Balance of collection with solid selections from Basutoland, Bechuanaland, the Rhodesias, South-West Africa & Swaziland with many full sets mint &/or used, also Nyasaland 'BCA' Overprints 2/- & 4/- mint and 1897 2/6d mint, Northern Rhodesia KGVI 1½d yellow-brown with Tick Bird Flaw, SWA Pictorials used setenant pairs, etc, condition variable in the early issues but generally fine to very fine, high catalogue value. (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Folio of mostly Rhodesian/Zimbabwean anti-TB/Christmas labels from the 1950s to the 1990s with many strips including setenants, large blocks & half-sheets & complete sheets, some other Rhodesian & South African Cinderellas & an envelope of registration labels. An interesting & colourful lot. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Postage Dues collection with good selections from South Africa, Transvaal, SWA and the Rhodesias, plus many other sets & oddments, loads of overprints, some multiples, also strays from British Asia & West Indies, generally of very fine appearance but some toning problems. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Postal history group with CofGH x5 including 1889 with superb '8'-in-diamond & bars & 'DOUGLAS' cds, 1900 1½d Postal Card with 'MASERU/BASUTOLAND' cds to Lourenco Marques with arrival cds in blue & full message in French, 1904 PPC with very fine 23mm 'CAPE-COLONY-OCEAN-POST-OFFICE' cds, etc; 1912 with Transvaal 1d tied by 'MASERU' (Basutoland) cds; Gold Coast 1895 to USA with 2½d tied by BN '354'; BCA 1910 ½d Postal Card to Switzerland with 'FORT-JOHNSTON/BCA' & part-'ZOMBA [NYASALA]ND' squared-circles; Seychelles 1906 merchant's cover to London; a couple of others & Indian flight cover with 'DUM DUM AIR PORT' label; generally fine to very fine.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BASUTOLAND: Neat little collection with KGV mint set, KGVI mint set, Wedding 5/- **, 1954-58 Pictorials, 1961 Surcharges, 1961-63 New Currency set (**), etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £800. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BASUTOLAND: 1935 (Nov 8) airmail to Tasmania with KGV 4d slate pair & 1/- orange tied by 'QUITHING' cds, Melbourne '1145A-3DE35' transit and Launceston '515P-3DE35' arrival b/s, a couple of minor blemishes. The 1/8d per ½oz rate for carriage by Imperial Airways to Egypt to join Imperial Airways/QANTAS IE393 service to Brisbane arriving 2.12.1935. Rod Perry's only item from Basutoland to Australia - philatelic and 1d overpaid - sold for $334 in 2013.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BECHUANALAND: Collection on leaves with 'British/Bechuanaland' on CofGH mint 1d with No Dot on First 'i' in 'British' SG 5b & 4d, 1888 Keyplates mint 2/- & used 2/6d, other overprints on QV to KGV issues, Seahorses mint 2/6d x4 & 5/- x2, 1932 KGV mint to 5/- & used to 2/6d, later issues to early-Botswana complete mint & used, a few unmounted including Wedding 5/- and Botswana Overprints & Birds, condition variable in the early issues but generally fine to very fine, Cat £4000 approximately. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

BECHUANALAND: 1890 'Protectorate' 15mm Overprint with 'Portectorate' Error Inverted SG 54d, mint, Cat £20,000; SG 54 with forged 'Fourpence' Double Surcharge with genuine 'PALACHWE' cds; and 19mm Inverted SG 55 with unlisted variety with British cds. All forged or faked. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BOER WAR: Consignment remainders 1900 from Durban to "Prisoner of War on Board Columbian/Port Natal", 1900 from GB (repaired) with boxed 'DECEASED' cachet in red, 1901 beautiful cover from GB redirected to Egypt where taxed & Postage Dues affixed (the 2p orange does not belong) & with 'A01' numeral formerly used at Kingston Jamaice reintroduced for returned Forces mail, and Boer POW covers from Ceylon (intra-Camp) and Bermuda; also three civilian covers, one from 'KLAARSTROOM/JA28/01' which post office was sacked by the Boers four days later; condition variable. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BOER WAR: Batch of civilian covers with a variety of 'Opened Under Martial Law' labels with a range of fonts, coloured stocks & expanded text, one with label tied by small 'P.B.C./Krugersdorp' cachet, one registered to Switzerland & one to Holland endorsed "Posted out of course" & officially registered, some interest in the postmarks & censor cachets, condition variable but generally fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BOER WAR: Bundle of civilian covers with a variety of censor cachets including two large Johannesburg types with Officers' names, oval 'PASSED PRESS CENSOR/10SEWP1901/ J.H /BRANDFORT' on POW cover, "John Bull" type 'PASSED CENSOR/CW oct 19' used at 'KROONSTAD', 3-line 'CENSORED/THABA NCHU/ORC', triangle 'PASSED BY - CENSOR/21FEB1902/VRYBERG', inverted-triangle 'P. - B. - C./WATERVAL-/ BOVEN', huge boxed Pretoria datestamp, etc, one underpaid to Holland & taxed with Dutch 5c Postage Due, other postmark interest & some with censor labels, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A good representative lot. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

