1870 Roulette mint h.r. examples of 1d in brick-red, orange-red and vermilion (unused), 6d pale ultramarine and 1s emerald-green, fine and difficult items (S.G. £980). (Image)

1869 (Oct) 3d deep lilac, trial printing (second essay), Luff "M" plate, unused imperforate with close to very large margins, thin at top in margin, a scarce stamp as the only recorded unused example from the "M" plate; cert. PFSA (1998). (Image)

1870-95, Mint & used accumulation, with ZAR imperf. and roulettes, British Occupation issues, noted 1885 1/2d on 3d imperf between interpanneau pair with overprints tête-bêche, incl. 1885-93 £5 reprint block of 12, 1893 surcharge issues study with inverted ovpts, 1895 1/2d to 1s with "Monster" specimen ovpt (5) and 5s with "SPECIMEN "hs (perf. faults), 1900 and 1901-02 issues duplicated mint blocks of four, mixed condition, worth closer inspection. (Image)

1870 small group of the rouletted issue on a Hagner page, mint examples of SG 4a (2), 4b (6), 4c, 5a (2), 6a and 6b, odd fault but generally good condition for these difficult issues (S.G. £2'600). (Image)

1871 Official letter to Wakkerstroom endorsed "Dienst" and "Van den Landdrost van Nylstroom" with "Pretoria Z.A.R. OC 12 71" transit strikes on front and reverse, very clean, a fine example of early ZAR Official mail. (Image)

1872 Official letter to John Robert Lys (a prominent figure in the early days of Pretoria) endorsed "Dienst" and "Landdriost Kantoor, Lydenburg", mailed on 24 4 1872 and with Pretoria ME 6 72 arrival strike, torn backflap and vertical fold.

1872 1d black fine roulette on thin transparent paper mint, a very fine example with original gum, cert. BPA (1976) (S.G. £300). (Image)

1874 6d bright ultramarine on Registered cover to Cape Town tied very fine strike of the target type numeral "14" cancel of Pilgrim's Rest. Alongside we note full handstamped "Gerregistreed/ZAR No" with "224" in manuscript and "Cape Town DE 3 74" arrival strike, reduced at left with some backflap faults and damage to upper left side, address improved, an important and very scarce cover (which also serves to demonstrate that in 1874, Pilgrim's Rest lacked a date stamp), and the earliest recorded use of a target type numeral. (Image)

1877 Overprinted 1s yellow green imperforate on course paper, bisected diagonally on cover from Potchefstroom to Grahamstown, tied by target type cancel with departure 28 9 77 cds alongside, "Kimberley" and "Grahamstown" on reverse, envelope bears some staining and faults at lower right and on flap but is one of relatively few non-contrived bisect covers from either the First Republic or First British Occupation periods; ex Christie's Robson Lowe 1986 and Alan Drysdall 2006. (Image)

1878 1d Bradbury Wilkinson plate proof in black imperforate on thin card in upper marginal vertical pair from the original sheet of 60, an attractive and scarce item. (Image)

1878 set of 7 values plus the 3 listed (and unlisted 1s) shades to 2s used, odd small fault, 1/2d unused (S.G. £300+).

1878-80 6d olive-black mint n.h. complete sheet of 60, toned gum, very scarce and a great item for the specialist (S.G. £1'320+). (Image)

1879 surcharged (in red) 1d on 6d types 10 to 13 (short perf) and 16 used, also type 15 (defective) and 6d type 10 mint (S.G. £1'900). (Image)

1879 small group of the incl. 1d in red and in red orange, 3d both on green and on blue, also the scarce 1d roulette in red orange (cat £1000 but torn at top), 1d with "S" inverted and 2 x 3d with both "Damaged R" and 'Repaired R" (each are recognised varieties) plus wide roulette 3d mauve on green with good margins used with 3 ring numeral (faults, S.G. £800, cert. Jorgensen) (9). (Image)

1882 surcharged 1d on 4d sage-green mint h.r. with surcharge inverted variety, centred to lower right and some irregular perfs (S.G. £450). (Image)

1884 Vurtheim 1d Colour Trials in horizontal pairs imperforate on ungummed wove paper, in green, brown-grey, grey, bistre, pale bistre and bright yellow, very fine and scarce. (Image)

1885 £5 deep green mint n.h. with "Monster" ovpt, a fine example (S.G. £180). (Image)

1902 wmk CA 1/2d to 10s mint set of 12 and 1903 1s to £1 mint short set of 3, fine to very fine (S.G. £694). (Image)

1902-03 CA 1/2d to £1 complete mint set of 15, a few with tone spots, fine (S.G. £690). (Image)

1902 Wmk CA 2 1/2d black and blue in mint n.h. block of four with inverted watermark, a lovely multiple (S.G. £400+). (Image)

1903 Wmk multi CA £1 green and violet mint h.r., fine (S.G. £375). (Image)

1905 wmk multi CA 1d scarlet fine used with inverted watermark, fine and scarce (S.G. £325). (Image)

1909 wmk multi CA 2d grey mint l.h. with "SPECIMEN" ovpt, a fine example of this seldom offered, unissued item (S.G. £300). (Image)

Lydenburg: 1900 o/pt 1/2d (creased), 1d, 3d on 1d (2, one unused) mint. Also 3d on 1d Transvaal used (presumed a forgery) (S.G. £750).

Rustenburg: Accumulation on card with used 1/2d, 1d (2), 2d (3, 2 on piece), 2 1/2d, 3d (2) and 6d all used with Rustenburg postmarks, also 1/2d and 3 x 1d unused, mixed condition.