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BSAC 205
CHIENJI OC 19 02
Year inverted - Type 1
Single Circle Very Rare £80

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BSAC 253
FEIRA
7 FEB 1912 - Type 4x
£20

BSAC 261
LEALUI
30 MAR 1911 - Type 4x
£20

BSAC 264
MKUSHI
25 NOV 1912 - Type 4x
Scarce £25

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BSAC 323
LIVINGSTONE
21 MAR 22 - Type 19
£10

BSAC 328
MAZABUKA
25 OCT 1922
Type 11t £15

Southern Rhodesia Postmarks

This section Includes Southern Rhodesia Postmarks On Large Arms Issues On 1905 Victoria Falls On Small Arms Issues On Double Heads On Admirals

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This section features postmarks from Antelope Mine to Zimbabwe Barred Diamond ‘A’ (Salisbury) plus Miscellaneous cancels and inludes numerous rarities Joker Mine, Makupekupen, Marshbrook, Sibali, Tarn Estate, Tati (Excised), TPO Down, Victoria Falls S. Africa

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BSAC 403 BELINGWE 14 NOV 00 Type 7z £20	BSAC 405 BROMLEY OC 30 97 - Type 6 - By far the earliest date (Previously JA 2 00) Very Rare Magnificent strike £750	BSAC 407 B.S.A.C. CAMP NO 2 00 - BULAWAYO Type 6G Scarce £20	BSAC 408 CHARTER Type 5z Scarce £25

BSAC 410 EAGLE HAWK 31 OCT 01 Type 7w - Rare £50	BSAC 413 FILABUSI 12 DEC 99 Type 7w £15	BSAC 411 ENKELDOORN - On SG 72 26 JAN 98 - Type 13sx A total of 225,470 stamps - Remainder Cancelled - Commercial use of stamp rare £50	BSAC 415 FRANCESTOWN (TATI excised) DE 25 9 (1897) Year digit above month on its side Type 4 with TATI excised 13 examples recorded Very rare & seldom offered £750

TATI excised - The above example (Ex Sinton) was illustrated, being a hand-drawn sketch, by Dann (1950) - Nodder (1956) and Knight & Mitchell (1984) With the year digit (9) at first at an angle & later placed upright - Thus it appears as a ‘6’ instead of a ‘9’ See my article in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 36

BSAC 416 FRANCESTOWN SOUTH AFRICA JA 1 9 (1899)-Type SA 1z Scarce £15	BSAC 420 GADZEMA 13 JAN 01 Type 7w £10	BSAC 421 GEELONG 2 JUL 02 Type 7w £20	BSAC 423 HARTLEY AU 27 01 Type 6 £10	BSAC 426 INGWANIA 9/1/99 - Type 5 Manuscript date Very Rare £80

BSAC 427 INSIZA JU 22 99 - Type 6 Very Rare £70	BSAC 431 LOMOGUNDI FE 18 00 - Type 6 Very scarce £20	BSAC 436 ORTONS DRIFT Part strike - Type 13x Rare £10	BSAC 442 SEBANGA POORT 2 APR 00 - Type 7z £15	BSAC 443 SELUKWE MATABELELAND OC 12 98 - Type 4 Scarce £30

BSAC 452 TATI MATABELELAND 15 MR 96 - Type 4 Rare £40	BSAC 453 TULI MATABELELAND Type 5a Rare £30	BSAC 454 TULI RHODESIA JA ? 99 - Type 6 Rare £30

Postmarks on Victoria Falls

BSAC 481 SALISBURY 25 JUL 05 5 - -PM Type 9.1 - Early use £10	BSAC 482 SELUKWE NO 8 05 - Type 10z £15	BSAC 484 KOPJE SALISBURY 9 AUG 05 - Type 13sz SOLD

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BSAC 500 ANTENIOR MINE AU 03 - Type 10z Rare £100	BSAC 501 AYRSHIRE MINE 20 MAY 03 - Type 12 Rare £75	BSAC 502 AYRSHIRE MINE 5 APR 1906 - Type 13z £50	BSAC 503 BALLA BALLA DE 30 10 - Type 11 Skeleton £60

BSAC 504 BATTLEFIELDS MINE 13 JUN 08 - Type 12z £15	BSAC 505 BELINGWE 24 JUN 03 - Type 7z £10	BSAC 507 BLINKWATER 28 FEB 1907 - Type 13x £85	BSAC 511 EAGLE HAWK OCT 00 - Type T7w Rare £25	BSAC 512 ENTERPRISE AU 31 04 - Type T10 Rare SOLD

BSAC 518 GOLDEN VALLEY 29 APR 1908 Type 13x £20	BSAC 519 GUBULAWAYO SP 22 9- Code 2 above date - Type B1B £20	BSAC 521 GWANDA NO 19 05 Type 10z £20	BSAC 524 INSIZA STATION 7 APR 1909 Type 13x £15	BSAC 525 INYATI 20 NOV 1907 Type 13x - Scarce £20

BSAC 526 INYATI AUG 1910 Type 13x - Scarce £20	BSAC 527 JOKER MINE 4 DEC 09 - Type 13sw Extremely Rare £450	BSAC 530 MAKUPEKUPEN DEC 03 - Type 12x Very Rare £75	BSAC 534 MELSETTER MR 29 10 Type 10z £20

BSAC 539 ORTONS DRIFT 7 JUN 03 - Type 13sx Rare SOLD	BSAC 540 PENHALONGA 22 FEB 09 - Type 12w £15	BSAC 541 PENHALONGA Type 13.1 on SG 118 £10	BSAC 543 SEBAKWE 29 MAY 03 - Type 7w Very Scarce £40	BSAC 545 TULI - MASHONALAND NO 19 ? - Type 5a £50

