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British Commonwealth continued...

Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection continued...
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description Opening at...
241 imageRegistered mail: 1893 (1Sep.) registered envelope from Port Elizabeth to Cradock bearing 1893 1d on 2d deep bistre strip of three and two singles, tied by barred oval "2" handstamps, endorsed "Registered" and bears oval REGISTERED SP 1 93 PORT ELIZABETH datestamp with Cradock next day receiver backstamp, flap with Adolph Mosenthal & Co. Port Elizabeth embossed merchant’s oval, small mend at lower right, scarce provisional usage., ex Dillaway.
SG 57a.

The 1d rate per ½oz. was introduced in 1890.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:11 PM
242 imageRedirected incoming printed matter from Transvaal: 1894 (17 Nov.) proxy form from The Mulder’s Farm Gold Mining Co. Ltd. Johannesburg to King Williams Town, forwarded to Queenstown bearing Transvaal 1, 1885-93 ½g grey cancelled and with Cape 1884-90 ½d black affixed on top, tied by unclear hooded circle datestamp of King Williams Town, backstamped with QUEENSTOWN DE 9 94 C.G.H. c.d.s., unusual., ex Dillaway.
SG Transvaal 175, Cape 48. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:11 PM
243 imagebistre Uprated newspaper wrapper: 1897 (14 Mar.) 1882 ½d grey newspaper wrapper (trimmed to 125 x 145 mm from 125 x 300 mm) from Humansdorp to Twee Rivieren (Uniondale) bearing 1884-90 ½d black, 2d pa, tied by "37" BONC handstamps, wrapper bears HUMANSDORP MR 14 97 (?) c.d.s., scarce usage, ex Dillaway.
SG Quick & Yonkers W1, SG 48,50,61.

The 3d additional postage was used to cover non-newspaper usage.
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Suggested Bid $300-400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:12 PM
244 imageRegistered mail: 1900 (3 Sep.) envelope from Zwagershoek (Somerset East) to Port Elizabeth bearing 1900 Table Bay 1d carmine pair and three singles, all cancelled by ZWAGERSHOEK SP 3 00 C.G.H. c.d.s cancels, backstamped with SOMERSET EAST SP 4 00 transit c.d.s. and next day oval Registered Port Elizabeth receiver, cover with a almost invisible crease affecting one stamp and has been sensibly silked, attractive. Rare, ex Dillaway.
SG 69.

The post office was opened in January 1885, closed June 1886, reopened as Scott’s Zwagershoek November 1891 and, in September 1896, reverted to Zwagershoek. In 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War the post office was ransacked twice by Boer forces, once on 16 March and secondly on 13 October under General J.C. Smuts. This is the item of record for the earliest recorded date.
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Suggested Bid $100-150

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:12 PM
245 image1901 (4 July); Censored envelope from The Fountain (Uitengage) to Port Elizabeth bearing 1898-1902 Standing "Hope" 1d carmine, cancelled by THE FOUNTAIN JY 4 01 Dot c.d.s., bears blue boxed Passed Press Censor Uitenhage handstamp, backstamped with squared circle Uitenhage c.d.s. of 4 July 1901 and Port Elizabeth next day receiver, scarce and attractive., ex Dillaway.
SG 59a.

Frescura records the latest known usage of this c.d.s. as 19 April 1901.
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Suggested Bid $100-150

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:13 PM
246 imageRegistered mail: 1901 (19 Dec.) Censored folded envelope from Gamtoos River Ferry (Uitenhage) to Port Elizabeth bearing 1893-98 2½d pale ultramarine block of four (short edge perfs) just tied by GAMTOOS RIVER FERRY DE 19 01 c.d.s., bears violet boxed Passed Press Censor Uitenhage handstamp, backstamped with UITENHAGE DE 20 01 c.d.s. and same day oval Registered Port Elizabeth receiver, scarce and unusual., ex Dillaway.
SG 63. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $115.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:14 PM
247 image"Undelivered For Reason Stated": 1903 (6 May) local rate Grahamstown cover bearing 1902-04 1d carmine, tied by double circle GRAHAMSTOWN MAY 6 03 emblem c.d.s., envelope was redirected to Port Alfred (20 May 1903), marked "Unknown" and "Unclaimed" in red ms., a variety of other ms. markings and deletions, returned to Grahamstown (19 May 1903), again (24 May 1903), again (21 July 1903) and for the last time (29 July 1903). Cover bears violet four-line UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER AT/ADDRESS SHOWN ON COVER/FROM R. L. O., CAPE TOWN handstamp (RLO 8) and violet RETURNED L O JY 24 03 CAPE TOWN c.d.s. (RLO 2) backstamp. Remarkable, ex Dillaway.
SG 71.

