1. No category

Rhodesia
Specialized
List No. 161
October 2014
OTTO PEETOOM
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Roos
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HU12 0LD
England
ORMSKIRK STAMPS
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Tel: 01964 670239
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SG
B.S.A.C.
1892 Definitives
1
1d Black
2
6d Ultramarine
3
6d Deep blue
6d Dull blue
4
1/- Grey brown
5
2/- Vermilion
6
2/6 Grey purple
7
2/6 Lilac
8
5/- Watermarked
5/- No watermark
9
10/10 £1
11 £2 Fiscal £12
12 £5 Fiscal £20
13 £10 Fiscal £20
1892 Provisionals
14 ½d on 6d
15 2d on 6d
17 8d on 1s
1892-4
18 ½d Dull blue
19 ½d Deep blue
20 2d
21 3d
22 4d Chestnut
Red brown
23 8d Rose lake
24 8d Red
25 3/26 4/1895 Perf 12½
27 2d
28 4d
28a 4d Imperf pair
1896-7 Large Arms Die I
29 1d Scarlet
29a 1d Carmine red
1d Orange vermillion
30 2d Brown
30a 2d Yellow brown
31 3d
32 4d Ultramarine
32b 4d Blue
33 6d
34 8d
35 1/36 3/37 4/-
UMM
Mint
Used
SG
£25
£12
£55
£34
2.75
£18
3.00
5.00
£11
£28
41
42
43
44
44a
46
47
48
49
50
£65
£35
£52
£33
£44
£63
£63
£90
£385
£100
£42
£42
£70
£120
£125
£360
£525
£160
6.00
£65
£30
£66
£15
2.65
3.00
£18
£16
£32
£32
£15
£15
£135
£34
3.50
5.00
5.25
3.00
3.85
3.85
£16
£15
£65
£35
£20
£20
£1500
£13
£15
£35
£50
£27
£27
7.00
£40
£30
£60
£12
£18
£63
3.50
5.00
2.00
2.00
1.50
£17
0.50
2.25
£30
2.00
51
52
52c
53
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
75a
76
77
78
79
80
80b
81
82
83
83a
84
Page 1
Mint
Large Arms Die II
½d
3.00
1d
9.00
2d Brown
£19
4d Ultramarine
4d Blue
6d
£12
2/£39
2/6
5/£46
10/1896 Matabele Provisionals
1d on 3d
£450
1d on 4/£210
1d Single bar
£825
3d No Watermark
£135
3d Watermarked
£135
1896 COGH Overprints
½d
£13
1d
£14
2d
£19
3d
£40
4d
£21
6d
£50
1/£110
1897 Redrawn Arms
½d
UMM £10
5.00
1d
7.00
2d
£16
3d
6.00
4d
£15
6d
£13
8d
£20
£1 Fiscal £16
£2 Fiscal £25
1898-1908 Small Arms
½d Green
½d Yellow green
4.00
½d Deep green
£27
1d
Rose
£10
1d
Red
7.70
1d
Bright scarlet
9.00
2d
UMM £15
7.00
2½d Blue
£16
2½d Grey blue
3d
£14
4d
£13
6d Reddish purple
£18
6d Reddish mauve
£20
1/- Bistre
£23
Used
2.50
3.35
7.70
9.00
0.50
0.50
9.00
£46
9.00
£53
£560
£175
£175
£16
£18
£10
£55
£18
£55
£110
6.00
6.75
2.80
0.50
3.00
2.50
0.50
£160
2.50
2.50
2.75
0.70
0.50
1.00
1.50
1.25
1.25
0.60
0.50
2.25
5.00
3.00
SG
84c
84d
85
86
86a
87
88
89
90
91
93a
94
95
96
96a
97
98
99
100
101
101c
102
103
104
105
106
106c
107
107b
107c
108
109
110
111
112
113
113b
113c
113d
113e
103a
105a
105a
114
114b
114c
B.S.A.C.
1/- Bistre brown
1/- Yellow brown
2/6
3/- Deep violet
3/- Bluish violet
5/- Orange brown
7/6
10/£1
Fiscal £15
£2
£20
Fiscal £75
1905 Falls 6 values
1d
2½d
5d Perf 14½ to 15
5d Perf 14
1/2/6
5/1909 Rhodesia Ovpts
½d Green
1d Carmine rose
1d Deep carmine rose
2d
2½d Dull blue
2½d Deep blue
3d
4d
6d Reddish purple
6d Dull purple
1/- Bistre
1/- Bistre brown
1/- Deep brown bistre
2/6
3/5/7/6
10/£1
£1 Violet Overprint
£2
Fiscal £50
£2
£5
Fiscal £80
No Stop Varieties
2½d Light shade
4d in pair with normal
4d
1909 Surcharges
5d Reddish purple
5d Reddish mauve
5d Dull purple
UMM Mint Used
£12
£23 9.00
£53 1.50
£23
£11
£50
£18
£77
£22
£46 1.75
£265
£91 4.50
£12
£210
6.00
£13
£27
£30
£85
£80
3.50
7.00
3.50
2.50
3.00
2.50
£21
£11
£23
£18
£77
£53
£140
£80
£70
9.00
£20
SG
116
116a
117
117a
118
Page 2
7½d
7½d Violet ovpt
10d
10d Violet ovpt
2/- Orange
2/- Deep orange
1910 Double Heads
119
½d Yellow green
120
½d Blue green
121
½d Olive green
123
1d Bright carmine
£210 125
1d Rose red
6.50
127
2d Black purple
8.00
128
2d Slate grey
129
2d Slate
£60
130
2d Grey black
£35
131
2½d Ultramarine
£120 131a 2½d Bright ult
£32
134
3d Ochre
135
3d Yellow ochre
2.00
136
3d Magenta
1.00
138
4d Greenish black
1.00
139
4d Brown purple
5.25
140
4d Black
0.50
141
5d Olive green
0.50 141a 5d Olive yellow
1.60 141ab 5d Olive bistre
2.65 141ab 5d Yellow olive
6.50
143
5d RSC ‘C’
6.50
144
6d Red brown
7.00
145
6d Brown
£18 145a 6d Bright chestnut
6.50 145a 6d Deep shade
9.00
147
8d Dull purple
8.50
148
8d Greenish black
£60
149
10d Scarlet
£21
150
10d Carmine
£15
151
1/- Turquoise blue
£77
151
1/- Deep Shade
£135 151a 1/- Deep blue green
152
1/- Pale blue green
£225 153
2/- Ultramarine
154
2/- Dull blue
154a 2/- Purple black
£20
158
3/- Green
159
5/- Vermilion
160
5/- Scarlet
160a 5/- Crimson
£15 160b 7/6 Pale blue
£30
161
7/6 Light blue
£15
162
7/6 Bright blue
Mint
3.50
£12
£11
£12
Used
2.75
7.00
£13
2.75
5.50
6.50
1.40
3.00
3.50
3.00
2.75
£115
£19
£35
£34
£35
£35
5.25
7.00
£16
7.00
7.00
£39
£14
£11
£85
£50
£18
£53
£42
£105
£120
£50
£35
£17
£50
£50
£84
£70
£35
£45
£46
£50
£39
£16
£53
£60
£160
£175
£230
£210
£470
£650
£3000
£140
£145
£850
SG
164
165
165
166a
168
170
170a
171
172
173
175
176
177
178
182a
183
184
185
185a
187
188b
190
191
192
194
195
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
B.S.A.C. Page 3
10/- Blue Green
£1 Carmine red
£1 Scarlet shade
£1 Slate black
Perf 15
½d Yellow green
1d Carmine
1d Carmine lake
2d Grey black
2½d Ultramarine
3d
5d
6d
1/2/Perf 13½
½d Green
1d
2½d
8d Black
8d Grey purple
Admirals Perf 14
½d Deep green
½d Dull green
1d Rose carmine
1d Carmine red
1d Brown red
1d Scarlet
1d Rose red
1½d Brown ochre
1½d Bistre brown
1½d Drab brown
2½d Deep blue
2½d Ultramarine
2½d Bright blue
2½d Chalky blue
Perf 15
½d Blue green
½d
1d
Rose red
1d Brown red
2½d Deep blue
2½d Bright blue
Die I Perf 14
2d
3d
4d
5d
6d
2/-
UMM
£950
£20
Mint
£315
Used
SG
215
216
217
218
Die I Perf 15
UMM Mint Used
3d
6.50 £19
£500
4d
£20
£525
6d
8.50
£1500
2/£14
£42
Die II Perf 14
219 2d
6.25
8.00
221 3d Deep yellow
£42 9.00
£210
6.00
222 3d Yellow
£60
£13
223 3d Buff
8.00
£34
224 4d Orange red
£25
£11
£53
£30
225 4d Deep orange red
£65
226 5d Grey green
£18
£39
£55
227 5d Bright green
£17
£625
£42
228 6d Mauve
5.00
£42
229 6d Purple
5.50
£1575 £245 230 8d
£14
£55
231 10d Ultramarine
£21
£40
£38
232 1/- Greenish blue
£45
£40
£35
233 1/- Turquoise blue
£14
£15
£27
£50
234 2/- Brown
£70
£13
£42
£175 235 2/- Yellow brown
£34
£260 £320 236 2/6 Indigo
£42
236a 2/6 Pale blue
£55
1.75 236a 3/- Brown
£85
1.75
237 3/- Chestnut
£85
5.00
1.75
239 5/- Blue green
£67
£70
2.00
240 7/6
£245
3.25
2.50
241
10/£280
£18
1.75
Die II Perf 15
1.75
244 2d
£11
3.50
1.75
245 4d
£210
1.75
246 8d
£140
1.75
247 10d
£12
£35
6.25
£32
248 1/£53
£16
6.25
249 2/6
£39
6.25
£30
Die III Perf 14
6.25
255 2d Brown grey
4.50
256 2d Grey black
2.50
6.50
257 2d Grey
9.00
£10
259 3d Yellow
2.50
£16
260 3d Ochre
£15 3.25
5.00
7.00
261 4d Orange red
8.50
£16
262 4d Dull red
£16
£11
£12
£45
263 5d Pale green
8.00 £35
264 5d Green
8.00 £35
£14
8.00
265 6d Reddish mauve
5.50
£16
266 6d Dull mauve
5.50
£10
£28
267 8d Blue green
£20
5.25
£16
268 8d Green blue
£18
£50
£21
269 10d Indigo
£17
£115
£85
270 10d Blue
£16
£42
SG
271
272
272b
273
273a
274
274a
274b
275
276
279c
Admirals Perf 14
1/- Green blue
1/- Blue green
1/- Green
2/- Brown
2/- Yellow brown
2/6
2/6 Blue
3/5/- Blue green
5/- Yellow green
2d Die III Perf 15
Livingstone Provs.
