"254" BONC transferred from Gamtoos River Ferry to Thorngrov
"254" BONC transferred from Gamtoos River Ferry to Thorngrove, 1893 (4 Oct.) envelope from Thorngrove to Cradock bearing 1884-90 1d carmine-red cancelled by "254" BONC with THORNGROVE OC 4 93 CGH c.d.s. along side, backstamped CRADOCK OC 4 93 C.G.H. Frescura records the latest use of the "254" BONC in Gamtoos River Ferry as 7 June 1887, Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 49a...
Sale - 12 Spring 2022 Sale
By: Harmers International, Inc.
Harmers International, Inc. Sale - 12 Spring 2022 Sale
Harmers International's May 14th, 2022 sale of United States, British Commonwealth & Foreign includes the Dr. Guy Dillaway Award Winning collections of Cape of Good Hope (280 lots) and Great Britain (177 lots). In addition, the sales offers a specialized section of the U.S. 1847 5c Issue (36 lots) with interesting selections of French Colonies, Japanese Occupation of British Colonies, Thailand plus more, and let's not forget over 120 lots of Harmers Famous "Collections & Various" including the Britannia Ltd. Stock. The sale is very strong in Postal History. Also videos of all large lots; worth careful inspection. A Printed Catalogue is available upon request.
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Lot #201 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Lot #202 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Registered mail originating in the Orange Free State via Cap
Registered mail originating in the Orange Free State via Cape Town and England to the United States:, 1872 (6 SP) large blue registered envelope to the Orange Free State Consul General in Washington D.C., forwarded to Philadelphia bearing Cape 1864-77 1s green pair (wing margin at right) and 1871-76 1d carmine-red pair cancelled by barred oval "1" handstamps,...
Lot #203 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Registered Mail: 1868 (8 Feb.) double rate registered folded
Registered Mail: 1868 (8 Feb.) double rate registered folded letter from Cape Town to Lady Grey, Aliwal North, bearing 1864-77 4d pale blue pair and 6d deep lilac cancelled by barred oval "1" handstamps, cover bears REGISTERED 8 FE 68 CAPE TOWN-CAPE COLONY datestamp (RL 1), attractive, ex Dillaway, Signed Richard Johnson.
SG 24.
Lot #204 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Local rate, Registered: 1879 (12 Nov.) partly printed Uitenh
Local rate, Registered: 1879 (12 Nov.) partly printed Uitenhage folded letter which was requested to have been sent registered, bearing 1871-76 1d carmine-red, cancelled by unclear "14" BONC, hence sent at the local rate, cover inscribed "5d Payment refused by addressee E.A.S.," bears UITENHAGE NO 13 79 CAPE COLONY c.d.s., backstamped PORT ELIZABETH NO 13 87 c.d.s.,...
Lot #205 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Registered Used to Austria: 1888 (26 Mar.) 1884 4d blue regi
Registered Used to Austria: 1888 (26 Mar.) 1884 4d blue registered envelope (G format) from Port Elizabeth to Nikolsburg, Austria bearing 1882-83 3d pale claret and 1884-90 1s blue-green, cancelled by barred oval "2" handstamps, envelope bears oval REGISTERED MR 26 88 PORT ELIZABETH datestamp (additionally on reverse), oval red REGISTERED 23 AP 88 LONDON transit...
Lot #206 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Used to England: 1867 (Oct.) single packet rate mourning env
Used to England: 1867 (Oct.) single packet rate mourning envelope from Port Elizabeth to Barking, Essex, England bearing 1864-67 1s green, cancelled by Port Elizabeth Cape Colony c.d.s. repeated along side, endorsed "Per Mail Steamer" and bears Cape Town transit c.d.s. with red London Paid transit of 23 November 1867 and two additional different smaller red London c.d.s...
Lot #207 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Used to Scotland: 1881 (20 Oct.) blue envelope from King Wil
Used to Scotland: 1881 (20 Oct.) blue envelope from King Williams Town to Edinburgh, Scotland bearing 1864-77 6d violet ("G" overprint, type 17), cancelled by barred oval "4" handstamp, endorsed "Per R. M. Steamer" and bears KING WILLIAMS TOWN OC 20 81 c.d.s., backstamped with CAPE TOWN OC 25 81 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. and Edinburgh receiver of 10 November 1881, scarce, ex...
