Petite Treasures – May 2026

1878/80, 2 s. blue, clear cancelled Pretoria, good perfs., fine (SG £130)

1883, Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of six, clear cancelled PRETORIA, two tiny short perfs, otherwise fine.

1883, Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche pair, clear cancelled DELBERG, fine.

1885, Five overprinted stamps, unused, SG 188 no gum, others hinged, mainly fine.

1903, King Edward VII set of 12, ½ d. to 10 s. black and purple on red, watermarked Crown CA, each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, unused with paper remain, fine.

1903, King Edward VII set of 12, ½ d. to 10 s. black and purple on red, watermarked Crown CA, each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, unused with paper remain, fine.

1903, King Edward VII set of four 1 s. to £5 orange-brown and violet, watermarked Crown CA, each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, unused, fine.

1903, King Edward VII set of four 1 s. to £5 orange-brown and violet, watermarked Crown CA, each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, unused with paper remain, fine.

1904/09, King Edward VII set of four stamps 2 s. black and yellow to 10 s. black and purple on red, unused, fine. (S.G. £230)

1904/09, King Edward VII £1 green and violet on chalk-surfaced paper, unused with paper remain, otherwise fine. (S.G. £325)

1905/09, King Edward VII set of four ½ d. to 2½ d., watermarked Crown CA, additional set each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, unused with paper remain, fine.

1875/1907, collection on three album leaves unused and used, overprinted issues, good cancellations, postage due, as usual some reprints and forgeries, mainly fine. 

1878/93, little collection on three old album pages, including SG 175-186, all used, few different.

1918, MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY: Johannesburg to London Flight with South Africa 1 d. tied by AERIAL POST 27 NOV 18 cds. to Red Cross Aerial Post Card, full message on reverse, minor wrinkles and soiling, otherwise fine.

1918, MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY: Johannesburg Flight with South Africa 1 d. tied AERIAL POST 1 DEC 18 cds. to Red Cross Aerial Post Card, on reverse message, fine

1928-30, 2d. grey & maroon, overprint OFFICIAL (Type I) on the left and OFFISIEEL reading up, without stops, London Printing, full top left pane of sixty stamps, with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint at foot, showing the “Apostrophe between Fs of OFFICIAL” in position 9/1, mint never hinged, a few stamps with small tone spot on gum, a scarce pane, fine.

1924, King George V complete set of 14 up to 5 sh., unused, fine and fresh.(SG catalogue value £225).

1924/37, King George V 9 stamps up to 2/6 sh. used, fine. (SG catalogue value £190).

1931/37, King George V complete set of 21 up to 5 sh. including few values with different perforation, unused, very fine and fresh. (SG catalogue value £335).

1931/37, King George V 1 sh. and 1½ sh. each perforation 11½, unused, very fine and fresh. (SG catalogue value £230).

1932/35,  Three air mail covers to Germany with attractive frankings, violet oneliner OTJOWARONGO used as registraton mark, fine trio

2006/07, Adenium boehmianum 10 c. on three registered covers from Omaruru to Swakopmund, very fine

1941, BARAKAT 16/DEC/41 c.d.s. on air mail cover bearing vertical strip of three 15 m. bright blue and chestnut, poor Khartoum machine datestamp transit on reverse, green label "OPENED BY EXAMINER 18" tied with "PASSED CENSOR SUDAN 8" black triangle, rough opened at bottom and flaw, otherwise fine and scarce air mail to Nairobi Kenya

Georgve V. 15c. tied by cds "MOSCHI JA 11" to reverse of cover addressed to the International Peace Buero in Bern, on front two strikes of censor mark "PASSED CENSOR C.T. Dsm" and at top with censor label "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW", minor aging, otherwise fine, very scarce

1916, small format registered letter envelope 1d. brown with pair London printing George V. 2 d. grey as additional franking on reverse from "LOME 25.8.16" to Hamburg, with violet censor "Passed by Censor / at / Lome (Togo)", reverse with transit and arrival mark Zurich 18.9.16, tiny spots, otherwise fine.

INDIVIDUAL SETTING 3c - Anglo-French spaced approx. 1¾mm and three narrow "0"s in Togo : 1915, 30 pfg, fresh color, neatly used with clear blue cds. "LOME 8.4.15", utterly insignificantly shortened perfs at bottom, tiny corner crease at upper right, a fine and very rare stamp with less than a handful known

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives set to 20s. with black opt. ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, very fine (SG. £ 325)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives ½ d. green showing variety ‘missing OC’ in overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, fine (SG. £ 140)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives ½ d. green vertical pair, bottom stamp showing variety ‘missing OC’ in overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, tied to piece by LOME TOGO cds. , fine (SG. unpriced). Cert. PF (1994)

1915, Gold Coast KGV ½ d. green bottom margin, showing variety ‘missing O in OCC..’, overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, tied to piece by LOME TOGO cds., fine (SG. unpriced). Cert. PF (1994)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives 1 d. red showing variety double overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, very fine (SG. £ 350)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives 1 d. red showing variety inverted overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, very fine (SG. £ 170)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives 2 sh. 6 d. black and red/blue showing variety ‘no hyphen after ANGLO’ in overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, top margin, unused with paper remain, fine and attractive (SG. £ 325+)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives ten bottom margin values up to 20s. with black opt. ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, very fine and attractive numeral imprints (SG. £ 250++)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives 5 sh. to 20 sh. with thin overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, unused, very fine (SG. £ 293)

1915, Gold Coast KGV definitives 10 sh. green and red showing variety ‘small F’ in overprint ´TOGO / ANGLO-FRENCH / OCCUPATION´, bottom margin imprint ‘1’, unused, very fine and attractive (SG. £ 150++)