280 ½d on 1d
280c n y spaced wider
281 ½d on 1d
24 White Paper P14
284 1d Bright rose
286 1d Aniline red
Double Plates P14
291 2d Grey purple
292 2d Slate purple
293 3d
294 4d
UMM Mint Used
£14
£10
£42
£14
£125
£40
£91
£56
£195
£60
£210
£300
1.75
5.50
1.40
7.00
£20
6.75
7.75
£28
£14
£12
£19
6.50
9.00
£29
£35
SG
295
296
297
298
299
301
302
303
304
308
310
6d
8d
8d
10d
10d
2/2/6
2/6
3/7/6
10/-
Page 4
312
313
314
316
317
318
320
321
322
Perf 15
2d
4d
6d
10d
1/2/3/5/£1 Under rated Rare
UMM
Mauve
Violet
Red
Carmine
Mint
Used
6.50
£28
£39
£15
£20
£42
Sepia
Grey brown
£46
£56
£91
£350
£210
£39
£75
£50
£60
£67
£98
£135
£230
£1200
1890 - 92 Essays, Proofs & Specimens
1.
1890 £1 Orange vermilion colour Trial Perforated SPECIMEN (Ex Strong) - Rare £1500
2.
1890 set from 1d to £10 - Imperforate Plate Proofs (11 values) £1450
3.
1892 2/6 SG 6 No watermark Imprint pair UMM £135
4.
1892 8d SG 23 Perforated Specimen, intended for presentation sets & not UPU distribution mint £85
5.
1895 4d (SG 28) Imperforate Plate proof with blank value tablet mint £125
6.
1896 8d Large Arms - Unadopted Essay with value tablets at an angle in black & brown £2500
7.
1898 £2 Small Arms Imperforate Proof in unissued grey purple colour £750
Small Arms Part Imperforate varieties
8.
1d Imperforate at bottom to central gutter, SG 78 - Previously unrecorded (Vey rare) mint £250
9.
1/- Imperforate at top to central gutter, SG 84 with part imprint two examples seen mint £200
10.
3d SG 81, gutter pair with central margin attached, imperforate at right to gutter C.T.O. £100
11.
Remainder Cancellations on 1898 4d Small Arms – SG 82 a) Left marginal gutter block of 32
with SALISBURY 8 FEB 05 cancel £40 b) All four corner blocks of 16 Sheet No 198 with
foregoing cancel £30
12.
Remainder Cancellations on 1909 RHODESIA overprints in Blocks of four - 4d SG 105 Five
blocks cancelled BULAWAYO 16 NOV 05 330PM and SALISBURY 13 SEP 03, 15 AUG 04, 23
JUL 06 & 4 SEP 07 (5 Items) £45
13.
Remainder Cancellations on 1909 RHODESIA overprints – 1/- SG 107c Two blocks of four
cancelled BULAWAYO 16 SEP 11 410PM & SALISBURY 21 JAN 11 920AM (2 Items) £45
Admirals
14.
1913 Overprinted Specimen: 6d or 2/- mint £50 each
15.
Imperforate between - 1½d brown-ochre SG 197a in horizontal pair, minor thin spot mint £200
16.
Imperforate between - 1½d SG 287a in vertical pair, used SALISBURY 28 JUN 22 £1500
17.
Head-plate shift 2/6 SG 249, vignette shifted up and to the right mint £50
18.
1917 Provisionals SG 280c n y spaced wider in pair, variety on both stamps UMM £20
19.
1922 Admirals Used on Piece 3d pair plus 4d x 2 (SG 293 & 294) Cancelled SALISBURY
3 JUL 1922 - Lovely item £130
Mint Postal Stationery
Postcards
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Page 5
1893 Overprinted on C.O.G.H. a) 1½d H&G 3 £20 b) 1d + 1d Post & Reply H&G 4 £30
1893 Arms a) 1d H&G 5 £15 b) 1d + 1d Post & Reply H&G 7 £10
1897 Large Arms a) 1d H&G 8 £25 b) 1½d H&G 9 £15 c) 1d + 1d Post & Reply H&G 10 £40
1899 Small Arms a) 1d H&G 11 £10 b) 1d + 1d Post & Reply H&G 12 £25
a) 1903 ½d Arms H&G 13 £15 b) 1913 Admiral ½d yellow green H&G 14 £40
Envelopes
25.
1904 Arms a) 1d H&G 2 size b 124:97 £30 b) 2½d H&G 3 size e 140:80 £30
26.
1913 Admiral a) ½d H&G4 size b 137:79 £50 b) 1d H&G 5 Variation, with embossing under flap,
size d 124:97 £50
Registered Envelopes
27.
1893 4d a) H&G 1 size G £30 b) H&G 1a size H2, seldom offered £50
Newspaper Wrappers
28.
1904 Arms ½d or 1d H&G 1 and 2 £15 each
British Central Africa
Postmarks - Type numbers are from Banks and Roberts’s
29.
30.
31.
32.
LIKOMO ID (Island) D.C. Type 3: Part strike on 1d SG 43 - JU 6 99, scarce £30
RUO Double ring type 2.2 on 1s SG 25 FE 11 96 £30
ZOMBA Sq.C. type 6 on 6d SG 46, 3.30PM SP 6 98, complete strike of exceptional clarity £15
Postmark - BONC 855. Fort Johnston on 6d SG 46 £10
Postal Stationery
33.
Overprinted ‘Specimen’ Mint -1898 ½d post card H&G 6 £25
34.
Overprinted ‘Specimen’ - 1899 1d newspaper wrapper mint £25
35.
Registered stationery envelope: Two pence, size G, surcharged ‘FOUR’ H&G 4 mint £25
Fiscals & Revenues
36.
37.
38.
39.
1895 Arms SG 26 - 28 Fiscally used £6038.B&H 3c - 1897 2/6 SG 48 with CONSULAR overprint
in red, strip of three cancelled BRITISH VICE CONSULATE – NYASSA & manuscript date
13/5/99 £150
Consular Overprints: a) B&H 3C - 1897 2/6 with red overprint used £50 b) B&H 4B 1897 4/SG 50 blue overprint cancelled HER BRITANIC MAJESTY’S CONSULAR COURT BLANTYRE £50
1893 Surcharge 1/- on £1 B&H 13 used £35
Postal History 1899 Incoming from USA to Chinde - USA 5 Cent Postal Stationery envelope from
New York JAN 11 99 to Duess, Vertin & Co in Chinde, MR 10 99 arrival backstamp £275
NYASALAND PROTECTORATE
40.
41.
42.
43.
1937 Coronation a) Multiples: set in corner marginal blocks of 8, hinged on corners £8,
b) Used blocks of 4 on piece, Blantyre FDI £15
1954 QEII Definitives coils ½d and 2d in strips of 4 UMM, £10
QEII Revenues a) 1953 2d Overprinted REVENUE B&H 8 used pair £10
b) 2d Overprinted Revenue B&H 8a used £10
Employment stamp: KGVI 5/- green, mint £125, used £75
First Day Covers
44.
1937 Coronation on ‘DAY OF ISSUE COVER’ cancelled NAMWERA FDI £8
45.
1948 R.S.W SG 161-2 in pairs on airmail envelope to UK, Blantyre 1 DEC 48, £50
Commercial Covers
46.
