1868/94: 1 d. pale red-brown, an exceptional unused block of forty from the sheet of 240 subjects (split into four panes of 60), marginal from right of sheet showing the interpanneau blank spaces horizontally and the wing-margined pane dividing examples in vertical format, of fresh colour and fine, large part or, primarily, unmounted og. Gi = £ 1'200+. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6196
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1868: 1 d. deep brown, a horizontal strip of five used on 1892 cover to Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, all tied by oval "2" numeral obliterators of Winburg. Reverse with Bloemfontein squared circle of transit, Cape Town cds (Jan 25) and Wismar arrival cds (Feb 16). Minor imperfections but scarce. Signed Carl H. Lange. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6197
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1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in red-brown on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6198
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1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in orange on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6199
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1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in rose-red on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6201
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1868/94: 1 s. orange-buff in a fine unused block of four with large part og., matched with 1 s. orange-yellow in a fine unused block of four with large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 640+. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6203
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"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2b, a fine used example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", cancelled in black leaving the variety clear. A very scarce stamp. Signed Thier. Cert. BPA (1995) Gi = £ 1'100.rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6205
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"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2d, a fine unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour, hinge remnants, unused without gum. A very scarce stamp. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi = £ 1'200.rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6207
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Cat No: Collection
"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2d, an unused block of four, of excellent colour, ome peripheral age spots otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. and lower pair unmounted og. An exceptional and scarce multiple. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.H. Abbott, Harmers, London, 17-20 June 1968. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6209
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Cat No: Collection
"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3a, b, c, d and f; with Type a unused and used, the balance all unused, largely fresh and fine, part or large part og. A scarce group and a fine reference Gi = £ 650. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6211
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"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3d and e; an unused horizontal pair of good colour and large part og. Scarce and very fine, Type 3e is only represented four times per sheet of 240 subjects Gi = £ 640+. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6212
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Cat No: Collection
"1d." Surcharges 1882c.: Third, later Setting, 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Type 3f, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3), positions 45-48/51-54/57-60, showing the raised stops on eight stamps and broken Bar on positions 46 and 58. Fresh and fine colour, minor gum wrinkle, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and most attractive multiple, believed to be largest known block from the Third Setting Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2319. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6213
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Cat No: Collection
"½d." Surcharges 1882 (Aug): ½ d. on 5 s. green, an unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp variety: "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare multiple, it is intersting to note that both the 'Bloemfontein' and 'Tobias' collections had no example of this error. Cert. BPA (1987) Gi = £ 1'325+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6214
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Cat No: Collection
"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5b and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type b, lower pair Type d, superb and fresh, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 89. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6215
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Cat No: Collection
"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5a and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type d, lower pair Type a, fresh colour, unobtrusive crease across lower pair, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 88. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6216
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"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Type 5e, used example with variety: "Surcharge Double", a few imperfections with ironed bend and tone spot on perf. but the cancellation leaving the variety clear. An extremely rare stamp. Signed W. Houtzamer, W.T.Wilson. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 2'750. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6217
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1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused interpanneau corner block of four, perforated 12 horizontally x imperforate vertically (issued as perf. 14), from lower left of the lower right pane, from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, fine unmounted og. A rare and splendid multiple.rnrnNote: The block represents four of the 60 stamps possible perforated 12 x imperforate. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The Philatelist' (May 1972) on the discovery of this sheet from the DLR archives. The upper left pane of 60 of the sheet was imperforate x perf. 12 vertically, the upper right pane was imperforate, the lower left pane from which this pair emanates was perforated 12 but had 17 stamps missing, the lower right pane was perf. 12 horizontally x imperforate.rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6218
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"1d Surcharges" 1890 (Dec): First Setting 1 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, surcharge Types 7a and c, a used horizontal pair showing the left hand stamp with Roman "I" for "1", this found just once on the sheet of 240 from the First Setting only, lightly cancelled by Bloemfontein squared circle datestamp (Feb 3, 1891). An extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 600+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6220
