Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Ranges. A mint range comprising Looker Plate I 1 (6), 2 (7, two in a tired and worn state), 3 (6), Plate II 5 (3), 6 (5, one [80] worn plate), 7 (7), and Plate III 8 and 9 (5), part to large part gum. A fine lot
Provenance: Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £200-250

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Ranges. A mint range comprising Looker Plate I 1 (11, one an upper left corner example, three in a worn and tired state, one [1] with left value tablet recut and [53] with dot below left side of bell below "d"), 2 (4, one with smooth left-hand value tablet) and 3 (3), Plate II 5 (7 with [5], [82], [91] and one with recut top line at right), 6 imprint pair, Plate III 7 (3, [6], [61] and [79]), 8 [39] and 9 (4 with [6], [53] and [96]); generally fine to very fine
Provenance: Sundback for some (Image1)

Est. £250-300

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate I, RJL 3, Olive-green group. A block of four, each horizontal pair sharing large part "fundu" double-ring datestamp for 4 February 1913; a couple of light tones on reverse. A scarce and important postmark and of very fine appearance. Memoir 34, F33, page 234. Photo
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Est. £150-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate II, RJL 4, Pale green group. A block of four, [28-39], [28] with "double dot" variety, exceptionally lightly mounted with the lower pair remaining unmounted; rare and exceptionally fine. Photo
Provenance: Dr. Alan Knott-Craig, July 2015 (Image1)

Est. £400-500

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate II, RJL 5, Dull blue-green group. A block of four with the upper left-hand stamp showing badly worn at upper right above King's head, fresh mint with the upper pair apparently unmounted. Very fine. Photo
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987. Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £100-120

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate II, RJL 5, Dull blue-green group. A marginal pair, [39-40], from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate, lovely fresh colour and very lightly mounted with the stamps having nearly full original gum, two hinge remainders in margin. Exceptionally fine with none of the creasing that is normally associated with this rare variety. S.G. 120a, £15,000. Photo
Provenance: The Amir of Bahawalpur, February 1969. Besancon, September 2020 (Image1)

Est. £7,000-8,000

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate II, RJL 6, Apple-green, the true shade. A block of four, [81-92], [82] with "bomb" flaw, fresh with large part original gum, the lower pair apparently unmounted. A fine and very rare multiple. Brandon Certificate (1993). Photo
Provenance: Dick Pollitt. Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £800-1,000

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate III, RJL 7, Bronze-green group. A marginal block of fifteen, [82-96], [82] with a late state of the "bomb" flaw and top line recut at right, fresh mint with only the four corner stamps showing any signs of mounting, the remainder unmounted mint. An exceptional multiple. Photo
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs, private sale. Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £800-1,000

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate III, RJL 8, Emerald-green group. A marginal block of four from the left of the sheet, [21-32], [31] with very heavy recut at right; fresh unmounted mint. Very fine and rare. Photo
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Est. £700-800

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate III, RJL 9, Deep dull green group. An upper left corner block of sixteen, [1-34], fresh unmounted mint; a superb pristine multiple. Photo
Provenance: Gerald Simpson, December 1982, sheet of one hundred. Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987, sheet of one hundred. Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £1,000-1,200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 10, (Slightly bluish) dull green. A used group comprising [25], [33], [40], [51], [59] and [87] (top two lines recut at right), variously cancelled, a couple with small imperfections, otherwise generally fine and a scarce group
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Est. £150-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green. [47] with light vertical line through left-hand value tablet and faint vertical line through right-hand value tablet, large part original gum with a single hinge remainder. Fine and rare. Photo
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Est. £180-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green. [70], mark in "d" of right-hand value tablet, part original gum; diagonal crease at upper left, otherwise fine and rare. Photo
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Est. £100-120

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green. [87], double recut at upper right, fine lightly mounted mint. Rare. Photo
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Est. £180-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green. [92], marks on left-hand value and below, fresh mint with a single hinge remainder. Fine and rare. Photo
Provenance: Lord Vestey, March 2015 (Image1)

Est. £180-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green. [96], marks at foot of south east arm of right curl of "rhodesia" panel and line through "1" and "2" of right-hand value tablet, fine and lightly mounted mint. Photo
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Est. £180-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 12, Deep emerald-green. [19], unmounted mint; couple of gum bends, otherwise very fine and rare. Photo
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Est. £180-200

