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| POSTAGE DUES | |||
| NY269 |
1950, complete set of five values, superb
unmounted
mint.
SG D1-D5
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£40 |
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| RA6064 | 1950, complete set of five values, each in a top left corner control ‘1’ block of four. Superb unmounted, a lovely and scarce group. SG D1-5 | £320 | PHOTO |
| NY327 |
1950, complete set of five values, very fine used. SG D1-5 | £110 | PHOTO |
| NY196 |
1950, 4d purple, very fine mint. SG D4
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£8 |
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| NY197 |
1950, 6d yellow-orange, very fine mint. SG D5
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£12 |
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| NY328 |
1950, 6d yellow-orange, very
fine used. SG D5
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£75 | PHOTO |
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| POSTAL HISTORY | |||
| NY199 |
1894 (23rd August), cover to Durban, Natal,
bearing strip
of three 1891 2d sea-green and vermilion of BSA Co overprinted 'B.C.A.'
(SG 2), all tied by clear '863' BONC's with 'proving' ZOMBA (23 Aug)
single circle datestamp alongside. Attractive and a very scarce issue
on cover.
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£345 |
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| RA5625 |
1896 Newspaper titled the ‘British Central Africa Gazette’ dated 1st March 1896. Interesting contents over four pages (each 285x442mm). Includes: Notice by the Postmaster General J.E. McMaster regarding use of BCA stamps exclusively within the Protectorate; Notice of various import and export duties; Notice of Road and River duties; Report concerning the ‘Tambala Expedition’ led by a Captain F.T. Stewart; Report of a Census of the Blantyre District; A letter to the editor concerning alcohol including the paragraph “In all my experience – 20 years – I have come across only two genuine teetotalers, and am sorry to say both fill graves”. The paper has been split horizontally and neatly rejoined and is in remarkably fine and clean condition. The first such newspaper we have seen. | £110 | PHOTO |
| RA6066 | 1897 (February), BCA type bordered ½d black and yellow ‘Internal’ postal stationery card, cancelled with very fine strike of BLANTYRE (9 Feb). A scarce card used. | £45 | PHOTO |
| NY298 |
1898
(14th June), ‘Armbruster’ cover addressed to Zomba bearing an
imperforate 1d
vermilion and pale ultramarine ‘cheque stamp’ (Setting II, SG 55b). A
lower marginal example, probably with embossed control ‘E / 17’ and
tied by fine UPPER SHIRE (14 Jun) single circle datestamp with second
very fine strike below. Zomba (14 Jun) arrival backstamp. A scarce
issue on cover. |
£425 |
PHOTO |
| RA6629 |
1898 (5th July), cover bearing 1d vermilion & deep ultramarine ‘cheque stamp’ (Setting II, perf. 12, SG 57a (no control visible)) placed inverted and tied by Blantyre (5 July) single circle datestamp. Handstamped address ‘W.H. Keiller / Auctioneer and Valuator . . . Blantyre’. A few minor perimeter faults, otherwise very fine and attractive. | £170 |
PHOTO |
| NY299 |
1905
(18th April), BCA 2d ‘External’ postal stationery card, addressed to
the
USA, cancelled with FORT JOHNSTON (18 Apr) squared circle datestamp
with CHINDE (2 May) transit datestamp below. Private company datestamp
on the reverse (“RECEIVED / K&E CO. N.Y.”, 10 June). |
£65 |
PHOTO |
| RA3920 | 1911 (8th August), cover bearing 2 x 1d Edwards (SG 74), cancelled with squared circle 'NGARA / B. C. A.' datestamp addressed to Sweden. 'CHINDE 2 SE' and 'ZOMBA 12 AU' transit datestamps on reverse, arrival datestamp 2nd October. The cover damaged in transit and upon arrival in Sweden secured with three printed black/cream 'GEFLE / POSTKONTOR.' seal labels at base, further applied with printed black/green 'LOSEN / …..ore' (etc.) Swedish postage due label endorsed '54', then 4 ore, 10 ore and pair 20 ore regular issues paying the deficiency, each pen cancelled. A highly unusual and remarkable cover. | £325 | PHOTO |
| RA5626 |
1926 (24th August), pre-printed newspaper wrapper for ‘The Nyasaland Times / Blantyre Nyasaland’. Addressed to Switzerland and bearing a single KGV ½d green (SG 100) tied by BLANTYRE (24 Aug) double circle datestamp. Neat and attractive. | £55 | PHOTO |
| RA5026 | 1926 (28th August), intact Newspaper wrapper with printed “The Nyasaland Times / BLANTYRE NYASALAND”. Addressed to Switzerland and bearing a single KGV ½d green (SG 100) tied by BLANTYRE (28 Aug) double circle datestamp. Neat and attractive. | £55 | PHOTO |
| RA5027 | 1934 (12th November), cover sent airmail to England, bearing a single KGV 1/- ‘leopard’ (SG 122) tied by LIMBE (12 Nov) double circle datestamp. Scarce usage and an attractive cover. | £75 | PHOTO |