WWI Printed envelope from A.J. STOREY-GENERAL STORES with KGV 1d to UK cancelled
BLANTYRE 31.12.17 (panel type) last day of year, £30
SG
Nyasaland (BCA)
1891 Thin Overprints
1
1d
2
2d
4
6d Ultramarine
5
6d Deep blue
6
8d Rose lake
6a
8d Red
7
1/- Grey brown
1/- Brown
1/- Red brown
10
3/11
4/13
10/UMM £225
14
£1
1891 Thick Overprints
1
1d
2
2d Deep green
3
4d Chestnut
4d Red brown
4
6d Ultramarine
5
6d Deep blue
7
1/8
2/10
3/11
4/12
5/13
10/16s £5 Perf Specimen
18 1893 3/- on 4/19 1892 4/- on 5/1895 Surcharge 1d on 2d
1d Trial - Double surcharge
1895 Arms No Watermark
21
1d
22
2d
23
4d
24
6d
25
1/27
3/28s 5/- Specimen
1896 Arms Watermarked
32-6 Set of 5 to 1/32
1d
33
2d
34
4d
35
6d
36
1/37
2/6
1897-1900 Arms
43-7 Set of 5 to 1/43
1d
UMM £4.50
Mint Used
8.50
9.00
£42
£10
£14
£25
£17
£18
£25
£55
£55
£125
6.00
2.75
£14
5.50
£35
£525
6.00
£10
8.50
£10
£55
£55
£67
£125
£500
£260
£70
4.00
£15
5.50
£13
£39
£55
Page 6
2d
4d
6d
1/3/4/1897 Surcharge1d on 3/1898 1d No Control
1901 Arms Wmk Crown CA
57d-8 Set of 3
57d
1d
57e
4d
58
6d
1903-4 KEVII Definitives
59
1d
60
2d
61
4d
62
6d
62b
1/63
2/6
64
4/UMM £120
65
10/66
£1
67s
£10 Overprinted SPECIMEN
1907 Wmk Multiple Crown
68
1d
71
6d
£70
8.50
£25
£42
73
74
75
76
76w
77
78
79
80
81
£35
£85
2.25
£13
£21
£32
£28
£120
£55
2.25
Mint Used
1.40 1.25
4.50 1.00
£38 3.00
7.50 5.00
£245
£70
6.75
£120
£10
1.75
6.00
3.85
9.00
0.50
7.75
2.00
5.50
2.50
1.75
2.60
3.50
£45
£60
£140
£235
£350
1.25
0.75
6.00
5.50
£26
2.00
£10
£70
NYASALAND PROTECTORATE
£375
£13
£28
£52
£56
£66
SG
44
45
46
47
49
50
53
56a
3.50
£12
£11
0.80
83-98
83
85
86
88
89
92
93b
94
95
1908 KEVII Definitives
½d
1d
3d
4d
4d
Watermark inverted
6d
2/6
4/10/£1
UMM £920
1913-19 KGV Mult Crown
½d to £1 12 v UMM £500
½d
Green
1d
1d
Scarlet
2d
Slate
2½d Bright blue
2½d Deep blue
6d
UMM £10
1/- Emerald back
2/6
4/-
1.50
0.70
3.00
1.00
£110
7.70
£50
£70
£140
2.80
1.60
2.00
3.15
8.00
£28
1.60
1.40
0.70
2.65
SG
95f
96
96e
98
NYASALAND
4/- Damaged leaf
10/- Pale green
10/- Green
£1
1921-30 Script Wmk
100
½d
Green
101
1d
Carmine
102
1½d Orange
103
2d
Grey
105
3d
Purple
106
4d
Black & red
107
6d
Dull & brt purp
108
1/- Black
109
2/110
2/6 Carmine red
2/6 Red
110j 2/6 Grey black
111
4/- Black
4/- Grey black
111c 4/- Nick in scroll
112
5/113
10/1934 Leopards
Set 9 vals UMM £55
114
½d
Green
115
1d
Brown
116
1½d Carmine
117
2d
Grey
118
3d
Blue
119
4d
Magenta
122
1/- Black & orange
123-6 1935 Silver Jubilee
127-9 Coronation UMM £1
Mint Used
£250
£85
£100
£140 £120
1.60
2.30
1.90
£12
3.25
3.00
9.00
£14
£17
£30
£16
£18
£150
£35
£85
£25
0.50
0.50
2.00
3.15
£25
0.50
0.50
0.50
£12
0.50
2.30
SG
130-8
136
137
138
139
140
141
2.25
3.25
141a
142
£21
£22
143
£30
£30
144-57
154
157
161-2
167-70
167
168
172
173-87
195
196
198
199-210
D1-5
D3
D4
£60
£85
£25
0.90
0.50
0.90
1.25
£10
£50
4.50
Page 7
UMM
Mint Used
1938 KGVI Definitives
Set of 13 to 1/6d Violet
9d Olive bistre
1/2/- Purple & blue
2/- Plum & ult
2/6 Black & red
2/6 Scarlet vermilion
5/- Green & red
5/- Scarlet vermilion
5/- Ordinary paper
10/- Emerald
10/- Green
£1 Purple
£1 Plum
1945 Definitives
Set of 14 values
2/6
20/1948 R.S.W
£29
2.50
2.75
3.00
9.00
£12
£45
£50
£60
7.00
5.00
8.00
7.00
9.00
£25
£30
£40
£28
£28
£25
£30
£12
£15
£15
£110
£35
£50
£14
£25
£19
£14
1951 Diamond Jubilee
3d
6d
1953 Coronation
1953 QEII Definitives
1963 Defs 2/6
5/£1
1964 Definitives
1950 Postage Dues
3d
4d
0.50
£45
1.00
£15
£80
1.00
1.40
0.60
2.50
1.50
7.00
£50
£175
5.00
£40
Commercial Covers continued
47.
Railway Cover: Printed envelope N.C.A & T.Z Railways with KGV 1d pair cancelled SANDAMA
10 APR 32 to UK £175
48.
First flight Blantyre-Beira Illustrated envelope with Silver Jubilee 2d pair cancelled Blantyre
5 AUG 35 - F.F. cachet. Backstamped Beira arrival 5 AUG. Signed acknowledgement of receipt,
with Mozambique 30c applied to reverse, cancelled Beira 6 AUG 35, scarce combination, £50
49.
KGVI Advertising envelope HAJI MUSSA SULEMAN, P. O. Box 1, Limbe, Direct Importer &
General Merchant, with 2d Leopard, slogan cancel SMOKE IMPERIALLY 27 JY 53 £20
50.
OHMS Envelope to USA with oval POSTMASTER ZOMBA handstamp and D. C. ZOMBA
OFFICIAL PAID - 8 J A 52 in red, including letter advising addressee that Jubilee stamps are no
longer available £30
51.
1953 Coronation - Commercial use Envelope with strip of three 2d Coronations, registered and
cancelled ZOMBA 19 JU 53, Limbe transit and Salisbury 22 June arrival £15
52.
Commercial use of the 1963 Overprinted Revenue Provisional’s, very scarce Local unsealed
rate envelope with corner marginal sheet number, 1d SG 188 cancelled Blantyre 25 DEC 63 £40
53.
Postage Due Cover - Envelope from Somaliland posted 9 JA 52 with Nyasaland 1d & 3d Postage
dues cancelled LIKOMA ISLAND 12 APR 52 £300
54.
Envelope from FINSCHAFEN - PAPUA NEW GUINEA 16 JA 52 with Nyasaland 6d Postage
due cancelled LIKOMA ISLAND 12 APR 52 (The rarest due on cover) £475
SG
N. RHODESIA
UMM Mint Used SG
Page 8
UMM Mint Used
37
4½d
2.75
8.00
1925 KGV Definitives
£475
1
½d Green
3.00
1.50 1.00 38
6d
0.50
0.50
½d Pale green
3.00
1.50 1.00 39
9d
2.75
8.00
½d Blue green
2.50
40
1/1.60 0.50
½d Yellow green
2.50 1.00 41
2/6
9.00
4.50
2
1d
Brown
5.00
2.50 1.00 42
3/£15
1d Sepia
5.00
2.50
43
5/£20
£12
£15
1d
Chestnut
3.00
2.50 1.00 44
10/£25
£12
£25
1d
Light brown
5.00
3.00
45
20/£55
£55
3
1½d Carmine red
3.50
1.00
1.50
1946 Victory
1½d Scarlet vermillion 5.00
2.50
46a 1½d Perf 13½
£10
5.00 £15
1½d Carmine lake
6.00
3.50
£120
£125
1948 R.S.W.
1½d Scarlet
3.50 1.00
4.00
2.50 6.00
1949 U.P.U.
4
2d
Yellow brown
3.00 0.75
2.50
8.00
1953 Rhodes Cent.
2d
Buff
3.00 1.00 54
½d
1.25
2d
Pale orange
5.00 2.00 57
4½d
3.50
5
3d
Blue
3.00 1.00 58
1/4.00
3d
Ultramarine
1.50
1.75
1953 Exhibition
3d
Bright blue
4.00
1.50
1.00
1953 Coronation
6
4d
Violet
9.00
5.00 0.75 1953 QEII Definitives 14v
£55
£30
£75
4d
Deep lilac
£15
2.50 61
½d
0.75
0.50
7
6d
Slate grey
£10
5.00 0.50 62
1d
0.75
0.50
6d
Grey
5.00 0.75 63
1½d
1.50
0.50
8
8d
£10
6.00 £45
64
2d
1.50
0.50
9
10d
£10
6.00 £40
65
3d
1.00
0.50
10
1/6.00
3.00 1.75 66
4d
1.50
3.50
11
2/£36
£18
£27
67
4½d
1.75
5.50
12
2/6
£35
£17
£11
68
6d
1.50
0.50
13
3/£50
£27
£18
69
9d
1.75
5.00
14
5/£70
£35
£15
70
1/1.00
0.50
15
7/6
£110
71
2/6
£10
5.50
16
10/£70
£70
£70
72
5/£12
£12
17
20/- Fiscally used £15
£225
73
10/£10
£27
74
20/£24
£30
1935 Silver Jubilee
£25
£11
£10
1.00
1.50 1963 Definitives 14 Vals.
