CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Deeply Blued 1d pale brick-red SG 1, good even margins, excellent colour, large-part o.g., Cat £4500. A beautiful example of this highly desirable 'Number One'.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Paper Slightly Blued 1d brown-red SG 3a, margins good to large, excellent colour, a tiny nick in the margin at base does not enter the design, unused, Cat £3750. Ex Maria de la Queillerie (18.5.1970) & Stanley Gibbons London (13.12.1979). BPA Certificate (1970, photocopy only). [A lovely example of this First Issue classic stamp. Sold at the Prestige auction of 24.4.2009 for $1340]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

NATAL: 1904-08 New Colours £1/10/- brown-orange & violet SG 162, lightly mounted, Cat £1800. Ex John Williams (UK): sold at the Prestige auction of 6.3.2010 for $1050. David Brandon Certificate (1988).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Carton with mostly 1980s-onwards collection in albums with M/Ss including weird issues and Homelands array from Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei & Venda with unmounted sets, M/Ss & a few covers, generally very fine with much unmounted. (Qty Qty)

Estimate AU$300

Shoebox of covers mostly to England but also to Seychelles, Australia, Egypt, Holland, Switzerland & USA including a good range of airmail, military, censored & registered items, wide array of solo & multiple frankings, plus aerogrammes, modern PPCs, FDCs, some from SWA and several early items from the Provinces. (Qty 300 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300