Auction 16 Sale of Specialised British Commonwealth

South Africa 1934 1d Issue 11, unmounted mint bottom marginal block of four pairs with full arrow, imperforate with inverted watermark. A rare pi...

South Africa 1934 1d unmounted mint imperforate block of two pairs with upright watermark. We can find no reference for this. SG 56 var./CW 5d var...

South Africa 1934 1d Issue 11, mint block of four pairs (4 x 2) with the top strip being completely imperforate. The lower pair is imperforate at ...

South Africa 1939 1d Issue 14 bottom nine rows of sheet plus R11/9-10, unmounted mint with some central splitting at base. Each stamp overprinted ...

South Africa 1939 1d Issue 14 upright watermark mint block of ten pairs (2 x 10) from the base of the sheet, showing total omission of the frames ...

South Africa 1940 1d marginal mint pair from Issue 15 with typical smudged frames, the stamps entirely without watermark. SG 56/CW 5 ...[more]

South Africa 1936 1½d bright gold and green with inverted watermark, Issue 1, unmounted mint top marginal block of two pairs with the scarce varia...

South Africa 1936 1½d bright gold and green with inverted watermark, mint block of two pairs with the frames much overinked and blurred. Top pair ...

South Africa 1936 1½d bright gold and green with inverted watermark marginal block of six showing a complete paper join over the top two pairs, un...

South Africa 1936 1½d bright gold and green with inverted watermark, mint block of six pairs (2 x 6), bottom marginal. The bottom pair shows total...

South Africa 1941 1½d gold and green unmounted mint bottom marginal block of four pairs with part arrow, showing slurred frames at the bottom of t...

South Africa 1941 2d grey and dull purple. Eight mint blocks of two pairs each on large album page, the four corners and the four arrow blocks wit...

South Africa 1940 3d Issue 3 unmounted mint sheet of sixty pairs, SAH 48 with varieties including v1 dark country name in top three rows (later pr...

South Africa 1940-9 3d Issue 3, imperforate top right corner block of two pairs, unmounted mint, one pair and margin showing the characteristic cr...

South Africa 1937 6d Die 1, unmounted mint marginal block of six (3 x 2), showing part black sheet number on selvedge, R 5/10 ‘falling ladder’. P...

South Africa 1937 6d Die 1 fine used block of two pairs, lower right stamp with R5/10 ‘falling ladder’. SG 61, a (£395)/CW 10a ...[more]

South Africa 1937 6d Die 1, mint corner block of two pairs, hinged on selvedge only. R20/11 ‘Molehill’. SG 61, b (£320)/CW 10, b ...[more]

South Africa 1937 6d Die 1, fine used (CTO’d) pair with part ‘WESTMINSTER’ CDS and R20/11 ‘Molehill’. SG 61b (£275)/CW 10b ...[more]

South Africa 1946 6d Die 3, unmounted mint block of four pairs (2 x 4), the left stamps each with a strong white streak through the vignette to ri...

South Africa 1939 1/- brown and chalky blue (Issue 3) mint marginal block of two pairs, showing blurred frames at left of the two marginal stamps ...

South Africa 1939 1/- brown and chalky blue (Issue 3), a remarkable block of twenty used pairs (4 stamps x 10 stamps), Hartenbos CDSs of 31 May 39...

South Africa 1944 5/- black and blue-green block of two pairs exhibiting a dramatic upward perforation shift, giving the appearance of the vertica...

South Africa 1944 5/- black and blue-green mint corner pair, with a large Doctor Blade flaw affecting the vignette of the left stamp and continuin...

South Africa 1944 5/- black and blue-green used block of three pairs, top left stamp with R18/5 broken jukskei (with gelatine flaw visible above l...

South Africa 1937-40 ½d Issue 10 mint top marginal block of two pairs, hinged on selvedge only (and with a small black adhesion on the selvedge). ...

South Africa 1937-40 ½d Issue 10 mint vertical pair, top marginal, hinged on selvedge only. Upper stamp showing a large part of the frame omitted....

South Africa 1947 ½d Issue 15, bottom two rows of sheet with arrow, mint with three pairs hinged and one reinforced. Also reinforced at base of ar...

South Africa 1946 2d slate and deep lilac unmounted block of two pairs (a couple of wrinkles affecting the top pair), showing the horizontal perfo...

South Africa 1947 2d slate and deep lilac unmounted mint block of six pairs from the ‘Mystery’ Issue 7A, plated to R13/1 – 15/4. It shows the char...

