1868/94: 1 d. pale red-brown, an exceptional unused block of forty from the sheet of 240 subjects (split into four panes of 60), marginal from right of sheet showing the interpanneau blank spaces horizontally and the wing-margined pane dividing examples in vertical format, of fresh colour and fine, large part or, primarily, unmounted og. Gi = £ 1'200+. (Image 1) (Image)

1868: 1 d. deep brown, a horizontal strip of five used on 1892 cover to Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, all tied by oval "2" numeral obliterators of Winburg. Reverse with Bloemfontein squared circle of transit, Cape Town cds (Jan 25) and Wismar arrival cds (Feb 16). Minor imperfections but scarce. Signed Carl H. Lange. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in red-brown on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in orange on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1868/94: De La Rue Colour Trial for 6 d. value printed in rose-red on thin white wove paper, an imperforate block of four, marginal from base of sheet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1868/94: 1 s. orange-buff in a fine unused block of four with large part og., matched with 1 s. orange-yellow in a fine unused block of four with large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 640+. (Image 1) (Image)

"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2b, a fine used example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", cancelled in black leaving the variety clear. A very scarce stamp. Signed Thier. Cert. BPA (1995) Gi = £ 1'100.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2d, a fine unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour, hinge remnants, unused without gum. A very scarce stamp. Cert. BPA (1992) Gi = £ 1'200.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2d, an unused block of four, of excellent colour, ome peripheral age spots otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. and lower pair unmounted og. An exceptional and scarce multiple. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.H. Abbott, Harmers, London, 17-20 June 1968. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3a, b, c, d and f; with Type a unused and used, the balance all unused, largely fresh and fine, part or large part og. A scarce group and a fine reference Gi = £ 650. (Image 1) (Image)

"1d." Surcharges 1881 (May 19): 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Types 3d and e; an unused horizontal pair of good colour and large part og. Scarce and very fine, Type 3e is only represented four times per sheet of 240 subjects Gi = £ 640+. (Image 1) (Image)

"1d." Surcharges 1882c.: Third, later Setting, 1 d. on 5 s. green, surcharge Type 3f, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3), positions 45-48/51-54/57-60, showing the raised stops on eight stamps and broken Bar on positions 46 and 58. Fresh and fine colour, minor gum wrinkle, large part or unmounted og. A scarce and most attractive multiple, believed to be largest known block from the Third Setting Gi = £ 1'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2319. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

"½d." Surcharges 1882 (Aug): ½ d. on 5 s. green, an unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp variety: "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare multiple, it is intersting to note that both the 'Bloemfontein' and 'Tobias' collections had no example of this error. Cert. BPA (1987) Gi = £ 1'325+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5b and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type b, lower pair Type d, superb and fresh, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 89. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Types 5a and d, an unused block of four, upper pair Type d, lower pair Type a, fresh colour, unobtrusive crease across lower pair, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 360+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Bloemfontein', Argyll Etkin, London, 1 Dec 1999, lot 88. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

"3d. Surcharges" 1882: 3 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, Surcharge Type 5e, used example with variety: "Surcharge Double", a few imperfections with ironed bend and tone spot on perf. but the cancellation leaving the variety clear. An extremely rare stamp. Signed W. Houtzamer, W.T.Wilson. Cert. BPA (2019) Gi = £ 2'750. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1882: 2 d. mauve, an unused interpanneau corner block of four, perforated 12 horizontally x imperforate vertically (issued as perf. 14), from lower left of the lower right pane, from the sheet discovered by Robson Lowe in the De La Rue archive, fine unmounted og. A rare and splendid multiple.rnrnNote: The block represents four of the 60 stamps possible perforated 12 x imperforate. See the attached article / offer brochure from 'The Philatelist' (May 1972) on the discovery of this sheet from the DLR archives. The upper left pane of 60 of the sheet was imperforate x perf. 12 vertically, the upper right pane was imperforate, the lower left pane from which this pair emanates was perforated 12 but had 17 stamps missing, the lower right pane was perf. 12 horizontally x imperforate.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

"1d Surcharges" 1890 (Dec): First Setting 1 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, surcharge Types 7a and c, a used horizontal pair showing the left hand stamp with Roman "I" for "1", this found just once on the sheet of 240 from the First Setting only, lightly cancelled by Bloemfontein squared circle datestamp (Feb 3, 1891). An extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 600+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1897: Unissued 6 d. blue, perforated 14, (presumably) the De La Rue archive sheet, with two horizontal complete panes of 60 from the lower half of the sheet, showing the perforation 14 slipping downwards and to left (perforations go through 'Vrij' at top and touch the Plate Number "1" in lower margin on left pane and below 'Vrij' on the right pane), handstamped in the De La Rue format "30 OCT 96" in blue at base and countersigned in ink in margin alongside. The stamp itself was never issued due to the British Occupation of Bloemfontein and is only found overprinted 'V.R.I.', see the Stanley Gibbons footnote. A unique and extraordinary multiple of great importance to OFS philately Gi = £ 7'800+. (Image 1) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", fresh and fine, large part og. Signed A. Diena. Cert. RPSL (1965) Gi = £ 180. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): ½ d. on ½ d. orange, an unused vertical pair from right pane, positions 49/55, the overprint misplaced and leaving top stamp with transposed overprint and lower stamp missing "V.R.I.". Fine and unusual pair with large part og. Cert. RPSL (1954) Gi = unlisted.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, so-called 'error of colour', a fine unused example, two tiny gum bends not affecting appearance, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1981) Gi = £ 600.rnrnProvenance: Collection Henry A. Pattiz.rnrnNote: The National Bank of South Africa returned approximately 50 of the 1 d. brown and 100 of 1868/94 1 s. orange-yellow for overprinting after the Occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900. The overprinting was done and the stamps returned to the bank. The matter was referred to Major O'Meara who made efforts to recover the stamps. However, the Major's superior Officer, Colonel Williams, was president of Sidney Philatelic Society and it is more than likely that he, and others, shared the spoils, as most of the 50 examples of the 1 d. brown survived, whilst fewer of the initially more abundant 1 s. orange-yellow value (Gi. 110a) appear to have been donated to collectors but were, in actual fact, destroyed. For further information see Hisey & Bartshe page 146. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. deep brown of 1868, the so-called 'error of colour', an unused vertical pair of excellent colour, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Perforations a bit weak between the pair but an extremely rare stamp in a multiple. Cert. RPSL (1953), BPA (1993) Gi = £ 1'200.rnrnProvenance: Ritchie Bodily, April 1953.rn Spink, London, 5 April 2006, lot 756.rnrnNote: The National Bank of South Africa returned approximately 50 of the 1 d. brown and 100 of 1868/94 1 s. orange-yellow for overprinting after the Occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900. The overprinting was done and the stamps returned to the bank. The matter was referred to Major O'Meara who made efforts to recover the stamps. However, the Major's superior Officer, Colonel Williams, was president of Sidney Philatelic Society and it is more than likely that he, and others, shared the spoils, as most of the 50 examples of the 1 d. brown survived, whilst fewer of the initially more abundant 1 s. orange-yellow value (Gi. 110a) appear to have been donated to collectors but were, in actual fact, destroyed. For further information see Hisey & Bartshe page 146. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, a used block of four with overprint misplaced, leaving upper pair with variety "Value Omitted" and lower pair with overprint transposed, neatly cancelled by Bloemfontein cds's in black Gi = £ 200+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19): 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused vertical pair, lower stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted", fresh and fine appearance, toned on reverse on large part og. Rare Gi = £ 550. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)