Great Britain and British Commonwealth South Africa
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Lot No: 203
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1908-10 Picture postcards, comprising a real Photo card of "Carters Aeroplane, the first flying machine designed and constructed in South Africa" depicting the aeroplane with an inset picture of Harry Carter; a French card depicting Albert Kimmerling, who made the first flight in South Africa; and 1910 real photo card (surface scrape at lower right) depicting Kimmerling in flight, written from Johannesburg. (3).
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Lot No: 204
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1911 (Dec 27) "First South African Aerial Post" illustrated postcard to Cape Town, posted at Kenilworth (Dec 22), carried on the first flight on December 27th from Kenilworth to Muizenberg, piloted by E. Driver. Franked Natal 1/2d tied by the "FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN / KENILWORTH / Dec-27-11 / AERIAL POST" c.d.s with similar Muizenberg arrival c.d.s on the front, and datestamps of Kenilworth, Muizenberg and Cape Town. An unusually fine example of this card. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)
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Lot No: 206
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1912 (Jan 3) "First South African Aerial Post" pictorial postcard to London franked Cape 1d, carried on the second flight from Kenilworth to Muizenberg cancelled by "FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN / KENILWORTH / Dec-30-11 / AERIAL POST" c.d.s with similar "MUIZENBERG" alongside, and a datestamp of Muizenberg (Jan 3). A couple of very small edge nicks at upper right corner, otherwise fine and uncommon to G.B. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)
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Lot No: 207
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1912 (Jan 3) "First South African Aerial Post" pictorial postcard to Poste Restante, G.P.O Cape Town, franked Transvaal 1/2d, carried in the second return flight from Muizenberg to Kenilworth cancelled by "FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN / MUIZENBERG / Dec-30-11 / AERIAL POST" c.d.s with similar "KENILWORTH" arrival c.d.s on the front, and datestamps of Cape Town and "CAPE TOWN / POSTE RESTANTE". Weather conditions prevented a landing at Kenilworth and the plane landed back at Muizenberg, and was then towed by road to Kenilworth, with the pilot E.F Driver and the mails. Very fine and scarce, only 179 cards carried on this return flight. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)
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Lot No: 208
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1918 (Oct 7) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card with large arms in blue carried on the first Cape Town flight from Wynberg to Green Point with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, a second strike on the front. Addressed to "Brigadier General J.H.W Pollard C.M.G, British Expeditionary Force, France", redirected to "106 Inf. Bde HQ" and then to England with "FIELD POST OFFICE / 121" c.d.s (Dec 4), the message describing the fund raising efforts for the Red Cross. Some edge faults, also a little creasing and minor staining, nevertheless a very scarce destination. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)
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Lot No: 209
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1918 (Oct 7) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card with large arms in blue carried on the first Cape Town flight from Wynberg to Green Point with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, addressed to Penhalonga, Southern Rhodesia with arrival datestamps of Umtali (Oct 16) and Penhalonga both on the front. The message states the card is to be flown from Wynberg to Green Point, also that Spanish Influenza is very prevalent. A few edge faults with creases to all corners, nevertheless a very scarce destination, just two other Red Cross Aerial Post cards recorded to Rhodesia. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 211
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1918 (Nov 27) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in ultramarine, carried on the flight from Johannesburg to Pretoria with superb Aerial Post c.d.s, addressed to England, most exceptionally posted unpaid, handstamped octagonal "T / 20 / CENTIMES" with a "2" charge mark applied upon arrival and 1d postage due pair each cancelled at Chingford, very fine and unusual. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 212
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1918 (Nov 27) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in ultramarine, carried on the flight from Johannesburg to Pretoria, with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, unusually with a Union Jack vignette applied to the front, addressed to Belfast, Ireland. Very fine and a scarce Irish destination. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 213
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1918 (Dec 1) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in light blue, carried on the flight from Johannesburg to Benoni, with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, unusually addressed to Canada, with a South African Railways & Harbours "Big Push" 1d Governor General's Fund label affixed to the front, fine and rare. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 216
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Crash Mail. 1920 (Feb 14) Cover to Johannesburg endorsed "Per Aerial Mail", 2d postage + 2/- air fee paid by 2d + two 6d pairs all cancelled by Cape Town c.d.s, handstamped red "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" and violet circular "HANDLEY PAGE SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORT LTD / AERIAL / POST". The Handley Page aircraft "Pioneer" piloted by Major Meintjies left Cape Town for Johannesburg on February 15th, with 7 passengers and 422 letters, but crashed at Beaufort West, the mail being forwarded by rail. Minor creasing and flap missing but otherwise unusually fine, only about 20 cover from this flight believed to still exist. Photo on Page 40. (Image1)
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Lot No: 218
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1925-26 Alan Cobham London - Cape Town Survey Flight. Pictorial printed postcard to Johannesburg with South Africa 2d cancelled at Cape Town (Feb 24 1926) and oval violet "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON / CAPE TOWN", the reverse bearing red flight vignette tied by the violet flight cachet and a Cape Town machine, signed "Alan Cobham". Fine and scarce, about 90 postcards with vignettes (both produced by "Flight" magazine) were posted at various stops en route. (Also see lot 249). Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 219
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1925-26 Alan Cobham London - Cape Town Survey Flight. Menu for a dinner given by the airmen of the Cape in honour of Alan Cobham and his party on the completion of their flight from London, held at the Junior Civil Service Club, Cape Town, on Saturday 20th February 1926. Signed on the front by Alan Cobham, Arthur Elliot and eleven others including Major A. Miller, Capt. C.T Black, Capt. Bradley of the "Cape Times", etc., a little staining and soiling but rare.