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1897: Unissued 6 d. blue, perforated 14, (presumably) the De La Rue archive sheet, with two horizontal complete panes of 60 from the lower half of the sheet, showing the perforation 14 slipping downwards and to left (perforations go through 'Vrij' at top and touch the Plate Number "1" in lower margin on left pane and below 'Vrij' on the right pane), handstamped in the De La Rue format "30 OCT 96" in blue at base and countersigned in ink in margin alongside. The stamp itself was never issued due to the British Occupation of Bloemfontein and is only found overprinted 'V.R.I.', see the Stanley Gibbons footnote. A unique and extraordinary multiple of great importance to OFS philately Gi = £ 7'800+. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6221
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", fresh and fine, large part og. Signed A. Diena. Cert. RPSL (1965) Gi = £ 180. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6222
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused vertical pair from right pane, positions 49/55, the overprint misplaced and leaving top stamp with transposed overprint and lower stamp missing "V.R.I.". Fine and unusual pair with large part og. Cert. RPSL (1954) Gi = unlisted.rnrn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6223
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Cat No: Collection
'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, so-called 'error of colour', a fine unused example, two tiny gum bends not affecting appearance, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1981) Gi = £ 600.rnrnProvenance: Collection Henry A. Pattiz.rnrnNote: The National Bank of South Africa returned approximately 50 of the 1 d. brown and 100 of 1868/94 1 s. orange-yellow for overprinting after the Occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900. The overprinting was done and the stamps returned to the bank. The matter was referred to Major O'Meara who made efforts to recover the stamps. However, the Major's superior Officer, Colonel Williams, was president of Sidney Philatelic Society and it is more than likely that he, and others, shared the spoils, as most of the 50 examples of the 1 d. brown survived, whilst fewer of the initially more abundant 1 s. orange-yellow value (Gi. 110a) appear to have been donated to collectors but were, in actual fact, destroyed. For further information see Hisey & Bartshe page 146. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6224
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, the so-called 'error of colour', an unused vertical pair of excellent colour, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Perforations a bit weak between the pair but an extremely rare stamp in a multiple. Cert. RPSL (1953), BPA (1993) Gi = £ 1'200.rnrnProvenance: Ritchie Bodily, April 1953.rn Spink, London, 5 April 2006, lot 756.rnrnNote: The National Bank of South Africa returned approximately 50 of the 1 d. brown and 100 of 1868/94 1 s. orange-yellow for overprinting after the Occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900. The overprinting was done and the stamps returned to the bank. The matter was referred to Major O'Meara who made efforts to recover the stamps. However, the Major's superior Officer, Colonel Williams, was president of Sidney Philatelic Society and it is more than likely that he, and others, shared the spoils, as most of the 50 examples of the 1 d. brown survived, whilst fewer of the initially more abundant 1 s. orange-yellow value (Gi. 110a) appear to have been donated to collectors but were, in actual fact, destroyed. For further information see Hisey & Bartshe page 146. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6227
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, a used block of four with overprint misplaced, leaving upper pair with variety "Value Omitted" and lower pair with overprint transposed, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein cds's in black Gi = £ 200+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6228
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused vertical pair, lower stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted", fresh and fine appearance, toned on reverse on large part og. Rare Gi = £ 550. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6229
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Cat No: Collection
'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 2 d. on 2 d. bright mauve, an unused example with variety "No Stop after I", fresh and very fine, large part og. Gi = £ 325.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Cheminais, Spink, London, 12 April 2007, lot 1610. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6230
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 3 d. on 3 d. ultramarine, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal from base of sheet, variety "Albino Inverted V.R.I. Overprint on Reverse" clearly apparent, fresh and fine, large part og. A most unsuual strip. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6231
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 6 d. on 6 d. bright carmine, a used block of six (3 x 2), of good fresh colour, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein cds's (May 7, 1900). A most attractive multiple Gi = £ 240+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6232
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Cat No: Collection
'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 6 d. on 6 d. bright carmine, an unused horizontal pair of good colour, positions 41-42, left hand stamp with variety "6 Omitted", minor adherence on the normal stamp, the variety large part og. Cert. RPSL (1976) Gi = £ 345.rnrnProvenance: Collection A.G.M. Batten. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6233
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 s. on 1 s. brown, an unused horizontal pair, of fresh colour, positions 23-24, right hand stamp with variety "1 of 1s. Omitted", fresh and fine, large part og., together with the a used example from position 24 with the error corrected and "1 inserted", a lightly cancelled used example - this being the stamp discovered in 1965 that led to the SG listing. Very rare. Certs. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 1'150. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6234
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 s. on 1 s. brown, a used block of six, marginal from right pane, positions 23-24/29-30/35-36, position 24 with variety "1 of 1s. Omitted", fresh and fine, large part og., the variety unmounted og. Gi = £ 185+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6235
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 5 s. on 5 s. green, an unused horizontal strip of six from base of sheet with Plate Number '1' in margin from the lower left pane, positions 55-60, position 57 showing "No Stop after V" variety, fresh and fine, two miniscule spots on unmounted og. A delightful multiple Gi = £ 435+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6236
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'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 5 s. on 5 s. green, an unused example of vibrant colour, showing variety "Inverted Stop after R", position 8, fresh and fine appearance, part og. Cert. RPSL (1982) Gi = £ 800. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6237
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'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused example showing variety "Double Overprint of 'R' and ½d", light greyish impression of the doubling, fine with large part og. Signed A. Diena. Cert. RPSL (1965) Gi = unlisted.rnrnNote: The above stamp is not mentioned in Hisey & Bartshe's handbook, however, we know of at least one further example of this error. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6238
