CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1855-63 Perkins Bacon 1d brick-red, 1d rose & 1d deep rose-red SG 5 5a & 5b, margins close to large, untidy cancels, Cat £1575. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1993) for the SG 5. (3)

Grade A

Estimate AU$150

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1855-63 White Paper 1/- deep dark green SG 8a, margins good to large, large-part o.g., Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1855-63 White Paper 1/- deep dark green SG 8a, good even margins, lightly cancelled, Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1883 to USA with Britannia ½d grey, 2d brown & 6d violet pair tied by two strikes of barred numeral '13' with 'STELLENBOSCH/AP3/83/CAPE COLONY' cds alongside rated "2"(d), rated "5"(c) in red crayon on face for incoming British Packet ship letter, 'NEW YORK/MAY/4/PAID/D/ALL' opera-glass transit and 'BRADFORD/ MASS' arrival b/s, minor closed tears & edge faults but still very attractive.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 900 (June) internal English cover to Market Harboro but missent to South Africa where 1d lilac tied by GPO Cape Town & part-British FPO cds, endorsed on the flap "Found in a bag of newspapers addressed/to Imperial Yeomanry South Africa/[signature]/for Controller CB" with largely very fine strike of the rare double-oval 'CONTROLLER'S OFFICE, CIRCULATION BRANCH/13JUN1900/GPO CAPE TOWN' datestamp in violet alongside, returned to England with very fine 'MARKET-HARBOROUGH' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

MAFEKING BESIEGED: Overprints on British Bechuanaland '1s.' on GB 4d SG 11, well centred, Cat £110.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

MAFEKING BESIEGED: Overprints on Bechuanaland Protectorate '3d.' on GB 1d SG 12, well centred, Cat £100.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

NATAL: 1902-03 KEVII 'POSTAGE - REVENUE' ½d to 4/- SG 127-139, lightly mounted, Cat £225. A very colourful set. (13)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150