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Lot No: 220
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1926 Cape to Cairo R.A.F. Survey Flight. Cover from Athens to England with "BRITISH LEGATION / ATHENS" cachet and seal, signed by the Consul and endorsed "By Kindness of OC Cape to Cairo flight R.A.F", apparently flown on the entire journey to the Cape and back to Cairo and England, signed "C. Pulford Wing Cdr 12/3/26", the R.A.F flight then at Kisumu in Kenya, franked by Greece 3L and GB 11/2d both cancelled by Lee on the Solent c.d.s (June 22). Two pressed vertical folds, otherwise fine and a unique cover from Greece flown to the Cape and back. With 1932 Francis Field letter of authenticity which states it originated at Kisumu on March 12th, though probably just signed by Pulford on that day. Also the 50 page booklet "Royal Air Force Cape Flight March 1st to June 21st 1926" published by D. Napier & Son Ltd (manufacturers of the aeroplanes engines) with maps and photos. (Also see lot 250). Photo on Page 40. (Image1)
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Lot No: 222
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1932-46 Post Office Notices comprising 1932 (Sep 28) air mail rate and despatch dates; 1935 (May 1) first mail despatch on the Imperial Airways London to Brindisi route; 1936 (Mar 9) alterations to S.A.A timetables; 1936 (Mar 27) alterations to Wilson Airways and R.A.N.A services in KUT and Rhodesia and to Imperial Airways and S.A.A services in South Africa; 1946 (Feb 4) detailed air mail rates and despatch dates. (5).
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Lot No: 224
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1931 Glen Kidston London - Cape Town Record Breaking Flight. Printed cover numbered "22" addressed to Cape Town, with typed dates of departure or arrival at each stop and "7500 miles in 6 days 11 hours", signed by the pilot Owen Cathcart-Jones, the reverse handstamped oval "STATION HEADQUARTERS / 1 APR 1931 / R.A.F. HELIOPOLIS", bearing G.B 11/2d cancelled at Amesbury (Mar 30), KUT 5c + 10c cancelled at Kisumu (Apr 3) and South Africa 2d cancelled upon arrival at Cape Town (Apr 7). O. Cathcart-Jones and L. Johnson carried just 22 covers on their record breaking flight, of which just 56 hours was spent flying. Fine and rare. Also several contemporary news cuttings. Photo on Page 40. (Image1)
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Lot No: 226
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1932 Amy Mollison London - Cape Town - London Flight. Cover from London (Nov 5) with 1/2d meter mark, addressed on the reverse to Mrs J. A. Mollison at Seapoint, Cape, carried on the flight to Cape Town with circular cachet "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / 18 NOV 1932 / WINGFIELD" (with "15.31 hours" added in manuscript) and a South Africa 2d tied by Cape Town c.d.s (Nov 23). The cover then flown on the return flight by Mollison, addressed to R.V Cholmondeley at Welshpool and redirected to London, backstamped at Welshpool (Nov 7). Mollison flew from Lympne to Cape Town in 4 days 6 hours 54 minutes, beating her husband's previous record by 101/2 hours; the return flight took 7 days 7 hours 5 minutes. A rare cover, just a very few covers carried for personal friends. Also a photograph of Mollison possibly taken at Croydon Airport. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 227
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1934 (Nov 19) Cover to Simonstown endorsed "By Seaplane" with South Africa 1d cancelled at Simonstown, flown from H.M.S "Dorsetshire" to the naval base at Simonstown, therefore arriving a day earlier than the ship. Flap removed, otherwise fine and very scarce, very little mail carried.
