388th Auction

1885, ½ p. on 1 sh. green, tete-beche block of four, stamps mint never hinged, hinge at top margin. The top left stamp with inverted cliche, bright and fresh, very fine, a rare tete-beche pair. (SG £2.000++)

1883, Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of four, light cancelled PRETORIA, fine and attrcative.

1903/10, Collection on ten stock cards including King Edward VII set of 12, ½ d. to 10 s. black and purple on red overprinted SPECIMEN in black. Some second republic and british occupation issues. Mostly fine to very fine.

1870/83, Collection on eight pages starting first issues, imperf and rouletted stamps with a wide range of colour shades, different papers, over-inked plates, V.R. Transvaal overprints, misperfed stamps, interesting postmarks etc. Including 1883 Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of six (tiny spot). Overall a mint and used specialized collection, except for the occasional fault overall in good condition.

1932/35,  Three air mail covers to Germany with attractive frankings, violet oneliner OTJOWARONGO used as registraton mark, fine trio

1917/21, G.E.A. on 1 c. – 50 r. including some shades and wm mult. Scipt 12 c. – 5 r., unused o.g., fine and scarce 

1915, 4 h., 7½ h. and 15 h., overprint in reddish violet, mint never hinged, 15 h. gum slightly toned, each opinion Dr. Pauligk (2002)

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of 7 covers and postal stationerys with good cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 5 sh., Anecho with french occup. mixed stationey and Lome Togogebiet late used german colonies cancel., five registered mail. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection of cancellations on Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue up to 20 sh., including Anecho, Assahun, Lome Togogebiet, Noepe, Station Palime, Agbeluvhoe and Tsewie. Mostly fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1915/16, ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´ Collection Gold Coast KGV overprinted issue mostly unused up to 5 sh. block of four used, many overprint varieties, missing letters, small ‘F’, thin ‘G’, double and missing hyphen, multiples, margin imprints, gutter pair. Mostly fine to very fine, neatly housed on expertly described nine album pages.

1917, large format registered stationery letter with overprinted 1 d. with London printing  ½ d. two singles, each tied by cds. “LOME 17. 3. 20” to Hamburg, reverse transit and arrival marks, fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 1 + SG-Nr. H47)

1821/1920, LEVANT : 11 covers & cards including incoming mail, France Napoleon 80 c. envelope from Smyrna 1863 with hebrew script, some Austria, Italian and Russia Levant included, Cyprus 1852 envelope from the Swedish Consulate with incomplete strike of the cachet on the reverse, sent to the Governor General of Cyprus in Nicosia (archive hs. removed), fine and scarce, some different.

1902/38, Maritime Mail 14 covers & postcards, including five ship cards (S.S.Finland, Britannic, Nieuv Amsterdam, Canadian Montrose and Cunard SMS Samaria) COGH card cancelled OCEAN POST OFFICE, First Voyage Queen Mary, Paquebot, Envelope and imprint letter “White Star line Australian Service Via Capetown 1912” some different, mainly fine.