341 / September 2010

1897/1903, Victoria 1 r.-10 r. including 2 shades of 1 r., unused, fine/very fine (SG 1445,-)

50r. mauve, unused, light gum bend, fine, a scarce stamp, certificate BPA (2010) (SG 1600,-)

1852/57, ½  d. deep rose, block of nine, marginal from base of sheet with full imprint, unused with not original gum, some creasing partly repaired, but still attractive and very rare, certificate BPA (2009) Provenance: Dale-Liechtenstein (1969)

1823, "POST OFFICE SIMONS TOWN", crowned handstamp on official folded letter to Cape Town with arrival mark on front

1840, "POST PAID", boxed handstamp on entire letter from Graaf Reinet to Cape Town

1893, ½ d. green (2) and 1 d. rose-red, tied by Port Elizabeth cds. to newspaper 'Cape Times' of November 29, 1899 to England

MAFEKING: 1900, Baden-Powell 3 d. deep blue on blue, tied by clear date stamp "MAFEKING AP 12 1900" to local cover, adressed in care of town merchant Julius Weil; very fine and rare

1888, Victoria 1 sh. violet, tied by cds. "ADA SE 22 95" to registered letter 2 d. blue to Switzerland, endorsed "p. S.S. Marie Woermann" in red, transit and arrival marks, cover opened at top, fine

1976, Booklet Elizabeth 10 c. with 20 items, unmounted mint, postage rates schedules with red pen strokes (Mi.-no. A317; Mi. 700,- +)

1887/1902, Victoria 2½ d. blue, tied by 9 bar oval to cover from "LAGOS W. AFRICA AP 25 95" to Liverpool with arrival mark, cover endorsed "per Eduard Bohlen"

1848/59, POST PAID early impressions: 1 d. orange-vermilion, slightly touched at upper left, otherwise full to wide margins, very fresh shining colour, cancelled by numeral "3", fine, sign. Köhler

2 d. blue, cut to shape, tied by black grid to folded letter with adjacent boxed "SOUILLAC. AU (manuscript 10) 1852" to Port Louis with adjacent boxed "INLAND" and crowned "MAURITIUS GPO"; some age wear, but still an attractive and very rare early letter, sign. Calves and certificate David Brandon

Intermediate impressions: 1 d. dull vermilion, good to wide margins and nice colour, lightly cancelled by target; very fine, certificate Brandon

worn impressions: 1 d. red-brown on grey, 2 single copies, both with full to mostly wide margins, tied by target cancel to letter sheet from Port Louis to London, showing on reverse crowned "MAURITIUS GPO JU 20 1859"; manuscript "Overland via Marseille"; a fine and rare entire; sign. Calves and certificate Brandon

1 d. red on bluish, nice colour, good to wide margins, cancelled by boxed "INLAND", very fine, certificate Sismondo

2 d. blue, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled with central "1", very fine

Latest impressions 1 d. red, vertical pair with wide margins, neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Köhler and Calves

1 d. red, 2 copies together with Britannia 1859/61, 6 d. blue, all with clear "PAID" in circle on piece, very fine and attractive, certificate BPA

1 d. red with good to wide margins, tied by barred oval to cpl. printed matter via London to Genova, Italy, showing on front clear oval "FORWARDED BY SCOTT & CO. MAURITIUS"; a very fine and extremely rare entire; certificate RPS

1 d. red, vertical strip of 3, tied by numeral "3" to letter sheet with adjacent boxed "Souillac MR 16 1859" to Port Louis; the left stamp with filing crease, still fine; a scarce cover

2 d. blue PENOE, touched at left, otherwise good margins, with clear "14" to cover front with adjacent boxed "Plain Magnan MR 20 1856"; tear in the front only

1857/61, embossed issue 3 d. rose, good margins and nice embossing, used by clear blue date stamp; faint thinning at left outside of the design; a very fine stamp, scarce in this condition, ex Ferrari

6 d. green, wide to large margins all around, used with small blue cds. on piece, extremely fine and scarce

6 d. green vertically bisected, tied by barred "1" to piece with adjacent double circle "PIETER MARITZBURG JUL 15 1861"; faint crease through the stamp, nevertheless attractive and very rare, pictured in Robson Lowe vol. II; certificate RPS (1919)

6 d. green (ca. 25:30 mm), tied by oval "POST OFFICE P.M. BURG" to entire letter 1858 to Cape Town with arrival mark on reverse; fine and scarce, certificate RPS (1988)

1920, 2 d. on 40 c. without watermark, unused, gum with traces of colour

1925/28, 16 c. with 8 c. and 20 c. on 18 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks; 16 c. little toned, but very scarce on cover, fine

24 c. with 1 c. and 6 c. on registered cover from "SANDAKAN 12 JUL. 1930" to Barcelona with arrival marks on reverse; the envelope slightly stained in the borders; the 24 c. is very scarce on cover

1851/60, 6 d. yellow-green, good to wide margins and fresh colour, tied by light grid to entire letter from "AMHERST MY 20 1854" via New Brunswick to Connecticut with transit marks on reverse, filing creases not affecting the stamp, fine, signed Bloch

1910, Doublehead 1 £ red/black, perforated 15, used, some short perfs and a little unfresh otherwise fine, certificate RPSL

1914, GRI 3 sh. on 3m., unused, very fine, signed Köhler

1938, Airmail 3 PIASTRES on 3½ pia., cpl. sheet of 50, horizontally separted in the centre and rejoint in the margins by sticky tape (shining through), scarce in cpl. sheet

1853/54, plate I, first state: 4 d. bright red-orange, good to wide margins, at bottom with full inscription "C.W. Coard Sc.", used, fine and scarce

plate II, 4 d. orange, good to large margins with part of imprint "Printed by H&C Best", used, fine and scarce, certificate BPA

4 d. dull orange, wide margins, marginal inscription "C.W. Coard Sc.", used, fine and rare

1857/69, 1 d. pale red-brown, horizontal strip of 3 with good to wide margins, cancelled by clear numeral "20", very fine, certificate BPA