Z.A.R. / TRANSVAAL
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T1138
T1236
1869 1d orange-red, on thin paper, fine roulette, printed from the wide-set plates. Very fine unused (without gum). Scarce. SG 4b
1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Light hinge remnant otherwise very fine mint with good to enormous margins. Scarce this fine. SG 34a
£75
£110
Recent acquisitions are numbered in blue. Last update: 31st October, 2011
FIRST REPUBLIC
POSTAGE STAMPS
Otto printings
T1138 1869 1d orange-red, on thin paper, fine roulette, printed from the wide-set plates. Very fine unused (without gum). Scarce. SG 4b £75
T746 1870 6d bright ultramarine (an attractive deep shade) on thin paper, fine roulette. Heavyish hinge remainders otherwise very fine mint. SG 5 SOLD
Viljoen printings
T876 1870 1d carmine-red on thin gummed paper from Germany, imperforate. Fine mint. SG 8b £45
T1243 1870 1d carmine-red on thin gummed paper from Germany, fine roulette. Horizontal crease and a few small perimeter faults, otherwise fine unused (without gum). A rare stamp. SG 10 SOLD
T328 1870 6d dull ultramarine on thin gummed paper from Germany with evidence of fine roulette at left. Fine used with central target cancel. SG 11 £55
T329 1870 6d dull ultramarine on thin gummed paper from Germany, fine roulette. Very fine used with central target cancel. SG 11 SOLD
T330 1870 6d dull ultramarine on thin gummed paper from Germany with evidence of fine roulettes at right. Fine used with single target cancel. SG 11 £55
T1199 1870 1d (very pale) rose-red on thick hard paper, imperforate. Very fine mint. SG 13 £75
T1200 1870 1d (pale) rose-red on thick hard paper, imperforate. Very fine mint. SG 13 £65
T1202 1870 1d carmine-red on thick hard paper, imperforate. Very fine mint. SG 13a £70
T333 1870 1d carmine-red on thick hard paper, imperforate. Fine used with crisp target cancel. SG 13a £70
T1205 1870 1/- yellow-green on thick hard paper, imperforate. Very fine mint. Scarce this fine. SG 14 SOLD
T1207 1870 1/- (pale) yellow-green on thick hard paper, imperforate. Unusually, with thin yellow smooth gum rather than the ‘normal’ yellow streaky gum. Very fine mint. SG 14 var £150
T336 1870 1d carmine-red, on thick hard paper, fine roulette. An upper marginal example, fine mint. SG 15 £75
T1203 1870 1d carmine-red on thick hard paper, fine roulette. Very fine mint. Unusually, the gum is yellow streaky rather than the 'normal' thin yellow smooth gum. Scarce. SG 15 £80
T1204 1870 1d carmine-red on thick hard paper, fine roulette. Very fine mint. An unusually ‘big’ stamp with good to large margins. Scarce this fine. SG 15 £125
T337 1870 1d carmine-red, on thick hard paper, fine roulette. Fine mint. SG 15 £75
T860 1870 6d ultramarine, on thick hard paper with yellow streaky gum, fine roulette. Very fine mint. A rare stamp. SG 16 SOLD
T1242 1870 1d carmine-red on medium paper, fine roulette. A partially over-inked example, fine mint. SG 18a £50
T343 1870 1d crimson on medium paper, fine roulette. Printed from an over-inked plate. Fine mint. SG 18b £110
T877 1870 1d crimson on medium paper, fine roulette. Printed from an over-inked plate. Fine mint. SG 18b £110
T14 1870 1d crimson on medium paper, fine roulette. Printed from an over-inked plate. Fine mint. Scarce. SG 18b £85
T15 1870 1d crimson on medium paper, fine roulette. Printed from an over-inked plate. Fine mint. Scarce. SG 18b £85
T345 1870 1d crimson on medium paper, imperforate (probably trimmed). Printed from an over-inked plate. Very fine unused (without gum). SG 18b £65
T350 1870 6d ultramarine (pale shade) on medium paper, fine roulette. Fine used with light target cancel. SG 19 £55
T17 1870 6d ultramarine printed on medium paper, fine roulette. Fine used with target-type cancellation. Scarce. SG 19 £40
T18 1870 6d deep ultramarine on medium paper, fine roulette. Printed from an over-inked plate. Fine used with neat target-type cancellation. Scarce. SG 19b £80
Borrius printings
T354 1870-71 1d (grey-) black on stout paper, imperforate with very good to large margins. Fine mint apart from an almost invisible diagonal crease. SG 21 £85
T355 1870-71 1d black on stout paper, imperforate with good to large margins, fine mint. SG 21 SOLD
Otto printing 3d
T736 1871 3d pale reddish lilac on thin paper, fine roulette. Very fine mint. SG 24 SOLD