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 12, Deep emerald-green. [68], dot in left-hand value tablet, large part original gum; a couple of shortish perfs. at left, otherwise fine and rare. Photo
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Est. £100-120

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 12, Deep emerald-green. [99], part original gum; one small tone mark on gum, otherwise sound. Photo
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Est. £70-80

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Plate IV, RJL 11, Dull bluish green, RJL 12, Deep emerald green. A used group comprising 11 [82] and [87]) and 12 [51], [65], [86-87] and [88]; the pair with some colour suffusion though generally fine and a scarce group
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Est. £100-120

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. First Day Cover. 1910 (11 Nov.) Smart and Copleys "Victoria Falls from Livingstone Island" picture postcard from Bulawayo to Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, bearing ½d. green twice neatly cancelled by double-ring datestamp with date clearly visible, and additionally tied by arrival datestamp (16.11). Photo . . An exceptionally rare first day usage for this issue with only two cards and one cover recorded. The cover bearing a ½d. and 1d. pair is offered as lot 50
Provenance: Gunnar Strehmel, June 1994. Alan Uria, July 2012 (Image1)

Est. £1,200-1,400

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Paul Graetz Expedition Cover. 1911 (2 Dec.) envelope (290x118mm.) registered from Fort Roseberry to a photographer/projector maker in Berlin, bearing ½d. olive-green and 1d. red in combination with 1897 4d. ultramarine and claret and 1898 6d. reddish purple each cancelled with a very late use of the "859" BONC and with the ½d. additionally tied by a fine strike of the single-ring "fort roseberry/n.e. rhodesia" datestamp with code "o", showing manuscript "R No 92" with the "R" subsequently over-stamped with oval-framed "r", the reverse of the envelope twice sealed with two "fort roseberry/n.e. rhodesia" red waseals with large and small parts remaining, London Registered hooded datestamp (6.1.12) and Berlin (8.1) datestamps; central vertical crease and a few other trivial imperfections, nevertheless a remarkable four colour franking and quite rightly considered to be the greatest of all ½d. Double Head covers. Photo. .
Note: Paul Graetz was posted to German East Africa in 1901. He was to undertake three expeditions to cross Africa. In 1907 a newspaper announced that he planned to cross Africa in an automobile eventually arriving in Swakopmund in May 1909 , 630 days after setting off. In 1911 he again set off, this time initially on water with the expedition boat "Sarotti", later on the boat being carried on land. During this journey a wounded buffalo attacked Graetz and his photographer, killing the photographer and injuring Graetz who sustained a broken jaw amongst other injuries. Graetz was still recovering from his injuries when he mailed this envelope to Berlin. The expedition ended just before reaching the Congo River. He subsequently resumed this journey in 1912, via the Congo River. . With thanks to Derek Lambert. See the Rhodesia Study Circle Issue 284, March 2021 (Image1)

Est. £1,800-2,000

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Later Covers. 1912 (12 Nov.) envelope from Bulawayo to the Gordonia Hotel, Gordons Bay, bearing ½d. bronze-green horizontal pair sharing a fine strike of the Krag machine datestamp showing blank after day, arrival datestamp (6.12) on reverse; minor tears at top through opening though very rare with only two examples recorded. Memoir 34, B111. Photo
Provenance: Chris Cordes, private sale (Image1)

Est. £350-400

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Later Covers. 1912 (30 Nov.) Percy M. Clark "The Bridge from Victoria Falls Hotel" picture postcard from Victoria Falls to Brusselles, bearing ½d. olive-green horizontal pair twice cancelled with 26mm. skeleton datestamp and with the left-hand stamp additionally tied by arrival datestamp (21.12) with local delivery number handstamp alongside. Fine and very rare. Memoir 34, V91, page 202. Photo
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Est. £700-800

Issued Stamps. Perforated 14. Halfpenny. Later Covers. 1913 (11 May) ½d. green card, uprated with ½d. green, from Chilabula, Northern Rhodesia to Chippis, Switzerland, lightly cancelled with Kasama squared-circle datestamp and showing Broken Hill transit datestamp (2.6) on reverse. Memoir 34, K20, page 243. Photo
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Est. £180-200