WORLDWIDE STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY ROBERT JOHNSON C.G.H. - RECTANGULARS ON INTERNAL M
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Lot No: 412
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SINGLE 4d BLUE FRANKING COVERS FROM RANGE OF P.O.s INC. V. SCARCE SMALL OFFICES; 1866-79 covers (majority of the 1870s; varied condition) sent at the basic 4d rate within CGH from a good variety of places incl. some double-oval d.s. (inc. very scarce 1868 SIR LOURYS PASS & VICTORIA WEST), late use triangle cancels, numeral cancels, 1875 env. (faults) with flap seal of the Governor (to Lady Barkly), some Cape Town 'Bar-cut' numerals, env. endorsed "Tender for conveyance of Mails" and a range of blue shades. Useful lot. (55 covers + 1 front) (Image)
Opening GBP 440.00
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Lot No: 413
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DOUBLE-OVAL D.S. USAGES AS CANCELS ON INTERNAL SINGLE-FRANKING 4d COVERS/FRONT; 1866-7 covers/fronts each with a 4d Blue Rectangular for the internal rate, but with contrary to regulations double-oval d.s. cancellations; BLANCO (21 Aug. 1866; mainly fine on EL), VICTORIA (7 May 1867 front with added flaps; very fine strike) & PIQUETBERG struck in Red (2 fronts; 7 Mar./23 May 1867 - fine to v. fine strikes). Plus similar 16 Aug. 1866 cover with the 4d correctly cancelled with the barred triangle but having a very fine red oval "PIQUETBERG" d.s. alongside. Rare group. (2 covers + 3 fronts) (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Lot No: 414
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THE 1868 4d ON 6d LILAC SURCHARGE - SINGLES OR PAIRS ON COVERS/FRONTS; 1869-70 lot inc. long Aug. 1969 env. ex Cape Town to G. Reinett with Vertical Pair tied by duplex, rare 15 Aug. 1870 Manuscript dated "Troe Troe" cancel on Horiz. Pair on front (faults) to Cape Town (there was no official PO at Troe Troe until 1873), Dec. 1869/Mar. 1870 pair of covers with single 4d on 6d's ex P. Elizabeth or Somerset East, and pair of 1869/70 fronts with singles. Scarce group. (3 covers + 3 fronts) (Image)
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Lot No: 415
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SMALL P.O.s INC. DIAMOND FIELDS, MANUSCRIPT "TO LATE" [SIC], 8d-RATE, 4x1d FRANKINGS, ETC.; 1868-76 covers inc. 1868 E ex "P.O. Klaar Stroom" with 4d Pair tied by barred triangle but endorsed "To late" (? at Prince Albert en route to Cape Town), 1874 Diamond Fields envs. pair with 4d's tied by 'feathered circle' (ex Kimberley) or Numeral (ex DUTOITS PAN with double-oval d.s. alongside), 4d on env. with Numeral having fine "UMTATA" double-arcs cds alongside, similar 1870 env. with fine scarce DAGGABOERS-NEK" c.d.s on back, 1874 env. ex Alice to "Robben Island", 1873 env. with 4d ex Grahamstown to "New Rush, Diamond Fields", 1874 front with MAMBO cds, 1872/6 trio of envs. ex Mowbray/Cape Town with Vert./Horiz. strips of 4 1d Reds tied by triangle or oval cancels. Plus an 1864 Bill of Exchange with different design (standing) of Hope vignette. (12 covers, 1 front & 1 doc.) Cross Reference : TOO LATE MARKS (Image)
Opening GBP 190.00
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Lot No: 416
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4d-RATE COVERS WITH DOUBLE-OVAL OR C.D.S. CANCELLATIONS; Attractive 1873 env. to Cape Town with two Pairs of 1d Reds (one stamp creased & one with corner fault) most attractively tied (just) by two very fine "SWELLENDAM" oval datestamps, 1876 pair of envs. both to Queens Town with single 4d's tied by mainly very fine double-oval "ELANDS POST" d.s. or v. fine "BALFOUR" double-arcs cds, and 1877 env. with 4d tied by faint Victoria West barred triangle and so also tied by fine "GRAAF-REINETT" oval d.s. Scarce group showing the rare use of datestamps as cancellations. (4 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 417