1937 Coronation
£45
£55
½d
0.50
1.00
1938-52 KGVI Defs
21 v
£190
£120 75
25
½d Green
0.50
0.50 76
1d
1.00
0.50
26
½d Chocolate
1.75
1.25 77
2d
1.00
0.50
26a ½d P12½x14
1.50
6.00 78
3d
1.00
0.50
27
1d Brown
0.50
0.50
3d 2nd printing
0.75
27a 1d Chocolate
1.00 79
4d
0.80
0.50
28
1d Green
1.00
1.50 80
6d
1.00
0.50
29
1½d Carmine red
£40
£20 0.75 81
9d
1.00
2.00
30
1½d Yellow brown
0.60
0.50 82
1/0.75
0.50
31
2d Yellow brown
£40
£20 1.75 83
1/3
2.50
0.50
32
2d Carmine red
1.25
0.50 84
2/2.50
8.50
33
2d Purple
0.50
1.50 85
2/6
2.50
2.50
34
3d Ultramarine
0.50
0.50 86
5/9.00
7.00
35
3d Scarlet
0.50
2.50 87
10/£14
£18
36
4d
0.50
0.50 88
20/£35
SG
75a
76a
78a
79a
80a
81a
88a
78b
81b
N. RHODESIA
1963 Missing Values
½d
1d
3d
4d
6d
9d
20/Value/Eagle omitted
3d
9d
UMM
£900
£10
£90
£100
£650
£500
£950
£200
£425
SG
78c
78d
D1
D2
D3
D4
D1a
D3a
D5-10
Page 9
3d Eagle printed twice
3d Eagle omitted
1929 Postage Dues
1d
2d
3d
4d
1952 Chalky Paper
1d
3d
1963 Dues
UMM
£3500
£1300
£30
4.00
6.00
4.00
£15
Mint
Used
2.00
2.00
2.50
£25
7.00
£25
£14
2.00
£30
Northern Rhodesia
55.
56.
57.
1925 KGV Definitives Specimens: SG 1 - 17s Complete set overprinted Specimen (3/- perfined) All
the high values, except 2/- and 3/-, with a horizontal printers mark on their NW corner Mint £850
1925 KGV a) 1½d block of six used Nkana 15 NOV 32 £10 b) 5/- Pair used at Lusaka £30
1925 KGV Definitives fiscally used Multiples: a) 2/- block of six with a blunt corner £60
b) 5/- block of six £60
c) 20/- block of four, few raggy perforations at foot £150
Commemoratives
58.
1935 Silver Jubilee in marginal blocks of four UMM £100
59.
1946 Victory block of four: 1½d Perforation 13½ SG 46a, top marginal block of 4 with printers
mark, UMM £40
KGVI Definitives
60.
Block of four: 1½d Carmine red SG 29 UMM £160
61.
Block of four: 2d Yellow brown SG 31 UMM £160
62.
Used Multiples: 4½d and 9d SG 37 and 39, in cylinder-Imprint corner marginal blocks of thirty five
cancelled FDI KITWE 5.5.52 £500
63.
Used block of six: SG 29 1½d Carmine red, an very deep shade, cancelled NDOLA 13 JUL 40 £15
64.
Used block of six: SG 31 2d Yellow brown, commercial used at NDOLA 18 JUL 40 £10
65.
Coils ½d & 1d SG 26a and 28 coil join strips of six; hinged on one stamp, UMM £80
66.
TICKBIRD FLAW Ex Row 7 – Stamp 1 SG 30b 1½d Yellow brown Used £40
67.
SG 29b 1½d Carmine red used Livingstone 31 JAN 30. Pulled perforation along top £225
QEII Commemoratives
68.
Blocks of four: Rhodes Centenary & Exhibition plus 1953 Coronation SG 54 - 60, 7 items
UMM £15
69.
1953 Rhodes Centenary: 4½d SG 57 in a cylinder block of four commercially used cancelled
KITWE with a Montreal, Canada arrival cancel on the margin £14
70.
1953 Coronation SG 60 Complete sheet of sixty - Cylinder 1B 5B, sheet No11387. Has been hinged
to an album page – full sheets rarely seen nowadays £50
71.
1953 QEII Definitives - Blocks of 4: 1d, 1½d and 2d SG 62 - 4 (3 items) UMM £11
1963 QEII Definitives
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
Colour Shift: ½d SG 75 with the value to the right, above the ‘E’ in POSTAGE UMM £350
Value shift 1d SG 76 with shift of 1d above ‘PO’ of ‘POSTAGE’ in block of nine, small tear in one
stamp, UMM £80
Major Value Shift on 3d: SG 78 marginal pair with value almost into shield UMM £350
SG 3d One perforation hole missing on each stamp between stamps & margin UMM £150
Coil joins: ½d and 1d SG 75 and 76 in strips of 4 UMM £10
Coil pair: 1d SG76 with a blue shift on the shield in a used pair £20
1964 1/- Booklet SB 1 with 3d pane of 4: a) upright, £16 or b) Inverted £12
Cylinder pairs, set to 10/- UMM £70
Page 10
80.
81.
Cylinder blocks of 6: ½d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 1/- all 1A except 3d 1B (5 items) UMM £20.
Break in Queen's hairline ex R4/11 on 4d SG 79 used £10
Postage Dues
82.
83.
84.
1929 Set Perforated Specimen D1 - 4s mint £175
Blocks of 4 a) 1952 1d Chalky D1a UMM £100 b) 1d & 3d D1a & D3a Corner marginal UMM £140
Watermark Variety: SG D3ac - 3d Chalky marginal block of six with St Edwards Crown between
middle stamps UMM £550
Revenues
85.
1953 QEII Def overprinted ‘R’ used 1d green £5
QEII Design inscribed Revenue
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
UMM: a) 1d Scarlet £3 b) 1d & 3d pairs & 6d £30
Used: a) 1d £3 b) 6d £5
c) 1/- £10
d) 2/- orange, scarce £30
e) 2/6 Ultramarine £10
f) 2/6 deep shade £10
g) 20/- black £25.
20/- Black B&H 24 used strip of 5 £125
Used on piece: 6d, 1/-, 2/6, 5/-, 10/- (corner fault) & 20/- pair dated 3 MAY 1959, £100
Used on piece: 1d, 3d, 1/- x 3, 5/-, 10/- and 20/- pen cancelled £100
91.
92.
Postal Stationery KGV Registered envelope Size G, H&G 1 Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Mint £60
1953 QEII 6d Aerogramme H&G 3 mint £5
Covers - Postal History
PAID AT MAZABUKA - During Dec 1928 & April 1929 due to a shortage of low value stamps, Local
mail was posted stampless and endorsed in manuscript either 'Post Paid', 'Postage Paid' or simply 'Paid' in
either black or red pen or in pencil - In some cases the Postmaster’s initials were added (all Ex Sinton)
93.
Envelope with ‘Post paid’ in Pencil and cancelled MAZABUKA 3 DEC 1928 £575
94.
1948 RSW on cover: Envelope to Canada with correct 1/6 airmail rate paid by RSW 1½d block of
twelve applied to rear posted KITWE 1948-9. Unusual franking to say the least, £30
During December 1946, stocks of low value stamps at the Chingola Post Office were running low
The Postmaster R. Foster obtained a two line handstamp ‘POSTAGE PAID CHINGOLA’ and used it on
mail, in lieu of postage stamps, for a short period. The only recorded dates of use are 31 XII 46, 3 I 47 and
6 I 47 - The latter being the most common date.
95.
96.
97.
98.
