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STELLALAND 1884 1d red. Right marginal vertical pair (Holmes Type 8), showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Corner crease at lower left and hinge marks on the upper stamp, otherwise remarkably fine and fresh mint. Very rare. SG 1b
STELLALAND 1884 6d lilac-mauve. Vertical pair showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Plateable as Holmes Type 6 and positions 78 and 87 within the sheet of 117. Very fine fresh mint. Rare, especially so fine. SG 4b
1884 Unappropriated Dies overprinted ‘MILITARY TELEGRAPHS’ for use by the Warren Expedition. £1 lilac and black very fine fresh mint with light hinge remnant. BPA certificate (1954) for a complete ‘Egypt’ set. Very rare, especially in such fine condition. SG MT8
£3,250
£1,900
£1,100
Recent acquisitions are numbered in blue. Last update: 12th February, 2024
STELLALAND POSTAGE STAMPS
AB3251 STELLALAND 1884 1d red (Holmes Type 5). Imperforate and showing handstamped ‘GTN180’ (of unknown status). Surface scuff and crease, otherwise fine. SG 1 proof £175
AB3651 STELLALAND 1884 Complete set of five, 1d to 1/-. Very fine fresh mint with hinge remainders. Scarce this fine. SG 1-5 £350
AB2439 STELLALAND 1884 1d red, 3d orange-yellow and 4d olive-grey each fine used with ‘M’ in 11-bar oval struck in violet. This cancellation is believed to have been used at Deput in the OFS and is recorded in ‘purple’. Presumably applied in transit though possibly by favour. A rare trio. SG 1-3 £675
AB1140 STELLALAND 1884 1d red. A very fine and fresh mint example. SG 1 £130
AB3111 STELLALAND 1884 1d red. Right marginal vertical pair (Holmes Type 8), showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Corner crease at lower left and hinge marks on the upper stamp, otherwise remarkably fine and fresh mint. Very rare. SG 1b £3,250
AB2626 STELLALAND 1884 1d red. Fine used with manuscript initials ‘FH’ (believed to be those of the second postmaster Ferdinand Hartzenberg) and part of the date ‘25/2/(85)’. Rare. SG 1 £275
AB2655 STELLALAND 1884 1d red (Holmes Type 4). Fine used with manuscript ‘X’ in blue. Rare. SG 1 £225
AB3456 STELLALAND 1884 1d red (Holmes Type 5). Used with manuscript initials ‘FH’ (believed to be those of the second postmaster Ferdinand Hartzenberg) and part of a date. Several faults though scarce. SG 1 £65
AB2873 STELLALAND 1884 4d olive-grey. Horizontal pair with sheet margin at right. Showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Very fine fresh mint. Rare. SG 3a £750
AB3023 STELLALAND 1884 4d olive-grey. An upper right corner marginal horizontal pair showing variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Very fine fresh mint. Rare. SG 3a £750
AB3677 STELLALAND 1884 6d lilac-mauve. Three horizontal STRIPS OF THREE, one being marginal. Comprising a complete row across the sheet and showing each of the nine distinguishing features of the setting (Holmes Types 1-9) which were repeated on each of the 13 rows. Odd gum bend, otherwise superb fresh unmounted mint. Very scarce. SG 4 £500
AB2874 STELLALAND 1884 6d lilac-mauve. Horizontal pair showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Some gum loss from mounting and slightly unfresh appearance, otherwise fine mint. Very rare. SG 4a £750
AB2991 STELLALAND 1884 6d lilac-mauve. Vertical pair showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. Plateable as Holmes Type 6 and positions 78 and 87 within the sheet of 117. Very fine fresh mint. Rare, especially so fine. SG 4b £1,900
AB3693 STELLALAND 1884 6d lilac-mauve. Fine used with a ‘232’ BONC of Barkly West, Cape Colony, presumably applied in transit (recorded in the SG preface to Stellaland). Rare. SG 4 £325
AB3678 STELLALAND 1884 1/- green. Horizontal left and right marginal STRIPS OF FOUR. Comprising a complete row across the sheet and showing each of the eight distinguishing features of the setting (Holmes Types 1-8) which were repeated on each of the 12 rows. Light gum crease on one and trimmed perforations at foot, otherwise very fine fresh mint with light hinge marks at either end of the strips. Very scarce. SG 5 £650
AB3020 STELLALAND 1884 1/- green. Right marginal BLOCK OF FOUR. Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants on the upper pair, the lower pair remains unmounted. A rare multiple. SG 5 £550
AB2727 STELLALAND / Forgery of the 1884 postage issue 1d red printed in close to issued colours and perforated 13½ (instead of 12). Very fine ‘mint’ with gum. Forgery of SG 1 £15
AB1946 STELLALAND / Forgery of the 1884 postage issue 1d red printed in close to issued colours and perf 13½ (instead of 12). Provided with indecipherable bogus ‘cancellation’. Forgery of SG 1 £15
AB3457 STELLALAND / Forgery of the 1884 postage issue 1d red printed in close to issued colours with wide frame lines (?) and perforated 11½ (instead of 12). A remarkably good production, in many respects better than the issued stamps. Small internal fault otherwise very fine ‘used’, provided with a bogus cancellation. Forgery of SG 1 £35
AB4133 STELLALAND / Forgery 1885 4d olive-grey surcharged with a forged ‘TWEE’ handstamp in black. Some short or pulled perforations, otherwise fine unused (without gum). SG 6 forgery £45
STELLALAND REVENUES
Proofs in issued colours
Revenue Stamps in issued colours with manuscript 'Cancelled'
1884 Revenue Stamps without monogram
AB3416 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 6d yellow-orange without monogram. Fine mint with hinge remnants. Remarkably scarce in mint condition. T&M 1.1 £110
AB3389 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 1/6 olive-green, very fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘1884’. Scarce. T&M 1.3 £60
AB3390 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 2/6 greyish brown, very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 1.5 £45
AB3672 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 2/6 greyish brown, very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 1.5 £45
AB3391 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 5/- yellowish green, very fine fresh mint with small hinge remnant. T&M 1.6 £45
AB3668 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 5/- yellowish green, very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 1.6 £35
AB3673 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 10/- orange-red, small corner crease at upper left, otherwise very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 1.7 £25
