South Africa Stamps

SOUTH AFRICA - 1890's-1930's UNUSUAL INWARD MAIL ETC. Includes 1901 registered 8o ps envelope from Denmark with two 25o stamps (faults), 1900's cards from Newfoundland & Rhodesia, 1900's cover front with Ceylon 5c stamp & censor Divatalawa POW camp cachets, 1935 cover from Basutoland with 1d Jubilee pair, 1941 censor field service post card etc. Mixed condition. (10 items)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1910-52 FINE MINT COLLECTION neatly presented on album pages, mostly fine to very fine mint, we note 1913-24 King's Heads to 5s plus faulty 10s and coil stamps set, 1925 & 1929 Airmail sets, 1926-7 definitive set plus 1d perf 13½x14 (SG 31dw) and very scarce ½d perf 13½x14 booklet pane of 6, 1930-44 definitives values to both 2s6d, plus extras incl. ½d vertical strips with English & Afrikaans stamps se-tenant, 1d without watermark from trial printing, 1933-1952 complete run of commemorative sets, 1933-48 definitives to 5s (2 pairs incl. wmk inverted) and 10s (2 shades), all three 6d dies, ½d & 1d coil perf 13½x14, 1½d "Broken chimney" & "Flag on Chimney" varieties, 1941-46 &1942-4 War Effort sets plus shades and extras such as 1½d block with sleeve colour absent on two stamps. An attractive and valuable collection! (over 150 pairs/units +10 booklet panes / MS + 40 single stamps).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1910-93 MINT & USED COLLECTION slightly untidy lot in an album, we see a number of complete mint sets from 1930s/60s period, all in correct bilingual pairs, incl. Silver Jubilee, JIPEX sheets, Voortrekker, Huguenots & War Effort sets, definitives we see 1930-44 6d Split Tree variety, 4d first type wmk inverted, 2s6d with blue-green centre, 1933-48 to 5s (x2 shades) and 10s, also incl. used ranges, mostly in singles, but some pairs seen, plus 1961-93 RSA period defins & commemorative sets. Great value at low estimate (few 100s).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913 £1green and red, Geo V, SG 17, fine used, centerd to top.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 ½d to £1 KGV King's Heads complete set, SG 3/17, fine mint (15)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 COIL STAMPS KING'S HEADS COILS - FINE MINT & USED COLLECTION - good lot that includes all values mint & used plus additional shades, 1½d pair with variety on the back of King's Head, ½d, 1d & 2d in mint strips of 4 with coil joins, various values in pairs with joins, note ½d with isolated perf holes and ½d pair & strip of 3 fine used (50+ stamps).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 Coil Stamps range incl. ½d with perf hole at side, miscut example, never hinged mint strip of 4, 1½d strip of 3, coil join pair, 2d very fine used strip of 4, SG 18, 20/1, fine condition (6 items).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 KING'S HEADS CONTROLS ½d to £1 values complete, with ½d all plates numbered 1 to 7, 1d plates 3, 4, 6 & 7, 1½d and 2d plates 1 & 2, all other values plate 1, SG 3/17, 3d ultramarine & 1s3d with faults, otherwise generally good to fine used, £1 is well centred and very fine used. A rare assembly (40+).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 KING'S HEADS FINE MINT COLLECTION WITH SHADES - complete to £1, includes additional shades of all values to 5s except 1s3d, plus most values to 1s with inverted watermark incl. ½d blue-green with partial tete-beche (ex booklet) and 1s control single. Clean & fine (60+ stamps).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-83 EXTENSIVE COLLECTION IN AN ALBUM A clean mint and used original collection with many additional covers and other items of interest, includes 1913-24 2s6d mint, 1925 Air Mail set mint, 1933 Voortrekker sets both mint and used (correct units), 1936 JIPEX sheets both mint and used plus mint range with different adverts, and on covers, 1938 Voortrekker both sets mint (in correct units) and on special cover, 1939 Huguenot set mint (correct units), 1954 defin sets both mint and used, 1961 defin set used, 1961-63 defins used range, 1969 defins in pres pack, plus later ranges mint or used incl FDC's, commercial covers, cards, etc. (approx 1130 stamps, 21 mini-sheets, 64 covers, and 8 cards)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1915 Cape Peninsula NAVAL AND MILITARY LIQUOR PERMIT, fully completed and signed by the Commanding Officer, with Official cachet on reverse. Scarce item!