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Lot No: 228
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1935 (May 20) Cover from Cape Town to Queenstown franked Silver Jubilee 1/2d + 1d and bearing an Air Mail label, carried by emergency flood air mail, with Queenstown backstamp (May 22) and "Emergency landing due to / heavy rains at normal / stopping places". An emergency flight went from Durban to Cape Town via Queenstown and Beaufort West on May 18th returning on May 20th. Rare, very little mail carried. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 231
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1938 Seaplane "Mercury" Distance Record Flight. Covers posted from Dundee (Oct 3) to F/O I. Harvey at R.A.F Leuchars franked G.B. 11/2d, redirected to Cape Town with arrival c.d.s (Oct 10), backstamped boxed "METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE / AIR MINISTRY / 6 OCT 1938 / LEUCHARS" and endorsed "Carried on RMA "Mercury" on Seaplane Record Flight Dundee to S. Africa 6-10-38 to 8-10-38, I. Harvey F/O"; and a cover from the Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in London, addressed to Cape Town bearing an uncancelled G.B 11/2d pair, the reverse signed "D.C.T Bennett, "Mercury", Scotland to South Africa, 6th-8th Oct. 1938". Bennett and Harvey flew the Seaplane "Mercury" 6045 miles non-stop in 42 hours 5 minutes, a record that still stands. Just one official and 25 souvenir covers carried. A fine and scarce pair. (2). Photo on Page 44. (Image1)
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Lot No: 233
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ChallengerCrash. 1939 (Apr 19) Cover from Chicago to Durban "via S.S "Aquitania" by air from London", bearing a 35c meter label, recovered from the Imperial Airways flying boat "Challenger" which crashed upon landing in Mozambique, with violet boxed bilingual "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER", probably a unique origin for a "Challenger" crash cover.
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Cape of Good Hope
Sale No: 43
Lot No: 1131
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Revenue Documents - VOC Seals. 1679-1849 Revenue documents (19), the initial 1679 document without any revenue stamp, eight 1723-1821 documents with embossed "VOC" revenue stamps and five other documents bearing wax seals impressed with a ship and "CDGHOOP" (4) or the royal arms and "MAY BRITAIN FLOURISH". Also an 1802 document concerning a ship bound for the Cape with an embossed Dutch revenue stamp, 1830 document with embossed Cape 3d + 2/- stamps, 1803 documents signed by Earl Grey (2), 1821 "Bataviasche Courant" newspaper, and cut-out wax seals. An interesting lot with an 1808 licence to keep a retail shop, etc. (20+)
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Lot No: 1133
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c.1760 Front with lower flap, which bears an impressed wax seal, addressed to "Monsieur Tulback Gouverneur et Commandant de la Colonie du Cap de Bonne Experance du Cap". Ryk Tulbagh was Governor from 1751 until 1771. Attractive and scarce.
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Lot No: 1134
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c.1760-1840 Entires sent to (15) or from (5) the Orphan Chamber (Weeskamer), the post 1816 ingoing letters all prepaid or charged, the letters from the Orphan Chamber prepaid 2d, charged 7d to pay or allowed free as official mail (3), one 1799 entire strangely with a "2" charge. Handstamps include boxed "POST PAID", circular crown handstamps of Cape Town (2, both superb), Caledon, George, Uitenhagen, Clanwilliam and Zwellendam, oval Cape Town datestamps (4) and circular crowned Cape Town datestamps (3, all superb). Also 1841 entire letter from London and 1868-1903 entire or fronts (2) with Cape stamps to the Chamber, and a c.1890 cover with "General Estate and Orphan Chamber" printed heading franked 1d to the House of Assembly. An interesting lot, the Orphan Chamber officially abolished in 1834, though its business was clearly still being sorted out 70 years later. (25).
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Lot No: 1135
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c.1780 Entire addressed in Dutch and endorsed "P. Expresse", fine and very unusual.
