Cape of Good Hope. 1853 4d Deep blue on deeply blued paper, two superb used examples with large even margins, one with portions of two adjoining stamps. S.G. 2, £550. (2).

1855-63 1/- Deep dark green pair mint, large margins and virtually full gum, lightly mounted at one corner only, very fine. S.G. 86, £900. Photo on Page 180. (Image1)

1899 Monthly Post Office Circulars, Nos 206-217 (11, missing No. 207 for February 1899) giving alterations in offices, postal routes and regulations; and two 1833 copies of "The Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette" each with a red handstruck 1d newspaper stamp. (13).

Slavery Letters & Documents. 1827 Printed one page notice with a black border, announcing the death of His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York, and directing that public functionaries, civil servants and inhabitants of the colony should observe decent mourning for one month.

c1801-34 Letters and documents to or from the Cape Town office including notices or births and deaths, transfers and registering of slaves, fines, mortgages on slaves, disputes over ownership, letters regarding the arrival and embarkation of Mauritius slaves, etc., some with address panels. (c.100).

1816-25 Entire letters (20) and entires without contents (32) all addressed to Major Rogers, Inspector of Enregisterment of Slaves, or to his assistants J. Maynies or V. Schomberg, the address panels all with printed "On His Majesty's Service" heading and "Colonial Secretarys Office", the enclosed letters all acknowledging accounts have been audited and requesting money be paid to the Receiver General. (52).

Revenue Documents. 1821-32 Powers of Attorney allowing third parties to deal with slavery matters (25), and documents confirming mortgages on slaves (3), seventeen with embossed Cape revenue stamps including circular "VOC" types and various types with a crown and a value in sterling. (28).

1816-20 Documents (5) listing 37 slaves sold at auction by the Chamber for Insolvent Estates or the Sequestrators Department; and two other documents listing 87 slaves sold at auction in 1819-23, all documents giving details of place of birth, age, date of seizure and sale, name of owner and purchaser, and the sale price. Seven interesting documents. (7).

Enregisterment. 1816 Partly printed documents (8) with details of 33 slaves including age, country of origin and occupation, one form from the Tulbagh office. (8).

Enregisterment. 1817-34 Partly printed enregisterment documents giving details of slaves recently sold, all with embossed revenue stamps, mainly circular "VOC" types, three with stamps denominated in sterling. (16).

Enregisterment. 1818-34 Documents, the majority partly printed, registering infants born to slaves. (64).

Mistreatment. 1831-33 Documents from the Slave Offices at Clan William (3) or Graaff Reinet detailing cases of beating with a yoke pin, beating with a quinch stick, or a slave being whipped twenty times on the bare back, with detailed evidence from the slaves, witnesses and accused, and a short report concerning a complaint by a slave of being severely flogged by his master with a sjambach without any just cause. Also an 1832 letter from a slave owner stating he only gave his slave boy twenty three lashes in the presence of two boys and did not break the law. (5).

Mistreatment - slave November. 1826-32 Reports and letters concerning the slave November, comprising 1831 report from Graaff Reinet containing a doctors certificate stating November has been beaten on the back by blows from quinch sticks, and if done on one occasion only it was more severe than 25 lashes with a cat of nine tails, with details of the court case; 1832 letter from Cape Town Prison sending November to hospital as he has been severely bitten by his mastic dogs; 1831 letter from Rondebosch Gaol; and 1826 report concerning allegations that November was tied to a tree and beaten on his bare back with a bunch of quinch switches by his master, who also struck him with his fist. (4).

Prisons/Punishment. 1802-34 Letters, mainly from Cape Town Prison or Police Office, including 1821 letter stating that the slave Amerwacht from Mozambique has been executed; 1802 note confirming a slave confined for desertion; 1829 letter concerning the death of a slave on Robben Island; 1829 certificate of birth of a child to a convict on Robben Island; 1832 list of slaves in Cape Town Prison as complainants; 1834 letter concerning a slave who has deserted; 1832 letters concerning a slave who has committed suicide, etc. (17).

