SOUTHERN RHODESIA : Stamps : 1940 BSA Jubilee to 1953 QE Definitives

SOUTHERN RHODESIA

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RA 2789

6d, major variety complete OFFSET of design on reverse. Very fine unmounted, very scarce with about 35 examples recorded. SG 67 var.

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Last updated: 1st November, 2009

1940 BSA COMPANY JUBILEE, SG 53-60

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 53	½d slate-violet & green	0.10	0.25
SG 54	1d violet-blue & scarlet	0.10	0.10
SG 55	1½d black & red-brown	0.15	0.25
SG 56	2d green & bright violet	0.30	0.40
SG 57	3d black & blue	0.25	1.00
SG 58	4d green & brown	2.00	2.50
SG 59	6d chocolate & green	0.80	2.00
SG 60	1/- blue & green	0.80	1.50
	Set of 8	4.00	7.00
	Set on FDC	*	12.00

STAMPS

SR100

1½d, 'recut shirt collar' flaw (constant row 6/1 one in four panes) in lower left corner positional block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 55a.

£35

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RA6194

1942 8th August, printed advertising cover for ‘GARLICK’S Office Equipment Company’, bearing 1½d BSA Jubilee (SG 55), machine cancelled ‘BULAWAYO’, addressed to Johannesburg, then re-addressed. Attractive.

£25

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1943 50th ANNIVERSARY OCCUPATION OF MASHONALAND, SG 61

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 61	2d brown & green	0.15	0.80
	First Day Cover	*	4.00

STAMPS

RA2783

2d, complete sheet of 60. Right pane with ‘hat brim retouch’ (row 1/8) flaw, in addition with unlisted minor constant flaws. Superb unmounted. SG 61 and 61a

£30

No photo

RA4214

2d, complete sheet of 60. Left pane with 'line under saddlebag' (row 6/10) and 'inverted G' (row 5/5) flaws, plus numerous other minor, vertical row 8 being the narrow type. Superb unmounted. SG 61, 61b & vars.

£40

No photo

SR102

2d, 'hat brim retouch' flaw (constant, row 1/8 right pane). Superb unmounted. SG 61a

£18

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SR103

2d, 'hat brim retouch' flaw, (constant, row 1/8 right pane) in top marginal pair. Superb unmounted. SG 61a

£20

No photo

SR104

2d, 'hat brim retouch' flaw (constant, row 1/8 right pane). Superb used. SG 61a

£10

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RA1849

2d, 'hat brim retouch' flaw (constant, row 1/8 right pane). Piece bearing ½d George VI definitive, the 2d applied over and cancelled MARANDELLAS. SG 61a

£12

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RA3775

2d, damaged 'D' of '2d' flaw (constant, row 3/4 left pane), in positional top left corner block of 12. Hinged on margin, stamps superb unmounted. SG 61 var.

£15

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RA5913

2d, damaged ‘D’ of ‘2D’ flaw (constant, row 3/4 left pane), in positional (by arrow) left marginal block of eight. Superb unmounted. SG 61 var.

£15

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SR105

2d, 'saddlebag' flaw (constant, row 6/10 left pane), in marginal pair. Superb unmounted. SG 61 var.

£18

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SR108

2d, 'inverted G' flaw (constant, row 5/5 left pane), fine used on piece. SG 61 var.

£5

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1947 ROYAL VISIT, SG 62-63

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 62	½d black & green	0.10	0.20
SG 63	1d black & scarlet	0.10	0.20
	Set of 2	0.20	0.40
	Set on FDC	*	3.00

STAMPS

SR112

Set in complete sheets of 60. Superb unmounted. SG 62-3

£20

no photo

SR113

Set in imprint blocks. Superb unmounted. SG 62-3

£4

PHOTO

POSTAL HISTORY

RA1077

1947 7th April, cover bearing Royal Visit set in blocks of four, each cancelled with the special oval crested 'ROYAL TOUR' strike in BLUE. Attractive.

£10

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1947 VICTORY, SG 64-67

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 64	1d carmine	0.10	0.10
SG 65	2d slate	0.10	0.10
SG 66	3d blue	0.30	0.50
SG 67	6d orange	0.20	1.00
	Set of 4	0.60	1.50
	Set on FDC	*	5.00

STAMPS

RA1022

6d, un-issued colour olive-green overprinted 'WATERLOW & SONS Ltd. / SPECIMEN' vertically at left, small security puncture. Superb unmounted. SG 67 specimen

£40

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SR115

Set in imprint blocks. Superb unmounted. SG 64-7

£6

PHOTO

SR116

Set in imprint blocks. Superb used. SG 64-7

£6

PHOTO

RA5578

Set of four values each in a complete sheet of 60 stamps. Superb unmounted. SG 64-67

£60

no photo

SR117

Set of four values each in a complete sheet of 60 stamps, all margins intact. The 2d value shows the 'damaged frame' flaw (Row 1/10 right hand pane). Very scarce in this format. SG 64-7, 65b

£95

PHOTO

POSTAL HISTORY

SR118

1947 30th July, re-used cover pasted over with printed 'RHODESIA RAILWAYS, LTD.' manila label, bearing 1d Victory machine cancelled 'SALISBURY' locally addressed. Unusual.

