WORLDWIDE STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY ROBERT JOHNSON - BOER WAR PERIOD MAIL TO OVERSEAS
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 520
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MAIL TO G.B. FROM SMALLER P.O.s - SCARCE CENSORS, O.A.S. COVERS, REGISTERED, ETC.; 1900-2 covers & card all to G.B. with a good variety of smaller village P.O. cancels inc. hand-picked strikes of cds of ANENOUS (+ Numeral + Port Nolloth "PASSED CENSOR" in red), CONCORDIA IN NAMAQUALAND (2; one regd.), HENNING (regd.), NOUT KRAAL (2; one regd.), KATBERG, KRAAIPAN, KROM RIVER (from Winston Churchill's cousin the 9th Duke of Marlbro' OAS), LAINGSBURG, LIBODI, MT FLETCHER, NAAUWPOORT, PAMPOEN POORT (triangular cancel), PEDDIE (only known example? - cover stains), POTFONTEIN (2; one regd.), PRIESKA (2; one regd.), SCHOOMBIE, STORMBERG JUNCTION, TAAIBOSCH, WITTEKLIP & ZWAGERS HOEK. Good lot. (38 covers + 1 card) Cross Reference : MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 190.00
Sold...GBP 440.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 521
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Cat No: Collection
LETTER-MAIL TO G.B. - REGISTERED, O.H.M.S., ROUND-WORLD COVER, "PARCEL" H.S., ETC.; 1899-1902 covers with a good range of rates & usages inc. Apr. 1902 transit env. ex GSWA (2½pf Blue with "UKAMAS" cds); selection of regd. mail inc. fine "IMPERIAL TRANSPORT SERVICE" imprint env., 1900/1 pair ex Mafeking with s. line "REGISTERED" (one oddly overstruck on matching "PARCEL" struck in error), 3d+6d on large env. ex Potfontein; 1901 scarce "GRIMSBY & PETERBORO/STG.TENDER" arrival cds), colourful (tho' battered) 1901 env. ex GB to Egypt/CGH/Japan & back with numerous stamps of the different countries, 1900 perf. Union Jack label, 1900/1 OHMS pair with oval "ON POSTAL SERVICE/[Arms]/CGH" cachets, etc. Good variety. (65 covers) Cross Reference : GERMAN COLONIES, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, REGISTERED MAIL, T.P.O.s AND STATION MARKS (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 522
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LETTER-MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES - CHINA, AUSTRALIA, WEST INDIES, N. AMERICA & EUROPE; 1899-1902 covers (many registered) with a wide range of destination countries inc. China (stampless OAS env. - some wear - ex Mafeking to Shanghai, redirected to "CHUNGKING" with "ICHANG" and other backstamps), 1900 regd. to Barbados, OHMS AR env. to US (in transit when War started) with superb oval purple RLB/CAPE TOWN d.s., 1901 orange censor label (to US), regd. to NZ, NSW, B. Guiana, Western Australia, Canada (2), Malta, 1900 Round-the-World (GB/NZ/Mexico/CGH/India!), Holland (2; scarce WILLOWMORE censor+label and with RIEBEEK WEST cds + "4" barred circle cancel), Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, etc. Good lot. (51 covers) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, BARBADOS, CHINA (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 523
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Cat No: Collection
POSTAL STATIONERY USAGES TO OVERSEAS - REGISTERED/PLAIN ENVELOPES, POSTCARDS, ETC.; 1899-1902 collection inc. (mainly uprated) letter-cards (7 CGH + 1 GB; to Germany, Austria, France or GB - latter with GB ER resealed label endorsed "Perforations torn off in posting office" at Edinburgh), regd. envs. (16 in 3 sizes; to GB or Germany - with CGH values up to 6d) or envelopes (21; to USA, GB or Europe - inc. Gibraltar - with several regd., one underpaid, etc.). Good variety of cancels and frankings. Attractive lot. (44 covers/cards) Cross Reference : MILITARY - BOER WAR, POSTAL STATIONERY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 190.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 524