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REGISTERED MAIL - BLUE WRAPPER-RECEIPTS, SIMILAR PINK VERSION, LATER RECEIPTS, ETC.; 12 Jan. 1855 pink-paper printed receipt (with part "[REGISTERE]D LETTERS" address on reverse) signed as "A true copy" by the Burghers Dorp postmaster, three rare 1869/73 blue versions of the same "REGISTERED LETTERS" wrapper (two top halves and two bottom halves) showing how early regd. mail was accompanied by "Blue Wrappers" (as opposed to the British "Green Wrappers" to act as receipts given back to the P.O. (hence their rarity today) with d.s. of Genadendal (rare oval d.s.), Richmond, Middelburg & Calvinia; plus stampless 1861(?) E endorsed "Registered" with DARLING cds, 1870/1 pair of "Application for regd. letter receipt" imprint ELs, and 1884/92 receipts (4). Unusual group. (13 items) Cross Reference : REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 418
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REGISTERED COVERS INC. VARIED RATES/FRANKINGS & REGD. BOOK-POST ITEM; 1867-1892 internal covers (varied condition) all registered with Rectangular frankings incl. 1867 front+flap ex Robertson with 4d+6d, 1868 env. ex P Elizabeth with 2x1d + 3x4d, 1871 front with single 1/- Green, 6 covers & 2 fronts all with 2x4d or 3x4d, c.1878 Book-Post wrapper front+flap ex Cape Town with 4d but charged "3d", 1888 env. to Natal with 2d+1dx3+½d but m/s "Registered" cancelled by Kokstad Numeral, and 1892 env. ex Aberdeen with 1d Red Block of Six tied by "205" Numerals. Useful nucleus for further expansion. (9 covers + 5 fronts) Cross Reference : REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 419
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USED REGISTERED ENVELOPES COLLECTION INC. VARIOUS SIZES; 1884-1900 collection inc. many different rates, frankings and cancellations with 1884/5 usages of the unframed "R" printing (2 sizes) ex Alexandria/Kimberley with 3x2d or 1d Pair tied by Numerals, rare 1891 usage of the largest size with 1d Block of Six and single tied by Hebron Numerals, and a full range of the 2 smaller sizes of later "R" on oval printings inc. 1894 Kimberley m/s "Posted out of course", 1893 usage with pair of 1893 1d on 2d surcharges, etc. Plus one unused. (18 covers) Cross Reference : POSTAL STATIONERY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 420
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UNDERPAID/REDIRECTED MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS & UNUSUAL RATES; 1866-97 group inc. 1866 double-rate (2x4d), 1868 env. ex Malmesbury with single 4d but charged "8d" as over-weight, long 1869 E with single 1d tied by barred triangle with matching scarce "HOTTENTOTS-HOLLAND" double-oval d.s. alongside, but also having a mainly fine rare "EERSTE R. STN." cds on the front, 1872 env. (toned) with 4d Blue and superb Cape Town h.s. "ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED", 1873 redirected with m/s "4d" charge, 1878 triple-rate with unusual 2x6d Lilac franking, 1877/8 trio of PO "RETURNED LETTER" envs. with 4d charges, 1885 single 2d but redirected from Wynberg and so charged "2d" more, and 1897 env. with v. fine Kimberley boxed "TOO LATE" (closed tear). (18 covers + 5 fronts) Cross Reference : POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 421
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CAPE TOWN DIAMOND-FRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS + RANGE OF LOCAL-RATE MAIL; Long 1876 local GPO OHMS env. (tears; endorsed as Opened in Error!) with v. fine rare large diamond-boxed "ADVERTISED & UNCLAIMED/GPO CAPE TOWN" d.s. on reverse, 1873/9 trio of stampless fronts each with v. fine scarce Cape Town diamond-framed "UNSTAMPED", and a good range of 1d, 2d and 3d rate local covers inc. 1877 1d tied by manuscript "X" endorsed alongside "Out of Paarl Post bag...", 1881 env. with 3d tied by fine rare "291" Numeral with matching double-oval "BLANCO" d.s. alongside, 1888 env. with 1d's Pair tied by superb early Cape Town Squared Circle, 1888 env. with very late (but commercial) usage of Pair of 1868 4d on 6d tied by fine George "21" Numeral, etc. (12 covers + 3 fronts) Cross Reference : INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)