A rare Example of the ‘POSTAGE PAID CHINGOLA’ dispatched on 3 I 47
Information provided by Foster himself was that he had only employed his ‘Paid’ handstamp for one
day on 6 I 47 & used it on 42 items of mail - this cover proves otherwise £500
WW II - Airgraph from PEMBA sent on Christmas Day 1944 to the Isle of Wight conveying
Compliments of the Season £25
OLD MKUSHI - Rare Commercial Envelope to HR Beck’s Mother with correct 1/3 Airmail rate.
With the ‘District Commissioner – Mkushi 12 APR 1954’ handstamp £975
OLD MKUSHI - Rare Commercial Envelope to HR Beck’s In-laws with correct 1/4 Airmail rate
Cancelled with the Dumb canceller (Broken Hill excised) used at Mkushi 27 VI 54 with the ‘OLD
MKUSHI’ chop alongside £425
AIRMAILS
99.
100.
Illustrated Imperial Airways ‘Springbok’ envelope with KGV 2d x 2 & 6d. Cancelled MPIKA 28
JAN H 32 to North Wales. Three line cachet in violet ‘BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS – FIRST
FLIGHT- MPIKA TO LONDON’ With Anglesey 17 FE 32 backstamp. Scarce cachet £50
Oscar Garden Record Attempt Posted Cape Town 19 Apr 32. Crashed at Abercorn & Flight
Abandoned. Two ‘Crash’ Cachets & Abercorn 22 APR 32 datestamp Rare item £1500
SG
S. RHODESIA
1924 Definitives 14v
1
½d Deep blue green
½d Yellow green
2
1d Red
1d Scarlet
1d Rosine - scarce
2c
1d P12½ Coil
3
1½d Bistre
1½d Yellow bistre
4
2d Purple grey
2d Brown purple
2d Slate purple
5
3d Deep blue
3d Pale blue
3d Blue
3d Ultramarine
3d Steel blue
3d Deep ultramarine
6
4d Orange red
4d Deep orange red
4d Bright orange
7
6d Mauve
6d Red violet
6d Purple
8
8d Blue green
8d Sage green
8d Pale green
9
10d Rose red
11 1/6 Yellow
1/6 Yellow chrome
1/6 Orange chrome
12 1st head plate fuzzy
2/- Yellow brown
2/- Brown
12 2nd head plate clear
2/- Brown
13 2/6 Ult & drab
2/6 Ult & sepia
14 5/- Blue & blue grn
1931 Definitives Perf 12
15
½d Emerald
½d Yellow green
16
1d Carmine red
16c 1½d ex 3/- Booklet
17
2d Black & brown
18
3d Blue
19
4d Black & orange
4d Grey & orange
UM
Mint
3.50
4.00
1.75
2.00
5.00
2.50
4.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
3.50
4.00
3.50
3.50
8.00
3.50
9.00
Used SG
£260
0.75 20
0.75
0.75
0.75 21
£15
£100
0.75 21b
1.00
1.00
1.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
£35
£35
£40
£12
£28
£28
£28
£14
£14
£45
3.50
3.50
£75
6.00
£15
1.75
1.75
1.75
£40
3.00
7.00
1.00
1.00
£14
£45
£45
£120
£160
1.75
1.50
£35
2.00
£10
1.00
2.00
Page 11
4d Vermilion
6d Mauve
6d Red purple
6d Bright purple
8d Deep green
8d Dull yel green
8d Olive green
9d Deep green
9d Olive green
22
10d Carmine
10d Scarlet
23
1/- Turquoise blue
1/- Lt blue green
1/- Grey black
24
1/6 Black & ochre
1/6 Grey & yellow
25
2/- Black
2/- Yellow brown
26
2/6 Drab
2/6 Sepia
27
5/- Blue
5/- Deep blue
Comb Perforation 11½
15a ½d Yellow green
16a 1d Carmine red
16d 1½d Chocolate
1½d Brown
19a 4d Grey & orange
20a 6d Blk & red purple
6d Grey & magenta
21a 8d Violet
8d Deep violet
22a 10d Blue & carmine
23a 1/- Green blue
24a 1/6 Grey & yellow
25a 2/- Black
2/- Grey black
26a 2/6 Sepia
2/6 Drab
Perforation 14 5 Values
15b ½d Emerald
16b 1d Carmine red
19b 4d Grey & orange
20b 6d Black & magenta
6d Grey & magenta
23b 1/- Black
1/- Grey black
UM
Mint
Used
2.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
2.00
2.50
2.00
3.00
2.50
3.00
2.50
8.50
8.50
4.00
4.00
£12
4.00
5.00
6.00
£32
£32
6.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
2.00
2.50
3.00
£16
£35
£38
£38
2.00
6.00
3.50
£35
9.00
£100
3.00
1.00
£50
£16
£16
1.00
3.00
1.75
1.75
£15
£12
£12
£17
£17
4.50
£90
£50
£25
£30
£20
£20
£200
1.50
0.60
£25
8.00
8.00
£175
£175
2.50
2.50
£18
£18
£20
£26
£26
£40
£40
£155
1.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
4.00
1.50
1.50
£12
£50
£25
£25
£35
£35
£185
0.50
£45
1.00
£140
1924 Admiral Definitives - Part Imperforate Varieties between Stamp and Gutter Margin
101. a) ½d SG 1 Imperforate at top or bottom single mint £25 each b) ½d SG 1 Yellow green a vertical
gutter pair with lower stamp imperforate at top to margin, perfect UMM £60
SG
S. RHODESIA
1932 Large Falls
29
2d
30
3d
1935 Silver Jubilee
31
1d
32
2d
33
3d
34
6d
1935-41 Falls
35
2d P12½
35a 2d P14 line perf
2d P14 Comb perf
35b
3d
1937 Coronation
36
1d
37
2d
38
3d
39
6d
1937 KGVI Defs 13vals.
40
½d
41
1d
42
1½d
43
4d
44
6d
45
8d
46
9d
47
10d
48
1/49
1/6
50
2/51
2/6
52
5/1940 B.S.A.C 8 values
53
½d
54
1d
55
1½d
56
2d
57
3d
58
4d
59
6d
60
1/61
1943 Matabeleland
62-3 1947 Royal Visit
1947 Victory
64
1d
65
2d
66
3d
67
6d
1949 U.P.U.
UMM
Mint
8.00
£15
£35
4.50
5.00
£18
3.50
2.50
2.50
3.00
5.00
0.50
0.50
3.00
1.50
£60
0.50
0.50
0.80
1.25
1.25
1.60
1.25
2.25
2.80
£12
£20
£11
£15
7.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2.50
1.25
0.80
0.80
0.50
0.50
1.00
1.25
2.00
3.50
1.50
£25
1.00
0.90
4.25
8.00
Used SG
Page 12
68
2d
0.70 69
3d
1.25 70
1950 Jubilee
1953 Rhodes Centenary
£28
2.50 71
½d
5.50 72
1d
8.00 73
2d
£15
74
4½d
75
1/£18
1953 Exhibition
0.70
1953 Coronation
1953 Definitives 14 vals
1.00 78
½d
79
1d
£10
0.70 80
2d
1.25 81
3d
6.50 82
4d
2.75 83
4½d
84
6d
£16
0.50 85
9d
0.50 86
1/0.50 87
2/0.50 88
2/6
0.50 89
5/3.00 90
10/0.70 91
£1
2.50 1964 Definitives 14 vals
0.50 92
½d
2.00 93
1d
0.50 94
2d
6.00 95
3d
2.60 96
4d
6d
9.00 97
0.50 98
9d
0.50 99
1/0.60 100 1/3
0.50 101 2/1.00 102 2/6
2.75 103 5/3.00 104 10/2.25 105 £1
1.50 1951 Postage Dues 6vals.
½d
0.80 D1
1d
2.00 D2
0.50 D3
2d
0.50 D4
3d
1.20 D5
4d
1.00 D7
1/4d
Mint £195
3.00 D6
UMM
Mint
0.60
0.75
3.75
1.50
0.50
7.50
£65
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
3.00
2.00
3.50
3.50
1.00
£12
6.50
9.00
£18
£30
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2.00
3.50
2.65
2.25
3.75
3.50
£10
7.00
£14
3.00
2.75
2.25
2.50
1.75
£275
3.00
£30
£15
8.50
Used
0.50
3.00
1.25
5.00
2.00
0.50
0.50
1.50
0.60
6.00
£70
0.50
0.50
0.50
2.00
0.50
4.00
0.80
3.50
0.50
6.00
6.75
9.00
£23
£30
£30
1.75
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.00
0.50
0.50
2.75
0.80
2.00
6.75
£15
£25
£15
3.00
1.50
2.75
3.00
4.00
£650
1924 Admiral Definitives continued
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
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1d SG 2 Imperforate at bottom a) Single mint £25 b) In gutter pair mint £35
1d SG 2 Imperforate at foot, used cancelled QUE QUE £50
1d SG 2 Imperforate at left to sheet margin (rare) mint £275
Imperforate between 1d in a marginal strip of three, imperforate between margin & stamp one and
imperforate between stamps two & three, not listed in SG, mint £1950
1929 1d Coil Perforation 12½ SG 2c in strip of three commercially used at Bulawayo, very rare
multiple £400
1928 Printing 5/- Deep blue and deep blue green, four sheets printed, with certificate mint £2800
1931 Field Marshall issue 1½d Perforation 12 SG 16c, Ex 3/- booklet in a block of four (good
perforations) with booklet selvedge attached hinged on top stamps - half UMM £230
1935 Silver Jubilee – All UMM a) 1d & 2d in Imprint blocks of 4 £60 b) 2d in lower right corner
marginal block £35 c) 3d top right Sheet No 165 block £35
1935 - 38 Large Falls
110. Postage & Revenue Falls: Corner marginal blocks of four a) 2d Perf 12½ SG 35 £15,
b) 3d Perf 14 SG 35b £12
111. Variety - 3d SG 35b marginal block of six with ‘Spot above Falls’ ex R 4/3 UMM £30
112. SKELETON POSTMARKS UMTALI 17 JY 50 Complete on 2d Large Falls on piece £75
109.
