1870-77 First Republic Eagle & Arms extensive collection beautifully presented on exhibit pages identified by printers & paper types including Otto 1870 Imperf 1/- green used (cut-into at L/R), 1871 Imperf Colour Trials on gummed paper * x5 different and 1874 6d Reprint (Trial?) in red, Viljoen Rouletted 1d red pairs * x2 and a huge corner marginal single with very fine Potchefstroom 'JUL19/70' cds, Borrius Rouletted 1d black marginal block of 4 *, Davis Perf 12 6d blue mint & used x2, Celliers Fine Roulette 15½ 3d lilac mint x3 & Pin-Perf 1d red unused, a wide variety of shades & printings, annotated flaws & varieties, multiples, some postmark interest, etc, etc, condition variable, Cat £15,000+ as identified by vendor. (Qty 125+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1870-77 First Republic Eagle & Arms duplicated range mint/unused & used on Hagners comprising 225 singles partly sorted by printings, papers & shades, some postmark interest with quite a number of very fine numeral cancels, a few annotated as forgeries including one with 'bad' BPA Certificate, also 'VR/Transvaal' overprints x24 and a few later issues including a 1902 Minerva essay (faults) and a page of 1907 Postage Dues mint & used with some multiples, condition quite mixed. Excellent opportunity for further study. (Qty 300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1877-79 First British Occupation Overprints collection on exhibit pages with 'V.R./TRANSVAAL' Red Overprints on Imperf 6d blue (thin) & 1/- green (3½ margins; crease) plus Wide Setting on 3d lilac SG 87a (Cat £3000; small fault at U/L), Black Overprints including on Pelure Paper 1d red mint (minor thins), Hard Paper Imperf 1d red block of 4 & two pairs *, Coarse Paper Imperf 3d lilac mint and Wide Roulette 6½ 1d red used, then Large 'V.R./Transvaal' Overprints noted Imperf 3d mauve/buff apparently with Overprint Omitted used (unlisted by SG; cancel not convincing) & 3d mauve/green with Overprint Misplaced so that 'Transvaal' appears partially at both top & base, and 6d blue/blue Overprint Inverted used (pin-hole), Fine Roulette 15½ 6d blue/blue mint, Wide Roulette 6½ 1d red/orange pair mint, plus Small 'V.R./Transvaal' Overprints including Small 'T' in Overprint on Imperf 1d red/orange, 3d mauve/green & 3d mauve/blue all used, etc, etc, a wide variety of shades & printings, annotated overprint varieties, multiples, some postmark interest including a range of Numerals and a couple with Cape of Good Hope cancels, condition variable, Cat £16,000+ as identified by vendor. (Qty 125+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1877-79 First British Occupation Red Overprints 'V.R./TRANSVAAL' Wide Setting (12mm gap between top & bottom lines) on Pelure Paper Imperf 3d lilac SG 87a (four margins), the Overprint Misplaced to Left with 'TR' showing at right, light Numeral '10' (?) cancel, minor thins, Cat £3000.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1877-79 First British Occupation Black Overprints 'V.R./Transvral' Error for 'Transvaal' on Imperf 1d red/blue SG 116a (four margins), unused, torn at base and professionally repaired, Cat £2500. BPA Certificate (2011) states "genuine, a large tear has been repaired at foot".

