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Last update: 19th March, 2024
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SURCHARGED MAIL
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REVENUES
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| R65 |
1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Superb unmounted. Mewett 450 |
£80 |
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| RU1309 |
1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Block of four, very fine unmounted. Mewett 450 |
£320 |
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| RU1310 |
1966 Arms £100 blue and orange. Upper right corner block of four showing frame plate '1' in margin, superb unmounted. Scarce. Mewett 450 |
£450 |
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| RA4760 |
1965 Arms £100 blue and orange. Superb used cancelled in ink ‘1 / 1 / 69’. Mewett 450 |
£100 |
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| RU2225 |
1965 Arms £100 blue and orange. Horizontal pair very fine used cancelled light oval '10 FEB 1965(?)' datestamp. Mewett 450 |
£200 |
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| RA1304 |
1965-6 Arms 10/-, £1, £2 (Mardon) and £100 blue and orange (Bradbury Wilkinson), each superb unmounted. Mewett 450, 454-6 |
£120 |
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| RU1491 |
1966 Arms £1. Superb unmounted. Mewett 455 |
£8 |
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| RU2044 |
1966 Arms £2 right. Superb unmounted. Mewett 456 |
£20 |
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| RA8451 |
1966 Arms £2 upper marginal block of 12 being the upper two rows of the sheet, showing running sheet no. '048' and traffic light indications in margin. Superb unmounted. Mewett 456 |
£120 |
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| RU2524 |
c1967 Arms 6d black and orange. IMPERFORATE single. Very fine. RARE. Mewett 452 var. |
£275 |
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| RA4761 |
c1967 Arms 6d black and orange perf 14½. Very fine used cancelled with parts of two circular cachets of an Insurance Society struck in violet and pen cancel. RARE. Mewett 452 |
£375 |
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| RU2040 |
c1967 Arms 6d black and orange perf 14½. Very fine used pen cancel. RARE. Mewett 452 |
£375 |
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| RU2478 |
1969 10th September, printed single page Power of Attorney to Pass Transfer, applied at base with Arms 2/- and 6d black and orange revenues (Mewett 452). Cancelled with violet rectangular 'COLLECTOR OF TAXES / 10 SEP 1969' cachet. A RARE usage with few known used on document. |
£425 |
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| RU2045 |
1970 decimal Arms $20, perf. 12½. Fine used Mewett 470 A |
£8 |
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| RU1320 |
1970 decimal Arms $4 block of four and $20 block of six, perf 12½. Used on piece pen cancelled and puncture affecting one of each at base. Mewett 467 A, 470 A |
£25 |
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| RA5015 |
1970 decimal Arms $20 perf 12½. Block of four fine used cancelled with violet boxed strike. Mewett 470 A |
£20 |
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| RA3254 |
1970 decimal Arms $20 perf 12½. Eight copies on piece rubber stamp cancels. Attractive. Mewett 470 A |
£40 |
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| RU1322 |
Large portion of a Brokers note, the reverse bearing 25c, $1, $2, $10 x 12 and block of 15 $20 values ($423.25 in duty) all cancelled with company rubber stamps. Most attractive and uncommon. |
£75 |
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| RU1887 |
'Personal Tax Act, 1961 / Record of Employees' form applied completed with 31 x 3/4 bright emerald and single 10/- ultramarine Personal tax stamps (Mewett 341A, 342B), each with manuscript date and initials. Finally struck at top and lower right with violet boxed 'COLLECTOR OF TAXES / 24 AUG 1967' cachets. Unusual.
