1853 1d brick-red on slightly blued paper, U with three good margins, SG.3. (1) Cat. £350 (Image)

1853 1d deep brick-red, VFU with clear to large margins, SG.1a. (1) Cat. £500 (Image)

1853 1d pale brick-red, FU large margined example, SG.1. (1) Cat. £450 (Image)

1853 4d deep blue, FU with three good margins, SG.2, 4d deep blue on good to very large margined example, FU on slightly blued paper, SG.4. Cat. £505. (Image)

1855-63 1s bright yellow green on white paper, U pair, large margins on three sides giving one superb stamp, SG.8, Cat. £650++ (Image)

1860 cover from Cape Town to Manchester, franked 6d pale rose lilac, tied by fine triangle cancel, London transit & Manchester receiver. (Image)

1863-64 1d deep red brown, U with clear to huge margins, minor fault, SG.18b, 4d steel blue, U with large margins, SG.19c. (2) Cat. £700 (Image)

Mainly U collection on leaves incl. triangle 1d (6), 4d (7), 6d (2), 1s (2) in mixed condition (to sort), Seated Hope issues with 1868 4d on 6d (6) one with 'FONR' variety, missing corner perf (Cat. £700), 1871-76 to 5s (5), 1874-76 1d on 6d (Cat. £160), Surcharges, 1902-04 to 5s (2), few Revenues with 1864 Stamp Act 12s M, Edwards to 10s etc, poor to fine. (275) (Image)

Postal history 1868-1911 accumulation of covers, M & U postal stationery & PPC's, good mix of QV & KEVII periods, note some postmark interest incl. a few Ocean Post Office marks, several censored covers incl. one to St. Helena, incoming 1905 PPC from USA with 'Officially Re-directed at Cape Town' cachet applied, UK parcel post label for the Cape, also eight items of pre-stamp or stampless fragments or wrappers with various early marks. Mixed condition (approx 170 items). (Image)

1871 5s Plate Proof in yellow-orange in imperf pair on thick, glazed paper o/pt cancelled. Fine. (Image)

Too Late Instructional Markings 1872 (1 July) locally addressed entire at Cape Town, 1873 (14 July) entire (no side flaps) from Port Elizabeth, 1895 (2 Mar) ½d stationery card from Port Elizabeth to O.F.S, 1898 (28 Sep) 1d on 1½d stationery card from Cape Town to France and re-addressed to Germany and 1903 (Dec) PPC from Cape Town to Transkei, all showing Too Late h/stamps with Types SP 7 (2), SP 8, SP 16 and a type similar to SP 13 but with 'TOO LATE.' A good lot. (5) (Image)

TAX HAND STAMPS 1889-1909 on envelopes (4), 1½d stationery card & PPC's (8), variously addressed & franked (one from Jamaica) showing a range of markings incl. unframed 'T' (3) - one bearing Transvaal ½d postage due, large 'T 1,' oval framed 'T/20c' on card to Madagascar and three with m/s notation. A lot worth viewing. (Image)

TAX HAND STAMPS 1892-1909 on envelopes (6), stationery card & PPC's (3) incl. mail from Denmark, Italy (3) and Victoria, h/stamps comprise 2d Types PD9, PD13 and on unlisted, 2½d Type PD15, 3d Type PD16, 4d Type PD17, 5d Type PD19, 8d Type PD20, 10d (unlisted), generally fine strikes. (Image)

TAX HAND STAMPS 1895-1909 ½d stationery envelopes, stationery cards (2) & PPC's (5) incl. mail from Ceylon, NSW & Victoria, all showing 1d h/stamps incl. Types PD3, PD5, PD6, PD7 & PD8, mostly fine strikes. (8) (Image)

1900 Table Mountain 1d carmine Imperf Plate Proof block of four, from the right side showing the marginal rule, fine M (2 stamps creased). (Image)