380th Auction

1869, POSTAGE on 3 d. blue, horizontal pair, tied to envelope with adjacent "DURBAN NATAL OCT 23 " (1870) to camp Poona, Bombay Presidency, with frontside "BOMBAY SHIP LETTER" and arrival mark. The envelope has been restored, franking in very fine condition. A scarce destination letter

1868, Coat of arms 4d. ultramarine tied by illegible cds. to combination cover with two horizontal strips of three and single Cape of Good Hope 1d. red and further single ½d. gray-black, all tied by cds. "CAPE -TOWN AU 11 80" to Wiesbaden, marked in blue crayon "2" for double weight cover with further strike of black "T" and charged with "160" Pfg., reverse with transit and arrival mark, some transportation wear, adhesives few imperfections, somewhat tones, nevertheless an remarkably attractive and rare entire, unsurprisingly, the majority of the other known examples were sent to the British Isles, thus a rare destination

Provenance: 84th. Shanahan's Stamp Auction (1959)

1868, Coat of arms 4d. ultramarine tied by barred numeral to combination cover with horizontal pair Cape of Good Hope 4d. dull-blue tied by cds. "CAPE -TOWN DE 13 79" to Frankfurt with accountancy mark "2½d" alongside, reverse with transit and arrival mark, some tiny and insignificant stains, otherwise fine and attractive, unsurprisingly, the majority of the other known examples were sent to the British Isles, thus a rare destination

1900, "Aus der mit dem untergegagangen Dampfer *Mexican* beförderten Post aus Capstadt Bahnpost No. 15", schwarzer L4 rückseitig auf Brief mit Kap der Guten Hoffnung 1/2 P. hellgrün (weitere Marken abgefallen) nach Leipzig mit Ankunftsstempel, übliche Randfehler und Flecken, selten

1867, CITY OF ANTWERP: 1864 Allegory 4d., two singles and 1sh. green tied by duplex "CAPE TOWN JA 19 67" to folded lettersheet endorsed "per St. Ronon" to New York, "16 CENTS" due marking struck alongside, upon arrival 5 cents collected for inland, the unpaid portion of the rate under the British open mail agreement, some paper breaks and adhesives minor imperfection, still rare and attractive

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.