T370 1871 3d pale reddish lilac on thin paper. Block of four, fine roulette. Zealously reinforced horizontally, otherwise fine mint and a very scarce multiple. SG 24 £350
Borrius printings
T373 1872-74 1d bright carmine, an attractive bright shade on thin transparent paper, fine roulette. Very fine used with part of a target cancel. SG 26 SOLD
T378 1872-74 6d ultramarine, a deep shade on thin transparent paper, fine roulette. Fine mint apart from clean vertical crease. SG 27 SOLD
T747 1872-74 6d ultramarine, on thin transparent paper, fine roulette. Small marginal thin, otherwise very fine used with ‘X’ pen cancellation. Attractive. SG 27 £25
T382 1872-74 6d ultramarine, a deep shade on thin transparent paper, fine roulette. Fine used with central target cancel. SG 27 £45
T383 1872-74 6d ultramarine, a bright, rather over-inked shade, on thin transparent paper, fine roulette. Fine used with a target cancel. SG 27 SOLD
T394 1872 1d reddish pink on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Superb used with part target cancel. SG 29 SOLD
T279 1872 1d carmine-red on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Fine mint. SG 29a £40
T395 1872 1d carmine-red on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Fine used with part target cancel struck in grey-blue. SG 29a SOLD
T400 1872 3d grey-lilac on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Fine used with diagonal pen cancellation. SG 30 £45
T280 1872 6d ultramarine on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Fine used with light target-type cancellations. SG 31 £20
T401 1872 6d ultramarine on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette. Very fine used with central target cancel. SG 31 £40
T709 1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Very fine unused (without gum). An attractive large margined example. SG 34a £65
T1236 1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Light hinge remnant otherwise very fine mint with good to enormous margins. Scarce this fine. SG 34a £110
T410 1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Very fine used with light target cancel. SG 34a £40
T411 1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Small hinge thin, otherwise fine used with neat ‘3’ target cancel of Rustenburg. SG 34a £30
T415 1873-74 6d deep dull blue, a light shade, towards milky blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Fine used with target cancel. SG 34a £45
T417 1873-74 6d deep dull blue on thickish wove paper, fine roulette. Fine used with manuscript pen cancellation. SG 34a £45
T422 1873-74 6d dull ultramarine on very thick dense paper, fine roulette. Fine used with part neat target cancel. SG 36 SOLD
T413 1873-74 6d bright ultramarine on very thick dense paper, fine roulette. Very fine used with target cancel and part Cape Town transit cds. SG 36a SOLD
Davis Printings
Otto Printing 6d with ‘improved folded wings’
Stamp Commission Printings
T44 1875-77 1d orange-red on semi-pelure paper, imperforate. Horizontal crease at top otherwise fine used with '8' target-type cancellation of Zeerust. SG 43 SOLD
T436 1875-77 1d orange-red on semi-pelure paper, imperforate. Pinhole, otherwise fine used with ‘1’ in target cancel. SG 43 £30
T441 1875-77 6d (light) blue on semi-pelure paper, imperforate with good to very large margins. Very fine used with target cancel. SG 45 £45
T442 1875-77 6d (light) blue on semi-pelure paper, imperforate with good to large margins. Very fine used with ‘12’ target cancel of Middelburg. SG 45 SOLD
T447 1875-76 1d orange-red on thin pelure paper, imperforate. with clear to good margins. Cuts into margin at upper right, otherwise fine used, numeral target cancel. SG 52a SOLD
T449 1875-76 6d pale blue on thin pelure paper, imperforate with good to enormous margins. Fine used, target cancel. SG 54 £45
T450 1875-76 6d blue on thin pelure paper, imperforate with very good margins. Fine used, light target cancel. SG 54a SOLD
T875 1875-76 6d blue on thin pelure paper, imperforate. Small paper split at left, otherwise very fine used with good margins and light target ‘10’ cancels. SG 54a £25
T453 1875-76 6d deep blue printed from an over-inked plate on thin pelure paper, imperforate with good margins. Fine used with light target cancel. SG 54b SOLD