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Lot No: 1136
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1784-1853 Entire letters (8) and entires (4) including 1784 entire "to a Burgher residing in the veldt", 1795 entire letter to the Consul General of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, entire letters to the Consul of France (2), Thomas Maclear at the Royal Observatory, or to "The Church Wardens of Clan William, If Mr Steinberg away any Church Warden be present, then Sexton Foster will please without delay bring this letter to the nearest Church Warden in order that he may answer it". One letter sent free to Beaufort has a superb double oval Cape Town crown handstamp, four others with crowned oval Cape Town datestamps. (12).
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Lot No: 1137
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1793-1858 Entire letter and entires endorsed from Field-Cornets (3) or sent from the Landdrost of Clan William to a Field-Cornet at Onder Bokkeveld all sent as official free mail, one with Clanwilliam crown handstamp, the 1858 entire backstamped with oval Victoria datestamp. (4).
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Lot No: 1141
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1818 Entire letter endorsed from the Secretary's Office in Stellenbosch, addressed to the Officer for the Enregisterment of Slaves in Cape Town endorsed "On Service", the reverse with red wax official seal of Stellenbosch, with superb circular crown handstamps of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the first in red. Exceptional quality, the Stellenbosch handstamp rare in red ink. Photo on Page 204. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1142
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c.1820-40 Entires (10, also one part entire) all to the Postmaster General in Cape Town, ten sent free as official mail (one charged 8d), four endorsed from the Post Office or Postmaster of Uitenhage, Caledon, Worcester or Graaff Reinet, the last with boxed "POST PAID" (but no rate indicated and marked "On Service"), the others all with circular crown handstamps of Simons Town (2), Grahams Town, Zwellendam, Cradock (2), Clanwilliam, Worcester, Caledon or Uitenhagen, one also with first type Cape Town "Free" crowned datestamp. (11).
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Lot No: 1144
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c.1820-40 Entire letter and entires (7) all to Cape Town, addressed to the Sequestrator (4, two free as official mail, two charged 4d), H.M Fiscal (probably hand delivered) or the Registry Office (entire letter paid 3d from Stellenbosch), also an entire paid 4d from George to the Bank van Leening in Cape Town, and an entire to Uitenhagen with printed address panel "In Dienst, Bank van Leening" (no handstamp, possibly hand delivered). Six have circular crown handstamps of George, Uitenhagen, Beaufort, Port Elizabeth, Stellenbosch or Grahamstown, one with a Cape Town datestamp. (8).
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Lot No: 1145
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c.1820-40 Entire letters (2) and entires (3) with circular crown handstamps of Simons Town (2), Port Elizabeth, Tulbagh, Grahamstown or Cape Town, two also with Cape Town datestamps, the Tulbagh entire apparently sent free, the Tulbagh and Grahamstown handstamps unusually fine strikes. (5).
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Lot No: 1146
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c.1820-51 Entire letter (4) and entires (11) addressed to the Landdrost of Swellendam, Cradock, Albany or Beaufort, the Resident Magistrate of Stellenbosch, the Secretary of Stellenbosch or Worcester, the Commissioner of Cape Town, Civil Commissioner at Worcester (2), Beaufort or Briefontein, or the Distributor of Stamps at Simons Town, also two entires sent locally in Graaff Reinet endorsed from the "Town Office", seven sent as official letters free of charge, the others prepaid or charged upon arrival, two of these endorsed as official mail but disallowed as such. Handstamps include boxed "TO PAY" (2), "POST PAID" (2) and "PREPAID", circular crown handstamps of Beaufort, Bathurst and Grahamstown, and Cape Town datestamps comprising first oval type (2), crowned oval (3, all with date errors) and crowned circle. (15).
