380. Auktion
16.-17. & 20.-25. März 2023 in Wiesbaden
- (-) Remove Sammlungen filter Sammlungen
1852/1910 (ca.), 2-volume collection, starting with some Cape triangles including a block of four 4 d., then mainly postal history collected with about 170 letters (many 1860s and 1870s) and postal stationary, besides registered mail, much foreign mail with some unusual destinations, railway mail, some picture postcards, etc. A nice and interesting object.
1853/64 (ca.), group with over 30 Cape triangles in mostly very good condition, practically all with full to wide margins; including the intaglio prints in the main numbers overcomplete with also better colours, plus 3 woodblocks (repaired, but optically good).
1853/64, 1d. (7), 4d. (11) and 1s. (2), small group of twenty stamps used or unused without gum from the Perkins Bacon or De La Rue printings, some signed Dr Knopke or with Holcombe and Brandon certificates; poor to fine condition, with some faults
1853/64, Cape Triangulars, specialized unused and used collection, good range of shades throughout, better items such as One Shilling green (5), also 4d. blue, pair tied by triangular barred cancel to folded entire to Paarl, reverse red postmark "WELLINGTON NO 24 1855", and 4d. blue tied by triangular barred cancel to an envelope with "GRADOCK 1855" oval datestamp alongside, some minor faults. Usual defects for those delicate issues, overall condition is poor to fine
1865/1905, The numeral cancellations, extensive collection in 5 volumes with hundreds of stamps and over 300 letters and cards, starting with Cape-triangles with 3 letters, block of four and pairs, afterwards much Boer War, censor marks, registered mail, letter from the sunken steamer 'Mexicana', Bechuanaland, Mashonaland,, etc. A very interesting object
1890/1910 (ca.), stamp collection on loose stamps and few postal stationeries, main focus on numeral cancellations from no. 1 to 1601, plus some day cancellations, neatly sorted in two albums
1899/1902, nine covers from and to Cape of Good Hope, including various censorships, mail to KGF camps on St. Helena and Ceylon and field letters, plus visiting card of General N.J. Smit.
1910/2000 (ca.), South Africa+South West Africa, comprehensive mainly used balance in 18 albums plus several hundred covers/cards, comprising collections and duplicates/accumulations, always well sorted from early issues.
1913/2001, South West Africa/South Africa, used and mint balance in six albums, well filled and sorted from early issues incl. pairs, also a nice section modern period MNH and c.t.o.