AB3392 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 10/- orange-red, very fine fresh mint with hinge remainder. T&M 1.7 £45
AB3349 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 10/- orange-red, horizontal pair showing variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN PAIR, also imperforate at left and right. Creasing as usually found on this variety confined to a diagonal crease on the right stamp only, otherwise fresh mint. Rare. T&M 1.7 var £350
AB3393 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 10/- orange-red, very fine used with manuscript cancellation. Scarce. T&M 1.7 £75
AB3662 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. 10/- orange-red, fine used with manuscript cancellation. Scarce. T&M 1.7 £65
AB3394 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. £1 reddish lilac, fine used with manuscript cancellation. Very scarce. T&M 1.8 £85
AB3422 STELLALAND / Revenue 1884 issue without monogram. £5 carmine-lake, very fine used with manuscript cancellation. Rare, especially so fine. T&M 1.9 £175
AB3418 STELLALAND / Revenue 1887 (January). 1884 issue without monogram, £5 carmine-lake handstamped ‘BRITISH / BECHUANALAND’ in two lines vertically in black. Fine used with manuscript cancellation showing part signature of C.B. Scholtz. Very rare. T&M BB.3.9
 
Note: this is the stamp of record illustrated in Trotter & Midwood (2010).
£350
1885 Revenue Stamps with 'JPM' monogram
AB3339 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 1/6 olive-green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Very fine fresh mint. T&M ST.2n.3 £25
AB3669 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 1/6 olive-green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M ST.2n.3 £25
AB3348 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 1/6 olive-green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). A horizontal pair showing the variety IMPERFORATE BETWEEN PAIR and also imperforate at right. Very fine fresh mint. Rare. T&M ST.2n.3 var £450
AB3670 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 1/6 olive-green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (inverted). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. Very scarce. T&M 2i.3 £75
AB3665 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 2/- greyish green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 2n.4 £25
AB3340 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 2/- bluish grey handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Lower left corner example, very fine fresh mint. T&M 2n.4 £35
AB3341 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 2/6 greyish brown handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (inverted). Lower left corner example, very fine fresh mint. T&M 2i.5 £45
AB3666 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 5/- yellowish green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 2n.6 £25
AB3342 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 5/- yellowish green handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Left marginal example very fine fresh mint. T&M 2n.6 £30
AB3667 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 10/- orange-red handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (inverted). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 2i.7 £25
AB3343 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 10/- orange-red handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (inverted). Lower left corner example, very fine fresh mint. T&M 2i.7 £45
AB3344 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 £5 carmine-lake handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Very fine fresh mint. Scarce. T&M 2n.9 £85
AB3664 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 £5 carmine-lake handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (upright). Some creasing, otherwise fine used with manuscript cancellation. Scarce. T&M 2n.9 £65
AB3674 STELLALAND / Revenue 1885 £5 carmine-lake handstamped with ‘JPM’ monogram (inverted). Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 2i.9 £75
STELLALAND DOCUMENTS
Revenue stamps used on documents
STELLALAND MILITARY TELEGRAPHS
1885 Warren Expedition 'Military Telegraphs'
AB2737 1884 Unappropriated Dies overprinted ‘MILITARY TELEGRAPHS’ for use by the Warren Expedition. £1 lilac and black very fine fresh mint with light hinge remnant. BPA certificate (1954) for a complete ‘Egypt’ set. Very rare, especially in such fine condition. SG MT8 £1,100
AB4134 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 6d reddish purple overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Showing letters of ‘Military’ out of alignment. Gum slightly evenly yellowed, otherwise fine mint. SG MT9, Hiscocks 9 £75
AB4135 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 6d reddish purple overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Very fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘19 3 / 86’. SG MT9, Hiscocks 9 £65
AB3400 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 6d reddish purple overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Fine used with manuscript cancellation in red. SG MT9 / Hiscocks 9 £45
AB2705 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 6d reddish purple overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’. Showing the variety ‘Inverted ‘S’’. Fine used with manuscript cancel. SG MT9 var / Hiscocks 9 var £55
AB4136 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Fine unused with trace of gum. SG MT10, Hiscocks 10 £45
AA5158 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 6d reddish purple and 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Fine used. SG MT9-10, Hiscocks 9-10 £65
AB3401 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Fine used with manuscript cancellation in red. SG MT10 / Hiscocks 10 £45
AB4137 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Fine used with manuscript cancellation. SG MT10 / Hiscocks 10 £35
AB4138 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape of Good Hope 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Showing variety Inverted ‘S’. Fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘6 11 / 85’. SG MT10 var. / Hiscocks 10 var. £75
AB4139 1885 Warren Expedition Military Telegraphs. Cape 1/- green overprinted ‘Military / Telegraphs.’ Showing variety Overprint almost Transposed. Fine used with manuscript cancellation. SG MT10 var. / Hiscocks 10 var. £110
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