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1877-79 First British Occupation Queen Victoria selection on exhibit pages including the basic set * plus extra shades of ½d x2, 3d & 1/-, also a 6d olive-black complete sheet of 60 (minor faults; some perf re-inforcing) and 2/- blue pair with Pretoria telegraphic cancel, then '1 Penny' Surcharges in Red 'set' (ex Type 14; a couple with minor faults; the Type 16 damaged) and Surcharges in Black 'set' used (ex Types 12 & 14) plus a Type 15/16 pair used, then Second Republic 1882 'EEN PENNY' Overprint Inverted used (repaired) and 1885 'HALVE PENNY' unused (thin) & used and 'TWEE PENCE' block of 4 *, etc, condition mixed, Cat £5000+ as identified by vendor. (Qty 35 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1883 Celliers Re-Issues group on exhibit pages including the basic set *, 1d black Imperf Between vertical pair unused, Imperf Between horizontal gutter pair used, Double Horizontal Perforations block of 4 * and a single showing an extra row of perforations diagonally through the design (BPA Certificate), 3d red marginal block of 4 unused, 1/- green blocks of 6 x2 both including a Tete-Beche Pair at U/L SG 174/174b with light Pretoria Telegraph cds cancels, also 1885 'HALVE PENNY' Surcharges on 3d & 1/- reading both up & down all *, a few annotated shades & plate flaws, etc, condition variable, Cat £2000+ as identified by vendor. (Qty 22 items)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1883 Celliers Re-Issues 3d pale red pair the right-hand unit bisected diagonally (SG 173/173a) tied by two reasonably fine strikes of the Nylstroom Concentric Ring Numeral '15' on cover to Pretoria, no despatch cds or arrival markings, a couple of very minor blemishes on the back of the envelope only, Cat £800+ on cover. [Presumably per favor for local stamp trader Emil Tamsen to convenience-overpay the 4d double internal letter rate after this was reduced from 3d to 2d per ½oz on 1.1.1885, the Vurtheim 4d not being issued until some time in or after March 1885]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1885-95 Vurtheim Issues collection on exhibit pages including the basic set * (£5 overprinted 'Monster') plus £5 green used x5 (none expertised) and an Imperf Fournier forgery, then extensive Surcharges including 1885 'HALVE PENNY' on 3d mauve 'HALVE PRNNY' Error mint x3 including in a block of 4 with normals plus a single with Surcharge Reading Upwards * (unlisted), 1887 '2d.' on 3d mauve Surcharge Inverted * (unlisted) plus a L/L corner block of 4 * containing the four major overprint & peforation varieties, 1893 '1 Penny' on 6d blue Double Surcharge x2 * and '2½ Pence' on 1/- green Misplaced Stroke in pair with normal *, with Offset * & used, 1895 '1d.' on 3d mauve Trial Printing in Red with Two Bars used (unlisted; Peter Holcombe Certificate), an issued pane of 60 */** (separated) incuding Square Dot in 9 positions, Surcharge Inverted block of 4 */** and pair (one with Square Dot) used, also 1894-97 Disselboom sets * including 'Monster' specimen overprints x5 plus 'Halve/Penny' Surcharge on 1/- range including 'Pennij' for 'Penny' * x3 (single, in pair & in block of 6 with normals) and Double Surcharge (One Misplaced) * x2, etc, condition a little variable, Cat £2500+ as identified by vendor (plus unlisted varieties). (Qty 120+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1885-93 Vurtheim Wagon with Pole 1d imperforate colour trial horizontal pairs in scarlet (the colour of the issued stamp; one unit with tiny natural paper inclusion), green, bistre, mauve and pale dull blue (the last two in the colours of the issued 3d & 6d) on thin ungummed paper, very fine. Mathews states at p40 that colour trials in unadopted colours were produced by the printers Enschedé in 1884 for display at their printing exhibition in Haarlem, Netherlands and "are scarce to rare", while those in adopted colours derive "from the collection of the then ambassador to the Hague who acted as intermediary between Enschedé and the ZAR government. These are rare". (Qty 5 pairs)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1885-93 Vurtheim Wagon with Pole 1d imperforate colour trial in pale dull blue (the colour of the issued 6d) block of 6 (3x2) on thin ungummed paper, very fine. Mathews (1986) states at p40 that "nine sheets of the 1d trials in the colours adopted for the first nine values ordered have appeared on the market, broken up into horizontal imperforate pairs, from the collection of the then ambassador to the Hague who acted as intermediary between Enschedé and the ZAR government. These are rare". Apparently some larger multiples were retained.