113.
114.
115.
116.
KGVI Definitives: ½d SG 40 in a vertical gutter strip of three UMM £20
½d, 1d & 1½d in blocks of four (2 are marginal) UMM £8
2/- SG 50 in block of four UMM £70
Postmark: 1d SG 41 block of four cancelled D.C. GREYSTONE 31 MAY 39 (Type 13s) scarce £40
KGVI Commemoratives
117.
118.
119.
120.
1937 Coronation SG 36-39: Set in all four corner marginal blocks of four (16 items) UMM £80
1937 Coronation SG 36-39: Set in marginal blocks of four (4 items) UMM £20
Coronation Variety - 1937 3d SG 38 Top marginal block of four Imperforate between row one &
margin, major rarity five pieces known £16,000
1937 Coronation FDC a) Plain FDC registered at Bulawayo or Salisbury £10 each b) Plain
envelope printed with ‘DAY OF ISSUE’ FDI Salisbury, £10
1940 B.S.A.C. Golden Jubilee
121.
122.
123.
124.
125.
Complete set F.D.I. SALISBURY 3 JUN 1940 £15
Variety 2d SG 56 with violet flaw above the ‘8’ in 1890 mint £20
Variety 6d SG 59 with a damaged foot to the ‘d’ in 6d at right mint £25
1940 BSAC set on illustrated envelope, registered and posted Salisbury with UK arrival £30
VE Day 8 May 1945 - 1940 B.S.A.C. set on illustrated envelope cancelled EIFFEL FLATS 8 May
1945, a novel innovation & first item seen £50
1943 Matabeleland Anniversary SG 61
126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
Varieties SG 61 & 61a - Top right corner marginal strip of five, stamp ex R1/8 Narrow stamp and
Hat Brim flaw UMM £30
Variety - Saddlebag flaw SG 61b in corner marginal block UMM £25
Variety: Narrow stamp ex row 8, in vertical strip of three, used £15
1943 Matabeleland SG 61 Variety: Malformed ‘D’ right value tablet ex row 3/4 used £15
1943 Matabeleland SG 61 Variety - Marginal strip of four with an impressive horizontal green
smudge running through the value & ‘Rhodesia’ on all 4 stamps Ex cylinder B row 3 UMM £60
Variety: Split ‘2’ on right value tablet, ex pane B row 6/10 used £15
Postmarks on nine singles EIFFEL FLATS, GATOOMA, MACHEKE, MTOKO, NORTON,
SALISBURY, UMTALI and UMVUMA £15
1947 Royal Visit in corner marginal Blocks of 4 UMM £2
1947 Royal Visit: a) Plain envelope FDC, Bulawayo or Salisbury £3, b) Plain envelope, special
Royal tour cancel 7 APR 47 £3
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135.
136.
137.
1947 Victory SG 64-67 in used blocks of four F.D.I. £12
1947 Victory 6d with the entire image offset on the gummed side - one of the rarest S. Rhodesia
KGVI varieties. A part sheet of thirty five examples were found at Umtali - This block is ex Rows 5
& 6 Stamps 1 & 2 - I have accounted for six blocks of four plus six singles £4500
1947 Victory a) On illustrated envelope - SALISBURY £15 b) plain envelope - Salisbury £8
138.
139.
140.
1949 UPU Set in top right Sheet No corner marginal blocks of four UMM £10
1949 UPU 3d SG 69 - corner marginal block of 9 with Cylinder 1a & part imprint UMM £12
1949 UPU On plain envelope set in pairs registered and cancelled Salisbury £8
141.
1950 Diamond Jubilee SG70 a) In used block of four £6 b) Ditto block of six on piece with
BULAWAYO 12 SEP 50 FDI £8
142.
143.
1953 Rhodes Centenary SG 71 - 75 in Imprint blocks of 4 UMM £30
1953 Rhodes Centenary on illustrated envelope a) Blue envelope cancelled HIGHLANDS £15
b) Ditto white illustrated envelope - Registered SALISBURY £15 c) Plain envelope - Registered
SALISBURY£8
d) Plain envelope cancelled by scarce Plumtree type 15E canceller, £25
144.
1953 Rhodes Exhibition a) On illustrated envelope with 19 JUN 53 exhibition cancel £10
b) Plain envelope, Registered & cancelled Royal Train with oval Royal Tour 2 JUL 53 £10
145.
146.
1953 Coronation SG 77 Imprint blocks a) Block of four half UMM £40 b) Ditto used, F.D.I. £40
1953 Coronation on plain envelope registered & posted SALISBURY £15
147.
1953 QEII Definitives a) Complete set on plain envelope, registered SALISBURY £100
b) Set to 1/- on illustrated registered envelope cancelled Salisbury £20
1964 Definitives Varieties - All UMM unless otherwise stated
148.
149.
150.
151.
152.
153.
154.
155.
156.
157.
1964 Definitives - Coil joins ½d + 1d SG 92 & 93 - In pairs £6 or in strips of four £10
1d Shift of violet & screen flaw on H of RHODESIA used (2 Items) £10
3d Large white blob on foot of E in RHODESIA ex R16/10 used £10
3d SG 95 a pair, one with bar across ‘N’ of SOUTHERN ex R7/7 £10
3d Coloured mark near left ear ex R 19/1 in corner marginal pair used £15
3d Booklet pane – break in Queens oval, booklet pane of four, hinged on margin £20
3d Line thru branch above Kudu’s head ex R6/7 used £10
2/- SG 101a - Yellow dot above ‘IA’ of RHODESIA ex R5/8 a) in vertical marginal pair £20
b) In cylinder 1A block of four £30
10/- SG 104a - Tail feather flaw ex R2/2 a) In marginal pair £35 b) In Corner block of four £60
1964 Definitives a) Set to 5/- on illustrated envelope registered at SOUTHERTON £15
b)Set to 6d cancelled RAFFINGORA (commercial FDC) £10
1951 POSTAGE DUES
158.
159.
160.
Used multiples a) ½d & 3d D1 & D4 used pairs (2 Items) £35
b) 1d D2 used strip of 3 £9
D6 - 4d grey-green used a) With portion of a GWELO cancel (Ormskirk certificate) £650
b) Cancelled REGISTERED GWELO 5 MAY 52 - The only example known with this particular
cancel £700 c) Cancelled FORT VICTORIA SEP 52 - minor thin on the S.W. corner £350
d) Cancelled N. Rhodesia FEB 52- Probably KITWE - Done by favour £400
1951 Postage Dues SG D1 - 7 excluding D6 on plain envelope - Cancelled on the first day at
SALISBURY 1 OCT 1951 Rarely seen or offered £125
KGVI Booklets - For details of the various printings see The Rhodesian Philatelist numbers 8 and 20
161.
162.
Booklet Specimens ½d & 1d Booklet Stamps handstamped in violet with Samuel R4 - A Specimen
booklet from the first printing was split up, each pane photographed and issued with a Brandon
certificate dated 21.11.1978 ½d Ex certificate 2850 - 1d Ex certificate 2846 (2 Items) £2500
1938 2/6 Booklet SB4 4th printing with postage rates on the inside cover, this is the most common
version, £250
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163.
164.
165.
166.
167.
168.
2/6 Booklet SB4b 5th printing circa 1945 blank inside front cover with wax interleaving, £300
2/6 Booklet 6th and final printing as SB4b but the details of the coat of arms on the front cover are
very badly deteriorated - rare printing £500
KG VI Booklet panes: ½d and 1d in panes of six with selvedge intact, UMM £60
1954 QEII Booklets 2/6 SB5 Complete, only 2083 copies sold, £75
1954 1d Booklet pane of 6 ex SB5 with selvedge intact, UMM £10
1964 1/- SB 6 with 3d one pane of four, £6
Waterlow Sample Specimens in Unissued Colours with security punch hole and overprinted
‘WATERLOW & SONS LTD-SPECIMEN’
169. 1924 Admirals ½d plus 2d x 2 issued without gum (3 items) £375
170. 1932 Large Falls 2d and 3d the latter issued without gum (2 items) £300
171. 1935 2d Large Falls 'Postage & Revenue' in crimson and lilac, UMM £200
172. 1937 Coronation 1d x 3 in different colours and 6d (4 items) UMM £525
173. 1937 KGVI 6d in Sepia a) Imperforate, one of three known £3500 b) Perforated £235
174. 1947 Royal Visit Two values mint £175
Revenues and Fiscals - 1924 Admirals Large format Revenues B&H 1-8
175.