T454 1875-76 6d deep (dull) blue on thin pelure paper, imperforate with good even margins. Fine used with ‘8’ target cancel of Zeerust overlapping part of a second numeral (31?) cancel. SG 54b £55
T861 1876 1d bright red on stout, hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with good even margins. Hinge remnants, otherwise very fine mint . SG 61 SOLD
T50 1876 1d bright red on stout, hard-surfaced paper, imperforate (close at foot) printing. Fine used with light cancellation. SG 61 £8
T51 1876 6d blue on stout hard surfaced paper, imperforate. Fine used with '12' target-type cancellation of Middelburg. SG 63 £15
T52 1876 6d bright blue on stout, hard-surfaced paper, imperforate. Very fine used with '3' target-type cancel of Rustenburg. SG 63 SOLD
T300 1876 6d deep blue on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate. Fine used with target-type cancellation. SG 63c £15
T1179 1876 6d deep blue on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate. Very fine used with ‘1’ target-type cancellation of Pretoria. SG 63c SOLD
T457 1876 6d bright blue on stout hard-surfaced paper, fine roulette. Very fine used with part light target cancel. SG 66 £125
T458 1876 6d bright blue on stout hard-surfaced paper, fine roulette. Some creasing, otherwise fine used with light target cancel. SG 66 £75
First British Occupation
1877 Overprinted 'V. R. / TRANSVAAL.' in red capital letters
1877 Overprinted 'V. R. / TRANSVAAL.' in black capital letters
T474 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with large margins and gutter at right showing wide roulette (used to separate the panes). Fine mint. SG 98 £55
T476 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with good to enormous margins showing part of adjoining stamp at base. Very fine used with part neat target cancel. SG 98 £40
T478 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate. Fine used with light ‘1’ target cancel of Pretoria. SG 98 £25
T479 1877 1d bright red, a deep over-inked shade on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate. Fine used with part target cancel. SG 98 £45
T480 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with good to large margins. Fine used with part target cancel. SG 98 SOLD
T643 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with large margins. Superb used with part neat numeral target cancel. SG 98 £35
T667 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, imperforate with good to large margins. Fine used with part target cancel. SG 98 £25
T1210 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, wide roulette. Very fine used with target-type cancel. Scarce this fine. SG 100 SOLD
T1211 1877 1d bright red on stout hard-surfaced paper, wide roulette. Right marginal example [L16], very fine used with target-type cancellation. Scarce this fine. SG 100 £225
T687 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Some gum loss from hinge, otherwise fine mint. SG 101 £25
T890 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Very small marginal thin otherwise fine mint. SG 101 £25
T1131 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Very fine mint apart from small area of gum loss verging on a small thin. SG 101 £30
T482 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Fine used with light target cancels. SG 101 £30
T483 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with large even margins. Fine used with part neat target cancel. SG 101 £35
T484 1877 1d brick red on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Very fine used with target cancel. SG 101 £35
T668 1877 3d lilac on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with clear to large margins. Small nick at left, otherwise fine used, part target cancel and Cape Town transit cds. SG 102 £20
T487 1877 3d deep lilac on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with clear, even margins. Fine used with target cancel. Scarce shade. SG 102b SOLD
T489 1877 6d dull blue, in a deep shade on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Horizontal crease, otherwise fine used with light target cancel. SG 103 £30
T491 1877 6d blue on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with close to very good margins. Fine used with target cancel. SG 103 £25