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'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused example showing variety "No Stops after V and I", position 49, minor wrinkle not affecting appearance, large part og. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 350. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6239
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'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused block of nine from a left pane, all stamps with variety "Double Overprint", and last stamp (position 42) showing "No Stop after R", fresh and very fine, superb large part og. with eight stamps unmounted og. An extremely rare and most attractive multiple. Cert. RPSL (1984) Gi = £ 1'000+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6240
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Cat No: Collection
'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 2½ d. on 3 d. ultramarine (a + b), the famous unused block of eighteen (6 x 3) of rich resonant colour, showing the sixteenth stamp (Gi. 116) with Roman '1' and antique '2' in fraction, four stamps (ninth, twelfth, fifteenth and eighteenth stamps) with thick "V", and misalignment of the overprint forme. Fresh and very fine, with large part og. and lower twelve stamps unmounted og. A key piece for the OFS connoisseur, illustrated and discussed in Hisey & Bartshe on pages 173 and 174. Unique Gi = £ 7'125+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 187. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6241
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'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 3 d. on 3 d. ultramarine, an unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp only with thick "V" in both surcharges, both stamps showing the error "Surcharge Double, One Diagonal", slight wrinkle on large part og. A very rare multiple. Signed A. Diena. cert. RPSL (1970) Gi = £ 925+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6242
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'V.R.I.' with raised stops 1900 (Post March): 6 d. on 6 d. bright carmine, an unused vertical pair of good colour, upper stamp with raised stops, lower stamp with variety "Level Stops", fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce, signed Thier; also a single unused example with "Raised and Level Stops mixed", fresh and fine with large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 365. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6244
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Cat No: Collection
"V.R.I." with thick "V" 1900 (Post March): 2½ d. on 3 d. ultramarine, an unused horizontal pair with left hand stamp overprint type (a) and thin "V", right hand stamp overprint type (a) and thick "V", of good colour and fine, large part og. Signed A. Diena. Opinion Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 975.rnrnProvenance: Collection G.H. Jonkers, Harmers, London, 16 Dec 1997, lot 1593. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6245
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"V.R.I." with thick "V" 1900 (Post March): 3 d. on 3 d. ultramarine, an unused vertical pair, top stamp only with thick "V" in upright surcharge, lower stamp with thin "V", both stamps showing the error "Surcharge Double, One Diagonal", with thin "V", slight wrinkle on large part og. A very rare multiple. Cert. RPSL (1974) Gi = £ 925+. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6246
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Cat No: Collection
"V.R.I." with thick "V" 1900 (Post March): 6 d. bright carmine, an unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp thick "V", right hand stamp thin "V", fresh and very fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 465+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 193. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6247
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"V.R.I." with thick "V" 1900 (Post March): 5 s. on 5 s. green, a fine unused example with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in black, large part og. See Hisey & Bartshe page 179 who speculate this was probably produced for the UPU and who illustrate a similar example. Scarce and seldom seen Gi = £ 170. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6249
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1902: E.R.I / 6 d. on 6 d. blue, a block of four used on 1906 registered cover to Pretoria, overpaid but unusually cancelled by GOVERNMENT OFFICE / O.R.C. datestamps (Aug 20) in black. Reverse with Bloemfontein registration cds and Pretoria arrival (Aug 22). Some peripheral aging to perforations but scarce. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6250
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1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for Springbok & Gnu issue, printed in black on glazed white card, with value tablets blank and showing large dots either side of Crown which were later reduced and POSTAGE & REVENUE which was altered to POSTAGE only, dated 13 MAY 02 in blue and struck with BEFORE HARDENING in black. Scarce and very fine. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6251
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1902: De La Rue Master Die Proof for Springbok & Gnu issue, printed in black on glazed white card, with value tablets blank and dots either side of Crown which were later reduced and blank POSTAGE label, dated 2 MAY 02 in blue and struck with BEFORE / HARDENING in black, with manuscript "Original Die Plate" at lower left in ink. Scarce and very fine. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6252
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1902: De La Rue Die Proof for Springbok & Gnu issue, ½ d. value printed in black on glazed white card, completed design, dated 8 DEC 02 in blue and struck with BEFORE / HARDENING in black. Scarce and very fine. (Image 1)(Image)
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Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6253
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1902/03: "Appendix B" sheet from the De La Rue archives, manuscript dated at top "3rd July 1902 / Orange River Colony / Reg. 73/01" with imperforate Essays of the 1 d. value (4) in deep green, sage-green, dull purple and in purple; annotated respectively ½ d., 4 d., 1 d. and 6 d.,rnwith lower half of the page from the 'Day Book' showing 5 further 1 d. imperforate Essays with 1 d. in brown (manuscript 'Approved 2d.'), 1 d. in bright blue (manuscript 'Approved 2½d.'), 1 d. in mauve (manuscript 'Approved 3d.'), 1 d. in yellow-buff (manuscript annotation 'with red centre approved 1/-') and 1 d. in orange brown with manuscript '5/-' and a tick at right. These Essays are illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5240. A splendid group and unique. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 2,500.00
Sold...CHF 6,000.00
Closed..Dec-04-2019, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 6000
Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6254
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1902: De La Rue Die Proof for Springbok & Gnu issue, 1 d. value printed in black on glazed white card, completed design, dated 25 SEP 02 in blue and signed "JW" in ink. Scarce and very fine. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 360.00
Closed..Dec-04-2019, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 244
Lot No: 6255
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1902: De La Rue Die Proof for Springbok & Gnu issue, 2 d. value printed in black on glazed white card, completed design, dated 8 DEC 02 in blue and struck with BEFORE / HARDENING in black. Scarce and very fine. (Image 1)(Image)
