U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 7-8, 2020
Our July 7-8, 2020 auction will be held on CherrystoneLIVE. The sale contains 940 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with extensive United States, European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, German Area, Hungary, Italy and Colonies, Switzerland and other areas. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature many high values and sets covering all reigns. This sale concludes with a good selection of large lots and collections, which range from single country albums to specialized collections and multi-carton worldwide stocks and cover lots. Please note our usual catalogues have not been printed for this sale, due to the current unreliability of the postal service (we hope to resume printing catalogues for the future auctions)
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 | Lot #8601 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange River Colony Postal Stationery 1891-1902 annotated exhibit presented on 72 pages, with 150+ used and unused regular and Provisional definitive postal cards (including message and reply cards) displaying most of the typographic settings used to produce them. Local, domestic and foreign uses include several items of Boer War philately: Army field post offices, censorship markings and handstamps, also earliest-known dates of use of 1884 1d Definitive (June 25, 1885, Victoria West via Colesburg and 1891 1/2d on 1d Provisional (Aug 29, 1891, from Thaba Nchu to Edinburgh) and the discovery 1893 1 1/2d on 3d Provisional postal card showing earliest known use (April 29, to Germany via London), extremely late use of 1893 11/2d on 3d Provisional (Aug 1, 1896), only recorded inverted 1 1/2d surcharge on adhesive tied to unused Sixth Setting postal card (late impression) and early use of 1901 1d on 1 1/2d Provisional (March 12) displaying scarce period after 'Penny' variety, occasional minor toning, generally fine-v.f.  Catalog #SG P1-18 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
