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Auction No 403, Tag: South Africa

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)
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Box of subject cards with main interest in Military WWI/WW2 including some soldiers’ photos, plus woven silk of Edith Cavell (tone mark in border),

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Box of subject cards with main interest in Military WWI/WW2 including some soldiers' photos, plus woven silk of Edith Cavell (tone mark in border), good early RPs of South Africa, few hand-painted flowers, street scene of Seaforth, Chivers Fruits adverts (5), Tom Browne Dutch characters (2), etc. Also bundle of modern cards & some ephemera. (abt. 300 items)   

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South Africa 1887-1955 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1940, with interest in Boer War period and earlier, and 1920s/30s airmail.

Lot: 275

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £50
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South Africa 1887-1955 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1940, with interest in Boer War period and earlier, and 1920s/30s airmail. Includes covers (3) and two fronts to POW Camps at Greenpoint, Belle Vue, St. Helena, and Bermuda. Mixed condition. (43)

Natal 1900 cover to UK with 1d adhesive tied by LADYSMITH / NATAL cds for March 1st and 2-line LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb 20th 1900,

Lot: 276

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Natal 1900 cover to UK with 1d adhesive tied by LADYSMITH / NATAL cds for March 1st and 2-line LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb 20th 1900, with arrival b/s for CHARD 26th March 1900. The cover torn and repaired (stamp and cancels unaffected).

H.S. Hagen & S.P. Naylor "Railway Postal History of South Africa", Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa, 1998, quarto, cloth bound

Lot: 277

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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H.S. Hagen & S.P. Naylor Railway Postal History of South Africa, Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa, 1998, quarto, cloth bound in a complete d/jkt, near fine without inscriptions; illustrated. 279pp   

Alan R. Drysdall "Transvaal Railway Stamps and Travelling Post Offices", James Bendon, Limassol, 1997, quarto, cloth bound

Lot: 278

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Alan R. Drysdall Transvaal Railway Stamps and Travelling Post Offices, James Bendon, Limassol, 1997, quarto, cloth bound with gilt lettering in a complete d/jkt; no internal inscriptions. Numerous illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Fine. 151pp + adverts.

Kenneth Griffith & Alan Drysdall "The Travelling Post Offices of Imperial Military Railways", Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997, quarto s/bk,

Lot: 279

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
UNSOLD
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Kenneth Griffith & Alan Drysdall The Travelling Post Offices of Imperial Military Railways, Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997, quarto s/bk, comb-binding with plastic protective cover. Illustrated. Fine, no internal markings. 75pp

H.S. Nagen & S.P. Taylor "Railway Stamps of South Africa: The railway parcels, newspaper, and official stamps of the South African railways...."

Lot: 280

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £50
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H.S. Nagen & S.P. Taylor Railway Stamps of South Africa: The railway parcels, newspaper, and official stamps of the South African railways and of the various administrations which preceded it. Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa, 1985; tall octavo, cloth-bound, gilt, small fault edge of spine o/w VG; 100s of illustrations, folding map & diagram. Fine internally, without inscriptions. 125pp + 25pp listing of stations.