£20

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RA5938

1947, 4d KGVI registered envelope, bearing 1d Victory (SG 64), this then tied to the envelope by what appears to be ‘Miami / E’ pencil endorsement. Printed black/red ‘MIAMI’ registration label, addressed to Salisbury, arrival backstamp dated 15th August. Highly unusual, presumably the office datestamp not available for some reason.

SOLD

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1949 75th ANNIVERSARY OF U.P.U., SG 68-69

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 68	2d slate-green	0.40	0.15
SG 69	3d blue	1.00	2.00
	Set of 2	1.25	2.00
	Set on FDC	*	6.00

STAMPS

RA5915

Set in combined imprint and cylinder ‘1’ blocks of six. Superb unmounted. SG68-69

£20

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RA5308

Set in combined imprint and cylinder ‘1’ blocks of six. Superb used. SG 68-69

£35

PHOTO

RA5916

Set in top right sheet number blocks of four. Superb unmounted. SG 68-69

£10

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RA1030

Set in top left corner blocks of nine. Very fine unmounted. SG 68-9

£15

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1950 DIAMOND JUBILEE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, SG 70

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 70	2d green & brown	0.30	0.70
	First Day Cover	*	2.00

STAMPS

POSTAL HISTORY

RA3800

1950 12th September, cover bearing 2d Diamond Jubilee (First Day), cancelled 'SAUERSTOWNSHIP / S. RHODESIA' datestamp. Unaddressed.

£25

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1953 BIRTH CENTENARY OF CECIL RHODES, SG 71-75

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 71	½d pale blue & sepia	0.10	1.00
SG 72	1d chestnut & blue-green	0.10	0.10
SG 73	2d grey-green & violet	0.10	0.10
SG 74	4½d deep blue-green & deep ultramarine	1.00	2.00
SG 75	1/- black & red-brown	1.50	1.00
	Set of 5	2.50	4.00
	Set on FDC	*	6.00

STAMPS

SR120

Set in imprint blocks. Fine mint or unmounted. SG 71-5

£14

No photo

SR121

Set in imprint blocks. Superb unmounted. SG 71-5

£30

PHOTO

POSTAL HISTORY

SR123

Set on plain First Day Cover, cancelled 'GUINEA FOWL'.

£10

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1953 RHODES CENTENARY EXHIBITION, SG 76

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 76	6d violet	0.20	0.60
	First Day Cover	*	1.50

STAMPS

POSTAL HISTORY

RA1923

1953 2nd July, blue cover bearing Rhodes Centenary set and 6d Exhibition, plus 2/6 Coronation (SG 71-7), cancelled with three strikes of the special crested oval 'ROYAL TOUR / 2 JUL 53 / SOUTHERN RHODESIA' cancels, addressed to Salisbury. Attractive and clean.

£22

PHOTO

1953 QUEEN ELIZABETH CORONATION, SG 77

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 77	2/6 carmine	3.50	4.00
	First Day Cover	*	8.00

STAMPS

RA3489

2/6, three blocks of four, each marginal with guide cross in margin from the top, left and right of the sheet. Very fine unmounted, one with fault in margin. SG 77

£45

PHOTO

RA3490

2/6, top right corner block of four, running sheet no. '238'. Superb unmounted. SG 77

£20

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RA3491

2/6, lower right cylinder '1' block of four. Fine unmounted. SG 77

£45

PHOTO

1953 QUEEN ELIZABETH DEFINITIVE, SG 78-91

SG NO.		U/M	USED
SG 78	½d grey-green & claret	0.20	0.30
SG 79	1d green & brown	0.20	0.10
SG 80	2d deep chestnut & reddish violet	0.20	0.10
SG 81	3d chocolate & rose-red	0.35	0.40
SG 82	4d red, green & indigo	2.00	0.10
SG 83	4½d black & deep bright blue	1.00	2.00
SG 84	6d brown-olive & deep turquoise-green	1.50	0.30
SG 85	9d deep blue & reddish brown	2.00	2.00
SG 86	1/- reddish violet & light blue	1.00	0.10
SG 87	2/- purple & scarlet	7.00	3.00
SG 88	2/6 yellow-olive & orange-brown	4.50	3.00
SG 89	5/- yellow-brown & deep green	6.00	6.00
SG 90	10/- red-brown & olive-yellow	9.00	18.00
SG 90 shade	10/- red-brown & yellow-olive	10.00	20.00
SG 91	£1 rose-red & black	15.00	25.00
	Set of 14	48.00	55.00
	Set on FDC	*	75.00

STAMPS

RA1043

Set of 14 values in blocks of four. Superb unmounted. SG 78-91

£240

PHOTO

RA1044

Set of 14 values superb used. SG 78-91

£55

PHOTO

RA1046

Set of 14 values on illustrated First Day Cover, sent registered from Bulawayo locally addressed. Superb and clean, uncommon in this condition. SG 78-91

£70

PHOTO

RA1048

1d, vertical pair across the horizontal interpanneau, with fancy design in margin. Very fine unmounted. SG 79 var.

£10

PHOTO

RA5313

4½d, block of four, superb used. SG 83

£12

PHOTO

RA5314

2/-, block of four, superb used. SG 87