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Lot No: 422
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RARE 1876 1d ON 1/- SURCHARGE ON TELEGRAM COVER TO CAPE C-IN-C CUNYNGHAME; Remarkable and attractive 5 Feb. 1877 orange paper env. (pin holes well clear of stamp and marks; minor wrinkling) with red "TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT - CAPE OF GOOD HOPE...Telegraph Message No....IMMEDIATE" imprint on the front sent from Cape Town to "Lieut. General Sir A Cunnynghame [sic]" and then addressed to "Wynberg" with m/s "Free", "Recd. 1.30pm" and authorising signature; franked with the rare 1876 "ONE PENNY" surcharge on 1/- Green (only 120,000 printed - few recorded on cover) tied by a fine Cape Town "1" Numeral with matching cds alongside, and also having a very fine "WYNBERG" double-arcs cds on the front. Exceptional usage of this rare stamp; Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : TELEGRAMS (Image)
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Lot No: 423
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1879 3d ON 4d SURCHARGE COVERS - INTERNAL CORRECT PERIOD USAGES; 1879-80 group of single-rate covers each with a tied "THREE PENCE" o.p. 4d Blue, with 1879 pair ex Ceres (17 Dec.) or Port Elizabeth (23 Dec.), and 1880 usages ex; King Williams Town (24 Jan. & 5 May), Graaff Reinett (double-oval backstamp d.s.; 17 Mar.), Hanover (3 Apr.; cover with corner fault), or Spectakel (12 June; scarce PO). Fine group. (Image)
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Lot No: 424
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1880 3d ON 4d ROSE SURCHARGE COVERS - INTERNAL CORRECT PERIOD USAGES; April-Nov. 1880 group of covers each with a tied "THREE PENCE" o.p. 4d Rose (one with a Pair); ex Oudtshoorn (8 Apr.), Tulbagh (7 Apr.; with 1d, both tied to each other by single double-oval d.s. on reverse; cover faults), Clan William (12 July), Murraysburg (Pair - 11 Sept.) & Hopetown (12 Nov.). (5 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 425
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1880 "3" (TALL & SHORT TYPES) ON 3d ROSE SURCHARGE COVERS - INTERNAL CORRECT PERIOD USAGES; Aug. 1880 - Feb. 1881 group of covers each with a tied "3" o.p. 3d Rose (one with a Pair); ex Clan William (23 Aug.; cover creases), Ceres (23 Sept.; Tall "3"), Somerset East ( Pair; 2 Oct.), Aliwal North (2 Oct.), Belvidere (4 Dec.), Worcester Station (2 Feb.) or George (19 Feb). The Tall "3" surcharges are 10 times scarcer than the regular size as only 10 Tall "3" stamps were printed in each full sheet of 60 stamps. (7 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 426
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RARE USE OF OCTAGONAL "30" OF SWELLENDAM ON 3d ROSE COVER; Attractive 3 Oct. 1881 env. to Cape Town endorsed "Immediate" with 1880 4d Rose tied by a very fine Swellendam "30" Octagonal-frame numeral with very fine matching "SWELLENDAM" cds also on the front. Rare usage of this prestamp mark to cancel a stamp. Exhibition Quality. (Image)
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Lot No: 427
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1882 ½d ON 3d CLARET SURCHARGE COVERS - COMMERCIAL INTERNAL PAIR OF 2d-RATE USAGES; 17 April/14 June 1883 pair of covers ex the same correspondence each with four lightly tied "One/Half-penny" o.p. 3d Claret (Strip of Four - one with corner fault - or two Pairs) tied by remarkably light Eerste River triangular cancels, having "EERSTE RIVER" cds's (fair double-arcs), both addressed to Stellenbosch (first also redirected to "Fish Hoek"). Good pair. (2 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 428