| RA5422 | 1935 (6th May), KGV Silver Jubilee, set on cover cancelled ‘ZOMBA’ on the first day of issue, endorsed as such at top. Sent registered airmail to England. Uncommon. | £50 | PHOTO |
| RA2921 |
1937
16th January, printed postcard for the Johannesburg Empire Exhibition,
reverse with photo of The Telephone Tower’, printed Exhibition label in
white, red and green / blue lower left. Bearing KGV 'Leopard' ½d
(SG 114) and cancelled with special bilingual dc ‘EMPIRE
EXHIBITION / JOHANNESBURG / 16 I 37’ cds, rubber stamp address to
England. Most unusual. |
£25 |
PHOTO |
| RA6630 |
1937 (26th January), cover to Canada bearing KGV 1/- black and orange ‘Leopard’ (SG 122) tied by Zomba / Registered (26 Jan) double circle datestamp with Zomba registration label alongside. Toronto (4 Mar) arrival backstamps. | £35 |
PHOTO |
| NY216 | 1937 (12th May), unaddressed cover bearing KGV 'Leopards' 1½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d and 1/- cancelled by four strikes of LIKOMA ISLAND (12 May). | £30 | PHOTO |
| RA3921 | (incoming) 1943, reused cover applied with printed black/white 'ECONOMY LABEL', sent from East Africa, bearing 20c George VI KUT definitive, cancelled with skeleton type 'MBAMBA BAY' datestamp, addressed to Dedza, Nyasaland, arrival backstamp. Attractive. | £25 | PHOTO |
| RA2923 |
1951
(12th July), KGVI Diamond Jubilee of Nyasaland set, on printed cover
with the
Arms of the colony, struck twice with barred circular ‘C’ strikes,
‘BLANTYRE 12 JY 51’ cds below. Locally addressed, fine. |
£12 |
PHOTO |
| RA2925 | c1953
6d QEII Airletter, printed with the 6d definitive (SG 180) in purple.
Very fine unused, folded. Uncommon. |
£8 |
PHOTO |
| RA5423 | 1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Printed folder internally applied with glassine strips (now partially loose), and with 1945 KGVI definitive set to 1/- and 6d Rhodes Centenary Exhibition (SG 144-52, 171). Most unusual. | £25 | PHOTO |
| RA3923 | 1954 17th March, reused window envelope, originally struck with red 'BLANTYRE (POSTAGE PAID?)' datestamp, then covered over with 2d QE definitive overprinted 'REVENUE', machine cancelled 'BLANTYRE LIMBE / NYASALAND'. Apparently allowed. Most unusual. | £30 | PHOTO |
| RA5627 |
1963 23rd January, QEII stampless Tourist Air Letter addressed to the USA with illustration of giraffes with ‘VISIT RHODESIA AND NYASALAND’ and VISIT THE GAME RESERVES’ inscriptions at lower left. Cancelled with POSTAGE PAID / BULAWAYO (23 Jan) datestamp struck in red. | £15 | PHOTO |
| RA5628 |
‘Sapsco Real Photo’ picture postcard with sepia photo of scene entitled ‘Travelling Central Africa’ featuring natives carrying hammocks across open land. Unusual. | £20 | PHOTO |
| POSTMARKS | |||
| RA3608 | KOTA KOTA squared circle, in VIOLET, part strike date not visible on 1d Edward (SG 59) | £10 | PHOTO |
| RA6071 | MLANDA / NYASALAND single circle relief type strike, dated 17 JY 51, on pair of KGVI leopards on piece. Uncommon. | £20 | PHOTO |
| RA6072 | SHARPE VALE single circle relief type strike, dated 16 AP 52, on 1/- KGVI definitive. Uncommon. | £20 | PHOTO |
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| 1914-18 NYASALAND–RHODESIA FIELD FORCE | |||
| NY300 |
1916
Nyasaland–Rhodesia Field Force. KGV 1d scarlet overprinted ‘N.F.’ NE
corner block of four with plate ‘1’ and sheet no. ‘11269’. Superb
unmounted mint. SG N2 |
£15 |
PHOTO |
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| REVENUES AND FISCAL USE | |||
| NY289 |
1891
Large format 2/6 slate-purple and vermilion. Fine used with RUO double circle cancellation and
manuscript ‘X’. Mewett 669 / B5 |
£45 |
PHOTO |
| RA3265 | 1891 Large format £1 deep blue and vermilion. Very fine mint. Mewett 672 / B8 | £100 | PHOTO |
| NY293 |
1891
Large format £25 deep blue, imperforate, on thin, gummed wove
paper. Fine mint and very scarce. An imposing stamp. Mewett 674 /
Barefoot 10 |
£450 |
PHOTO |
| RA6068 | 1896 Arms £1 black and blue, very fine fiscally used with MILANJI / BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA double circle cancellation. A scarce cancel and a rare stamp used fiscally. SG 40 | £110 | PHOTO |
| NY233 |
1897 10/- black and olive-green and £1
grey-black and dull purple pair and single (fault) fine used on small
piece with circular Blantyre Consular
Court cancels. Attractive. SG
50a,
51
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£55 |
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| NY234 |
1897 10/- black and olive-green and £1
grey-black and dull purple (three singles, one with fault) fine used on
small piece with red pen cancellation. Attractive. SG 50a, 51
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£55 |
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| NY235 |
1897 £1 grey-black and dull purple very fine
used on small piece, cancelled in manuscript and with HER BRITANNIC
MAJESTY'S CONSULAR COURT BLANTYRE circular cachet. Attractive.
