U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 19-20, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #789 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1868-82 1/2p die proof in black on glazed white paper, dated "5 Sep 82" and handstamped "Before Hardening", v.f. P Catalog #1P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #790 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1868-82 1/2p die proof in black on glazed white paper, dated "5 Sep 82" and handstamped "Before Hardening", v.f. P Catalog #1P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #791 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1868 1sh orange, horizontal bisect used as 6p, tied to 1868 cover by barred oval cancel, Cape of Good Hope 4p blue also tied at right, Colesberg backstamp, Somerset arrival on front, addressee's name excised. As per regulations, cover to the Cape, had to have 6p in Free State and 4p in Cape postage. To accomplish this, the sender pinned a 1sh stamp at the top left corner of the envelope and had the cover carried to the postmaster at Phillipolis, who bisected the stamp and replaced the top half in the corner with the pin and canceled it after noting "1/2 Shilling/APJvdP" below, the Cape stamp was then affixed and canceled by a different barred oval, the cover arriving at Somerset East on June 3, 1868; a truly remarkable and unique cover, probably the greatest rarity of the Orange River Colony (originally described in 1956 by Douglas Roth in "The South African Philatelist" (article enclosed), accompanied by 1956 Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa and 1985 Royal Philatelic Society certificates, ex-Gilber  Catalog #10var | Unsold |
 | Lot #792 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1877 4p on 6p rose, type "D", surcharge inverted, neatly cancelled, v.f., with 1946 Royal certificate, O Catalog #SG 13A Catalog Value £375 | Unsold |
 | Lot #793 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1890-91 1p on 4p ultramarine, surcharge double (types 7a and 7b), used, fine, listed but unpriced used in Stanley Gibbons, with 2002 Brandon certificate (SG 57b) O | Unsold |
 | Lot #794 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1890-91 1p on 4p ultramarine, surcharge (type 7b) double, lightly cancelled, v.f., with 1988 Rendon certificate (SG 58a) O Catalog #32a Catalog Value £325 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #795 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1896 "Halve Penny" on 3p ultramarine, surcharge double, one inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 1973 Royal certificate (SG 81) * Catalog #42b Catalog Value £180 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #796 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1p on 1p brown, error of color, h.r., fine, with 1999 Brandon certificate (SG 102a) * Catalog #45O Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #797 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1p on 1p brown, error of color, h.r., tiny corner crease, still fine, with 1990 BPA certificate (SG 102a) * Catalog #45O Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #798 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1p on 1p brown, error of color, with further wider space between "1" and "d" variety, used, fine, with 1984 Royal certificate (SG 102al; catalogue value is for ordinary error of color without any premium for the variety) O Catalog #45Ovar Catalog Value £400 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #799 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1p on 1p violet, "1d" omitted, also horizontal pair, left stamp with wide space between "1" and "d" variety, l.h., fine-v.f., each with 1968 Royal certificate (SG 102j,l) * Catalog #45var Catalog Value £190 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #800 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 2p on 2p violet, surcharge inverted, used, v.f., with 1967 BPA certificate (SG 114c) O Catalog #46h Catalog Value £350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #801 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 2 1/2p on 3p ultramarine, h.r., fine, with 1993 BPA certificate (SG 115) * Catalog #47c Catalog Value £225 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #802 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 3p on 3p ultramarine, surcharge double, one diagonal, heavy h.r., v.f., with 1951 BPA certificate (SG 117g) O Catalog #48l Catalog Value £375 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #803 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 6p on 6p carmine rose, no period after "V" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Diena, with 1993 Holcombe certificate (SG 108a) * Catalog #50a Catalog Value £250 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #804 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 6p on 6p ultramarine, "V.R.I." omitted, h.r., v.f., with 1996 BPA certificate (SG 109c) * Catalog #51h Catalog Value £500 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #805 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1sh on 1sh orange, error of color, used, thin, otherwise v.f., with clear 1991 PFSA certificate (SG 110a) O Catalog #52G Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #806 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 1sh on 1sh orange, error of color, h.r., v.f., with 1983 Royal certificate (SG 121a) * Catalog #52j Catalog Value £1,300 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #807 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1900 2 1/2p on 3p ultramarine, with thick "V" and level periods, no left serif and square period after "V" variety, unused without gum, v.f., with 2004 BPA certificate (catalogue value for regular stamp without varieties) (*) Catalog #SG 126var Catalog Value £750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #808 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1901 (14 May) registered cover to Cape Town, attractively franked with nine different 1/2d-2 1/2 V.R.I. surcharges, type 31 and 32, all tied by Bloemfontein cds, filing folds away from the stamps, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #809 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1903-4 KEVII, 4p olive green and carmine, "IOSTAGE" variety, n.h., fresh and v.f., seldom seen in such condition, with 2015 Ceremuga certificate (SG 144a; catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #66a Catalog Value £1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #810 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony 1905 4p scarlet & sage green, lower left sheet corner margin strip of three, middle stamp "Iostage" for "Postage" variety, small h.r., v.f., * Catalog #SG 150a Catalog Value £200 | Price Realized $150.00 |
