384. Auction

1928-30, 2d. grey & maroon, overprint OFFICIAL (Type I) on the left and OFFISIEEL reading up, without stops, London Printing, full top left pane of sixty stamps, with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint at foot, showing the “Apostrophe between Fs of OFFICIAL” in position 9/1, never hinged, a few stamps with small tone spot on gum, a scarce pane, fine.

1941-8, 1-1/2d. blue-grey & yellow-buff, horizontal pair, watermark sideways,  overprinted “OFFICIAL / OFFISIEEL” horizontally, never hinged, fresh colour and well-centered, a fine and scarce variety; with photocopy of 2004 RPSL certificate.

1855/63, 1 d. brick-red on cream toned paper, pair with good to wide margins, used, very fine, signed Pfenniger and certificate RPSL (2024)

1900, Baden-Powell 3 d. pale blue, 21mm wide, neatly cancelled, very fine, signed Pröschold

1877, First British Occupation, “V.R. Transvaal” , 1d. orange red on thin, hard, transparent paper, imperforate, very good to large margins all around, neatly-postmarked with partial numeral cancel, good colour, very fine; with 1939 Royal Philatelic Society London certificate.

“FRANZFONTEIN MAY 29 1917”, clear strike in greenish-blue on ½ d. wrapper sent to Windhuk, reverse cds. “OUTOO S. W. AFRICA 1/6 17”, very fine

1853/99 (ca.), unused and used collection, incl. Fiscals, strong part of Triangles with over 70 Perkins Bacon and De La Rue printings with high values 6 d.(12)  and 1 s. (11) used, some multiples, together with a selection of covers and postal stationeries, some forgeries noted. Some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly in fresh condition, a delightful group neatly mounted on album pages

1926-54 Officials, mint and used collection, neatly-mounted and written-up in detail, with many desirable items, noting  a scarce 1930–47 1d. double overprint block of four (toned), many mint multiples including positional blocks, marginal inscriptions, varieties, etc, a spot-check reveals much of the mint is never hinged, the occasional small fault, but a chiefly bright and fresh collection, ideal for study and expansion. (SG ex O1/O49)

1926/48, small group of mint and used, on stock cards, many chosen for varieties, including 1d. Dromedaris miscut pair, imperforate multiples, and ink smear block, 1927 2d. Union Building misperforated strip of four, block of ten with dramatic ink smear, 1933-8 1-1/2d. Gold Mine with “missing shade on mine dump” and “broken chimney” , etc, with small run of used singles, varied condition with some small faults, an interesting group for the specialist.

1952/2008, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection including Airmail and many modern miniature sheets. Fine. 

1870/77 Coat of Arms, mix of mint and used examples, over thirty items, including Otto, Viljoen, and Borrius printings, though several suspect pieces included, 1883 Second Republic issues mostly mint, with comprehensive selection of Arms issues to 1896, V.R.I. / E.R.I. overprints, several likely reprints therein, 1902 Edward VII complete mint, 1903 printings including £1 green & violet mint, 1904-9 issues complete, the £1 used (1) and mint on chalky paper (1, crease), mixed condition, despite the spurious nature of some of the items, a useful reference group for further study.

1872/74, Typographed by J.P.Borrius, Potchefstroom, 1 d., 6 d. and 1 s. values, all on thin transparent paper, fine roulette 15½-16, with 1 d. bright carmine in varying shades, including a fine unused horizontal pair with gum and four further used examples; 6 d. ultramarine with seven used examples, including one with unusual inking flaw at top and another used with Orange Free State cancellation; 1 s. green unused (3) including a sheet marginal vertical pair and used (5), the occasional fault, but a chiefly fine and interesting group.

1872/74, Typographed by J.P.Borrius, Potchefstroom , a mostly used collection, with 1 d. reddish pink to carmine-red shades (3), the Dec 1872 clear printings on thin opaque paper, 6 d. ultramarine unused with large part original gum and used (6), also displaying a ranges of shades, 1 s. green in unused top sheet marginal vertical pair (slight tone spots) and used (3); 1873/74 printings on thickish wove paper with used 1 d. rose  (3), and 6 d. milky blue (3),  two further used examples on thick dense paper; the odd small fault, generally fine, a scarce selection. (ex Scott 29-34)

1877, First British Occupation, “V.R. Transvaal”, Celliers printings, a mint and used selection including 3 d. lilac on pelure paper ,used (2); 6 d. milky blue imperforate on coarse soft paper used (2); June 1877 1 d. orange-red used; 1 d. bright red on stout hard surfaced paper, imperforate, optd. Type 4 in black, unused examples (11) and used examples (2), one unused example with RPSL certificate; used rouletted 1 d. bright red single and horizontal pair, some small flaws, mostly four-margin examples, a chiefly fine holding of these difficult stamps (21 items). (ex SG 87-99)

1877 (Aug 31): First British Occupation, "V.R. / Transvaal",  6 d. blue on rose paper, imperforate, used examples with Type 4 overprint inverted (5) one with the Plate Flaw “TZ missing in POSTZEGEL” cancelled at Heidelberg with "9" numeral, 6 d. blue on rose, fine roulette, used examples with overprint upright (2) and inverted (1); a range of shades and impressions, overall fine, a scarce selection. (ex Scott 113b, 114, 114a)

1901, group of 1 d. black on red paper multiples, all with controller´s signature, incl. a cpl. imperforated sheet of 24 subjects with all three settings and three sheets cut horizontally in half between stamps, some with postmark “PIETERSBURG APR 01” (SG-Nr. 4-6, 25-27), mostly very fine

1925, 1st Airmail issue, small specialized collection with two copies 9d imperf at left, plate flaws, multiples, 2 entires, etc.