This cover predates Goldblatt by six years.
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Suggested Bid $300-400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:14 PM
248 image1903 (23 Dec.) Charming tiny envelope containing a brochure with six original miniature photographs of the Cradock area from Cradock to Willowvale (Transkei) bearing 1893-1902 Standing "Hope" ½d green, tied by CRADOCK DE 23 03 killer arc and emblem c.d.s., backstamped WILLOWVALE DE 28 03 c.d.s. Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 58.

Posted at the ½d rate effective from 1890.
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Suggested Bid $100-150

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before Jun-22, 10:11 AM
249 image"Sample Post": 1907 (13 Dec.) Specially prepared printed blue linen-backed sample envelope from Port Elizabeth to Steytlerville (Willowmore) bearing 1902-04 1d carmine, canceled by PORT ELIZABETH DE 13 07 killer arc and emblem c.d.s extreme left, natural creasing due to contents. Very Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 71.

The minimum charge for sample post in 1902 was 1d for 4oz. Barnett’s of Port Elizabeth, specializing in leather goods, was opened by a Polish immigrant, Poznanski Barnett, in 1863.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:16 PM
250 imageRegistered mail: 1869 (2 Apr.) single rate folded letter datelined 30 March 1869 from Willowmore to Cape Town bearing 1868 4d on 6d deep lilac (2) each, canceled by bold strikes of large triangular obliterator, tied endorsed "registered" at top double circle WILLOW AP 02 1869 c.d.s. and oval REGISTERED 5 AP 69 CAPE-TOWN-CAPE-COLONY datestamp (RL 1), Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 27.

The first official Registration handstamp allocated to Cape Town shortly after 1854.
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Suggested Bid $200-300

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:16 PM
251 24A o.f.s.4 imageCape and Orange Free State combination usage: 1871 (4 Jan.) envelope from King Williams Town to Pniel Klipdrift (Diamond Fields) bearing Cape 1864-77 4d blue and Orange Free State 1868-94 6d pale rose, tied by barred oval "4" handstamp and oval of bars handstamp respectively, carmine double oval KING WILLIAMS TOWN JA 4 1871 town datestamp and two unclear straight-line handstamps on front with straight-line UNCLAIMED handstamp on reverse some perf. faults. Rare., ex Dillaway (SG 24A o.f.s.4),

The letter originated on the Eastern Frontier (Cape, formerly British Kaffraria) with the Orange Free State 6d added to pay postage through that territory and is addressed to a town that played an important role in the history of the Diamond Fields – it was from Pniel that the rush to the dry diggings at Kimberley started. The issue of ownership over the Diamond Fields was only resolved in March 1871, and the opening of the first Griqualand West post offices probably date from that time. Despite the protests of local residents, in March 1871 the Orange Free State Post Office ordered that the wood and corrugated iron shed, which housed the post office at Pniel, should be dismantled and removed to Jacobsdal, in the Orange Free State. The letter appears to have remained undelivered.
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Suggested Bid $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:17 PM
252 imageInsufficiently Stamped: 1873 (19 June) large cover front from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town bearing 1864-77 4d deep blue, tied by barred oval "2" handstamp, bears rare straight-line INSUFFLY STAMPED handstamp (SP 19), PORT ELIZABETH JU 19 73 c.d.s. and CAPE-TOWN JU 23 73 CAPE-COLONY c.d.s., taxed 8d hence ms. "8," also ms. notation at lower left "The Comm.(issioner) declines to pay 8d for this C. B. Elliott (signed) 31.7.73," front faintly creased at right. Very Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 24c.

Underfranked by 4d. the letter was treated as wholly unpaid and taxed 8d the rate for over ½oz. but under 1oz. Payment was refused by the Commissioner for Public Works addressee and filed at the Cape Town post office to record non delivery. The handstamp is unrecorded by Jurgens (1943) but Goldblatt (1984) records it amongst the group of highest rated marks of the Rectangular Period.
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Suggested Bid $300-400

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:17 PM
253 imageUsed to the Orange Free State: 1873 (7 Nov.) cover from King Williams Town to Bethany, Orange Free State bearing 1864-77 4d blue (tiny tones) cancelled by small triangular obliterator, tied by small "PP 4d" ms. endorsement at top right to indicate postage paid in the Orange Free State, KING WILLIAMS TOWN NO 7 1873 double arc c.d.s. and SMITHFIELD NO 25 1873 O.F.STATE c.d.s., backstamped with double oval ALIWAL NORTH NO 15 (15 inverted) 1873 town datestamp and BLOEMFONTEIN NO 26 1873 O.F.STATE c.d.s., cover with a few tears and hand docketed as received on 28 November 1873, scarce., ex Dillaway.
SG 24a.