South Africa 1950 2d slate-blue and purple mint sheet of sixty pairs, split into two parts (top nine rows and bottom eleven rows), appropriate fla...

South Africa 1949 3d Issue 4 in Cyl. 44A/44B mint sheet of 60 pairs, split into two parts (top nine rows and bottom eleven rows), appropriate flaw...

South Africa 1954 3d deep intense blue fine used block of two pairs with ‘HOUTBAAI’ CDS of 2.xi.54, PFSA Certificate (1988). An immensely rare bl...

South Africa 1951 6d green and brown-orange, unmounted mint Cyl. 6-6930 block of three pairs showing interrupted printing of vignettes. Top pair n...

South Africa 1950 1/- Issue 6, fine mint pair with inking problems resulting in blued frame and smudging of vignette. Unusual. SG 120/CW 33 ...[m...

South Africa 1954 5/- black and deep yellow-green, unmounted mint block of four pairs from Pane B (corner stamp in Afrikaans) with bottom arrow an...

South Africa 1950 2d small format Cyl. 18/27 corner block of fourteen (7 x 2) with red sheet number and fine Doctor Blade flaw on lower selvedge, ...

South Africa 1950 2d small format vertical block of ten pairs (2 x 10) with arrows at top and base, from Issue 14, showing the arrow at top damage...

South Africa 1950 2d small format top marginal block of two pairs, unmounted mint, showing a good lateral displacement of the vertical perforation...

South Africa 1951 1d reduced size, unmounted mint left-marginal block of eleven pairs (2 x 11) showing a long Doctor Blade flaw along the whole le...

South Africa 1945 1d Victory, a fine mint pair showing the vignettes only partially printed. SAH 97 v6. SG 108/CW S33 ...[more]

South Africa 1954 1d brown-lake, thirteen mint strips or blocks from the top centre of Issue 1 with early to late stages of the ‘Drakensberg’ selv...

South Africa 1954 3d chocolate and turquoise-blue, the unique arrow pair from the left of the sheet showing interrupted chocolate printing. Mint, ...

South Africa 1960 50th Anniversary of Union, an unmounted mint corner pair with Cyl. 24/88/52 showing the entire left selvedge (just onto the left...

South Africa 1968 2ct ultramarine and yellow vertical strip of three, fine mint, the lower stamp normal; the middle stamp with partial omission of...

South Africa 1934 2d slate-grey and lilac, fine used block of two pairs with watermark inverted. SG O14w (£260) ...[more]

South Africa 1932 1/- brown and deep blue unmounted mint arrow pair, showing ‘travelling flaw’ at the top of the right value tablet (partially cov...

South Africa 1947 printing of 1/- unmounted mint marginal block of two pairs, from R5-6 with blue line through vignette on R5-6/2. R6/2 with diare...

South Africa Officials. 1940 10/- blue and sepia `OFFICIAL` at left, fine mint pair. SG O29 (£500)/CW O16 ...[more]

South Africa 1947 2d slate and deep lilac mint corner block of four pairs, hinged on selvedge only, R1/5-6 ‘diaresis’. SG O36a (£600)/CW O10a ......

Southern Rhodesia 1953 1/- blackish brown and ultramarine. An immaculate corner block of six unmounted mint pairs with Cyl. numbers 6926/6935, and...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 ½d green imperforate corner pair of progressive proofs on ungummed paper, on presentation card, small punch holes. For SG...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 ½d green vertical gummed pair, imperforate horizontally, with archival punch holes (not fully punched through). (SG 1 var...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 1d bright rose imperforate corner pair of progressive proofs on ungummed paper, on presentation card, small punch holes. ...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 1d bright rose horizontal gummed pair, imperforate vertically, with archival punch holes (which have caused creasing). (S...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 1d bright rose top marginal horizontal gummed pair, with archival punch holes (which have caused creasing). One of the pu...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 1½d bistre-brown imperforate corner pair of progressive proofs, on presentation card, large punch holes. Gum on face of s...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 1½d bistre-brown marginal block of two pairs, imperforate horizontally with archival punch holes. Several of the punch ho...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 2d black and purple-grey imperforate corner pair of progressive proofs on ungummed paper, on presentation card, small pun...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 imperforate progressive proofs on ungummed paper with large or small punch holes, a group assigned by vendor as follows; ...

Southern Rhodesia 1924-9 3d blue imperforate corner pair of progressive proofs on ungummed paper, on presentation card, small punch holes; clear t...