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Sansibar continued...
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
6687 imageSultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1913: 200 r. brown & black and 10 r. green & brown, used on 1931 registered / AR cover addressed to Tommy Allen in London, lightly cancelled by "Zanzibar / Reg." datestamps (Oct 5) in black. Framed ZANZIBAR registration below and oval "AR" in black, reverse with five further "Zanzibar / Reg." datestamps and Leytonstone arrival cds. Some trivial aging but the sole recorded usage of the iconic 200 rupee value on letter. Cert. BPA (1979) Gi = £ 1'925+ (the 200 r. is only catalogued unused).rnProvenance: Collection De Feer, SG, London, May 1968. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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6688 imageSultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1921/29: The unused set of twenty-two from 1 c. to Dhow 30 r. black & brown, wmk. Multiple Script CA, of fine fresh colours, with 1 c. to 10 r. all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, 20 r. overprinted SPECIMEN in red and 30 r. perforated hooded SPECIMEN, fresh and fine, large part og. A rare complete set Gi = £ 725. (Image 1)



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6689 imageSultan Khalifa bin Harub Pictorial Issue 1921/29: 50 c. myrtle-green, wmk. Multiple Script CA, a fine lightly used example with variety "Watermark Inverted and Reversed", fresh and fine, a scarce stamp Gi = £ 300. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6690 image1926/27: De La Rue 1 c. perforated Colour Trials (11) annotated for value with 1 c. in brown, 3 c. in orange (deleted in manuscript), 4 c. in green, 6 c. in purple (deleted), 8 c. in grey-blue, 10 c. in olive-green, 12 c. in carmine, 20 c. in ultramarine, 25 c. in purple on yellow, 50 c. in claret and 75 c. in pale brown (deleted); all applied to two parts of De La Rue archive paper with manuscript at base "Approved for colour - Colonial Office except for 3 cts and 6 cts" and "Approved for colour by Colonial Office except for 75 cents", both dated "26/6/26". Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6668. Unique and splendid.rnProvenance: Collection Richard Knight, Spink, London, 21 March 2003, lot 1107. (Image 1)

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6691 image1926/27: De La Rue Die Proof for the redrawn issue with CENTS in seriffed capitals, engraved in black on thick cream card paper (52 x 76 mm), Duty Plates blank and an incomplete state with white retouch under "E" of CENTS. Some spotting on reverse not affecting the appearance, a most unusual and rare Proof. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6692 image1936: New Currency, the unused set of thirteen values, wmk. Multiple Script CA, all perforated hooded SPECIMEN, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 250. (Image 1)



