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Boer War: Springbokfontein, Namaqualand: 1902 (29 May) envel
Boer War: Springbokfontein, Namaqualand: 1902 (29 May) envelope from Springbokfontein to Cape Town bearing 1893-98 ½d yellow-green PAIR, cancelled by rare magenta script "Springbokfontein" handstamp (unrecorded by Frescura) and ms date "27 – 5 – 02," violet Press and Cape Town civil censor double circle handstamp, exceedingly Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 61.
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Used to England: 1867 (Oct.) single packet rate mourning env
Used to England: 1867 (Oct.) single packet rate mourning envelope from Port Elizabeth to Barking, Essex, England bearing 1864-67 1s green, cancelled by Port Elizabeth Cape Colony c.d.s. repeated along side, endorsed "Per Mail Steamer" and bears Cape Town transit c.d.s. with red London Paid transit of 23 November 1867 and two additional different smaller red London c.d.s. backstamps, very fine and attractive., ex Dillaway.
SG 26a.
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"254" BONC transferred from Gamtoos River Ferry to Thorngrov
"254" BONC transferred from Gamtoos River Ferry to Thorngrove, 1893 (4 Oct.) envelope from Thorngrove to Cradock bearing 1884-90 1d carmine-red cancelled by "254" BONC with THORNGROVE OC 4 93 CGH c.d.s. along side, backstamped CRADOCK OC 4 93 C.G.H. Frescura records the latest use of the "254" BONC in Gamtoos River Ferry as 7 June 1887, Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 49a.
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Cape of Good Hope and mostly South African Colonies, group o
Cape of Good Hope and mostly South African Colonies, group of over 55 Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century covers in cigar box, including Cape 1873 Registered letter accompanying receipt cover to be, retained by the Post Office from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, 1888 cover from Kei Bridge to London, stamps 1d (4) and 2d with "647" BONC cancels, two "POSTED LATE" covers bearing boxed handstamps, one 1889 to Springfield, Mass., the other 1893 to Port Elizabeth, another "TOO LATE" cover, 1892 from Port Elizabeth to Richmond, 1896 Registered cover to Vienna, Austria, two different EASTERN T.P.O. picture postcards to the U.K., 1900 cover to Bulawayo with FOUND OPEN & OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN THE POST OFFICE label on reverse, 1901 Book Post printed label for Photographs bearing six 1d "Standing Hope," Ex Bertolaja, much other Boer War material with a P.O.W. cover from St. Helena to Bloemfontein bearing 1880 perf. 14 1d, Transvaal 1900 cover to Johannesburg bearing 1896-97 ½d to 1s (8 values) cancelled by violet oval Modderspruit datestamps, extensive range of postal stationery with Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1903 Registered cover to New Zealand, Orange Free State 1906 picture postcard to Koffyfontein bearing Edward ½d with T.P.O. SOUTH O.R.C. 2 c.d.s., much fine to very fine though some small faults to be expected, many colorful and attractive items, a valuable lot worth careful inspection., ex Dillaway.
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Used to Scotland: 1881 (20 Oct.) blue envelope from King Wil
Used to Scotland: 1881 (20 Oct.) blue envelope from King Williams Town to Edinburgh, Scotland bearing 1864-77 6d violet ("G" overprint, type 17), cancelled by barred oval "4" handstamp, endorsed "Per R. M. Steamer" and bears KING WILLIAMS TOWN OC 20 81 c.d.s., backstamped with CAPE TOWN OC 25 81 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. and Edinburgh receiver of 10 November 1881, scarce, ex Dillaway.
SG GW 27.
The use of Griqualand West stamps became obsolete in the territory in October 1880 with unused supplies being returned to Cape Town from Kimberley for redistribution to certain Cape post offices.
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Registered mail originating in the Orange Free State via Cap
Registered mail originating in the Orange Free State via Cape Town and England to the United States:, 1872 (6 SP) large blue registered envelope to the Orange Free State Consul General in Washington D.C., forwarded to Philadelphia bearing Cape 1864-77 1s green pair (wing margin at right) and 1871-76 1d carmine-red pair cancelled by barred oval "1" handstamps, additionally tied by REGISTERED SP 13 72 CAPE TOWN-CAPE COLONY datestamp (RL 1), also BLOEMFONTEIN SP 6 1872 O.F. STATE and a variety of rate markings with red "1/1," "1/-," red "6" and blue "5," small cover faults, mostly creasing. Rare., ex Dillaway, B.P.A. Cert. (2001).
SG 26a, 29.
The rate make-up has been explained as follows: O.F.S. to Cape 4d (should have been prepaid in O.F.S.), Cape to G.B. 1s, Registration to G.B. 4d, G.B. to U.S.A. @ 3d rate =2d (less 1d as inland post paid in rate), Registration to U.S.A. 4d for a total of 2s 2d.
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Cape of Good Hope: The fiscal collection written up on ten e
Cape of Good Hope: The fiscal collection written up on ten exhibition pages, 13 items, including bank cancellations from Port Elizabeth (3) and Kind Williams Town, 1863-64 4d slate blue pair with pretty blue oval TREASURY CAPE OF GOOD HOPE datestamp with B.P.A. Cert. (1960), group of checks, promissory notes, exchange bills (5), 1855-63 6d slate lilac used on High Sheriff’s Office stationery, 1865 6d blue fiscal stamp used on cover, purportedly a Jurgens forgery, mixed condition., ex Dillaway,
A fascinating lot.
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Official Mail: 1879 (26 Aug.) large part folded O.H.M.S. Mon
Official Mail: 1879 (26 Aug.) large part folded O.H.M.S. Money Order Business cover from Grahamstown to The Postmaster General, Cape Town, bears GRAHAMSTOWN AU 26 79 c.d.s., REGISTERED straight-line handstamp (RL 2) and two strikes of the REGISTERED AU 30 79 CAPE TOWN-CAPE COLONY datestamp (RL 1), very fine, ex Dillaway.
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Registered Mail: 1868 (8 Feb.) double rate registered folded
Registered Mail: 1868 (8 Feb.) double rate registered folded letter from Cape Town to Lady Grey, Aliwal North, bearing 1864-77 4d pale blue pair and 6d deep lilac cancelled by barred oval "1" handstamps, cover bears REGISTERED 8 FE 68 CAPE TOWN-CAPE COLONY datestamp (RL 1), attractive, ex Dillaway, Signed Richard Johnson.
SG 24.
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Cape of Good Hope: The reference collection of forgeries and
Cape of Good Hope: The reference collection of forgeries and reprints on stock pages, all printings, 79 forgeries and 7 reprints, few are identified, Spiro, Earie, etc, also nine genuine but some questionable, a bisect on piece and a rouletted 4d, mixed condition., ex Dillaway.
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