1868 1sh orange, horizontal bisect used as 6p, tied to 1868 cover by barred oval cancel, Cape of Good Hope 4p blue also tied at right, Colesberg backstamp, Somerset arrival on front, addressee's name excised. As per regulations, covers to the Cape had to have 6p in Free State and 4p in Cape postage. To accomplish this, the sender pinned a 1sh stamp at the top left corner of the envelope and had the cover carried to the postmaster at Phillipolis, who bisected the stamp and replaced the top half in the corner with the pin and canceled it after noting "1/2 Shilling/APJvdP" below, the Cape stamp was then affixed and canceled by a different barred oval, the cover arriving at Somerset East on June 3, 1868; a truly remarkable and unique cover, probably the greatest rarity of the Orange River Colony (originally described in 1956 by Douglas Roth in "The South African Philatelist" (article enclosed), accompanied by 1956 Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa and 1985 Royal Philatelic Society certificates, ex-Gilbert (SG 9var) (Cat No. 10var) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1877 4p on 6p rose, type "D", surcharge inverted, neatly canceled, v.f., with 1946 Royal certificate, cat. £375 (Cat No. SG 13A) (Image)

Cat. £375, Est.US$200

1890-91 1p on 4p ultramarine, surcharge double (types 7a and 7b), used, fine, listed but unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, with 2002 Brandon certificate (SG 57b) (Image)

Est.US$150

1891-97 Postcard Stamps, collection of 12 items, neatly displayed and written-up on pages, used from Ladybrand, Ficksburg, Bethanie, Senekal, Bloemfontein, Rouxville, etc., locally and to Germany, one to Lorenco-Marques, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1900 2 1/2p on 3p ultramarine, with thick "V" and level periods, no left serif and square period after "V" variety, unused without gum, v.f., with 2004 BPA certificate (catalogue value for regular stamp without varieties) cat. £750 (Cat No. SG 126var) (Image)

Cat. £750, Est.US$250

1901 (14 May) registered cover to Cape Town, attractively franked with nine different 1/2d-2 1/2 V.R.I. surcharges, type 31 and 32, all tied by Bloemfontein cds, filing folds away from the stamps, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1903-4 KEVII, 4p olive green and carmine, "IOSTAGE" variety, n.h., fresh and v.f., seldom seen in such condition, with 2015 Ceremuga certificate (SG 144a; catalogue value for hinged) cat. £1200 (Cat No. 66a) (Image)

Cat. £1200, Est.US$750