BRITISH AFRICA continued...
BRITISH AFRICA continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1261 |
 |
 ZULULAND: 1879 stampless cover endorsed at lower-left "On Active Service/in the Field/CB Vyvyan 2nd Lt/The Buffs", to GB with
superb '6d'-in-circle handstamp of Durban (backstamp of 14.6/1879, three different London backstamps of JY14/79, minor soiling mostly on the reverse. Ex Wilson Wong. 6d was the rate for an officer's letter. The first British invasion Jan-Apr 1879
resulted in a decisive Zulu victory at Rorke's Drift. The heavily reinforced Second Invasion Apr-May 1879 was successful. The sender, Courtenay Bourchier Vyvyan, later saw service in the 1896 Marabele Rebellion in Rhodesia and was a senior officer
during the Siege of Mafeking. The Royal East Kent Regiment was knows as the Buffs, for the colour of their coats. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1262 |
|
 ZULULAND: 1907 Dinuzulu Disturbance On Active Service usage of PPC ('A renowned Zulu chief...') endorsed "D Simmons/Sergt DLI [=
Durban Light Infantry]/Entonjeni" & tightly-written message headed "A Co DLI /Entonjeni/Zululand 14.12.07", to Natal with superb 'MELMOTH/DE15/07/ZULULAND' cds & very fine 'POINT/ DE18/07/NATAL' arrival cds, light soiling. Rare: only 10 items
recorded. Ex Bill Hart and Wilson Wong. The writer states "...We have had some very hilly marching...Dinizulu being now in custody...We have orders to leave at 7 in the morning..." Natal issued a warrant to arrest King Dinuzulu for treason, for
supporting the 1906 Bambata Rebellion. Dinizulu surrendered, the incident was over within a month, & he served two years of a four-year sentence.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
BRITISH WEST INDIES
BRITISH WEST INDIES
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1263 |
TO |
 ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis ½c to 50c plus $2.50 & $5 SG 1-12, 15 & 16 CTO without gum, a
few of the values below 25c with small tonespots on the reverse, the $2.50 with a couple of small bends, the $5 with minor ink marks, plus extra ½c, Cat £2200+. RPSL Certificate (1998) for the $2.50, which does not mention the bends.
This was a very limited provisional issue. Of the denominations between ½c & 25c, no more than 4250 (the 2c) were produced. Of the higher values the numbers were 50c x175, 60c x100, $1 x175, $2.50 x225 & $5 x225. [A complete CTO set - Cat £4250 -
sold at our auction of 26.3.2021 for $7080]
(15) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 1-12] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1264 |
 / |
 ANTIGUA: Mint selection on leaves from 1921-29 KGV Multiple Script CA Wmk set to 4/- (ex 1d scarlet & 2½d ultramarine), also with
1932 Tercentenary set & 1935 Silver Jubilee, all lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, then 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials set ** and 1948 Wedding 5/- x3 (two are **), etc, a couple with minor aging marks but mostly fresh & fine to very fine, Cat
£620+.
(50+) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1265 |
#O |
 ANTIGUA: 1862-87 Queen Victoria selection including No Wmk Perf 14-16 6d green unused (RPSL Certificate 1979), Small Star Wmk 1d
dull rose, 1d vermilion & 6d green (the latter with vertical marginal wmk lines) all unused plus 6d yellow-green used, Crown CC Wmk Perf 14 1d lake * x2 & 6d green unused x2 and Perf 12½ 1d lake unused & 6d green *, Crown CA Wmk 2½d brown unused &
used, 4d blue unused & 1/- mauve * (minor toning), etc, centring variable, a few minor blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £5300+.
(Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1266 |
F |
 ANTIGUA: 1903-07 KEVII Keyplate Crown CC Wmk 5/- grey-green & violet Chalk-Surfaced Paper SG 40b, light complete St Johns 1915 cds
cancel, Cat £250. (Image1)
(Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 40b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$120
Currently Opening at...AU$90.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1267 |
/O |
 BAHAMAS: Mint selection on leaves from 1863-80 QV Crown CC Wmk 1d red * & 1/- Perf 12½ used (Cat £300) and 1898 Crown CA Wmk 1/- *,
also a range of KEVII & KGV Heads to 1/-, 1912-19 Staircase Crown CA Wmk set plus extra shades, War Tax overprints to 1/-, 1930 Tercentenary Seal set plus 1931 2/- x4 shades & 3/- x3 shades all lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, then
1942 Landfall set **, 1948 Eleuthera Tercentenary set (ex 3/-) in block of 4 ** & 1948 Wedding £1 **, etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1250+.
(160+) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
|
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1268 |
F |
 BAHAMAS: 1859-60 Queen Victoria No Wmk 1d lake on Thick Opaque Paper SG 1, good even margins, small-part numeral cancel largely
clear of the Queen's face, Cat £1500. BPA Certificate (1964). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1269 |
#O |
 BAHAMAS: 1861-82 Queen Victoria selection including No Wmk Rough Perf 14-16 1d lake unused & used, Perf 12 6d lavender used, and
Perf 13 6d lilac used, Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1d brown-lake unused & used, 4d rose unused x2 & used x2, 6d violet x2 unused & 1/- green used, Perf 14 1d scarlet-vermilion x5 unused and 4d rose-lake unused (APS Certificate 1979) & used, Crown CA Wmk
Perf 12 1d unused, etc, centring variable, a few with minor blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4250+.
