1925 Airmail issue set of four in blocks of four showing the figure value in circle in the margin, the 1d and 3d in mint n.h. lower marginals, 6d and 9d in hinged mint right marginals, 6d with thin and tone spots, plus 1925 (Mar 3) envelope sent by registered airmail with set of 1925 stamps and KGV 4d & 6d.

1913 Union of South Africa, King George V 1d rose-red, bisected on postcard from Mariannhill to Hillcrest, tied by dramatically visual “dumb cancellation”, a rare exhibition piece. (Image)

1913-24 2d. dull purple, marginal example from the left of the sheet, Variety NO WATERMARK; fine mint. (Image)

1920 (Feb) Handley-Page "Pioneer" flight crash mail, envelope from Cape Town to Beaufort West, endorsed "Per Aerial Post" with "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE." cachet in red alongside, very faint "THE HANDLEY-PAGE SOUTH AFRICA TRANSPORT COMPANY / AERIAL / POST" hs in violet at foot, with hand-drawn illustration of the plane at lower left, some staining and cover faults (strengthened inside by being affixed to card), very rare, with only 422 letters carried and very few thought to have survived (Nierinck 200217). Also include is a small piece of the wooden propeller and two images of the plane; one at take off and one showing the damage at beaufort West. Note: The first scheduled flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg departed on the morning of 15 February with a crew of three, Major Meintjies, Capt. Venter and Mr. Askew plus seven passengers. After a forced landing 8 minutes after take off the flight was abandoned at Beaufort West due to extensive damage to the machine. (Image)

1926 1d and 6d plate proof colour trials; the 1d in imperf. pair on ungummed unwatermarked paper in green & orange; and 6d perf. pair in black & red-orange on gummed watermarked paper, very fine duo. (Image)

1926-27 1/2d Springbok mint pair with the right hand stamp with vignette omitted and the left hand vignette partially omitted; fine and rare. (Image)

1930-45 1/2d black and green "SUIDAFRIKA" one word rotogravure printing interpane horizontal strip of 4 from right of sheet including a tête-bêche pair at left separated by vertical gutter, mint o.g. (hinged between interpane pair and on fourth stamp), lightly folded perfs, fine. (Image)

1930-44, 2d Blue & Violet with "airship flaw" variety in mint h.r. se-tenant pair, small tone spot otherwise very fine (SG £950). (Image)

1930-44 1d. grey and carmine, corner marginal pair from the lower left corner of the sheet, variety frame omitted fine mint OG; a superb variety. (Image)

1933-36 Voortrekker Monument 3d. + 1 1/2d. grey-green & blue, corner block of four four from the lower right of the sheet with blank stamp size selvedge at right, the frame of the right vertical pair partially omitted; large part OG, a very rare variety. Cert B.P.A. (2017). (Image)

1937 (Jun 5) envelope registered to Limbe, Nyasaland, bearing 1930 -34 1d. black and carmine strip of four, the central pair with frames omitted, the adjoining two with partial omission; and Doctors blade line running through the centre of the strip; neatly tied; A spectacular and exceedingly rare usage. (Image)

1941-48 1 1/2d. gold mine, marginal block of eight from the foot of the sheet with control letter "A" and red sheet number "3863" the left side of the block showing major variety on one stamp yellow-buff omitted and in various degrees on five others; superb mint NH, the lower right hand stamp with hinge to strengthen perfs; a super block and one of the rarest Union varieties. (Image)

1947-54 the unique 6. arrow block of 12 from the foot of the sheet showing interrupted printing of the vignettes from the sole sheet with the variety, resulting in loss of background plus heavy ink smudging of the tree in the central row and complete weakening of green printing affecting the background and tree resulting in large part omission; very fine mint the varieties NH, a very appealing variety. Ex Thys Rall Collection. (Image)

1953 set of 10 A.S. Konya essays on different papers, comprising a block of four and six singles; scarce.

1954 Union of South Africa Minister Book, special edition with compliments of the Postmaster General, containing definitive issues of 1954 of South Africa and South West Africa, plus several commemorative issues of the period, a scarce example and very attractive (38).

1954 2d. plum (mountain Zebra), horizontal and vertical pairs, the horizontal pair showing variety frame omitted, the vertical pair with almost three quarters of the design omitted; some light toning though not detracting from the very fine appearance. Rare. (Image)

1959-60 3d. chocolate and turquoise blue mint NH control block of 8, the left hand block of four with chocolate partially omitted due to dry print and the next adjacent pair with vertical doctors blade flaw of brown; a spectacular looking variety. (Image)

1959-60 3d. chocolate and turquoise blue mint NH complete top row of 20 (folded and with perf. separation at centre), the right hand corner pair with chocolate partially omitted due to dry print; a spectacular looking variety. Rare. (Image)

1961 Union Day 2 1/2c. brown and light brown vertical mint NH strip of five from the top left corner of the sheet, the upper pair with major variety light brown omitted, very rare. SACC 188 var. (Image)

1961 7 1/2c. light green and brown marginal strip of four from the left of the sheet, showing major variety type (brown) omitted, (just the faintest trace) from the left hand pair and partially from the other two stamps, superb mint NH, rare. SACC 215a. (Image)

1964-72 1c. red and olive-grey vertical strip of three from the foot of the sheet, the lower pair affected by variety type (red) omitted, and partially omitted, an attractive mint NH piece. (Image)

1969-72 7 1/2c. mint NH block of four from the top of the sheet, showing variety grossly misplaced perfs. a stunning variety. Cert. P.F.S.A. (1980). (Image)

1972 10c. mint NH block of four showing control 511a, 512 and sheet number 04813, the lower left corner showing variety gross mis perforation due to paper fold; a visually appealing block, possible unique. (Image)

1974 4c. red and black, part sheet of 30, the lower left corner with pre perforation paper fold resulting in the lower two stamps imperf at left; fine and rare. (Image)

1974-76 4c. Arum Lily horizontal pair, from the right of the sheet variety IMPERFORATE, fine mint NH; Scarce. (Image)