T669 1877 6d blue on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with good to large margins. Few small thin spots, otherwise fine used with target cancel. SG 103e £25
T496 1877 1/- yellow-green on coarse, soft paper, imperforate with good to large margins. Slight hinge thin, otherwise very fine used with crisp ‘1’ target cancel. SG 104 £45
T1235 1877 1/- yellow-green on coarse, soft paper, imperforate. Small marginal cut at upper right (not into design), otherwise very fine used with ‘1’ target-type cancel. SG 104 £50
T1143 1877 1d brick-red on coarse, soft paper, fine roulette. Diagonal gum crease visible only on reverse, otherwise very fine mint. A scarce stamp. SG 105 £65
T1213 1877 3d lilac on coarse soft white paper, fine roulette. Very fine mint. Very scarce. SG 106 £200
T1217 1877 1/- yellow-green on coarse soft white paper, fine roulette. Superb used with light ‘1’ target-type cancel. Exceptional and rare this fine. SG 108 SOLD
T1218 1877 1/- yellow-green on coarse soft white paper, fine roulette. Lower marginal example, very fine used with ‘17’ target-type canceller. Very scarce this fine. SG 108 £160
T1180 1877 6d blue on rose, imperforate. Variety OVERPRINT INVERTED. Corner thin, otherwise fine used with target-type cancellation. SG 113b £25
T1239 1877 6d blue on rose, imperforate with good to very large margins. Variety OVERPRINT INVERTED very fine used with part of a crisp target-type cancellation. SG 113b £45
T1181 1877 6d blue on rose, fine roulette. Variety OVERPRINT INVERTED and NO STOP AFTER ‘R’. Right marginal example fine used with ‘1’ target-type cancellation of Pretoria. SG 114a £150
1877-78 Overprinted 'V. R. / Transvaal' in upper and lower case
T822 1877 1d red on orange, imperforate. Very fine mint with good even margins. SG 117 £25
T213 1877 1d red on orange, imperforate, top marginal. Large hinge remainder, fine mint. SG 117 £15
T501 1877 3d mauve on buff, imperforate, with clear to very good even margins. Very fine used with part target cancel. SG 118 £35
T502 1877 3d mauve on buff, imperforate, with good to large margins. Very fine used with ‘3’ target cancel of Rustenburg. SG 118 £40
T505 1878 3d mauve on buff, imperforate upper marginal example with good to large margins. Very fine used with target cancel. SG 118 £35
T646 1877 3d mauve on buff, imperforate upper marginal example with clear to good margins other sides. Fine used with light ‘9’ target cancel (Heidelberg). SG 118 £30
T647 1878 3d mauve on buff, imperforate showing italic ‘V. R.’ Very fine used with good margins and part target cancel. SG 118d £40
T67 1879 3d mauve on green, imperforate. Fine used with '8' target canceller of Zeerust. SG 119 £30
T649 1879 3d mauve on green, imperforate showing italic ‘V. R.’. Superb used with very good even margins and crisp ‘3’ target cancel (Rustenberg). SG 119e £50
T650 1879 3d mauve on green (pale shade), imperforate, showing italic ‘V. R.’. Superb used with very good even margins and part target cancel. SG 119e £50
T68 1878 6d blue on blue, imperforate. Fine used with light target cancel. SG 121 £20
T321 1878 6d blue on blue, imperforate. Fine used with light target cancel. SG 121 £20
T670 1877 3d mauve on buff, fine roulette. Fine used with ‘1’ target-type cancellation. SG 124 £25
T513 1878 6d blue on blue, fine roulette. Small cut and marginal tear at right (clear of design), otherwise fine used with target cancel. SG 127 £35
T303 1877-79 6d blue on blue, with fine roulette. Overprinted in black with italic ‘V. R.’. Very fine used. SG 127e SOLD
1878 Queen Victoria 'Bourne Head' Issue
T1113 1878 QV ½d imperforate plate proof pair, printed in dull orange on thin paper. Light pen strokes through both stamps. Very fine. £175
1879 Queen Victoria 6d Surcharged '1 Penny'
T609 1879 QV 6d surcharged ‘1 Penny’. Large part reconstruction of the setting, a total of 46 stamps (including four with red surcharges), mainly used. Comprising Type 10 (8, including two mint and one red), Type 11 (3), Type 12 (4, including one mint), Type 13 (8, including one mint, one unused with fault and one red), Type 14 (2 including one apparently unused), Type 15 (17, including one mint, one unused and two red), Type 16 (4). Condition is generally very fine and considerably above average for these delicate stamps. An impressive and rare grouping. SG catalogue is over £2300. SG 140/a, 141, 142, 143/b, 144, 145/a, 146 £850