BOER WAR: Bundle of POW covers mostly to "Green Point" (or "Greenpoent", "Groenpunt", etc) plus one each to "Bellevue camp", "Kamp Kimberley" (front only) or "Ahmednagar/.../India", various datestamps including one part-Telegraphs cds & various censor cachets, rather mixed condition. Research potential.

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

BOER WAR: Packet of British Army covers some without stamps & a good range of datestamps including fine to very fine strikes of double-ring 'FIELD POST OFFICE BO' & similar with Numeral above Dateline '1', '2', '3', '17', '30', '44' & '100' (1900 to "Beyrout/Syria"); single-ring 'ARMY PO 53/...' & similar '54' & '55' (in blue); double-circle 'ARMY POST OFFICE/PIETERSBURG', '.../STANDERTON' & scarce '.../TPO-EAST-No-2'; and large-part octagonal '.../ZEERUST/NATAL FIELD FORCE'; also 'Tourist Letter Card' used from Brandfort & 'Budget Letter Card' used from Bloemfontein, 3.11.1899 from Cape Town to "Military Rest Camp/Stellenbosch", 02.1900 & 01.1901 both redirected from GB to "Grand Hotel/Malta", etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A good basis for expansion. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

BOER WAR: Useful remainders including 1899 to Switzerland with large-part 3-line 'P,K, NewCas[tle]/ *Z.A.R*/2 Dec 1899' cancel in violet, 1900 two roneo-illustrated patriotic covers (one with large repaired tear), 1901 registered to Croatia with very fine 'GRUZ/GRAVOSA' arrival backstamp, 1901 mourning cover to Bechuanaland with 'GABERONES/BP' arrival backstamp, 1902 with 'INGWAVUMA/NATAL' cds, various censor cachets, condition rather mixed. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BOER WAR: 1900 (mostly) to 1902 military, POW & civilian covers with various cachets of administrative officers, provosts, commissioners etc all used in lieu of censor handstamps, condition variable but generally fine. A very interesting lot. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BOER WAR: 1900-03 group with multiple redirections originating in the Cape to "Marshalls Horse"; Natal x2, one with 'NO ADDRESS/ARMY POST OFFICE' handstamp & manuscript "Invalided to England" and a front to "Intelligence Department/Ist Cavalry Brigade"; or Britain x5 one to "1st Balloon Section/Field Force/Royal Engineers" with cachets including two different oval Hospital types & the rare 'Not in RondebOsch', to "1st West Riding Regt" with 'WEST RIDING REGT DUBLIN' cachet on both sides, to "Captain Burges Squadron" endorsed "Discharged from/Capt Burges Squadron" & with boxed 'GONE - NO ADDRESS', to "Veterinary Lieutenant H Gamble" absolutely festooned plus three re-addressing labels & ending up in India (front & back separated), and the latest registered to "6th MI" (= Middlesex Infantry) damaged on its travels & resealed including with 'Officially sealed in the Returned Letter Office/GPO Cape Town'; condition very mixed. Full of character & with loads of postal history & postmark interest. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BOER WAR: 1900 usage of British QV 1d Letter Card endorsed "on active service" & inside "Pretoria/1900" to Adelaide with strike of the boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s (Hosking #1435, 61x5mm), Melbourne b/s of 7.1.01 & Adelaide arrival the next day indicating carriage from Melbourne on the English Mail Train. Ex Dale Forster. [Mail from soldiers at the Boer War to South Australia is very scarce. The sender was Major CJ Reade, who self-censored the card at L/L, commander of the Second South Australian Contingent. The addressee was Sir Frederick William Holder, twice Premier of South Australia & a member of the 1897-98 Commonwealth Constitutional Convention. He entered the Commonwealth Parliament in 1901 and was appointed as the first Speaker of the House of Representatives]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BOER WAR: 1899-1902 mail to or from Boer POWs on the Prison Ship HMS 'Penelope' at Simons Bay, the four inwards items variously addressed, one outgoing identified from the censor cachets on the reverse & the other being headed "Simons Baai/Penelope 11 Dec 99", variable condition; also a contemporary photograph (150x104mm) of Boer prisoners endorsed on the reverse "Taken on the Penelope/since gone to Ceylon", and Dutch PPC of Colonel Schiel who was wounded & held aboard the 'Penelope'. A very desirable group. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