SG 51
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£25 |
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| NY236 |
1897 £1 grey-black and dull purple. Five
examples very fine used on small piece with circular Blantyre Consular
Court cancellations. Attractive. SG 51
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£125 |
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| NY246 |
1913-19
KGV £1
purple and black on red. Vertical pair fiscally used. SG 98 |
£25 |
PHOTO |
| RA5630 |
1913-19 KGV £1 purple and black on red, irregular block of five and a single cancelled with neat Blantyre (22 Oct 1930) oval datestamps. The block plates as position 11-12, 23-24, 36 showing varieties BREAK IN SCROLL, BROKEN CROWN & SCROLL and NICK IN TOP RIGHT SCROLL (some partly obscured by cancel). One with corner fault, otherwise very fine fiscally used. SG 98/a/b/c | £120 | PHOTO |
| RA6368 |
c1938 KGVI £10 dull purple and ultramarine ‘key-plate’ inscribed ‘Revenue Revenue’. Very fine used with oval High Court (1939, early use) datestamp and lightly crossed by green accounting crayon (as are all of the few recorded examples). APS certificate (2008). VERY RARE, the second example we have ever handled. Barefoot 5 / Mewett 806a | £2850 |
PHOTO |
| RA6369 |
c1938 KGVI £10 dull purple and ultramarine ‘key-plate’ inscribed ‘Revenue Revenue’. Very fine used with oval Blantyre (Jun 1940) datestamp and lightly crossed by green accounting crayon (as are all of the few recorded examples). VERY RARE, the third example we have ever handled. Barefoot 5 / Mewett 806a | £2850 |
PHOTO |
| RA6631 |
1950 July 3rd, small printed receipt bearing 2d KGVI definitive (SG 147), pen cancelled. Issued to the Foreign Mission Conference of N. America in receipt of $1500 for the Literacy Campaign of N. C. C. Most attractive and unusual. | £25 |
PHOTO |
| RA6371 |
1955 QEII 3/6 orange superb fresh unmounted mint. Rare, with very few examples recorded. Mewett 856 / Barefoot 26 | £850 |
PHOTO |
| RA1610 |
19?? vertical oval revenue stamp (similar to
cheque stamp) inscribed 'THREE
POUNDS' and 'NYASALAND' beneath a crown. Embossed in deep blue on
smooth wove paper. Small paper thinning. Apparently unrecorded.
Rare.
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£180 |
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| NY245 |
Employment Stamp c1962
5/- green,
fine used. Barefoot 2 |
£30 | PHOTO |
| RA6632 | Employment Stamp c1962 5/- green, fine used. Barefoot 2 | £40 |
PHOTO |
| RA6367 |
Consular 1898 2/6 black and ultramarine overprinted ‘CONSULAR’ in red. Very fine used. Barefoot 3C | £30 |
PHOTO |
| RA5632 |
1953 revenue ‘frank’ impression on piece, dated ’20 III 53’ to the value of ‘23/4½d’ and ‘1d / PAID’. Most unusual. | £45 | PHOTO |
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| BOOKLETS | |||
| NY242 |
1953 QEII 2/6 complete, very fine. SG SB 1
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£20 |
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| RA2928 |
1953
QEII 5/- complete, very fine. SG SB2 |
£25 |
PHOTO |
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| MALAWI | |||
| NY243 |
1964 £1 definitive, with shift of yellow
printing right, creating double '£' impression and white outline
to horns, normal for comparison. Superb unmounted. SG 227 var.
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£20 |
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| RA3610 | 1971 1t definitive perf. 14½ x 14 coil stamp, strip of four with join. Superb unmounted. SG 375a | £5 | PHOTO |
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