1879 Overprinted 'V. R. / Transvaal' with small ‘V. R.’
T516 1879 1d red on yellow, imperforate with clear to good margins. Tiny nick in margin at left, otherwise very fine used with Standerton (16 Aug / 80) datestamp. SG 147 £45
T517 1879 1d red on yellow, imperforate with clear to good margins. Fine used with target-type cancellation. SG 147 £40
T1219 1879 1d (deep) red on yellow, imperforate with close to very good margins. Some creasing, otherwise fine used with (Potchef)stroom single circle datestamp. SG 147 £30
T1220 1879 1d red on yellow, imperforate with good even margins. Thin and minute pinhole, otherwise very fine used with target cancellation. Attractive. SG 147 £40
T1221 1879 1d red on yellow, imperforate with good to very large margins. Minute thin spots otherwise very fine used with target-type cancellation. Attractive and scarce this fine. SG 147 £65
T1224 1879 1d red on orange, imperforate horizontal pair [R14-15] with very good margins. Very fine fresh mint. A very scarce multiple, especially this fine. SG 147b £175
T518 1879 1d red on orange, imperforate with very good margins. Very fine used with part target cancels. SG 147b £35
T519 1879 1d red on orange, imperforate with clear to good margins. Very fine used with ‘1’ target cancel. SG 147b £35
T236 1879 3d (deep) mauve on green paper, imperforate, overprinted in black. Marginal tear upper right, otherwise fine mint. SG 148 £20
T520 1879 3d mauve on green, imperforate with close to good margins. Fine used with ‘8’ target cancel of Zeerust. SG 148 £35
T523 1879 3d mauve on green, imperforate, with good to large margins, just touching at base. Tiny (natural?) pin-point thin, otherwise fine used with part neat target cancel. SG 148 £30
T1226 1879 3d (pale) mauve on green, imperforate with good to large margins. Fine used with target-type cancellation. Scarce this fine. SG 148 £45
T1227 1879 3d mauve on green, imperforate with very good to large margins. Showing major frame damage flaw at right [R35]. Very fine used with target-type canceller. Very scarce this fine. SG 148 £65
T1229 1879 3d (deep) mauve on green, imperforate with good to very good even margins. Showing the variety Small ‘T’. Surface printing flaw, probably due to oil on the printing plate causing ink not to adhere and giving appearance of a thin. Otherwise fine used with part Potchefstroom cds. SG 148a £65
T239 1879 3d mauve on blue, imperforate, overprinted in black. Fine used. SG 149 £20
T1230 1879 3d (pale) mauve on blue, imperforate with very good margins. Very fine used with target-type cancellation. Scarce this fine. SG 149 SOLD
T1232 1879 3d (deep) mauve on blue, imperforate with close to good margins. Very fine used with neat ‘8’ target-type cancellation of Zeerust. SG 149 £35
T1231 1879 3d (pale) mauve on blue, imperforate with close to very good margins. Showing variety No Stop After ‘R’. Hinge thin, otherwise fine used with target-type cancellation. SG 149 £45
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