BRITISH AFRICA continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1241 |
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 NIGERIA: 1899 On Active Service cover endorsed at upper-right "Yalwa L Borgn/Nigeria/IN Wilson Lieut/WAFF" (= West Africa Field
Force) to "India Office/Whitehall" with largely superb double-oval 'LOKOJA/11AUG1899/POST OFFICE' datestamp & on the reverse double-boxed 'THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY/.../20AUG1899/POST OFFICE/BURUTU' both in violet, London arrival backstamp of SP14/99
where taxed 1d instead of the officer's rate of 6d. The purpose of this campaign was to expel French forces from NW Nigeria. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1242 |
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 NIGERIA: 1900 On Active Service cover to London with largely superb double-oval 'LOKOJA/17JAN1900/POST OFFICE' datestamp in violet,
London arrival backstamp of FE26/00 where taxed 2d in red but corrected to 1d, repairs on the reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1243 |
PSE |
 NYASALAND: 1898 usage of GB 2½d Envelope to "Mitsidi/Zambesi Industral [sic] Mission/Blantyre Province/..." with very fine
'CHINDE/MY18/98/BCA' & 'BLANTYRE/25MY/98/BCA' backstamps, minor gum-stains on the reverse. The ZIM was founded in 1892 with the goal of educating the natives in preparation for independence! (which didn't occur until 5.7.1964). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1244 |
PSE |
 NYASALAND: 1901-12 KEVII Penny Rate usages comprising 'British Central Africa Gazette' OHMS wrapper, cover to GB from 'FORT
JOHNSON' with enclosed letter from a woman, cover with 'KOTA KOTA' cancel & 'CHINDE BPO' backstamp, and Wrappers from 'ZOMBA, NYASALAND' or 'LIMBE/NYASALAND' (skeleton cds).
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1245 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: 1896-97 Queen Victoria Keyplates ½d to £1 set SG 41-53, the lower values with small hinge remainders a couple of
which are lightly aged, the 5/- very well-centred & lightly mounted (possibly unmounted), the £1 quite well-centred with a tiny hinge remainder, Cat £475.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1246 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: 1903 KEVII Crown CA Watermark £1 purple/red SG 98, small-part hinge remainder, Cat £300. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British East Africa 98] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1247 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: 1907-12 KEVII Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark ½d to £1 set SG 99-111, the lower values with small hinge
remainders a couple slightly rubbed, the 5/- very well-centred with some light gum aging, the £1 quite well-centred with a tiny hinge remainder, Cat £425.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1248 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: 1932 KGV Palmtrees ½d to £1 set SG 155-167, the 10/- & £1 both well-centred, a few with small hinge remainders and/or
minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £275.
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1249 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: 1933 Abolition of Slavery Centenary ½d to £1 set SG 168-180, above-average centring, lightly mounted (including the
£1) or with small hinge remainders, Cat £1100.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1250 |
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 SIERRA LEONE: PPCs with 1901 Undivided Back 'Congo town bridge broken through heavy rains' to GB with superb 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR
PACKET/...' cds in red, 1906 'West African Force at Magbélé' to USA with scarce 'MOYAMBA' cds, 1908 Paris & Co 'Types of West India Regiment' to GB, 1914 'A fine sample of weaving' to Switzerland with large-part boxed 'TRAVELLING POST
OFFICE/FREE[TOWN - BO]/SIER[RA LEONE]' d/s, and 1919 Lisk-Carew 'Congo Bridge/Mountain/Railway' to GB with message headed "Sherbro" & cds of 'YORK ISLAND' & 'BONTHE', some blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1251 |
PSE |
 SIERRA LEONE: Postal history group with Registration Envelopes to GB of 1894 with QV 1d x2 & 2½d, 1929 from 'BONTHE', 1955 from
'SEGBWEMA' and 1960 from 'LUNGI' with 'Lungi Airport' R label, also 1910 internal to "Rev W Groves/...Countess of Huntingdale Connexion/Waterloo" with arrival backstamp & from 'WATERLOO' to Rev Groves in Essex, 1904 KEVII 1d Envelope from 'BO' to
Ireland and larger format with 'PAQUEBOT/PLYMOUTH' cds, 1906 PPC ('Kissy Street') to Belgium with 'SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP-LETTER' cds, 1918 real photo PPC (local Army soccer team) with 'CHIEF ORDNANCE OFFICER' datestamp (censorship?), WWII 1939 with