Lot #208 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Official Mail: 1879 (26 Aug.) large part folded O.H.M.S. Mon
Official Mail: 1879 (26 Aug.) large part folded O.H.M.S. Money Order Business cover from Grahamstown to The Postmaster General, Cape Town, bears GRAHAMSTOWN AU 26 79 c.d.s., REGISTERED straight-line handstamp (RL 2) and two strikes of the REGISTERED AU 30 79 CAPE TOWN-CAPE COLONY datestamp (RL 1), very fine, ex Dillaway.
Lot #209 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Used to India: 1887 (9 Apr.) envelope from East London to Se
Used to India: 1887 (9 Apr.) envelope from East London to Secunderabad, Deccan,India, bearing 1884-90 1d rose-red, 2d pale bistre (2), 6d purple, cancelled by "29" BONC, cover endorsed "Via England" and bears EAST LONDON AP 9 87 H.P.O. c.d.s. with large red "2½d" handstamp, credit to the U.K., backstamped with G.P.O. AP 13 87 CAPE TOWN c.d.s., red London transit c.d.s....
Lot #210 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Boer War: 1902 (24 Jan.) envelope from Minard (Tembuland) to
Boer War: 1902 (24 Jan.) envelope from Minard (Tembuland) to Chiswick, London, England bearing 1893-1902 "Standing Hope" 1d carmine, cancelled by "596" BONC (unrecorded at this date, latest recorded by Frescura being 6 May 1892), also tied by large violet PASSED CENSOR CALA handstamp, backstamped with unclear Cape Town transit c.d.s. and Chiswick receiver of 15 February...
Lot #211 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Boer War: Springbokfontein, Namaqualand: 1902 (29 May) envel
Boer War: Springbokfontein, Namaqualand: 1902 (29 May) envelope from Springbokfontein to Cape Town bearing 1893-98 ½d yellow-green PAIR, cancelled by rare magenta script "Springbokfontein" handstamp (unrecorded by Frescura) and ms date "27 – 5 – 02," violet Press and Cape Town civil censor double circle handstamp, exceedingly Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 61.
Lot #212 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Cape of Good Hope and mostly South African Colonies, group o
Cape of Good Hope and mostly South African Colonies, group of over 55 Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century covers in cigar box, including Cape 1873 Registered letter accompanying receipt cover to be, retained by the Post Office from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, 1888 cover from Kei Bridge to London, stamps 1d (4) and 2d with "647" BONC cancels, two "POSTED LATE" covers...
Lot #213 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Cape of Good Hope: The fiscal collection written up on ten e
Cape of Good Hope: The fiscal collection written up on ten exhibition pages, 13 items, including bank cancellations from Port Elizabeth (3) and Kind Williams Town, 1863-64 4d slate blue pair with pretty blue oval TREASURY CAPE OF GOOD HOPE datestamp with B.P.A. Cert. (1960), group of checks, promissory notes, exchange bills (5), 1855-63 6d slate lilac used on High...
Lot #214 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Cape of Good Hope: The reference collection of forgeries and
Cape of Good Hope: The reference collection of forgeries and reprints on stock pages, all printings, 79 forgeries and 7 reprints, few are identified, Spiro, Earie, etc, also nine genuine but some questionable, a bisect on piece and a rouletted 4d, mixed condition., ex Dillaway.
Lot #215 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Cape of Good Hope Postal Stationery: Group of 31 used and fi
Cape of Good Hope Postal Stationery: Group of 31 used and five unused items, including used 1878 Saul Solomon 1d postal card to Port Elizabeth from Richmond, 1882 1d red brown postal card used in 1887 to Riversdale cancelled by "304" BONC of Bland’s Drift, 1895 1d on 1½d grey postal card used in 1902 to Germany cancelled by very scarce "1105" BONC, another 1d on 1½d card...
Lot #216 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Goof Hope Part 1
Balance of Property: Group of 29 triangulars and 48 perforat
Balance of Property: Group of 29 triangulars and 48 perforated including a partial reconstruction of one sheet corner of the 4d engraved (not checked) with eight stamps, some quite faulty, 1855-63 4d blue on piece cancelled by undated SUNDAY-RIVER-(FERRY) handstamp, another with Rouville, Orange Free State c.d.s., 1855-63 6d, one cancelled by Devonport "250" oval of bars...