176.
177.
178.
Mint: 3/- Few raggy perforations UMM £80
Used: a) 3/- £15
b) 7/6 £20
c) 10/- £10
d) £1 Violet or deep magenta £10 each
Used: £20 date perfined, superb example £800
Used: £50 date perfined, frame colour a little faded, cheap at £250
1931 Field Marshall Large format Revenues B&H 9-17
179.
180.
Used: a) 3/- Brown & blue £20
b) 7/6 Purple & black £25
c) 10/- Rose red & green £10
d) £1 Black & magenta £10
e) £2 brown £20
f) £5 Blue & ultramarine £75
£20 Brown & yellow used, a superb copy of this rarity £750
1937 KGVI Revenues
181. Used: a) 3/-, 10/- or £1 each £5 b) 10/- in a pair used £10 c) £5 Bright rose red or carmine red used
£10 each d) £10 Grey-violet £40
182. Used on piece: 10/- & £10 plus 5/- definitive SG 52 with a neat oval cancel, £45
183. Used on piece: £5 & £20 mauve, neat oval cancel £75 – Illustrated above
184. Used on piece: 10/-, £2, £10 & £50 with oval cancels £150 - Illustrated above
185. 1952 Arms Revenues Used set to £10 (15 values) £35
186. 1952 Arms: a) £20 used £35
b) £50 used £50
Postal Stationery - Mint
187.
188.
189.
190.
191.
192.
193.
194.
195.
1924 Post Cards a) ½d Green H&G 1, £20
b) 1½d Light rose on cream card H&G 2, £40
c) 1½d Deep rose shade on cream card H&G 2 variation, £50
1931 a) ½d H&G 3 £30 b) 1½d Small Falls H&G 4 £40
Letter Cards a) 1938 KGVI 1d Red on blue H&G 3, £25
b) KGVI 1d Later printing brown red on green blue, H&G 3a, £30.
Envelopes a) 1924 ½d Admiral H&G 1 £20
b) 1924 1d Admiral H&G 2, £20
c) 1938 1d KGVI H&G 5, £20
Registered Envelopes - Mint a) 1931 Field Marshall Size G, H&G 2, £30 b) 1938 KGVI Size G,
third line 81mm long H&G 5, £25 c) 1938 KGVI Size H2, first line 88mm long H&G 7, £30
Registered Envelopes – Used a) KGVI SIZE G, H&G 5 used with 2d Large Falls to S.A. registered
& cancelled Salisbury £20 b) 1938 KGVI Size H2, H&G 7 to SA with additional QEII 2d
definitive cancelled UMVUMA 5 May 1954, Bulawayo 6 May transit £20
Wrappers 1938 ½d KGVI H&G 4, missing from most collections, £350
Aerogrammes KGVI: a) 1944 6d Local Printing H&G 1 £30 b) 6d Dark greenish grey, watermark
‘A’, H&G 4, £20 c) 6d Watermark ‘B’, H&G 5, £20 d) 6d Slate grey, watermark ‘E’, H&G 6, £20
1953 QEII 6d Rhodes Exhibition H&G 7 a) Mint £10 b) Used - Cancelled Causeway 18 SEP
1953 slogan machine cancel - scarce used £20 c) Ditto with oval Royal Tour 2 JUL 53 cancel, £10
Postal History
196.
197.
198.
199.
200.
201.
202.
203.
204.
205.
206.
207.
208.
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1924 Admirals - Perforation variety Envelope with ½d strip of four with a wing margin at foot to
UK cancelled with Salisbury slogan machine BUY RHODESIAN LOAN CERTIFICATES 10.1.27 £60
1924 Admirals: Envelope to Germany with 4d & 6d, registered & cancelled Salisbury 10 JAN 27,
via London & Berlin, various backstamps, part of backflap missing £60
Unsealed rate: ½d Field Marshall Perf 14 to Gwelo cancelled Bulawayo Station 27 NOV 37 £25
Surface rate to Canada: Envelope to Vancouver with 1d Field Marshalls x 3 cancelled Plumtree
24 NOV 1931 £25
Envelope with 1d Field Marshall cancelled Imperial Press Conference 14 FEB 1935 £30
Manila OHMS envelope (printed 1935) to Liverpool, England, sent registered with oval cachet
DIST POSTMASTERS OFFICE – SALISBURY 12 JUN 1937. Cancelled by scarce D.C.
OFFICIAL PAID 12 JUN 1937 in red and Salisbury registered cds. Redirected on arrival to
Cornwall with Bude 7 JY 37 arrival backstamp £60
KGVI Scarce value on cover: Envelope airmailed to UK with 1/- rate, 8d definitive plus 2d Large
Falls imprint pair comb perforation 14 cancelled CAUSEWAY £25
Rare Slogan Cancel & Instructional Marking: Envelope from Ireland to Jameson Mine, Filabusi
(17 July 1939 arrival backstamp). Redirected to Memorial Hospital, Bulawayo, reposted Filabusi 19
July & with rare Bulawayo machine slogan ‘1890-1940 Share Rhodesia’s Jubilee Celebration
20.7.39’. Only two examples recorded. Marked deceased 17.7.39 in manuscript, boxed cachet
DECEDE - DECEASED applied in black, reposted & cancelled with scarce Bulawayo 2 - 27 JUL
39. Finally backstamped Returned Letter Branch-GPO Salisbury 29 JUL 39 £350
Early meter mark: Local use, Neopost 1d meter (N2) from Haddon & Sly, Bulawayo 17 IV 39 £60
Meter Mark Window envelope, Neopost 2d (N3) with Meikles lead the way Bulawayo 2 V 46 £50
O.H.M.S. A 1934 printed envelope from the Salisbury Dept of Taxation 14 DEC 1934 plus
Salisbury cancel to B&M&R Railways in Bulawayo, vertical fold £20
Royal Train Registration: Envelope with 1947 R. Visit set + 4d definitive, registered & posted on
the train 7 APR 47 with Boxed ‘ROYAL TRAIN’ registration cachet £50
Postage Paid in Cash: Envelope to USA with Bulawayo machine P.P. in C. 23.3.48 in red £30
Airmails - 1931 Experimental Flight – All with the appropriate FF cachet in violet or black
209.
210.
211.
212.
Bulawayo - Cape Town Illustrated ‘Springbok’ envelope with 4d - Bulawayo 19 DEC 1931 £40
First UK Northbound Flight - Illustrated envelope with inset of Rhodes & a Bi-plane with 10d
definitive & FF cachet in violet, Salisbury 27 JAN 1932, end of envelope has a vertical fold £30
Later Flight - 1932 First Northbound Flight: Commercial envelope with 10d Cancelled
BULAWAYO 28 JAN 1932, with additional cancel alongside, also with F.F. handstamp £30
1 FEB 1938 First Flight - Illustrated envelope for Inauguration of Salisbury, Gatooma, Que Que,
Gwelo, Bulawayo - Posted Salisbury 1 FEB 1938 £30
World War II
213.
214.
215.
216.
Envelopes addressed to W. Carnegie, Bulawayo, stamps ‘OFFICIAL FREE’ and Rhodesia Air
Training Group cachets
a) Posted CRANBORNE 1 DEC 4? £15
b) BULAWAYO 22 OCT 41, with ‘ON ACTIVE SERVICE’ handstamp, £20
Label: Red/blue with V for Victory from ‘THE NATIONAL WAR FUND OF S. RHODESIA’ £20
Intaglio Censor: Envelope to Ireland posted with KGVI 1½d x 2 cancelled Bulawayo 3 AUG 1940
with straight line cachet ‘PASSED CENSOR’ in violet. The caption clearly an intaglio impression.
The only example seen to date £175 (See The Rhodesian Philatelist No.6, page 84)
Return to Sender: OHMS envelope sent ‘Official Free’ NORTON 5 APL 44 to Durban
Marked ‘not for Box 65’ + two bi-lingual S.A. cachets. ‘UNKNOWN’ & ‘UNDELIVERABLE’
dispatched Durban 11 IV 44. With no return address sent to the ‘Returned Letter Branch G.P.O.
SALISBURY, backstamped 24 April. Letter returned under separate cover in an OHMS envelope of
the Returned Letter Branch, Salisbury (first example seen), addressed to Wing Commander P.O.