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6693 image1930/33: Postage Due 25 c. black on rose on 1931 underpaid cover from Nairobi (April 23) bearing Kenya & Uganda 1 c. brown pair, tied by "Zanzibar" cds (May 6) when collected in black. reverse with initial Zanzibar arrival cds (April 27). Slip opening flap tear as to be expected but a most attractive and scarce usage.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Dec 1994, lot 1882. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Seychelles
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
186 imageMauritius used in Seychelles 1863/72: Mauritius 2 d. pale blue, two examples used on 1870 cover addressed to Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Mauritius carried at inter-island rate tied by two bold strikes of "B64" numeral obliterator in black. Carried by French steamer "Mozambique" from Mahê via Rêunion. Reverse with SEYCHELLES despatch cds (Jan 12) and Mauritius arrival cds (Jan 21) in blue. Part of top flap missing but a rare and most appealing cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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South Africa
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246 imageJ. A. Mollison Round Trip South Africa-England 1932 (Nov./Dec): Legal-size cover with Nov. 14 Lympne Air Post oval datestamp, Capetown Nov. 18 datestamp marked "15.31hrs", South Africa franking tied by Capetown Nov. 23 circular datestamp, endorsed typewritten "Carried by me" and signed by Mollison with his notation. Very scarce, only four covers carried. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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3223 imageBechuanaland 1888: 2s.6d. green & black, wmk Script 'V R', perf 13½, a fresh and fine example, used lately on registered 1904 cover to Bulle, Switzerland, tied by light "FRANCESTOWN S.AFRICA" despatch (April 23) cds, a clear information strike alongside. Reverse with oval "REGISTERED LETTER SECTION CAPE TOWN" transit (April 26) datestamp and BULLE arrival (May 15) cds. Very rare on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3265 image1916: £1 green & red, a fine and fresh top marginal examples in unmounted og. condition. Gi = £ 650. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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South Australia
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8 image1894: Tannenberg Essay for proposed 2½ d. value, with Queens's head in oval and cockatoo at right, stamp size and hand-painted on thick card (32 x 36 mm.) in pencil, black, grey and inscriptions picked out in Chinese white. "Finis Coronat Opus" nom-de-plume of designer (almost certainly M. Tannenberg given the similarity to the accepted designs). Exquisite and unique. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10180 image1847: Cover (Leake correspondence) to Rosedale, Campbell Town, Van Diemen's Land, endorsed 'Paid' and, by Postmaster, "P.O. Mt. Gambier" despatch at top left. "G.P.O. / "♚ / SOUTH AUSTRALIA" datestamp (Aug 28) in black. Rated '6d.' prepaid and '5d.' in manuscript due alongside. Reverse with circular "LAUNCESTON" transit (Sept 17). Side flaps removed but a scarce and fine entire.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10181 image1850: Cover front from Mt. Barker to the Surveyor General, Adelaide endorsed "O.H.M.S." with manuscript "FREE" in red; fine oval framed "POST OFFICE / MT. BARKER" (1 April 50) despatch in black. "G.P.O. / ♚ / SOUTH AUSTRALIA" datestamp of arrival (April 2) in black with circular "♚ / FREE" above in red. A scarce and fine cover.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10182 imageRecess by Perkins Bacon 1855: Perkins Bacon 1 d. imperforate Plate Proof in deep green, a block of four with just touched to large margins showing adjoining stamp at right, on unwatermarked, ungummed wove paper. Slight horizontal bend on upper pair but a most attractive and rare multiple. Cert. RPSV (2014).rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1020. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10183 imageRecess by Perkins Bacon 1855: Perkins Bacon 1 d. dark green, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal pair, large margins on three sides and showing portion of adjoining stamp at base, margin at right almost imperceptibly touched, wrinkled, on 1856 cover to Port Lincoln (Capt. Bishop correspondence) cancelled by Adelaide obliterators in black with double arc "PAID / ADELAIDE S.A." in red (May 30). A fine and very rare cover - just 25, possibly 26, covers are recorded (ref. Don Pearce) with the South Australia #1. Cert. RPSV (2014).rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1026. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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10184 imageRecess by Perkins Bacon 1855: Proof of the Rejected Die for the 2 d. value, with flaws above and below the eye, engraved with additional engine-turned surround (4-5 mm.) in black on sunken wove paper (66 x 78 mm.), scored through vertically in black manuscript to prevent use. Sold with a reprinted Humphrey's head Die Proof in black as used by New South Wales. Attractive and scarce.rnProvenance: Collection John O. Griffiths, Christie's, London, 3 June 1992, lot 1013; Collection Ron Butler, Spink, London, 22 Sept 2004, lot 1322. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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10185 imageRecess by Perkins Bacon 1855: Perkins Bacon 2 d. rose-carmine, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal strip of three with ample to large margins all round and showing large portion of adjoining stamp at right, lightly cancelled by "25" numeral obliterator of Gawler in black. Delightful.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10186 imageOn 18 April 1861 Ormond Hill, the nephew of Rowland Hill, wrote to Joshua Butters Bacon the head of Perkins Bacon and Co.:rn"My dear Sir, Two or three of my friends who are collectors of Postage Stamps have asked me to procure for them specimens of new or uncommon stamps whenever I have it in my power. It occurs to me that perhaps you may be able to give me a few ...”rnHe added on 24 April:rn"... I should be glad to have six stamps of each kind ...”rnOn 15 August J. Upham (for J.B. Bacon) sent the stamps to Pearson Hill with the following letter:rn"Dear Sir, I beg now to send you as promised ... an envelope addressed to Ormond Hill Esq. containing 6 obliterated impressions of each of the stamps named in the list and request you will take two of each for Rowland Hill Esq. and yourself and then seal the package and forward it together with a letter which you will also find addressed to him, to Mr. Ormond Hill.”rnIt turned out that the supply of the Crown Agents‘ property was given without authority.rnOrmond Hill was not asked to return the "specimens", and in fact, all were treated as private property. Nevertheless, the case destroyed Perkins Bacon as future printers for the Crown Agents.rnFrom Peter Jaffe in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon", published for Spink & Son Ltd by James Bendon Ltd. (1998).rn1855: 2 d. rose-carmine, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, struck with part "CANCELLED" obliterator in black; close to large margins all round, position 2 from the block of six (2 x 3) sent to Ormond Hill from which just five examples are recorded by Peter Jaffe, one of which (position 4) is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Exceptionally rare. Cert. RPSV (2014) Gi = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection Peter Jaffe, Millennium, Sydney, 15 March 2006, lot 1052; Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1038. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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10187 imageOn 18 April 1861 Ormond Hill, the nephew of Rowland Hill, wrote to Joshua Butters Bacon the head of Perkins Bacon and Co.:rn"My dear Sir, Two or three of my friends who are collectors of Postage Stamps have asked me to procure for them specimens of new or uncommon stamps whenever I have it in my power. It occurs to me that perhaps you may be able to give me a few ...”rnHe added on 24 April:rn"... I should be glad to have six stamps of each kind ...”rnOn 15 August J. Upham (for J.B. Bacon) sent the stamps to Pearson Hill with the following letter:rn"Dear Sir, I beg now to send you as promised ... an envelope addressed to Ormond Hill Esq. containing 6 obliterated impressions of each of the stamps named in the list and request you will take two of each for Rowland Hill Esq. and yourself and then seal the package and forward it together with a letter which you will also find addressed to him, to Mr. Ormond Hill.”rnIt turned out that the supply of the Crown Agents‘ property was given without authority.rnOrmond Hill was not asked to return the "specimens", and in fact, all were treated as private property. Nevertheless, the case destroyed Perkins Bacon as future printers for the Crown Agents.rnFrom Peter Jaffe in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon", published for Spink & Son Ltd by James Bendon Ltd. (1998).rn1855: 6 d. deep blue, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, struck with part "CANCELLED" obliterator in black; large margins all round, position 3 from the block of six (2 x 3) sent to Ormond Hill from which just five examples are recorded by Peter Jaffe, one of which (position 4) the adjoining stamp to this, is housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This particular example of superb quality Gi = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, 14 May 1990, lot 142; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, 23 Nov 2017, ex lot 6222. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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