Lot #217 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to Holland: 1865 (9 Jan.) single rate buff envelope fro
Used to Holland: 1865 (9 Jan.) single rate buff envelope from Grahamstown to Amsterdam bearing 1d deep carmine red, just clear to large margins in combination with 1864-77 1s green both lightly tied by barred oval "3" handstamps, large magenta manuscript "1/-" in center (credit to U.K.), 1d credit to the Cape with 2 Dutch cents (manuscript "2") postage due from recipient...
Lot #218 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to the United States: 1865 (12 Mar.) single rate cover
Used to the United States: 1865 (12 Mar.) single rate cover from the Howland correspondence from Port Elizabeth to Boston bearing 4d steel blue, two copies, mostly with just clear to large margins in combination with 1864-77 1s green (some trimmed perfs.), all three attractively canceled by barred oval "2" handstamps (one 4d additionally tied by Port Elizabeth c.d.s.)....
Lot #219 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to England: 1865 (18 Mar.) Mourning envelope from Graha
Used to England: 1865 (18 Mar.) Mourning envelope from Grahamstown to London endorsed "Via Marseille" bearing 4d steel-blue, good to large margins in combination with 1864-77 1s green on the overland eastern postal route via Mauritius and Marseille, both canceled by barred oval "3" handstamps, cover backstamped with double oval GRAHAMSTOWN/MR 18/1865 town date stamp with...
Lot #220 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to India: 1865 (19 Oct.) Cover from Grahamstown to Umba
Used to India: 1865 (19 Oct.) Cover from Grahamstown to Umballa, Bengal endorsed "Via Mauritius," bearing 4d blue, two singles and a pair, margins cut-in, and touching to large and 1864-77 1d rose-red (2, one wing margin), all tied by barred oval "3" handstamps and paying the 1s 6d rate via Mauritius, cover backstamped Port Elizabeth and Calcutta transits of 29 October...
Lot #221 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Used to Natal: 1865 (14 Nov.) Mourning cover from Grahamstow
Used to Natal: 1865 (14 Nov.) Mourning cover from Grahamstown via Port Elizabeth (15 Nov.) to Natal at the ship letter rate of 6d introduced in 1864 bearing 1855-63 4d blue, cut in at right and 1864-77 1d rose-red (2) all tied by barred oval "3" handstamps, cover backstamped GRAHAMSTOWN NO 14 65 c.d.s. and PORT ELIZABETH NO 15 65 transit c.d.s. Rare., ex Dillaway.
...
Lot #222 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Inland Local Rate: 1867 (31 Jan.) Port Elizabeth local rate
Inland Local Rate: 1867 (31 Jan.) Port Elizabeth local rate cover (small envelope to Port Eliz. Fire Ass(urance) Co, Main St.) bearing 1855-63 1d rose, mostly large margins, close at bottom,and just tied by barred oval "2" handstamp, Port Elizabeth Jan 31 1867 c.d.s. alongside, very fine and attractive. Rare., ex Dillaway.
SG 5s.
The local penny post...
Lot #223 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Registered mail: 1866 (26 Nov.) double rate folded letter sh
Registered mail: 1866 (26 Nov.) double rate folded letter sheet from Graaff-Reinet to Colesberg bearing 1864-77 4d blue pair (wing margin at left) and 6d pale lilac (wing margin at right), all tied by small triangular obliterator, endorsed ms. "Registered" and bears faint COLESBERG DE 3 66 CAPE COLONY c.d.s. receiver at top, backstamped red double oval GRAAFF REINETT NO...
Lot #224 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
Registered mail: 1868 (6 Aug.) double rate folded letter she
Registered mail: 1868 (6 Aug.) double rate folded letter sheet from Graaff-Reinet to Middelburg bearing 1864-77 4d pale blue pair and 6d deep lilac, tied by "18" BONC handstamps, cover endorsed "Registered" and bears red double oval GRAAFF-REINETT AU 6 1868 town datestamp at top center, scarce., ex Dillaway.
SG 24,25a.
The two double rate folded covers...
Lot #225 - 2: British Commonwealth Cape of Good Hope Part II - Exhibition Collection
1869 (11 Aug.) folded letter from Port Elizabeth to Willowmo
1869 (11 Aug.) folded letter from Port Elizabeth to Willowmore bearing 1868 4d on 6d deep lilac, tied by barred oval "2" handstamp, bears PORT ELIZABETH AU 11 69 CAPE COLONY c.d.s., backstamped double oval AVONTUUR AU 12 1869 town datestamp and double circle WILLOW AU 13 1869 c.d.s. receiver, scarce, ex Dillaway.
SG 27. (Scott 0).
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