Manumission. 1824-31 Partly printed certificates declaring individuals to be discharged from slavery (12), two also confirming freedom on the children of the named former slaves. Also two 1831 documents with wax seals of the Protector of Slaves Office confirming slaves have purchased their own freedom at auction. (14).

Manumission. 1810-33 Letters concerning slaves being freed, including petitions from slaves to be granted their freedom, the purchases of slaves freedom, slaves freedom obtained by The Philanthropic Society for Emancipation, requests from owners for slaves to be freed, certificate stating Cupido of Batavia had his freedom bought by his daughter at auction, 1817 enregisterment document for a slave Dalima inscribed "Manumutted 15 May 1822", etc. (33).

Abolition - Compensation for Slaves. 1834 Printed "Return of the number of slaves and estimated value thereof" forms completed with the number of slaves held at the time slavery was abolished, each with an accompanying certificate stating the listed slaves are registered in the name of the claimant and a Power of Attorney; four forms listing 17 slaves, one with a counter claim form from the owner, who seeks more compensation. Interesting documents, the 17 slaves valued at £1,050. (4).

Abolition - Compensation for Slaves. 1835 Eighteen page document from the Assistant Keeper of the late Slave Registry at Graaff Reinet listing all slaves in Graaff Reinet for which compensation was claimed at the time slavery was abolished, about 190 slaves listed belong to fifteen owners, with details including age, country of origin and occupation, copied from the Slave Register. An interesting document.

Clan William. 1818-37 Letters and documents from the Slave Office at Clan William including 1818 enregisterment documents with embossed revenue stamps for slaves later transferred to Clan William (2); letter stating a slave is being sent to Worcester to be tried for church breaking; report of a complaint of slaves not being provided with sufficient food and clothing, later dismissed as unfounded; also a letter to Major Burgess in Cape Town soliciting support in becoming Postmaster of Clan William, etc. (3).

George. 1817-33 Letters and documents from the Slave Office at George including 1831 report of a slave charged with theft, 1822 enregisterment document with embossed revenue stamp for a slave later transferred to George, letters concerning possible freedom of slaves, etc., a few with address panels (also nine other wrappers without contents) all addressed to the Slave Office in Cape Town. (22).

Graaff Reinet. 1817-35 Letters and documents from the Slave Office at Graaff Reinet including 1829 return of the numbers of slaves in the district (totalling 2,140); 1818 enregisterment documents with embossed revenue stamps for slaves transferred to Graaff Reinet (2), etc., several with address panels to Cape Town, also wrappers without contents (17), fifteen letters or wrappers bear "POST OFFICE / (crown) / GRAAFF REINET" handstamps. (48).

Simons Town. 1818-34 Letters and documents to or from the Slave Office at Simons Town including 1818 enregisterment document with an embossed revenue stamp, etc., some address panels, one with superb "POST OFFICE / (crown) / SIMONS TOWN" handstamp. (23).

Somerset/Tulbagh. 1817-32 Letters and documents from the Slave Offices at Somerset (9, also eight addressed wrappers without contents) or Tulbagh (9) including enregisterment documents with embossed revenue stamps for slaves transferred to Tulbagh (3), etc. (26).

Stellenbosch. 1818-34 Letters and documents from the Slave Office at Stellenbosch including enregisterment documents with embossed revenue stamps for slaves transferred to Stellenbosch (3), printed certificates for children born to slaves (3), letter concerning the illegal sale of a mortgaged slave, claim for freedom by a slave who was brought to the colony as a prize negro on the same ship as other slaves now given their freedom, etc., some address panels. (28).

Swellendam. 1817-31 Letters and documents from the Slave Office at Swellendam including a partly printed document for a mortgage on a slave, sale document with embossed revenue stamp, etc., seven addressed to the Slave Office in Cape Town with "POST OFFICE / (crown) / ZWELLENDAM" handstamps. (21). Photo on Page 226. (Image1)