'PASSED BY CENSOR/("initials")', woodcut 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in blue, tiny 'CENSOR/ 2 ' in violet registered from 'BONTHE' & British-pattern 'OO/2' from 'SEGBWEMA', 1946 & 1953 with boxed 'POSTED ON STEAMER' handstamp, etc, generally fine to very
fine. [Founded in 1783, the Countess of Huntingdale Connexion is a society of evangelical churches in England & Sierra Leone] (20)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1252 |
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 SOMALILAND: 1903 (Apr 30) OAS cover to London endorsed "no stamps available/HMLC" but with Indian ½a pair affixed & tied by light
but discernible 'BASE OFFICE/OBBIA' cds in use at Berbera, poor Aden transit & London arrival backstamp of MY15/03. The Base Office mnoved from Obbia to Berbera mid-April 1903 but the new cds was not supplied until June. The initials & family crest
on the flap identify the sender as Captain HM Lenox-Conyngham, the Army Veterinary Inspector. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1253 |
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 SOMALILAND: 1903 (June 19) PPC from England to "Captain RS Phillips/9th Sikhs/Somaliland Field Force/ via Aden" with 'ADEN/JU28/03'
transit & large-part 'BASE OFFICE/30JU03/BERBERA' arrival cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1254 |
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 SOMALILAND: 1904 (Jan 18) cover endorsed "Sgt Eade Somali Field Force" with Overprints on India KEVII ½a & 1a affixed but
uncancelled, largely fine 'BASE OFFICE/BERBERA' backstamp & superb 'T' handstamp, very fine Aden transit & Edinburgh arrival of JA31/04, London '1D/I.S./F.' handstamp. Sgt Eade was with the Hampshire Regiment, recently attached to the Aden-Yemen
Boundary Commission. Only unoverprinted Indian stamps were valid through the Army system. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1255 |
PSE |
 SOUTH WEST AFRICA: 1896 (Dec 16) usage of CofGH 1d Postal Card to German East Africa with poor but discernible 'WALFISH BAY' cds
not cancelling the stamp, transit cds of Durban (DE27/1896) & 'ZANZIBAR/18JA/97' and 'DAR-ES-SALAAM/20 1/97' arrival, two messages in German in different hands, very light soiling. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1256 |
PSE |
 SOUTH WEST AFRICA: 1906 (Mar 23) usage of CofGH KEVII 1d Postal Card ('Table Mountain from Docks...' showing lighthouse) to Germany
with largely fine 'WALFISH BAY' cds, to Germany, faint aging. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1257 |
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 SWAZILAND: Postal history group including philatelic cover (faults) with Transvaal 2d & 'MBABANE/ 31DEC32' last day before Swazi
stamps, 1933 to USA with KGV ½d & 1d pairs, 1943 to USA with KGVI 1½d x2 & US 'SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO.../EXECUTIVE ORDER s989 AS AMENDED' cachet, 1959 local PPC (natives building a hut) to GB, others from 'BREMERSDORP', 'EZULWINI' to
Belgium x2 & France, 'HLATIKULI' registered with large R cachet, 'KWALUSENI' with superb large R cachet and 'PIGGS PEAK' to South Africa or USA x2 with South African or British censor labels, etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1258 |
PSE |
 TANGANYIKA: 1919 usage of 'G.E.A.' Overprint on East Africa & Uganda 6c postal card, to Germany with faint 'WILHELMSTAL' cds, light
'TANGA' backstamp & 'PASSED CENSOR/TANGA' handstamp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$125
Currently Opening at...AU$95.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1259 |
PSE |
 ZANZIBAR: Box of postal history including 1891 desiccated cover to Bombay with Indian 2a & 3a, 1891 usage of Indian 1½a Postal
Card, 1895 usage of 2a6p Surcharged Envelope, 1896 philatelic piece with BEA ½a & 1a, Zanzibar commercial usages of Postal Cards x3, 2½a uprated to Germany, Registration Envelopes four different to GEA, GB x2 or USA and Wrapper 1a to Kenya, 1891
Dutch Indies 5c Postal Card with 'ZANZIBAR' arrival & redirected to Italy, 1933 underpaid Mozambique PPC with 10c olive & 'T'-in-circle, 1940s-50s airmails to Kenya, India, GB x2 & official to Switzerland (to the WHO in Geneva), 1940 advertising
cover to USA with red/white 'Opened by Censor' label, Printed Matter 1937 postcard to GB & 1939 cover to India, 1949 to GB with UPU 30c solo & advertising postcard by air to GB with 10c black + Wedding 20c pair, etc, also two 25c IRCs and 1908-09 3c
6c 12c & 15c each with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (41 + 4 stamps) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1260 |
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 ZULULAND: 1888-93 Overprints on Great Britain Queen Victoria ½d to 1/- SG 1-10, most with above-average centring & fresh colours,
small hinge remainders, Cat £600+.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
