FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, REST OF THE WORLD, BRITISH AFRICA

Lot 600		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Ascension: 1987 Royal Ruby Wedding 20p, error 'Surcharge double', SG 449a, unmounted
Lot 601		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 British East Africa: 1890-95 2½a Black/yellow-buff horizontal pair, variety 'Imperforate between', SG 7cc
Lot 602		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $750 Cape of Good Hope: 1863 (16 Jul) cover to Graaff Reynett bearing Perkins, Bacon 4d Deep Blue, SG 6, three huge margins with portions of adjoining units on two sides, tied by triangular grid cancellation, oval crescent Port Elizabeth and arrival datestamps in red, minor blemishes confined generally to flap
Lot 603		Estimate: $500 Cape of Good Hope: 1876 De La Rue 4d Die Proof in Black on glazed card (92x61mm) stamped 'Feb. 15, 1876.'. Fine
Lot 604		Estimate: $500 Cape of Good Hope: 1882 De La Rue 2d Die Proof in Black on glazed card (92x69mm) stamped '12JUN82' and 'BEFORE HARDENING'. Fine
Lot 605		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $75 Cape of Good Hope: Railway Stamp 1882 1d 'CAPE RAILWAY SERVICE/WESTERN SERVICE', marginal example, very fresh unmounted
Lot 606		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 Gambia: 1869-72 No Wmk Imperf 4d Brown, SG 1, close even margins, large part o.g.
Lot 607		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $260 Gambia: 1874 Wmk Crown CC Imperf 6d Deep Blue, SG 7, large margined example from base of sheet, part o.g.
Lot 608		Estimate: $350 Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika: 1935-37 KGV 1c to £1, SG 110-23, mostly fine (14)
Lot 609		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $240 Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika: 1938-54 KGVI 1/- Black and Yellowish Brown Perf 13x12, SG 145b, 'THOMAS DE LA RUE' imprint block of eight, fresh unmounted
Lot 610		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 Lesotho: 1986-88 Butterfly Surcharge 9s on 60s 'Moscow White', error 'Surcharge double', SG 723a, marginal unmounted
Lot 611		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 Lesotho: 1986-88 Butterfly Surcharge 9s on 60s 'Moscow White', error 'Surcharge double, one inverted', SG 723b, unmounted
Lot 612		Estimate: $400 Mauritius: 1858-62 Britannia (no value expressed) Imperf (4d) Green, unissued Red-Brown and Blue, SG 27, 30, 31, good to large margins, also 1883 16c on 17c Rose, SG 112, unused/part gum (4). Cat £616
Lot 613		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $95 Mauritius: 1938-49 KGVI 3c Reddish Mauve and Violet, variety 'Sliced 'S' at right', SG 253a, fresh
Lot 614		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 Mauritius: Booklets 1954 and 1955 QEII 5R, SG SB2-3
Lot 615		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Nigeria - Oil Rivers: 1893 (Sep) Surcharge issued at Old Calabar ½d in Red on 1d Lilac of Great Britain, unsevered pair, SG 7a. 2006 Sismondo Certificate
Lot 616		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Nigeria - Oil Rivers: 1893 (Dec) Surcharge issued at Old Calabar 'One/Shilling' in Violet on 2d, SG 37, hinge remain. 2003 Brandon Certificate. Only 240 printed
Lot 617		Estimate: $600 Northern Rhodesia: 1925-29 KGV ½d to £1, SG 1-17, few unmounted, fine set (17)
Lot 618		Estimate: $3,000 Northern Rhodesia: 1963 QEII Arms 3d, error 'Orange (eagle shading) omitted', SG 78d, marginal unmounted. Very rare
Lot 619		Estimate: $1,000 Northern Rhodesia: 1963 QEII Arms 6d, error 'Value omitted', SG 80a, unmounted. Very rare
Lot 620		Estimate: $250 Orange Free State: 1900 'V.R.I. 6d' on 6d Bright Carmine pair, left unit 'Level stops', right unit 'Raised stops', SG 119b, fresh
Lot 621		Estimate: $400 Orange Free State: 1900 'V.R.I. 6d' on 6d Bright Carmine block of four, upper units 'Raised stops', lower units 'Level stops' and 'Raised stops', SG 119,b, fresh
Lot 622		Estimate: $500 Orange Free State: 1900 'V.R.I.' Surcharges (SG type 32) 6d on 6d Blue pair with 'raised stops', 1/- pairs (2), one with 'raised stops', other pair with 'mixed raised and level stops' with left unit showing 's' of 1/- partly missing, also 5/- single, generally fine (7)
Lot 623		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $480 Rhodesia: 1913-22 Admiral Die III £1 Black and Bright Purple Perf 14, SG 278, fresh
Lot 624		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe): 1980 Definitives 4c Garnet 'Imperforate', SG 578a, Mardon imprint/plate no. block of 20 (10x2) from base of sheet. Ultimate collecting piece
Lot 625		Estimate: $350 Saint Helena: 1908-11 KEVII £1 Green and Red/green, SG 71 fine used on small piece. Scarce
Lot 626		Estimate: $600 Saint Helena: 1922-27 KGV Wmk Crown CA £1 Grey and Purple/red, SG 96, fine
Lot 627		Estimate: $1,250 Saint Helena: 1922-37 KGV Wmk Multiple Script CA 15/- Grey and Purple/blue, SG 113, fine
Lot 628		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 Seychelles: 1987 Royal Ruby Wedding 50c, error 'Overprint inverted', SG 674a, marginal
Lot 629		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $2,200 Sierra Leone: 1933 Centenary of Abolition of Slavery ½d to £1, SG 168-80, complete set in upper right corner sheet number examples, odd natural bend, unmounted (13)
Lot 630		Estimate: $350T Realised Price : $280 South Africa: 1910 2½d Opening of Parliament handstamped 'Specimen' in black, SG 1s, light toning as usually found. Scarce and under-rated
Lot 631		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $75 South Africa: 1930-45 Definitives bilingual pairs of 1d, 3d Black and Red, 4d, 1/- and 2/6d Green and Brown, the 3d and 4d with Inverted Wmks (10). Cat £240+
Lot 632		Estimate: $250 South West Africa: 1927 2d to 10/- set in bilingual pairs, SG 49-54 (12)
Lot 633		Estimate: $300 South West Africa: 1927-30 Definitives ½d to 10/- bilingual pairs, SG 58-68, incl SG 58b and 59b (12 pairs)
Lot 634		Estimate: $150 South West Africa: 1927-30 Definitives 6d Green and Orange bilingual pair, variety 'No stop after 'A , SG 63a, hinge remains
Lot 635		Estimate: $250 South West Africa: 1931 Pictorials ½d to 20/- bilingual pairs incl 3d and 10d Airs, SG 74-87 (14 pairs)
Lot 636		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $575 Transvaal: 1885-93 Imperforate Plate Proof pairs in carmine, buff, green, blue and lilac on ungummed, unwatermarked paper (5 pairs)
Lot 637		Estimate: $500 Tristan Da Cunha: 1986 60th Birthday of QEII 25p, error 'Silver (cypher and logo) omitted', SG 408a, unmounted. Scarce
Lot 638		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $420 Zanzibar: 1908-09 100R Black and Steel-Blue, SG 244, part gum example, uneven perfs. Cat £700