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1885-93 Vurtheim Wagon with Pole ½d to £5 'set' of imperforate plate proofs in horizontal pairs in the issued colours including the 1887 2d olive-bistre and 1893 2½d mauve, on gummed paper & unmounted, a couple with very minor blemishes. Mathews states at p40 that these "colour proofs ... in their issued colours" are "very rare". (Qty 13 pairs)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1894 Enschede Wagon with Shafts imperforate colour trials in the issued colours on gummed paper comprising ½d grey **, 1d carmine (thinned) & pair *, 6d pale dull blue marginal single ** & pair * and 1/- yellow-green marginal single **, very fine except as noted. (Qty 8 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1895-96 Enschede 'Disselboom' Wagon with Pole imperforate colour trials in the issued colours on gummed paper comprising 1d rose-red, 2d olive-bistre, 3d mauve single & pair (one unit **, the other with gum thin & hinge remainder), 4d olive-black pair, 1/- yellow-green pair and 10/- pale chestnut, plus a 3d single in the colour of the 10/- ** marked with two light red-pencil lines, very fine lightly mounted except as noted. Mathews states at p60 that "[c]omplete series of the mono-colour disselboom stamps exist imperforate in issued colours" but does not mention any examples known in unadopted colours. (Qty 8 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1895 Penny Postage 1d Train, Wagon & Flags horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 215cb, tiny thin on right-hand unit where hinge remainder has been partly removed, listed but unpriced by Gibbons who catalogue the vertical pair Imperforate Between SG 215ca at £225. The illustration is above Lot 2780.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1896-97 Enschede 'Disselboom' Wagon with Pole Bi-Colours imperforate plate proofs in the issued colours for 2d brown & green * and 2/6d dull violet & green * (small ink mark on gum) plus with blank value tablets in purple marginal single *, in sage-green single *, in blue single * (thinned in margin) & block of 4 */** (minor adhesion on one mounted unit) and in brown single * (thinned) & marginal horizontal strip of 5 **, very fine except as noted. Mathews at p60 records the colour trials with blank value tablets, but does not mention any bi-coloured proofs. (Qty 8 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1900 Second British Occupation collection beautifully presented on exhibit pages with 'V.R.I.' overprints set in blocks of 4 ** and 'SPECIMEN' h/s set of 4 * (the £5 thinned; with PFSA Certificate) then an extensive range of overprints with SG-listed varieties including 3d Overprint Inverted used & No Stop After 'I' *, 4d No Stop After 'I' *, 6d No Stop After 'R' *, 1/- No Stop After 'V', Overprint Inverted & Double Overprint * and 10/- No Stop After 'I' * plus unlisted varieties Overprint Inverted with No Stop x5 different * on ½d 1d & 2½d and 1d Overprint Inverted with Dropped 'I' * (all listed by Mathews as "very rare"), 3d Dropped 'I' in Overprint ** in block of 4 with normals ("scarce") and ½d Double Overprint One Inverted used & 'V.R.E.' unused (neither listed by Mathews), a few purported Albino Overprints, also 'E.R.I.' Overprints ½d complete pane of 60 **, 1d with 'E' Omitted from Overprint *, 1d with Blank Value Tablet * (unlisted), two covers with No Stop varieties and another 1902 (24 May) registered to England with early usage of 'E.R.I.' Overprints 3d & 4d (SG states issued "6.02"), also Wolmaransstad 'Cancelled/V.R.I.' Overprint on 1d Penny Postage*, etc, etc, condition a little variable, Cat £1750+ as identified by vendor plus unlisted varieties. (Qty 60+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1902-03 KEVII Crown CA Watermark 'SPECIMEN' overprints with Broken 'M' in 'SPECIMEN' variety on 1d black & carmine SG 245, on 2½d black & blue with the Watermark Inverted SG 247a, and on two each of the 6d black & orange-brown SG 250 and 10/- black & purple/red SG 255, small hinge remainders, a couple with minor gum blemishes. Mathews states (p115) "There is one constant variety on stamp no.41 (the fifth stamp of row 7), where the left limb of the letter M is clearly broken ... [given the quantity overprinted] there can only be 13 of this variety for each ... very rare". (Qty 6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1909 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Watermark 2d grey 'SPECIMEN' overprint SG 277s, tiny aging mark on one perf tip, small hinge remainder, Cat £300. Unissued.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