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UNIFORM 1d INTERNAL LETTER-RATE COVERS INC. 1d ON 2d BISTRE SURCHARGES, ETC.; 1889-98 covers all sent at the new 1d rate inc. ½d Black Pairs (2 inc. Great Brak River - Numerals with fine cds alongside), 1d Rose-red (4 inc. Numeral cancels of "KRAKEEL RIVER" - cds beside stamp - or Adelaide), 1891 env. ex Burghersdorp with 1d Rose-red Pair but oddly redirected with single 1d from Molteno, 1893 "ONE PENNY" on 2d Bistre surcharges (2 with Pairs, one - Late Fee use? - with 1d Rose-red), single 1d on 2d, 1897 env. with ½d Black + ½d Green, and 1898 ½d Green Pair (tied by fine top "C" only of Blanco triangular cancels. Good group. (13 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 429
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INTERNAL POSTCARD RATES - POSTAL STATIONERY USAGES (+ SOME UNUSED P. STAT.); Good range of 1885-98 used Postal Stationery PCs inc. fine 1878 1d Reds (3; Venterstad cds, Paarl "39" - ordering medicines by Parcel Post to Basutoland, & superb 1893 Cape Town squared circle), 1d Brown (7 inc. E London West Bank Numeral, KENDREW STATION cds, 1890 use of Cape Town large 2-ring cds & superb 1892 Cape Town Compass Wheel d.s. cancel), ½d Green (7 inc. 1893 VOGEL VLEI cds - creased card - 1894 WITMOS STATION cds with faint Numeral, and 1896 redirected with ½d Black), 1898 Missionary usage "REPLY" ½d Green, and a good range of 1895 1d on ½d Brown PC usages (6 inc. DRAGHOEDNDER cds, WALFISH BAY cds, MIDLAND/DOWN CDS - toned PC - etc. Plus unused range of mainly QV PCs (15; 2 with ?Specimen cds's) and P. Stat. envelopes (7). Good lot. (46 cards/envs.) Cross Reference : POSTAL STATIONERY, BASUTOLAND/LESOTHO (Image)
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Lot No: 430
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INTERNAL PARCEL POST & BOOK-POST RATES, ETC. ALL WITH RECTANGULAR FRANKINGS; Rare group incl. 1899 usage front of ½d Green P. Stat. wrapper uprated with 3x2½d Blue and v. fine "KLOOF ST/GARDENS" Squared Circles, c.1895 & c.1989 pair of P.O. Parcel Post address-labels (faults) with printed "...to places in South Africa only" etc. with 4x1d or with 2x2½d + 1893 1d's (4) ex Richmond/Cape Town, c.1878 + 1882 long "PER BOOK POST" wrappers (one printed & one m/s imprint) ex Cape Town with single 1d's, and off-cover (parcel use?) 1/- Green with rare 1894 "CYPHERGAT" cds cancel. (6 items) Cross Reference : PARCEL POST LABELS (Image)
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Lot No: 431
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ADVERTISING COVERS, PRINTED MATTER RATES, ETC.; 1882-99 covers inc. scarce group of used printed advertising envelopes (1882 "SHORT CANTILEVERS & Co." env. with 3d, 1893 Reckitt's Pure Blue env., 1898 Pictorial combine-harvester env. with ½d Green, 1897 Pictorial Bicycles env. (+ matching content) with 1893 1d, May 1899 Dunlop Tyres, etc.; c.1890-6 group of ½d P. Stat. wrappers (7 inc. Cape Town boxed "TOO LATE", 2 unused & 2 used fronts), group of plain Printed Matter covers (10; mainly ½d-rates inc. some with contents), and 1895/9 trio of used regd. envs. (24 covers + 2 fronts) Cross Reference : PRINTED MATTER BY POST, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES (Image)
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Lot No: 432
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INTERNAL P.O. FORMS/DOCUMENTS, OFFICIAL MAIL, ETC.; 1859-93 group of unusual official P.O. forms with postal marks and Official Mail (almost all with address-panels & pmks. ex POs to PMG), etc.; incl. 1859 OHMS EL with v. fine red "HUMANS-DORP" oval d.s. endorsed "Money letter" (originally having enclosed "3 Sovereigns" for 4d postage stamps), similar 1862 E ex VICTORIA endorsed "Registered Letter", similar regular mail 1868 E with "PRINCE-ALBERT" oval d.s., 1872 EL ex Paarl to ref. receipt of £18's worth of stamps, 1879 pink "REDIRECTION" card with Cape Town cds, 1893 receipt for £1 for "Private Letter box" rent, 1869 letter from Zourbon PO ref. recent fire in PO (test strikes of Cape Town marks on back), 1876 EL with oval CLAN-WILLIAM d.s., 1878 P. Elizabeth PO EL requesting Aden letter-bills, 1868 FORT-BEAUFORT oval d.s. on OHMS "Dead Letters" EL to PMG, etc. Fascinating lot. (22 items) Cross Reference : OFFICIAL MAIL, ADEN, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 433