(23) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
|
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1270 |
# |
 BAHAMAS: 1862 Queen Victoria No Wmk Perf 13 6d violet SG 19a, slightly wayward centring as usual, unused without gum, Cat £2750.
Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2024). (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 19a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1271 |
# |
 BAHAMAS: 1865 Queen Victoria Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1/- green SG 38, quite well-centred, a few uneven/short perfs especially at
right, tiny corner crease, unused without gum, Cat £2750. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2024). (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 38] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1272 |
|
 BAHAMAS: circa 1883 cover to Connecticut franked 1882 Perf 12 4d rose x2 with poor cancels &'BAHAMAS/JA6/18??/ B ' backstamp, two
strikes of 'NEW YORK/JAN 12//DUE 6/US CURRENCY' cds (no year), light overall soiling. Scarce double-rate taxed cover to one of the smaller American States. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1273 |
#O |
 BARBADOS: 1852-70 Queen Victoria No Wmk selection including Blued Paper Imperf (½d) green shaved at left, (½d) yellow-green margins
close to good, (1d) deep blue margins good to large and (4d) brownish red margins close to large with small nick at right all used plus (1d) blue with fine even margins *, White Paper (1d) deep blue, 6d deep rose-red & 1/- brown-black used all
slightly shaved plus 1/- black * with good even margins, Clean Cut Perf 14-16 (½d) deep green unused, etc, the used with Numeral '1' in bars or in rays, a few with minor blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £2250+.
(14) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1274 |
F |
 BARBADOS: 1873 Britannia Small Star Watermark (Sideways) 5/- dull rose SG 64, largely very fine large-part 'BARBADOS/AU10/1877' cds
cancel, a little soiled, Cat £300. JH Stolow guarantee handstamp in reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 64] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1275 |
|
 BARBADOS: 1854 (Sep 4) mourning envelope to "The Lieutenant Governor/Tobago" with Imperf (1d) blue SG 3 (small faults at left) tied
by light but discernible BN '11' and largely very fine Parish 'SP 4/1854/ 11 ' (the numeral sideways) of St Lucy, unframed 'BARBADOES/SPO5/1854' transit backstamp, watery "4" for the incoming shipletter fee applied on arrival, minor tape-stains on
the reverse do not affect the fine facial appearance. Excepting '1' (GPO), all the Parish Numeral covers are rare. Peter Jaffé had none; 'Britannia' had only one, 3.1.1857 internal cover with very fine '11', that sold in 2016 for £1920; 'Besancon'
had only one, also internal from St Lucy with jottings on the face, that sold in 2022 for SFr4635; and Frank Deakin had no covers but his superb '11' on a very fine (1d) sold in 2010 for £805. According to Clarke Radford & Cave (1982), the ERD for
any of the Parish Daters is 12.5.1855: this is eight months earlier, making it a very significant cover. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1276 |
#O |
 BERMUDA: 1865-1904 Queen Victoria selection including Crown CC Wmk Perf 14 unused 1d rose-red, 2d bright blue, 3d buff x2, 6d dull
purple (small-part gum; rounded lower-left corner) and 1/- green, 1874 'THREE PENCE' Surcharges Type 6a & Type 7 on 1/- both used with minor faults (the latter with BPA Certificate) and 1875 'One/Penny' Surcharges on 2d blue unused & used, on 3d buff
used and on 1/- green unused x2 (one with wing margin; regummed), and Crown CA Wmk set * plus a few shades, etc, centring variable, a few minor blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £7800+.
(38) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1277 |
#O |
 BRITISH GUIANA: 1853-76 Ships selection with Imperforate 1c vermilion margins good to slightly shaved & 1c dull red good margins
just touched at lower-right, thinned (BPA Certificate 1969) and 4c blue margins good to just touched at top, small thin & 4c pale blue cut-into at top with very fine 'DEMERARA/MR19/1855' cds, plus Framed Corner Figures 4c margins good to large, all
used, then Perforated range including 1c rose used, 1c reddish-brown unused & used, 1c brown used, 1c black unused, 2c orange unused x2, etc, centring variable, a few others with minor blemishes but the Perforated mostly fine to very fine, Cat
£7800+.
(19) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
|
Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1278 |
F |
 BRITISH GUIANA: 1852 Ship 1c black/magenta SG 9, margins close to just touching, large-part very fine 'DEMER[ARA]' cds cancel, Cat
£6500. BPA Certificate (2000) states "repaired at lower right". (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 9] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1279 |
F |
 BRITISH GUIANA: 1852 Ship 4c black/Prussian blue SG 10, margins close to huge at left & top, two partial strikes of the Demerara
unframed cds, affixed to backing paper to mitigate significant faults, Cat £12,000. A presentable example of this rarity. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [British West Indies 10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
| 1280 |
#O |
 BRITISH HONDURAS: 1865-87 Queen Victoria selection comprising No Wmk 1d pale blue, 1d blue & 6d rose unused plus 1/- green * &
used, Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ 1d blue, 3d red-brown & 6d bright rose-carmine unused plus 6d rose * & used and 1/- green used, and Perf 14 1d blue, 3d chestnut, 4d mauve & 1/- green (the 3d *) plus 6d rose used, Crown CA Wmk 1d blue unused, 1d rose, 4d
mauve, 6d orange & 1/- grey *, and 1888 '20/CENTS' on 6d *, also 4d mauve with Watermark Letter Double-Lined 'R' used, centring variable, most of the mint with large-part gum, a few with minor blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4400+.
(23) (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-10, 05:30 PM |
Previous Page,
Next Page or Return to Table of Contents
|
