Sale #59

1917-19 - CENSORED MAIL : three covers with KGV ½d (pair) or 1d stamps cancelled at Swakopmuund [T.6, raised stops], Otjiwarongo or Windhoek with circular 'B/100' (2) or void centre censors; also incoming ½d postcard ex Cape Town with 'C/8/99' censor. (4) (Reserve = £96.00) [Estimate price: £120.00]

1917-20 - LUDERITZBUCHT : scarce solid-arc cds cancellation (T.9) inc v.fine early strike (26 June 1917) on 1d cover and large part fine strike on uprated S.Africa ½d postcard. Scarce pair. (2) (Reserve = £68.00) [Estimate price: £85.00]

1917-20 - South African stamps used in SWA: 1917 pair of censored. Registered covers with SA stamps inc KGV 3d pair ex Luderitzbucht to Keetmanshoop (fine strike of the scarce solid-arc arrival cds) or military cover with KGV 4d from Keetmanshoop to British Guiana with provisional registration h.s. - both with sealing tape and boxed censor marks. Also 1920 Australian forces stampless 'O.A.S.' cover ex Capetown. (3) (image available) (...

1918 - CENSORED MAIL : two nice censored covers to Windhuk with KGV 1d stamps cancelled by fine strikes of the Tsumeb or Usakos double-ring cds with different censor tapes, both with 'B/100' censor h.s. (2) (Reserve = £56.00) [Estimate price: £70.00]

1918 - LUDERITZBUCHT : censored bank envelope to Swakopmund with S.Africa 1d stamps (2) cancelled by fine strike of the scarce solid-arc cds of Luderitzbucht [T.9] with censor tape & matching 'B/100' cachet; reverse with modified German TPO transit d.s. of Windhoek & Swakopmund. Interesting item. (image available) (Reserve = £64.00) [Estimate price: £80.00]

1918 - KANUS : very scarce civilian internment camp cover ex German clergyman held at Kanus to his wife in the Cape, with Kanus modified German cds, censor sealing tape and - unusually - two different censor marks : s/l 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in black and circular '15/99' in violet. Seldom seen. (image available) (Reserve = £80.00) [Estimate price: £100.00]

1918 - PRISONER OF WAR MAIL : stampless cover to Luderitzbucht with Commandant's oval cachet and scarce 3-line 'Prisoner of War/Free of Charge/AUS', two fine strikes of the Aus double-ring cds - consecutive days, held over for censorship? - and '103' censor h.s.; plus another stampless cover to Geneva with boxed trilingual POW cachet and censors. (2) (Reserve = £64.00) [Estimate price: £80.00]

1918-19 - OFFICIAL : bilingual OHMS cover with mainly fine strike of crowned 'OFFICIAL FREE' cachet addressed to Police at Swakopmund; also OAS card endorsed 'OHMS' with unusual 2-line 'On service of the late Postal/Administration' h.s. to Windhuk - both with good strikes of the Windhoek converted German TPO d.s. (2) (Reserve = £80.00) [Estimate price: £100.00]

1920 - WINDHUK/S.W.A.P. cds (T.17) - v.fine strike (22 NOV 20) of this very scarce short-lived cancellation on printed commercial cover with South Africa 1½d stamp addressed to Cape Town. Seldom found - let alone in such fine quality. (image available) (Reserve = £120.00) [Estimate price: £150.00]

1921 - LUDERITZ : cover to Karibib (German-type arrival cds) with S.Africa 1d pair cancelled by extremely fine strike of the scarce T.15 cds clearly showing use of the German time-slug. (image available) (Reserve = £60.00) [Estimate price: £75.00]

1923 - Postage Due - DLR opts on 2d - 6d values in fresh mm pairs inc additional 6d shade. (8) Cat £167 (image available) (Reserve = £52.00) [Estimate price: £65.00]

1923 - Postage Due issues inc 5d (2 shades & pair with printer's mark after opt) & 6d (3 shades) in fresh mm pairs.(12) Cat £84 (Reserve = £27.20) [Estimate price: £34.00]