Total rate 8d, 4d Cape (paid by stamp) + 4d Orange Free State (ms."PP 4d")
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Suggested Bid $200-300

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:18 PM
254 imageOctagonal Numeral Reissued: 1874 (7 Dec.) double rate blue folded letter from Port Alfred to Cape Town bearing 1864-77 4d blue PAIR, tied by centrally struck octagonal "51" handstamp, CAPE TOWN DE 12 74 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. receiver with proving double oval PORT ALFRED DE 7 1874 town backstamp, small mend on back flap, very rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 24a.

This is the item of record for the earliest date of use of a reallocated octagonal numeral datestamp. 1877 was previously confirmed as the effective date for the reissue. Number 51 was previously used at Bathurst, other reallocated numerals being Stellenbosch 10, Swellendam 30 and Prince Albert 53, all in the Western Cape.
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Suggested Bid $200-300

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:18 PM
255 imageInternal Letter Carried by the Donald Curie Line: 1879 (20 May) envelope from Alice to Cape Town bearing 1871-76 1d carmine-red vertical strip of four (one stamp small edge perf faults), paying the internal 4d rate within the Colony, tied by two lovely strikes of the small triangular obliterator, cover "S.S. "Taymouth Castle", double oval ALICE MY 20 1879 town datestamp with CAPE TOWN MY 26 79 CAPE COLONY receiver all on front, scarce, ex Dillaway.
SG 29.

Port Elizabeth became the terminal of the mail service between England and the Cape on 22 February 1864. When, in 1876, the new mail contract was shared between the Union Steamship Co. and the Donald Curie Line, it was necessary that the Castle ships extend their sailings to include Port Elizabeth.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:19 PM
256 imageBook Post 1d Rate: 1885 (31 Jan.) double foolscap (17x27") church circular from Rev. James David Richards, the Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern Vicariate of the Cape Colony sent from King Wil, tied by barred oval "4" (large numeral) handstamp. The circular here folded to letter size, was printed in Grahamstown and posted to church members from King Williams Town, highly unusual., ex Dillaway.
SG 29. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $135.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:20 PM
257 imagePen Cancelled Mail: 1885 (9 Mar.) envelope with enclosure from Gamtoos River Ferry to Cape Town, the Burmester correspondence bearing 1884-90 2d deep bistre, tied by red pen strokes, bears GAMTOOS RIVER MR 9 85 FERRY c.d.s., scarce and attractive., ex Dillaway.
SG 50a.

The manuscript cancellation of stamps with pen strokes or initials and dates prevented re-use or theft and this practice was approved by the Postal Administration. Frescura records this date as the earliest known use for the c.d.s.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:21 PM
258 imageUsed to Matabeleland: 1895 (29 Mar.) envelope from Port Elizabeth to Bulawayo, Matabeleland bearing 1893-1902 Standing "Hope" 1d carmine strip of four, just tied by PORT ELIZABETH 29 MR 95 C.G.H. c.d.s. cancels, pretty., ex Dillaway.
SG 59a.

Single rate: 4d
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:22 PM
259 imageUsed to Argentina: 1889 (9 July) 1889 4d grey registered envelope (F format) from East London to Buenos Aires, Argentina, bearing 1884-90 1d rose-red, 2d pale bistre vertical pair, 6d purple and 1s bl, and 1s blue green, all tied by barred oval "29" handstamps, REGISTERED 9 JY 89 EAST LONDON datestamp (two strikes) and faint red oval London Registered datestamp of 6 August 1889, red manuscript "1/-" credit, backstamped oval REGISTERED LETTER OFFICE 13 JY 89 CAPE TOWN datestamp (two strikes, one extremely faint) and Buenos Aires receiver of 6 September 1889. An extremely attractive four-color franking to a truly exotic destination. Rare, ex Dillaway.
SG QUICK & YONKERS r3a, 49,50,52A,53A. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-14, 05:22 PM
260 imageUsed to Argentina: 1890 (6 Oct.) 1889 4d grey registered envelope (F format) from Port Elizabeth to Rosario, Argentina bearing 1882-83 3d pale claret and 1884-90 1s blue-green, tied by barred oval "2" handstamps, bears oval REGISTERED OC 6 90 PORT ELIZABETH datestamp and red oval London Registered datestamp of 28 October 1890, backstamped with red oval REGISTERED LETTER OFFICE C 8 OC 90 CAPE TOWN datestamp and blue Rosario receiver of 18 November 1890 another a truly exotic destination. Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG Quick & Yonkers R3A, 43,53a. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
before May-16, 07:33 AM

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