Literature: "The Triangular stamps of the Cape of Good Hope" by Alan Stevenson, HB, no dust jacket but front cover affixed on the inside back cover, fine...

Pair of items incl. early wax seal of the District Attorney/Secretary, of a type used until 1795 and again from 1803–06, depicting a sailing ship of the...

1817 Stampless entire from Switzerland to the Cape of Good Hope, well before the introduction of postal handstamps in the region, addressed to Capt. Gallien...

1838 Stampless cover to London bearing the Crown oval cancel of Cape of Good Hope. With Drouot Certificate 2010. Another tatty cover 1851 to Liverpool...

1850s–1870s, Stampless Official Post Office correspondence group of 6 covers, a scarce and highly interesting group addressed to the Postmaster at Cape...

1d plate proof printed in black on toned paper, with good to large margins on all sides; very fine and rare; ex Dillaway.

1853-64, attractive balance collection comprising over 30 Cape of Good Hope triangular stamps, including SG2 with shades, SG8 with shades, SG19 with shades,...

1855-63 6d pale rose-lilac on white paper mint with part o.g., 3 large margins, very fresh, a lovely example.

1855-63 6d pale rose-lilac on white paper mint, regummed, with 3 margins, an attractive example.

1863-64 6d mauve unused example with wide, even margins on all of the three sides and strong colour. Except for a minute thin spot, in fine condition (S.G....

1855-1863, 6d slate lilac. An unused example of this rarity, with good colour, touched top right but otherwise without faults and guaranteed unused. (S.G....

1855-63 1s bright yellow-green, an outstanding used example with good margins all round, cancelled by amazing "CAPE TOWN / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" datestamp...

1861 Woodblock 1d carmine, attractively struck by mute barred obliterator and with wide margins on all sides; light wrinkle at left corner, a stunning...

1861 Woodblock 1d brick-red, three good to large margins, used with part triangular strike somewhat smudged, fine and a rare stamp (SG £5'000)

1865 (Jul 20) envelope sent at the rare "drop letter" rate, posted at Swellendam for delivery within the 50 km local radius, correctly prepaid at the 1d...

1863-64 6d bright mauve unused pair, displaying bright, fresh colour with clear margins all around, some minor spots of discolouration, fine and scarce...

1865 1d and 4d Seated Hope with frame-lines each with "SPECIMEN" hs (Samuel type D5) mounted on piece from the 1866 De la Rue sample book.

1864 4d De La Rue die proof in black on glazed card, 91x59mm, very fine and scarce.

1865 4d blue with frame-lines in imperf. horizontal plate proof pair on ungummed, unwatermarked paper, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Samuel type D7), very fine.

1871 De La Rue 5s die proof in black on glazed card, endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated April 27 1871, very fine and scarce, plus 5s yellow-orange imperf...

1883 Watermark Crown CA 5/- orange fine and fresh hinged mint

1884 Cabled Anchor watermark essays on card for both the small and large types, the latter for revenue issues, both in black ink with stamp size drawn...

1898 (Sep 19) British Bechuanaland postcard sent from England to Mafeking, franked on the reverse with 1881 1d lilac die II tied by Westgate-on-Sea "G48"...

1900 Cape of Good Hope 3d on 1d used, six examples showing the setting of 6 of the surcharge, fine to very fine (S.G. £450).

1900 Cape of Good Hope 3d on 1d pair on envelope to the Cape Colony tied by MR 30 1900 cd, reverse with Kimberley and Grahams Town arrival, roughly opened...

1900 6d on GB 3d purple on yellow (serif lettering) with surcharge inverted, pos. 5 from the setting of 6, tied to piece by Mafeking MR 30 1900 cds (first...

1900 GB Unappropriated Die 6d on 3d on envelope to Scotland tied by Mafeking AP 9 1900, endorsed at top left "via bag South", reverse with Greenock and...

1900 Goodyear 1d pale blue fine used. (S.G. £375).

1900 Major Goodyear 1d deep blue on blue cancelled by MY 1 1900 cds, slight toning, fine (S.G. £375).

1900 Major Goodyear 1d deep blue on blue tied to small piece by MY 17 1900 cds, very fine (S.G. £375).

1900 Baden-Powell 3d blue fine used on piece tied 'Mafeking MY 12 1900' cds. (S.G. £450).

1900 Baden Powell 3d (18.5mm wide) deep blue on envelope addressed "Acrostie / Mafeking Mail" tied by Mafeking AP 21 1900 cds, cover tears at top strengthened...

1900 Baden Powell 3d (21mm wide) deep blue on blue used with Mafeking AP 26 1900 cds, fine (S.G. £1'500).

1895 (Dec 13) envelope from Muden to Germany with five 1895 "HALF" on 1d (strip of 4 and single) tied by "P.O.A / 44) barred circles, reverse with Natal,...

Orange Free State 1899 Commando Brief black/bistre-yellow, Military Frank, rejoined horizontal pair centrally cancelled by large part Bloemfontein cds...

BOER WAR 1901 — TRANSVAAL TO IRELAND — REMARKABLE HAND-DRAWN PATRIOTIC COVER BY SGT. J. WOODMAN. Exceptional hand-illustrated Boer War cover from the Transvaal...

1901 De La Rue die proof of the KEVII head in oval in black on glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "AFTER STRIKING" and dated "6 SEP 01", initialled at lower...

1901 De La Rue die poof of the 2s frame in black on glazed card (92x60mm), dated “23 AUG 01”, very fine.

2/6d De La Rue die proof of the frame only in black on glazed card (92x60mm), dated “Aug 15” in pencil, fine.

Appendix A: “Appendix A” dated “1st October 1901”, bearing 1d. (7) with black centres, seven with suggested and accepted colours for the ½d., 1d., 2d.,...

½d. to 10/- and 1903 1/- to £5, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” and affixed to small piece or fragment, the 6d with surface scuff otherwise very fine; ex...

1902 ½d to 2½d (watermark inverted) and 1s to 10s, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” and additionally handstamped “ULTRAMAR” by the Portuguese receiving authority,...

1902 1/2d to 2 1/2d and 1s to 10s (missing the 3d and 4d issued later), each overprinted “SPECIMEN” and additionally handstamped “ULTRAMAR”, all affixed...

1902 wmk CA 1s and 5s and 1903 1s, £1 and £5 each overprinted "SPECIMEN" and each showing variety broken "M", fine mint with original or part original...

1902 1/2d used, 2 1/2d mint marginal pair and single overprinted “SPECIMEN”, all with watermark inverted variety, fine.

1d black & carmine in a lower left mint pane of 60 showing perforations across the lower left corner due to a pre-perforation paper fold, very fine.

1902 (Nov 13) envelope from Vlakfontein to France with KEVII 1d and 1/2d on the obverse and 1/2d pair on the reverse tied by blue-green Vlakfontein mail...

3d to £1 and mono-colour ½d to 2 ½d, each handstamped “SPECIMEN” (Type SA5), generally fine mint. This set was presented to the Royal Empire Society on...

3d to 2/6d, 10/-, £1 plus monocolour½d.to 2½d, each handstamped with violet “Specimen” (Type SA1) applied in the Cape Colony, all with part gum 2s6d with...

1906 KEVII wmk multi CA 3d black and sage-green in mint n.h. vertical lower right corner pair showing a ‘ghosting’ of the frame, particularly noticeable...