philatelist October 1986, pages 246-249, N. Mewett) 
£35 PHOTO
AM106
 1968 19th November, incoming underpaid window envelope from Rhodesia, bearing 2d definitive (SG 398) tied by Salisbury (19 Nov) roller cancellation. Circular TO PAY taxe marking in violet. The shortfall was receipted on the reverse with a pair of 1N postage stamps (SG 129) tied by Nkana ? (27 Nov) datestamp with Mufulira (26 Nov) datestamp alongside.  
£25 PHOTO
NR87
 1974 6th (?) December, window envelope bearing 1d REVENUE stamp uncancelled but alongside with 'KITWE' cds. No further tax indications and presumably allowed. Unusual.
 £20
 PHOTO


BOOKLETS

NR89
 1970 20n booklet. Fine and complete. SG SB4
  £6
 PHOTO
NR90
 1970 30n booklet. Fine and complete. SG SB5   
£7
 PHOTO

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