| MC782 |
1859 Perkins Bacon printing 1/- deep dark green. Left marginal block of four, with good to large margins all round. Very fine fresh mint. Brandon opinion (2011). SG 8b |
£1,800 |
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| MC780 |
1864 watermark Crown CC, 6d pale lilac. Exceptionally fine unmounted. RARE as such. SG 25 |
£375 |
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| MC784 |
1875 watermark Crown CC, ½d grey-black. WATERMARK INVERTED. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 28w |
SOLD |
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| MC783 |
1872 watermark Crown CC, 1d carmine-red. Very fine unmounted. SG 29 |
£110 |
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| MC786 |
½d black. Very fine unmounted. SG 40 |
SOLD |
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| MC781 |
1882 ‘One Half-Penny’ surcharge on 3d deep claret (Wmk Crown CA). Very fine unmounted. SG 47 |
£95 |
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| AC1163 |
1884 watermark Anchor, ½d grey-black. Block of 12 (4x3). Some gum wrinkles, otherwise very fine and fresh mint with six stamps remaining unmounted. SG 48a |
£75 |
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| MC789 |
1890 4d blue. Very fine unmounted. SG 51 |
SOLD |
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| MC790 |
1890 4d deep blue. Very fine unmounted. SG 51a |
£40 |
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| MC791 |
1884 watermark Anchor 6d bright mauve. Left marginal, pristine unmounted. SG 52b |
SOLD |
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| AC1164 |
1884 watermark Anchor, 6d bright mauve (a very bluish shade). Block of four, very fine and fresh mint with light hinge remnants on the upper pair, the lower pair is unmounted. Scarce multiple. SG 52b
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£110 |
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| AC1162 |
1898 ‘Hope Standing’ ½d green. Block of six (3x2), very fine mint with hinge remnants on one stamp, the others are unmounted. SG 58
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£40 |
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| MC793 |
1896 watermark Anchor, 2½d ultramarine. Superb and fresh unmounted. SG 63a |
SOLD |
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| MC801 |
1898 watermark Anchor, 3d bright magenta. Lower marginal, very fine and fresh unmounted. SG 64 |
SOLD |
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| MC794 |
1897 4d sage-green. Very fine unmounted. SG 65 |
SOLD |
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| MC796 |
1893 watermark Anchor, 1/- blue-green, with the outer frame-line removed. Superb unmounted. Scarce as such. SG 66 |
SOLD |
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| MC795 |
1893 watermark Anchor, 1/- deep blue-green. Superb and fresh unmounted. Scarce as such. SG 66a |
SOLD |
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| MC798 |
1896 1/- yellow-ochre. Very fine unmounted. SG 67 |
SOLD |
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| MC797 |
1896 watermark Anchor, 1/- so-called 'pale maize' shade. Very fine mint. Distinct. SG 67 shade |
£50 |
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| MC799 |
1896 watermark Anchor, 1/- so-called 'pale maize' shade. Left marginal, superb unmounted. Distinct. SG 67 shade |
SOLD |
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| MC800 |
1896 watermark Anchor, 5/- brown-orange. Superb and fresh unmounted. Scarce as such. SG 68 |
£240 |
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| AC1153 |
1902 KEVII ½d green (pale shade). Block of four, superb fresh unmounted mint. SG 70
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£25 |
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| AC1154 |
1902 KEVII ½d green (deep shade). Block of four, very fine mint with hinge remnants on the upper pair only, the lower pair is unmounted. SG 70
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£20 |
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| AC1155 |
1902 KEVII 1d carmine. Block of four, small area of buckling on lower right stamp, otherwise very fine unmounted mint. SG 71
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£15 |
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| AC1156 |
1904 KEVII 2d brown. Block of four, odd gum wrinkle and light hinge marks or remnants on three stamps, otherwise very fine mint. SG 72
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£110 |
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| AC1157 |
1904 KEVII 2½d ultramarine. Block of four, very fine fresh mint with light hinge mark on the upper pair only, the lower pair is unmounted. SG 73
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£25 |
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| AC1158 |
1903 KEVII 3d magenta. Block of four. Light but large hinge remnants on upper pair, otherwise very fine mint with the lower pair remaining unmounted. SG 74 |
£75 |
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| AC1159 |
1903 KEVII 4d olive-green block of four, very fine or superb fresh mint with a faint hinge mark on the upper pair, the lower pair remains unmounted. SG 75
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£85 |
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| AC1160 |
1902 KEVII 1/- yellow-ochre. Block of four with very light band of yellowed gum across upper pair, otherwise very fine mint with faint hinge marks. SG 77
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£75 |
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| AC1161 |
1903 KEVII 5/- brown-orange. BLOCK OF FOUR with a very light band of yellowed gum across the upper pair, otherwise very fine unmounted mint. A rare multiple. SG 78
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£650 |
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| AC1172 |
1851 (31st July), small envelope addressed to Roxburghshire, Scotland. Endorsed at top ‘Per Steamer Hellespont’ and showing a good strike of the GENERAL POST OFFICE / [Crown] / CAPE TOWN oval handstamp. Various rate markings in red and black manuscript and backstamped with British transit datestamps (10 Sep and 11 Sep) struck in red. The front showing ST BOSWELLS (11 Sep) boxed arrival datestamp struck in black. The reverse with manuscript endorsement “31 July / 1851 / Major Wm Rutherford”. Vertical fold, otherwise very fine.
Note: The Hellespont is recorded sailing from Cape Town on the 1st August 1851, calling at Sierra Leone and St Vincent, arriving at Plymouth on the 10th September 1851. [http://www.historic-shipping.co.uk/african/hellespont.html]
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£125 |
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| AC1171 |
Postal History / Anglo-Boer War period 1901 (1st September), small printed ‘THE BUDGET LETTER CARD’ addressed to Scotland and bearing a single 1d ‘Table Mountain’ (SG 69) tied by a NAUWPOORT / C.G.H (1 Sep) single circle datestamp. Endorsed at lower left ‘P J Cochrane Capt / Nauwport’. The message is headed ‘Remounts / Nauwport, Aug 30th’ and is written over several stapled pages. The interesting contents include reference to the Royal Engineers constructing blockhouses. Hawick (21 Sep) arrival backstamp. Unusual. |
£125 |
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| AC1165 |
GRIQUALAND WEST / Revenue 1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 1d brown right marginal BLOCK OF FOUR. Odd gum blemish, otherwise very fine unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 60
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£125 |
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| AC1166 |
GRIQUALAND WEST / Revenue 1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 4d yellowish green right marginal BLOCK OF FOUR. Paper streaks on gum from adherence, otherwise very fine mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 61
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£150 |
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| AC1167 |
1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 6d deep blue BLOCK OF FOUR. Streaks on gum of two stamps from paper adherence, otherwise very fine unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 62
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£175 |
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| AC1168 |
GRIQUALAND WEST / Revenue 1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 1/- yellow-brown BLOCK OF FOUR. Very fine unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 64
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£175 |
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| AC1169 |
GRIQUALAND WEST / Revenue 1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 2/- deep green left marginal BLOCK OF FOUR. Some gum disturbance, otherwise very fine mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 66 |
£250 |
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| AC1170 |
GRIQUALAND WEST / Revenue 1878 Bradbury Wilkinson Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ issue. 10/- black BLOCK OF FOUR. Very fine unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. Barefoot 69
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£375 |
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