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Cat No: Collection
PARCEL RATES, NEWSPAPER/BOOK-POSTS & PRINTED MATTER (INC. ADVERTISING COVERS); 1899-1902 lot inc. 3 Parcel tags to GB with CGH 4s-6d (ex Maclear - 4x1/- + 6d), 2s-9d (ex Kimberley with 3x1d + 5x6d; regd.) or 8d (ex Mafeking with 4dx2; regd.) rates, large parcel piece at 1s-6d rate (ex Norvals Point with 1/- + 3d + 2½d + ½d), large parcel piece with CGH "BRITISH & FOREIGN PARCEL POST" label with London CGH transit label, good range of advertising covers (15; some pictorial), and scarce group of printed matter/book-post/newspaper-rate items. Scarce group. (25 items) Cross Reference : ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, PARCEL POST LABELS, MILITARY - BOER WAR, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 525
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POSTCARD RATES - PICTURE & POSTAL STATIONERY - CENSORS (SCARCE), VARIED CANCELS, ETC.; 1899-2 range inc. 4 1d Red P. Stat. cards with printed pictures back or front (to Jamaica, Western Australia, St. Thomas or GB), odd overpaid 1900 PPC to Vienna (½d+1d+2x6d!), 1d on 1½d P. Stat. PC to Russia, trio of uprated OFS "VRI/½d" PCs to GB, useful very early PPCs (from 1899), 1900 uprated ½d Green PC with ½d to India, and 6 cards to various countries with censor marks (scarce on PCs). Good lot. (35 cards) Cross Reference : POSTAL STATIONERY, PICTURE POSTCARDS, MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 526
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POSTAGE DUE/INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (MAINLY TO OVERSEAS) INC. FRENCH/DUTCH P. DUE LABELS, ETC.; 1899-1902 covers/cards mainly underpaid with P. Due marks; inc. 1902 trio with arrival P. Due labels of Holland (2; 10c Pair or 5c) or France (50c), 1901 to GB with Cape Town h.s. "TAX" struck in error, 1901 ex Natal with Cape Town "ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED", 1902 boxed "POSTED LATE" of Grahamstown, and range of CGH h.s. Numerals; "1d" (4 on internal mail), "2d" (6; to/from Rhodesia/ORC/Transvaal and 1 ex GB), "3d" (to Germany), "5D" (ingoing unpaid ex Holland) or "6D" (1899 to Rhodesia). Plus 11 covers to GB all with London "I.S"/"F.B" h.s. charge-numerals (inc. 29 June 1901 pair to same address with OFS o.p. ½d Pair - charged 1d - or with GB 2d - no charge in GB - both with Middelburg "T" marks cancelled with blobs in GB). Good variety. (31 covers) Cross Reference : POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE, NATAL, NETHERLANDS (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Sep-07-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 832
Lot No: 527
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INGOING/TRANSIT MAIL - VICTORIA TO B. C.A./EAST AFRICA, TO MAFEKING SIEGE, EX JAPAN & S.W.A., ETC.; Unusual 1899-1902 group of covers/cards inc. remarkable Jan./Apr. 1900 env. (opened out) from Australia (Victoria) to "Freretown East Africa" via Cape Town, L. Marques, CHINDE (cds tying rare usage of the VR/OFFICIALLY OPENED..." label there) & Zanzibar; plus Oct. 1899 env. ex GB to Mafeking (held during siege & returned), Nov. 1899 PC ex Japan, much-travelled 1900 env. ex Ireland with "ADVERTISED" purple bilingual "Not called for" etc., and 1902 pair of envs. ex German SWA to GB with KEETMANSHOOP/UKAMAS cds's & Cape Town censors. Unusual lot. (10 covers/cards) Cross Reference : VICTORIA, BRITISH EAST AFRICA, GERMAN COLONIES, SOUTH WEST AFRICA (Image)