BOER WAR: 1900 (May) cover to a soldier with the 2nd Queensland Contingent during the Boer War with 2d x3 tied by 'R'-in-oval cancels & 'REGISTERED/BRISBANE' cds alongside, Durban transit of 26JU/00 & Capetown arrival b/s of 30JU00, British 'ARMY BASE/AU10/00/CAPETOWN' b/s in red, boxed 'GONE - NO ADDRESS' h/s in violet & endorsed "Returned/to Australia", a little soiled. [Mail to the Australian troops during the Boer War is extremely elusive. This is the first example we have seen from Queensland, and only the second registered cover from any of the Colonies]

Grade b (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BOER WAR: 1901 cover to the NSW Mounted Infantry Quartermaster in South Africa with ½d & 2d tied by 'WEST MAITLAND/NSW - 64' duplex, Sydney transit b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Deeply Blued 1d pale brick-red SG 1, a huge stamp with large to huge margins with fragments of the adjoining units at left & base, Cat £450. Spectacular & superb! BPA Certificate (2001).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Deeply Blued 1d pale brick-red SG 1 regular strip of 4, margins good to very large, neat 'C/GH' triangle cancels, Cat £1800++. A superb & beautiful "Number One" multiple.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Deeply Blued 1d deep brick-red SG 1a regular pair, good even margins, Cat £950+. Superb! Ex Andrew Levitt & Sir Maxwell Joseph. Sergio Sismondo Certificates (2002 & 2010).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Slightly Blued 1d brick-red SG 3, margins good to very large, Cat £350. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1855-63 Perkins Bacon 6d slate-purple/blued paper SG 7d, good even margins, unused, Cat £4000. RPSofL Certificate (2005).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1855-63 Perkins Bacon 1/- deep dark green SG 8a regular strip of 4, margins good to very large, large-part o.g., signed in pencil "AD" (= Alberto Diena), Cat £1800++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1863-64 De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 4d deep blue SG 19 regular pair, good even margins, large-part o.g., Cat £600+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

NATAL: 1899 stampless cover endorsed "Active Service No stamps obtainable/AEJ Murray RN" (= Royal Navy) & - at lower-left - "Please forward at once to Berea", to Durban with very fine 'FRERE/DE25/99/NATAL' cds, superb GPO cds of the same date & 'DURBAN/26DE/99/NATAL' both on the reverse. Ex Gerald Ellott.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300