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ORIGINAL P.O. "CAPE MONTHLY POSTAL SHEET" LISTING EVERY C.G.H. P.O., MAIL TIMES & POSTAL RATES; Large single printed "APRIL 1862" folded sheet (c.30x19 ins.) in generally very fine condition (minor toning and some wear at middle of folds) listing every P.O. just as the Cape Rectangular were about to be issued (in 1863) giving all the P.O.s' mail departure & arrival times along with a full list of internal and overseas postal rates. Fabulous display item full, of invaluable information. Rare survival. Cross Reference : P.O. CIRCULARS (Image)
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Lot No: 434
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EARLY REVENUES, STAMPED MONEY-ORDER REISSUE FORM, TELEGRAM FORMS, ETC.; 1865-93 group of complete receipts with 6d Blue Embossed Revenues (4; 1865) or CGH Rectangular used as Revenues (7; 1866-93 with 6d - 1866 - or with 1d values inc. 1893 use of 1d on 2d Brown), fine and rare 1873 PO form for the replacement of a Money Order correctly submitted from Fraserburg with CGH Rectangular 4d Blue Strip of Three tied on arrival by superb Cape Town boxed "1" Numerals, 1864 Cape Town Stamp Office letter to Beaufort ref. supply of 1,670 Revenue stamps (20x£1, 1,500x6d, etc.) just sent by post, and 1877-97 Telegram forms (7) with varied cds's, and 1880 trio of OHMS PO Telegraphs envs. (1 unused & 2 - faults - from Cape Town to "Telegraph Camp, Groote Vlaakte, Storms Vlei"). Good variety. (24 items) Cross Reference : TELEGRAMS, REVENUES, POSTAL ORDERS (Image)
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Lot No: 435
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RECTANGULAR 6d LILAC USED BY PORT BEAUFORT POSTMASTER TO REPAY DEFICIENT POSTAGE TO P.M.G.; Fine 8 May 1869 letter (no env.) written and signed by the Postmaster of "Port Beaufort" and sent to the PMG in Cape Town apologising for under-charging a letter and enclosing a 6d Lilac (in the margin) to pay for it; the stamp cancelled on arrival in Cape Town with v. fine boxed "1" Numeral with cds alongside. Rare item showing that Postmasters were themselves responsible for underpaid letters' postage if they did not notice the underpayment. Neatly fits an album page. Exhibition Quality. (Image)
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Lot No: 436
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RECTANGULAR 3d ON 4d ROSE PAIR TIED BY PMG's OFFICE/CAPE TOWN C.D.Ss. ON LETTER EX P.M.G.; Remarkable 26 Aug. 1880 letter (minor faults) to "The Post Office Agent, Matjesfontein" from GPO Cape Town signed by the GPO Accountant regarding the £5 sureties needed to take on a PO and returning two 3d stamps, still present in the margin; a vertical pair of 3d on 4d Rose tied by a fine and rare "POSTMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE/CAPE TOWN" cds (27 Aug., because the stamps went back and forth for a while, according to the filing notes on the reverse of the letter, until the GPO accepted them). It seems that the Agent did become a Postmaster and £1's worth of 3d stamps were sent to him on 7 May. Folds to fit an album page. (Image)
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Lot No: 437