FORGERIES: Selection on pages including Otto 1870-77 Eagle & Arms 1d black x2 & 1d red x3 all 'used' with fake four-ring cancels and 6d blue strips of 3 x3 and Fournier range including 1885-95 Vurtheim Imperf 4d block of 8 & £5 block of 16 plus £5 'V.R.I.' overprint complete pane of 60 and 1894-97 Disselboom Imperf 4d block of 8, also a large piece with 5/- 10/- & £5 with & without 'V.R.I.' overprints tied by fake Pretoria cds, etc, etc, condition a little variable. (Qty 35 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

LOCALS: 1886 Bakker Express 'MARABASTAD' 1[d] black/green vertical strip of 3 (two light vertical creases), 'NYLSTROOM' ½[d] black/grey block of 4 (two units with light vertical crease; one with minor aging mark), 'PRETORIA' 1[d] black/rose block of 4 very fine and Postage Due 'TE/BETALEN' ½[d] black/cream block of 4 very fine, all imperforate with wide (marginal) to just clear margins, unused & ungummed as issued. (4 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

LYDENBURG: 1900 Overprints 'V.R.I.' on Vurtheim 1d rose & green SG 2 x2 on small piece and Surcharges 'V.R.I./3d' on Vurtheim 1d rose & green SG 5 x2 on small piece, all 'socked-on-the-nose' by very fine strikes of 'FIELD POST OFFICE/25/OC 8/00/BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA' cds, Cat £720. (Qty 4)

Grade F (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Excellent group with Reminiscence of the 1895 Revolution crowd scene printed on reverse of Postal Card 1d red & green unused and Greetings from Johannesburg multi-view printed on reverse of Postal Card 1d red used 1897, Randfontein goldmines x5 including 'Headgear - Robinson Deep', Ferreira Mine, Sheba Valley and Clydesdale Collieries at Springs, also Mail Coaches real photo, German card with Zebras & Donkeys and coach outside the Pietersburg 'Zoutpansberg Review' hotel, Boksburg Market Square real photo with 'BOKSBURG' cds, Fordsburg Main Road with Horse-Drawn Tram & 'DENVER' cds, Johannesburg 'Park Station' & 'Dornfontein - The Station' railways, Maraisburg Court House real photo 1912 'MARAISBURG' cds, Potchefstroom Lombard Street 1904 'CANTONMENT POTSCHEFSTROOM' cds, Vereeniging Power Station real photo used 1913 to UK, Witbank Government School 1908 'WITBANK' cds, Carrying Kafir Beer with 1908 'PREMIER MINE' cds, Game Hunting real photo with 1907 'GERMISTON' cds, Zulu Children Tea Party with 1911 'ROSHERVILLE' cds, plus Natal 1908 Glencoe Colliery Disaster real photo postally used with message "This one is when they were bringing the dead & hurt men up" showing a casualty on a stretcher and 'Railway Station, Greytown' 1913 with 'GREYTOWN' cds, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. (Qty 40+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

PRETORIA: Group of mostly Undivided Backs including 'Kerk' & 'Huis van den Staats-President' multi-view card published by JH de Bussy, Amst-Pretoria (unused), three separate vignette views of 'Railway Station', 'Church Street (West)' & 'Market Street', 'Church Square on the occasion of the Lord's Supper' & 'Post and Telegraph Office' both used 1903 to Paris, 'Victoria Bridge' 1904 to Holland, 'Transvaal Hotel' 1907 to Holland, also 'Artillery Barracks' with horse-drawn cannon to UK in 1910, some postmark interest noted 'Post Office' view with 'HATHERLEY' 1906 cds (Putzel rated RR), condition generally fine to very fine. (Qty 15)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Second Boer War group including 1899 cover with 'Veld-Post/GF Fleischer/Duitsch & Johannesburg/ Commandos' Frank Stamp with ½d green tied 'HOOFDLAGER/ZAR' cds, 1900 'IN DIENST/Z.A.REPUBLIEK' envelope endorsed "No Stamps Available" to England where 'WAR/[crown/OFFICE' h/s applied & redirected, OHMS envelope with roneo'd 'Soldier Sleeping' illustration to UK with 'ARMY P.O.43' cds (and India QV 5r used stamp affixed!), Postal Card with Railways printed message and 'ARMY P.O./55' cds & British Registration Envelope with 'ARMY P.O.53' cds and triangular 'PBC/MIDDELBURG' h/s, 1902 GB Lettercard with 'KRUGERSDORP/ P.B.C./A.E.MAINWARING' large h/s in red, GB KEVII 1d x2 tied 'ARMY POST OFFICE/ELANDSFONTEIN' cds and 'F.F. Canteen S.G. No.4' h/s, OHMS cover with 'E.[crown]R./ TRANSVAAL/OFFICIAL PAID' Frank Stamp, Siege of Ladysmith PPC unused, Battle of Dundee PPC to Germany with 'VRI' 1d, Machadodorp Postal Cards CTO x2, etc, condition variable. (Qty 15)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300