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£60 |
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| AR429 |
1960s Standard Bank ‘SPECIMEN’ cheque for Manica Road West Branch, Salisbury. Printed by Mardons in red and pink on a faintly lined mauve background. With small ‘RHODESIA 3d DUTY PAID’ oval impressed at upper right. Very fine. Unusual. |
£65 |
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| RU38 |
1978 25th January, single page printed 'Fire-arm Certificate', applied with $1 revenue cancelled violet boxed 'OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER'. Issued for a pistol, and noted that the total amount of ammunition to be purchased in any one year as '100'. Most unusual and a rare survivor. |
£30 |
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NEWSPAPER AND RAILWAY STAMPS
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| R54 |
RHODESIA RAILWAYS 10c and 20c parcel stamps. Overprinted 'FT' - Francistown, the errors of colour in light blue and magenta. Very fine unmounted. |
£20 |
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| RU1497 |
1968 30th September, part Rhodesia Railways Waybill, applied with 2d and 2/- parcel stamps overprinted 'DT' (Dett). Cancelled violet oval 'RHODESIA RAILWAYS / DETT'. |
£15 |
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POSTMARKS
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| RU2023 |
Group of seven plain covers each bearing Harrison 6d, and cancelled with more unusual offices, GOLDEN VALLEY, GAWA-KARIBA, GADZEMA, CHEREDZI, CHATSWORTH, BEIT BRIDGE and LALAPANZI. |
£30 |
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| RA831 |
UZUMBA dc, two large part strikes dated 6 OCT 77 on strip of three 4c definitives (SG 492 white paper). RARE. |
£20 |
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LABELS
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| RA2091 |
1965, printed 'EXTRA' notice for the Rhodesia State Lotteries, advising 'DOUBLE PRIZES' for the 109 and 110 Lotteries. Folded, fine and unusual. |
SOLD |
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| RU2314 |
c1966 registered stationery envelope, regular size. Very fine unused. Remarkably scarce. |
£20 |
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| RU2315 |
c1966 registered stationery envelope, larger size. Very fine unused. Remarkably scarce. |
£20 |
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| R74 |
c1965 bilingual 'THANK YOU SOUTH AFRICA / PETROL' label. Rouletted and gummed. Single, very fine unused. |
£3 |
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| R77 |
1966 'CENTRAL AFRICAN TRADE FAIR' publicity label, inscribed 'GOOD LUCK RHODESIA'. Rouletted and gummed. Very fine unused. |
£4 |
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| RU2145 |
1966 31st January, manilla envelope applied with franking label 'RHODESIA / 5/-', and in addition with 'GOOD LUCK RHODESIA' label upper left. Addressed to England. Folded at centre. Unusual. |
£12 |
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| RU2144 |
1967 10th January, large piece cut from a manilla envelope, applied with franking label 'RHODESIA 1/- 20/-', and in addition 1967 Central African International Trade Fair label below. Somewhat creased although an unusual high value usage. |
£15 |
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| RU2232 |
1967 30th September, RHODESIA 1/- POSTAL ORDER, noted as 'POUNDAGE 2d.', with a further 6d Harrison definitive added at lower left corner. Datestamped probably Southerton although unclear. Very scarce. |
£65 |
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| RU2312 |
1969 120th 10/- Rhodesia State Lotteries ticket. Very fine. |
£18 |
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| RU2226 |
1971 June-October. Printed Monthly Petrol Rationing card, issued to one C. F. Kileff for a total of 24 units per month. Perforated sections for each month, presumably a number redeemed and only the months June 1971 to October remaining. Most unusual. |
£30 |
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| R81 |
1978 'RAPT' Christmas stamps, complete sheet of 50 (two panes of 25) showing the theme 'Reptiles'. Very fine unused. |
£16 |
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| RU2322 |
Postal Order 1983 (5th February), $1.50 orange (+ 8c commission) issued at CHINHOYI (5 Feb). Apparently uncashed. Very fine. Uncommon. |
£20 |
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CURRENCY NOTES
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| RU2217 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $1 blue showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. |
£20 |
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| RU2216 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $2 scarlet showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. |
£30 |
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| RU1456 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $5 brown showing Rhodes head watermark. Uncirculated. |
£45 |
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| RU2220 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $5 brown showing Rhodes head watermark. ERROR OF NUMBERING, '509896' at upper left but '509996' at lower right. Uncirculated. RARE. |
£200 |
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| RU1884 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. Lightly circulated. |
£45 |
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| RU2221 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. Lightly circulated. |
£45 |
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| RU222 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Rhodes head watermark. PMG graded at 66, uncirculated. |
£125 |
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| RU1457 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency notes: $1 blue and $2 red, with Zimbabwe Bird watermark. Uncirculated |
£30 |
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| RU2215 |
RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA currency note: $10 slate showing Zimbabwe bird watermark. Uncirculated. |
£65 |
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ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA
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| R73 |
c1980 small size Registered Envelope, very fine unused.
Note: this is the only item of philatelic nature issued by the Post Office during the interim period from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. |
£10 |
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| AR224 |
c1979-1980, Post and Telecommunications Corporation / Zimbabwe Rhodesia REQUISITION FOR A MONEY ORDER (105x148mm) printed in blue on buff. Folded once horizontally, otherwise very fine unused. A scarce survivor from the short-lived ‘Zimbabwe Rhodesia’ period which lasted less than a year. |
£30 |
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| RA2151 |
1980 May, 'ONE UNIT' petrol coupon, in green on white. Unused. |
£2 |
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| RA2152 |
as above, block of four |
SOLD |
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