SOUTH AFRICA - 1923 HARRISON ESSAY in black & blue, screened design, mint, small gum thin.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925 (9 MARCH) Air cover to Durban bearing 1925 9d green Air stamp, SG 29, plus 1d KGV, these tied by "OUDTSHOORN" large cds, with "By Air Mail" label alongside and with fine "S.A. AIR MAIL / S.A. LUGPOS" bilingual circular cachet in violet below. In very fine condition.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925 (June) three airmail postcards, one 1d postal stationery card & two bearing 1d KGV stamp, plus all with 1d Air stamp SG 26 and "S.A. Air Mail / S.A. Lugpos" cds alongside. (3 cards)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925 1d vert pair with numeral in margin, SG 26, NHM

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925 Airmails set, SG 26/9 VFU (4)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925 complete Airmail set, SG 26/9, used on cover to East London, with additional 2d definitive, each stamp tied by very fine Cape Town 13 JUN 1925 c.d.s. postmarks with airmail dated cachet on front.

GENERAL SECTION - 1925-1932 SOUTHERN AFRICA FLOWN COVERS nicely written up collection on album pages, featuring covers bearing South West Africa (mostly) or South Africa stamps. Note 1925 Last Flight Cape to Natal; 1931 series of covers between Grootfontein, Keetmanshoop, Okahandja, Omaruru, Otjiwarongo, Tsumeb, Walvis Bay and Windhoek; 1932 Cape Town to Delhi, India; etc. An interesting collection in very fine condition. (16 covers)

SOUTH AFRICA - 1925-46 COMMEMORATIVES COLLECTION includes 1925 Airmails mint & used sets, plus mint set in numeral pairs (faded colour), 1929 Airmail sets M&U plus 4d short "I" in "AIRPOST" variety, 1935 Silver Jubilee to 3d M&U, 1937 Coronation set in mint blocks, 1938 Voortrekker Cent. M set in blocks of 4, Voortrekker Commemoration in blocks of 6, 1d has "Three Bolts in Wheel" variety, plus same in large block of 24, 1939 Huguenot Landing set in blocks of 8, 1941 Large Wars set M&U AND MORE. Faults incl. tone spots, cat.£1530+, great value at low estimate! (90+ items).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1926-7 ½d black & green, Pretoria Printing, issue 3, two complete columns from right of sheet (R1-20/11+12) with margins, shows double strike of perforator comb down the entire margin, SG 30, superb never hinged mint, some perf splitting, but a piece worthy of display.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1926-7 ½d Pretoria Printings, group of mint pairs or blocks, includes corner pair & block of 4 with different states of broken, black Jubilee line, Plate 1 corner control block of 6 plus two pairs showing roller flaws that appear as white or pale patches on the stamp, various multiples with missing perforation holes, corner block of 15 with smudged green frames affecting 7 stamps (faults, mostly in margin, stamps basically sound), also incl. London printing control block with broken "L" in "POSSEEL" variety. Nice lot (13 items).

SOUTH AFRICA - 1927-30 10s bright blue & brown, SG 39, very fine used with "Volksrust 11 Apr 39" postmark.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1927-30 1s brown& deep blue, perf.14, BLOCK OF 4, SG 36, superb used with central c.d.s., ink marks on reverse, but do not detract.

SOUTH AFRICA - 1927-30 2d group II, perf 14x13½ down, SG 34b, VFM

SOUTH AFRICA - 1927-30 2s6d green & brown, perf.14x13½, SG 37a, good to fine used,some light toning at lower left corner, hardly detracts, cat.£700.