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RECTANGULAR 1/- GREEN BLOCK OF FOUR USED BY MOSSEL BAY POSTMASTER TO REPAY DEFICIENT POSTAGE TO P.M.G.; 20 Mar. 1873 letter (no env.; uneven slightly trimmed margin at left only slightly affecting two perfs.) written and signed by the Postmaster of "Mossel Bay" and sent to the PMG in Cape Town apologising for under-charging 3 letters (2 to GB + 1 to Cape Town; 2 having been sent by the Postmaster himself!) and so enclosing a Block of Four 1/- Greens (in the margin) to pay for it; the stamps cancelled on arrival in Cape Town (tied through block) by a mainly fine "CAPE TOWN/M.O.O." cds. Rare item showing that Postmasters were themselves responsible for underpaid letters' postage if they did not notice the underpayment. Folds to neatly fit an album page. (Image)
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Lot No: 438
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DIAMOND FIELDS OVAL D.S. ON OFFICIAL GREEN PAPER "PACKET LIST" FOR MAIL FROM KLIP DRIFT; Remarkable and fine original official P.O. Aug./Sept. 1872 printed "PACKET LIST" for the mails taken between Klip Drift and Wellington but with all the printed towns crossed out and replaced in manuscript in the reverse order (lack of PO stationery in Diamond Fields!) with v. fine "DIAMOND FIELDS" oval d.s. at the top and v. fine Wellington cds at the foot, but also annotated with PMG's query about a bag being irregularly taken "to Hanover by a boy" on the reverse with 5 Sept. Cape Town cds. Unique Item? Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : GOLD/MINING (Image)
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Lot No: 439
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MONEY ORDER/POSTAL ORDERS - O.H.M.S. FORMS/ENVELOPES, 5/- POSTAL ORDER, ETC.; 1868-98 lot inc. 1868-88 stampless OHMS "Money Order"/"Paid Advices" envs. (5) with varied marks inc. scarce 1868 "LADY-SMITH" oval d.s. (some with annotations of official queries), 1870 printed GPO Cape Town slip (some faults) completed in m/s ref. 5 sheets of each of 1d & 4d Rectangulars just sent to George PO, "Report of Missing Advice" imprint E with fine "HUMANS-DORP" oval d.s., similar "MOney Order Business" Es (4) with varied cds's (one regd.), and Orange Free State 1898 5/- Postal Order with CGH 1893 1d tied by Philipstown cds having giant 3-ring undated red "GPO/PAID/CAPE TOWN" cachet on reverse. Scarce group. (12 items) Cross Reference : POSTAL ORDERS (Image)
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Lot No: 440
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MAIL TO GERMAN WEST AFRICA, NATAL OR ORANGE FREE STATE - PARCEL LABEL, WAY-BILL, ETC.; 1857-98 covers/cards etc. inc. rare 15 Aug. 1857 green printed Way-Bill form for a day's mail (1 stamped letter + 2 paid newspapers) from "CAPE TOWN" (v. fine red oval d.s.) to Harrismith, 1880 front (faults) to OFS with 1d+2d on 4d, 1890s newspaper wrapper usages (4) all at different rates - 1½d (to German SWA) or ½d (to Natal - with 6d+½d or ½d - or to OFS), 1895 env. with 1d on 2d pair to Natal, c.1896 Parcel Post label (endorsed as containing "drugs"!; corner fault but above average condition) to OFS with 4d ex Kimberley, 1893/5 ½d/1d PCs(3) to Natal/OFS, 1896 Jewellers advert env. to OFS, and unusual 1898 missionary env. regd. ex SNEEZEWOOD to Natal with 10x ½d Greens. (13 items) Cross Reference : GERMAN COLONIES, NATAL, ORANGE FREE STATE/RIVER COLONY (Image)
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Lot No: 441
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MAIL TO TRANSVAAL - TO GOLDFIELDS, T.P.O. C.D.S., UNDERPAID, RANGE OF REGD., ETC.; 1887-98 covers/cards all from CGH to Transvaal inc. good range of 1892-8 registered mail (12; mainly uprated regd. envs., but inc. 1d Pinks etc.; good variety of rates & frankings), 1889 long env. with block of 6 1d's on back beside "TRAVELLING PO/DOWN" cds, 1887 env. with 1d(2) to "Barberton, Kapp Gold Fields", 1895/7 underpaid pair charged "4" (one with v. fine Joburg "DEBIT" mark), etc. (23 covers/cards) Cross Reference : REGISTERED MAIL, TRANSVAAL (Image)