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Lot No: 1147
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1828 O.H.M.S Entire to the Acting Secretary to Government in Cape Town with light crown handstamp of George and a fine second type crowned circle "Free" datestamp of Cape Town, scarce in this quality. Photo on Page 204. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1149
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1834-42 Entires (2) from the Office of Compensation to the Notary Public at Stellenbosch, or to the Resident Magistrate of Worcester, both handstamped "John Bell / Secy to Govt" and scarce third type oval crowned "Free" datestamps of Cape Town. Also 1842 entire letter from the Stamp Office, Cape Town to the Clerks of the Peace in Graaff Reinet informing them that fifty £3.15 stamps have been forwarded to the Distributor of Stamps at Graaff Reinet, with official signature handstamp. Three fine official covers. (3). Photo on Page 204. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1151
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Orange Free State. 1851 (Mar 3) Entire letter written by Maria Murray from Graaff Reinet, addressed to "The Revd A. Murray, Bloem Fontein" and endorsed "Paid", with manuscript "4PP" and octagonal framed "55" handstamp of Graaff Reinet. The interesting letter includes "The news from the Frontier was of the most exciting kind. On Wednesday Mr Hans Meintjes arrived from the Commando bringing the intelligence that our Burghers had had a most desperate engagement with the Rebels at Blink Water, one colored man from this place killed and two severely wounded, one was his brother in law Gut Nickerk who was shot through his face, the ball entering one cheek and coming out at the other. It seems they were surrounded by the Hottentot and when Mr N. was shot he was lying down so that the enemys shots might pass over him when lifting up his head to reload he received the shot which there seems much reason to expect will prove fatal. He has not spoken since nor could he take any nourishment - a wagon has left this place to fetch him if he should be alive and able to be removed ..... the other man who was wounded is one Reitz, but not dangerously. He travelled slowly and arrived yesterday. From the different accounts we have received it is marvellous so few were wounded when the balls were flying thick around them wounding their horses and passing close to their sides and yet their lives spared. One man from Sneuberg - Meinwehuysen was killed". A fine letter from the Cape to the O.F.S with the scarce "55" handstamp. Photo on Page 204. (Image1)
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Cape Triangulars
Sale No: 43
Lot No: 1201
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Cat No: 3
1853 1d Brick-red on slightly blue paper, used singles all with three good margins (4), a pair (four margins, crossed by pressed crease) and block of four (two cut into at one side, one very close on one side, one very fine). S.G. 3, £3,500 (10 stamps, including multiples). Photo on Page 216. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1203
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1855-64 Cape triangulars on white paper, Perkins Bacon and De La Rue printings used, space fillers, all cut into or with other faults, comprising 1d (20, including two pairs, one unused), 4d (42 including a pair, two unused or mint), 6d (12) and 1/- (7, also a forgery). (82).
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1861 Woodblock issue, 1d (4, one brick-red) and 4d (3) all used, all cut into or repaired, some reasonable space fillers, also three forgeries. S.G. 13/14. (10). Photo on Page 216. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1205
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1854-68 Covers bearing 4d Cape triangulars including Perkins Bacon 4d on covers from Grahamstown to Mount Coke via Fort Murray (2 margins) or Swellendam to Cape Town (3 margins), De La Rue 4d singles on covers from Aliwal to Mossel Bay (three close margins) or Grahamstown to Bathhurst (steel blue shade, two corner faults), and a pair (one 3 margins, the other cut into) on cover from Hopetown to Murraysburg, some cover faults. (5).
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Maritime Mail
Sale No: 43
Lot No: 1172
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c.1795-1813 Entires from Holland to the Cape, the first with circular "VOC / 6st" handstamp; the second dated "25 Dec. 1813" by the sender, with forwarding agent endorsement "7 April 1814, May Hengol", delayed due to the war in Europe. Also a c.1797 entire addressed to a Dutch ship at the Cape. The first entire with some staining to the address panel. (3).
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Lot No: 1173
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1806-1917 Maritime Mail, the collection of covers and cards written up on 23 pages and loose including prestamp mail with Cape of Good Hope Ship Letter handstamps (2) and other incoming letters by ship (6, with 1815 letter from India backstamped at Calcutta, and two 1850-54 letters from Amsterdam with London forwarding agents cachets), 1837 Portsmouth India Letter, 1862 London G.P.O official wrapper to the Cape Postmaster General, 1866-70 Union Line covers paid 1/- from G.B (3), 1870 ship letter franked Cape 4d, 1873-74 Castle Line covers franked G.B or Cape 4d, 1876 (Aug) "inter-contract" period covers franked G.B or Cape 6d, 1883 cover franked 6d to South Australia endorsed "pr sailing ship" and sent on the "Star of Scotia", mail to ships including 1898 "NOT ON BOARD" cachet of R.M.S "Scot", various named ship endorsements, German Seepost cancels, World War One, 1901 cover sent by ship from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth franked 2d, etc. (66).
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Lot No: 1174
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1813-55 Entire letters (11), an entire and covers (3) from the Cape to G.B or France, carried as ship letters, eleven with Cape Town datestamps (several superb), Ship Letter handstamps of Deal, Portsmouth and London (8), includes items endorsed by the "Guildford" (1813), "Madagascar" (1850), "Natal (1854), one cover with boxed "PREPAID", a few faults though most are fine. (15).