Norton and dispatched Salisbury 24 APR 44. A very unusual and rare pair of envelopes £275
SG
RHODESIA & NYASALAND
1954 Definitives 16 values
1
½d
1a
½d orange
½d orange red
½d deep orange
2
1d
2a
1d blue
2ab
1d ultramarine
3
2d
3a
2½d
4
3d
5
4d
6
4½d
7
6d
7a
6d magenta
8
9d
9
1/10
1/3
11
2/12
2/6
13
5/14
10/15
£1
16-7 1955 Falls
1959 Definitives 16 values
18
½d
18a
½d coil
19
1d
19a
1d coil
19ab 1d shade
20
2d
21
2½d
22
3d
23
4d
UM
£90
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.25
4.25
0.50
5.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
2.00
7.50
2.00
2.00
4.00
7.00
6.50
£20
£20
£35
1.50
£85
1.00
3.00
0.50
3.00
6.50
2.00
1.50
0.80
1.00
Used
£40
0.50
1.75
1.75
1.75
0.50
£16
£15
0.50
0.50
0.50
0 50
1.00
0.50
0.50
0.70
0.50
0.50
3.50
1.75
6.00
7.50
£24
1.00
£65
1.50
5.00
0.50
9.00
1.00
0.50
0.50
SG
Page 17
24
6d
24a
9d
25
1/26
1/3
27
2/28
2/6
29
5/30
10/31
£1
1962 De la Rue Printings
19
1d
20
2d
25
1/1960 Kariba Dam
32
3d
33
6d
34
1/35
1/3
35a
1/3 shade
36
2/6
37
5/38-39 1961 Mining
40-42 1962 Airmail
43-46 Tobacco
47
1963 Red Cross
48-49 1963 Round Table
D1-4 1961 Postage Dues
D1
1d
D2
2d
D3
4d
D4
6d
Booklets
SB1
1955 5/SB2
1963 1/-
UM
2.00
6.50
1.00
2.50
3.25
6.00
£12
£21
£36
Used
0.50
2.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.75
£18
£45
1.00
£15
0.50
0.55
2.00
£16
3.00
1.75
5.00
3.00
1.25
1.50
£10
1.50
2.00
£22
0.50
0.50
3.00
3.00
7.50
£11
0.80
5.50
3.00
0.50
3.00
£20
2.75
7.00
£30
4.00
*
*
RHODESIA & NYASALAND
217.
1954 Definitives - Die Proofs, Master Die Proofs for low, middle & high vales plus dies for the
frames of the middle values - Details on our website
218.
Plate Proofs 1954 definitives, Imperforate proofs each with a security punch hole set to 1/- in pairs
½d & 2½d are singles (10 Items) £250
FDC - 1954 Definitives to 1/- used in N. Rhodesia, cancelled MKUSHI - scarce usage £25
Perforation Variety: 2d SG 3 Major Shift of perforations, misplaced to the left and down in block
of nine, UMM £150
Variety - 2d with a pre-printing crease, interrupts design mint £175
Used varieties: a) 1d with dot between N & Y of NYASALAND £15 b) 2½d Dot to the right of
Queen’s eye £15 c) 3d Dot between I & A of RHODESIA £15
219.
220.
221.
222.
223.
224.
Coils used in pairs: ½d SG 1a Three shades, orange, orange red and deep orange, 1d blue SG2a and
ultramarine SG 2ab (5 pairs) £70
Coil leaders and ends: a) ½d leader with six stamps, end with 3 stamps, £100 b) 1d ultramarine
SG 2a, leader with six stamps, end with 11 stamps, £125
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225.
227.
Coil - Multiple: 1d Blue SG 2a used on piece strip of five and six cancelled Salisbury 30 APR 57,
mark on one stamp, £160
Training School Stamps: Overprinted with horizontal ‘tramline’ bars ex Fort Johnston College, ½d
to 9d excluding 4d and 6d (7 values) UMM £60
1955 (5/-) Booklet Panes: ½d, 1d and 2d with selvedge in panes of six a) UMM £20 b) Used £50
228.
1955 Falls SG 16 & 17 in corner marginal blocks – 1/- (sheet No 360) UMM £8
226.
1959 Definitives & Varieties
229.
230.
231.
232.
233.
234.
235.
236.
237.
238.
239.
240.
241.
242.
243.
244.
245.
FDC - 1959 Definitives used in S. Rhodesia: Illustrated envelope of the Philatelic Society of
Rhodesia with full set SG 18-31 registered and cancelled Bulawayo (Code 14) £60
a) 1959 Definitives used in S. Rhodesia: Illustrated envelope with Federation coat of arms set to 1/Registered and cancelled Salisbury £10 b) 1959 Definitives used in N. Rhodesia: Illustrated
envelope of the Copper belt Philatelic Society, set to 1/- registered and cancelled Kitwe, £10
1959 1d Coil with centre omitted SG 19ac UMM a) Single £250 b) In a pair £500
1959 Definitive - Bradbury-Wilkinson Proof - 3d Value imperforate block of the central vignette
for the third printing 16.9.60 £350
SG 22 - 3d all four shades (ex BW Archives) 1st ptg. (16-9-58) cobalt blue, 2nd ptg. (24.4.59)
chalky blue, 3rd ptg. (16-9-60) Ultramarine & 4th ptg. (21-2-62) blue - Set of 4 shades UMM £25
Misplaced centre of 1d: a) to the right, almost touching value, mint £20
b) To left mast almost touching Queen's face, UMM £20
Blocks of 4: 9d SG 24a a) UMM £26 b) Used £10
1960 Kariba: a) Envelope registered & cancelled Royal Tour Kariba £25 b) Illustrated envelope of
the Philatelic Society of Rhodesia cancelled by very rare C.A. TRADE FAIR BULAWAYO £50
1961 Mining SG 38 - 39 Set on illustrated FDC, Broken Hill cancel £5
1962 Airmail SG 40 - 42 Set on illustrated FDC, Salisbury cancel £10
1962 Airmail Variety SG 40 6d Imprint block with varieties - White spot in grass near rudder &
Green dot on Starboard Wing Half UMM £15
1962 Airmail 1/3 in corner marginal Imprint block of 4 UMM £10
1962 Tobacco varieties a) 3d with serif flaw on 3 of 3d ex R2/2 used £10 b) 6d with bulging
trouser flaw Ex R10/1 and Extra pearl to Queen's earring Ex R10/2 UMM £20
1963 Red Cross in corner marginal Value block UMM £10
Postage Dues 1954 1d definitive, handstamped ‘POSTAGE DUE’ in violet used on piece,
cancelled SALISBURY DELIVERY ROOM 8 JUL 1959 – less than 30 examples recorded £2500
Used Booklet Panes - ½d, 1d and 2d with selvedge in panes of six from the1955 5/- Booklet
Used at Juliasdale & Kitwe 1956 £50
Booklet Panes on Cover a) ½d Pane of six on Airmail envelope to SA cancelled KITWE 1957 £75
b) 1d Pane of six on local envelope cancelled ZOMBA 31 JAN 1955 £75
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1956 Revenues:
a) 5/- olive used £15,
b) 10/- violet, UMM, light gum bend £15,
c) 10/- deep violet (2nd printing) UMM £20,
d) £1 blue used, £25
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Railway Parcel Stamps - Set of 11 blocks of four1d to £1, excluding 1d overprinted SZ (Shamva)
1/- SHG (Shangani)These are later printings with Small value figures UMM £125
Railway Parcel Stamps - Blocks of four1d, 2d, 3d, 4d & 5d Overprinted LU (Luanshya) - These are
early printings with large value figures Used £25
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Aerogramme 1956 Air letter with additional postage space H&G 2, pale printing, mint £10
Tourist propaganda, 6d air letter without imprinted stamp in blue, complete set of eight mint £25
As above, a complete set commercial used to UK, all circa 1961 (8 items) £30
Covers - Postage Rates
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Unsealed surface rate to UK Envelope with 1954 1d & 1959 ½d Coil with MONGU 31 IV 62
machine cancel £15
2½d Internal surface rate Envelope with 1954 ½d x 5, LUSAKA 9 SP 54 £10
2d Internal surface rate Envelope with 1954 2d BANCROFT 5 MY 55, COMPOUND P.O.
CHINGOLA 7 MAY 55 arrival – scarce cancel £20
4d Airmail to South Africa Envelope with 1954 ½d coil x 8 in pair & strips of 3 with D.C. and
machine cancel KITWE 17 DEC 61 £15
6d Second class Airmail to UK Envelope with 1965 6d KASAMA 16 DE 57 £15
1/3 Airmail to UK with 1962 1/3 Airmail commemorative KABOMPO 26 JUN 1962 £15
3/6 Registered Airmail to Canada with 1963 6d x 2 & 2/6 Tobacco commemoratives KITWE
29 AUG 64, Montreal transit & Toronto SEP 4 1964 arrival £20
10/- High Airmail rate to Switzerland Envelope with 1959 2/6 strip of four definitives cancelled
CAUSEWAY 11 MAY 1962 £20
Found open or damaged: 1956 Envelope from Italy to Kitwe, sealed on all sides with brown top
being form P144B inscribed Found open or damaged and officially secured tied by initials and
KITWE 8 MAR 56 type 22 cancels. Unusual and rare item, £85
Interprovincial – Envelope used locally with S. R. KGVI 8d cancelled CHINGOLA DE 29 54 £15
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