1956 SUEZ CRISIS 1956/57, letter from Cairo 23.10.56 with cancel SUEZ CANAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART DE EGYPT, to Palestine (Jordan part), nice document from 1. stage of crisis before attack of Izrael on29.10.!
1915MAFIA ISLAND, Brit. occupation, SG.M1C, marginal block of 4, German Ostafrika 2½h with hand-made violet Opt G.R. MAFIA; perfect piece with intact gum, exp. Buhler, certificate Brandon, cat. £1.800 (only as single), Opt MAFIA doesn´t appear neither in pairs, nor in blocks - block of four is evidently unique!
1916-1917MAFIA ISLAND - Brit. occupation, SG.M43-M52, complete set (expert D. Brandon mentioned its issue to 1916, various sources mention September 1916), oblique Opt G.R. POST MAFIA on I.E.F. (Indian Expeditionary Forces) 3P-1Rp, except 2½A all on cut squares, CDS MAFIA; perfect quality, major-part exp. Holcombe, cat. £2.750, Michel 4.000€, exceedingly rare issue and destination, evidently unrepeatable offer!
1880-1980 [COLLECTIONS] AFRICA collection of stamps of North, West, Middle and South Africa in 7 stockbooks A4, contains various, mainly incomplete sets of Commonwealth and also French colonies and independent territories, many stamp countries, small part of classical stamps, various motives, used also unused, i.a. EGYPT, RHODESIA, SOUTH AFRICA, MOROCCO etc.; in cardboard box
1916CAMEROONS EXPEDITION FORCE, SG.B2 (14), B3 (24), letter to Togo, extraordinary multiple franking of stamps CEF ½P and 1P on German colonial 5Pfg, 10Pfg, censored letter with CDS DUALA, arrival LOME, censor "Passed by Censor at Lome (Togo)"; extremely rare entire, cat. Gibbons shows only : "stamps of the Brit. occupation are on letters used rarely"
1936 airmail letter addressed to JOHORE in Malaya, with SG35, 37, 40 and 41, CDS OKIGWI 7.DE.36, at the back 6 other transit cancels; at the back torn upper lapel, otherwise nice
1893Registered p.stat envelope 2P uprated with SG.1-6, CDS OLD CALABAR RIVER via Liverpool to Cheshire / England; nice, only stamp 1Sh SG.6 on letter cat. £1.350!
1859-12883 SG.2, 14, 24, Victoria 6P grey-violet, 4P blue wmk CC "upright" (cat. £350), 1P pink red CA; SG.1 with folds in corner, otherwise very nice quality, cat. £825
1859-1872 SG.4, 7-10, Victoria 6P bright violet (reddish lilac) and 1P-1Sh complete issue 1873 with wmk CC "sideways"; very nice quality, cancel. B31, cat. £180
1884 SG.22(N), Victoria 1Sh green with Opt SIERRA 5S. LEONE, provizional Opt for higher face-value for franking post. and fiscal,considered as UNISSUED; very nice piece with common hand-made obliteration, catalogue undervalues
1884-1936 [COLLECTIONS] small incomplete collection on 3 album sheets, contains various classic issues of Victoria, Edward VII., George VI., incomplete sets
1893SG.32a, Cape of Good Hope 2P brown with Opt "BRITISH BECHUANALAND" without dots at the end of Opt; SG.39d, Cape of Good Hope 2P brown with Opt "BECHUANALAND BRITISH" instead "BRITISH BECHUANALAND", original patine of the gum; SG.54b, Victoria ½P orange with DOUBLE OVERPRINT "PROTECTORATE, rare compilation of, cat. £970
1899 VRYBURG SG.1, 2 Cape of Good Hope ½p green and 1P red with Opt "1/2 PENCE Z.A.R." and "1 PENCE Z.A.R."; cat. £475, rare stamps, only 6 days on postal office Vryburg
1899VRYBURG, SG.1, 2, 4, Boer occupation, Opt "½; PENCE - 2½; PENCE Z.A.R." on stamps Cape of Good Hope; very nice quality, cat. £600, this issue was withdrawn after 5 days (24.11-29.11.1899)!
1899VRYBURG, SG.4, Boer occupation, Opt "2½; PENCE Z.A.R." on stamp Cape of Good Hope 2½P ultramarine; very nice piece with certificate Brandon, rare stamp and also destination, cat. £1.700, Vryburg at our place so far never offered, this issue was withdrawn after 5 days (24.11-29.11.1899)!
1853-1904 [COLLECTIONS] small basic collection on 3 album sheets, contains various classic issues, i.a. Triangle, Allegory, Edward VII. etc.; used, high catalogue value
1903ORANGE RIVER COLONY, SG.144, 144a, Edward VII. 4P green / carmine, vertical pair with significant and rare printing error "IOSTAGE" instead "POSTAGE"; very nice quality, printing error for hinged cat. £1.200, (in the market fast increasing - in cat. Gibbons 2012 only £950!) in connection with normal stamp and especially as MNH it is rare piece, cat. ca. £2.400
1884 STELLALAND - Boer state in territory of British Bechuanalan, SG.1-5, Coat of arms 1P-1Sh, perf 12, stamp 3P orange in two various shades, 1x thin place, 2 pieces without gum; in addition set of reprints perf 14 (excluded from sum), SG.1-5 cat. £380, extraordinary offer!
1870-1910 [COLLECTIONS] small collection on 6 album sheets, contains classic issues Eagle with wings , Victoria, Edward VII.; mainly used, incl. several better pieces