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Sale No: 43
Lot No: 1175
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c.1822 Entires from Batavia to the Cape endorsed "Per Schip Borneo Capt. Boss" charged "2", or from the Cape to Batavia with a ship endorsement. (2).
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Lot No: 1176
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1822-67 Entire letters (12), entires (7) and a cover from G.B to the Cape, two privately carried on the "Madagascar" (1856) or "Ida Ziegler" (1867), the other eighteen all carried as ship letters with London Ship Letter datestamps (12), Cape Town datestamps (6), boxed "TO PAY" (5), 1826 entire letter to "Graaff Reinet, Interior of Africa, c/o George Paton, Army Agent, Cape Town", 1837 entire letter to "H.M.S Wolf, to await arrival at the Post Office at the Cape of Good Hope", 1838 entire letter to a Colonel in the Bengal Horse Artillery, "Cape of Good Hope, if not there to be forwarded to Bengal care of Calcutta Post Office" but endorsed "Dead", two others to army officers. Five with faults, one other with stamps removed, otherwise largely fine. (20).
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Lot No: 1179
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1832-39 Entire letters (4) and entires (2) from the Cape to G.B all with India Letter handstamps including 1832 entire letter "pr Aurora" with boxed "INDIA LETTER / DARTMOUTH" and a Dartmouth c.d.s, others with handstamps of Portsmouth (2), Plymouth or Dover (2), all with Cape Town handstamps. One 1839 letter reports passing the "Juliana", which was bound from England to Sydney with emigrants, wrecked on the rocks near Cape Town. A few faults. (7).
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Lot No: 1180
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1842-49 Entire letters from France or Holland (5) to the Cape all posted in London, the first with a London forwarding agent endorsement on the flap, three others with oval "P&C VAN NOTTEN & CO / LONDON" forwarding agents cachets, also an 1838 entire letter from France to Cape Town privately carried. Four covers with London Ship Letter Paid datestamps and two with London Paid datestamps, one 1846 letter "p. Steamship Haddington" with boxed "TO PAY". Two covers with faults, the others (which include the three items with forwarding agent cachets) are all fine. (7).
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Lot No: 1181
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1845-46 Covers to England with Cape Town postmarks, both landed at Portsmouth, the first with fine "PORTSMOUTH / SHIP-LETTER" charged 8d, the second endorsed "Per H.M.S Resistance" so charged the 1/- packet rate with "PACKET-LETTER / PORTSMOUTH" handstamp. The ship letter cover with a few faults, the packet letter cover fine, with an enclosed letter. (2).
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Lot No: 1184
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1850 Entire letter and a cover to the Cape of Good Hope, the letter from Adelaide with blue "G.P.O / SOUTH / AUSTRALIA" c.d.s and boxed "TO PAY", the cover from India to Mrs Maclear at the Royal Observatory "Per Maidstone" with Calcutta Ship Letter datestamp on the reverse, the South Australia letter with minor soiling, otherwise fine and unusual origins to the Cape. (2).
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Lot No: 1186
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1853 Entire to London "pr Victoria Steamer" (which departed Cape Town on November 7th), charged 1/4, Cape postage paid by a 4d triangular (S.G. 2, just three margins, small hole near "A" of Postage) tied by "C.G.H" obliterator, London arrival backstamp (Dec 3). A scarce sailing of the short lived Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co. service and one of the earliest recorded entires addressed overseas to bear a Cape triangular adhesive. Photo on Page 214. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1187
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1855-60 Entire letters (3) and an entire from France or Holland (3) to Cape Town, all sent via England on Union Steam Ship Co. steamers, the letter from France franked 80c, the three stampless Dutch letters prepaid in cash, the first with a little staining at lower edge, otherwise fine. (4).
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Lot No: 1188
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1856-57 Entire letters carried by the Lindsay Packet service to Cape Town all prepaid 1/-, two letters from London prepaid in cash endorsed "p.S.S Scotland" or "p. Steamer W.S Lindsay", the other franked embossed 1/- green (cut to shape) tied by Brighton 132 sideways duplex endorsed "Per Steamer Tynemouth", all with Cape Town backstamps showing voyages of 41 - 59 days. The packet contract with W.S Lindsay & Co. was terminated in September 1857 after just one year because the ships used were unable to meet the contracted time schedule. Three fine and uncommon entires. (3).