BOER WAR: 1900 CofGH cover to a Boer POW on the Prison Ship HMS 'Catalonia' at Simons Bay, poor numeral cancel & very fine 'ROBERTSON/CGH' cds, 'SIMONS TOWN' arrival b/s, surprisingly not censored, flap removed & minor blemishes. The illustration is above Lot 1580. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BOER WAR: 1900 mail from British POWs comprising 1) with 'PRETORIA/7FEB00/ZAR' cds & largely very fine strike of the 41mm '[arms]/7FEB1900/COMMANDANT GENERAAL' cachet in purple, to London via Durban (backstamp); 2) to Devonshire with largely very fine strike of the oval 'WATERVAL KRYGSGEVANGENIS/25APR1900/COMMANDANT VAN DE WACHT' (= Waterval War Prison/Commander of the Guard) datestamp in violet (LRD ?); and 3) large piece to India with fancy-boxed 'BRIEVEN CENSUUR/Waterval Krygsgevangenis' cachet in purple; a few faults but presentable. A rare trio. [It is believed that both cachets were in use for very short periods. In early-June 1900, the POWs were moved from Waterval to Nooitgedacht] (3) 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BOER WAR: 1900 Siege of Ladysmith patriotic PPC to Nottinghamshire with Natal 1d tied by double-ring 'LADYSMITH/MR6/1900/NATAL' cds, endorsed by the writer on the face "GStatham/Capn Natal Carbineers/Ladysmith/6.3.19", superb 'NOTTINGHAM/AP2/00' arrival cds, central fold. The message states "British Supremacy for ever. We are rescued after 119 days of siege...a great trial to us all...we were reduced to horse flesh which not at all bad as a substitute...the sick of course suffered severely...the greatest credit is due to this medical department..." The Siege was raised on 28.2.1900.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

BOER WAR: 1900 use of Natal ½d Postal Card from a French POW on the Prison Ship HMS 'Catalonia' with message in French headed "SS Catalonia 18.4.1900/[...?] de Durban", posted aboard the ship & taxed with superbe 'T'-in-circle & exceptionelle '5c' handstamps, remarkably fine. [The message states (translated) "...We are all on board the Catalonia...Health is passable, with eating & exercise...correspondence from Johannesburg we sent via Lourenco Marques". He also mentions the loss of the SS 'Mexican' only two weeks earlier]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BOER WAR: 1900 ORC cover to a Boer POW on the Prison Ship "Raslen Castle" (= HMS 'Roslin Castle'), not redirected but with a very fine strike of the oval 'CENSOR POW/CE NIXON BA/AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA' cachet in violet on the face, corner fault at lower-right; also registered Transvaal cover to "Raslin Castle", forwarded to "Ahmednagar Camp/Bombay" with a largely superb strike of the oval censor cachet on the reverse. (2) 

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BOER WAR: 1900 cover front with VRI Overprints on OFS ½d strip of 3 & 1d tied by poor British Army cds, to Ontario with superb strike of the oval 'CANADIAN CONTINGENT/MAY 5 1900/SOUTH AFRICA' datestamp in rosine at left.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BOER WAR: 1900 (Jun 26) use of Transvaal 1d Postal Card to Zanzibar "via Delagoa Bay", from the German Consulate at Pretoria with very fine 'MACHADODORP' cds, partial '.../LOURENCO MARQUES' transit cds of the next day & 'ZANZIBAR' arrival cds of 1JY/00. Consular mail was exempt from censorship, which is just as well or half the message would have been obliterated because of his pro-Boer comments, the list of towns he had visited & the inference that he had been with President Kruger.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250