BSAC 546 TULI - RHODESIA JU 20 08 - Type 6 Rare £35	BSAC 550 UMSWESWE 11 AUG 09 - Type 13x Scarce £20	BSAC 552 VICTORIA JA 27 00 - Type 1A Blank at foot £15	BSAC 553 VICTORIA MASHONALAND AU 10 03 - Type 5a £10	BSAC 557 WEST NICHOLSON 11 JAN 1909 - Type 13x £20

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BSAC 601 ANTELOPE MINE 16 MAY 1912 - Type 13 £25	BSAC 602 ARCTURUS P.O. 23 JUN 1912 - Type 13x £20	BSAC 604 BALLA BALLA Double circle - Type 13.1 £20	BSAC 606 BATTLEFIELDS MINE 9 JAN 11 - Type 12z £20

BSAC 608 BEMBESI 20 DEC 1912 - Type 13x £15	BSAC 610 BUSH TICK 13 SEP 1913 - Type 13.1 £20	BSAC 612 COLLEN BAWN 11 AUG 1912 - Type 13x £10	BSAC 614 ELDORADO MINE 29 NOV 1910 - Type 13x Early DH date £25

BSAC 618 ENKELDOORN 13 JAN 13 - Type 13sx £10	BSAC 620 FIGTREE SP 31 (Day Inverted - No Year) Type 4 £30	BSAC 623 GADZEMA 1 MAY 12 - Type 7w £10	BSAC 624 GATOOMA 28 MAR 1912 - Type 13x £10

BSAC 625 GOLDEN KOPJE 18 JUL 1913 - Type 13 Rare £80	BSAC 626 GOLDEN VALLEY 6 APR 1912 - Type 13x On Perf 15- Scarce £30	BSAC 627 GWANDA 29 APR 11 - Type 13sw £10	BSAC 628 GWELO 29 SEP 19? - Type 13x.1 £10

BSAC 629 HARTLEY AP 24 12 - Type 6 - M.D.Y. £15	BSAC 632 INSIZA STATION 2 APR 1912 - Type 13x £15	BSAC 633 INYATI 6 DEC 1913 - Type 13x Scarce £25	BSAC 634 JUMBO MINE 27 DEC 1911 - Type 13x.l Scarce £35

BSAC 635 KIMBERLEY REEFS Type 13x - Scarce £25	BSAC 636 LALAPANZI 13 JUN ? - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 638 MACHEKE 29 DEC 11 - Type 13sx £10	BSAC 639 MAKOWRIES JY 14 13 - Type 10 Rare £80

BSAC 640 MAKWIRO 7 OCT 1913 - Type £10	BSAC 642 MARANDELLAS AP 11 12 - Type 6 Scarce £15	BSAC 643 MARSHBROOK 2 JUN 1912 - Type 13 Rare £100	BSAC 645 MATOPOS 17 JUL 12 - OD Flaw - Type 12x Scarce £25

BSAC 646 MAZOE 25 MAY 1913 - Type 13.1 On Perf 15 £10	BSAC 647 MELSETTER NO 25 10 - Early date Type 10z £15	BSAC 648 MOUNT SELINDA 11 MY 12 - Type 6 £10	BSAC 650 MTOKO 2 AUG 1911 - Type 13x £10

BSAC 651 NYAMANDHLOVU 7 DEP 1912 Type 13x £10	BSAC 652 ODZI 28 APR 11 - Type 7w £20	BSAC 653 PAULINGTON 11 APR 1911 - Type 13 £15	BSAC 654 PEGGY MINE 19 JUL 1913 - Type 13 Rare £80

BSAC 655 PENHALONGA 29 APR 12 - Type 12w On Perf 15 £20	BSAC 656 PENHALONGA 24 NOV 1911 - Type 13.1 £30	BSAC 658 PLUMTREE 1 APR 12 - Type 7w £10	BSAC 659 QUE QUE 13 JUN 1912 - Type 13x.2 £10

BSAC 661 RUSAPE 1 JUL 1913 - Type 13x £10	BSAC 662 SELUKWE S.C. 29 JA 13 - Type 10z £15	BSAC 664 SHAGARI 18 SEP 1913 - Type 13 £40	BSAC 665 SHAMVA 24 JUL 1913 - Type 13x £10

BSAC 666 SHANGANI 1 MR 2 (1912) - Type 6 SOLD	BSAC 667 SIBALI 18 JAN 1912 - Type 13 Rare £125	BSAC 668 SINOIA 11 OCT 1913 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 676 TURKOIS MINE 20 MAY 191? - Type 13x Rare £60

BSAC 669 TPO UP 29 MAR 1913 - Type 13 Scarce £35	BSAC 673 TPO DOWN 21 FEB 1913 Double Circle, three strikes on two 1d Double head singles Originally both from the same cover - Rare multiple franking £200	BSAC 670 TPO DOWN 21 SEP 1912 - Type 13 Rare £100

BSAC 677 UMBOE 16 May 13 Type 13 Scarce £35	BSAC 678 UMSWEWE 27 MAY 1911 - Type 13x Scarce £40	BSAC 679 UMVUMA 12 SEP 1913 - Type 13z £10	BSAC 680 VICTORIA S.C. NO 17 10 - Early date Type 5a £25

BSAC 681 VICTORIA D.C. 13 MAR 1913 - Type 13.1 £25	BSAC 682 VICTORIA FALLS 29 JUN 1912 - Type 13x £20	BSAC 683 WANKIES 12 DEC 1911 - Type 13x.1 £10	BSAC 684 ZIMBABWE 1 NOV 13 - Type 13 - Rare £60

BSAC 688 Barred Diamond A Type 2 - Used at Salisbury £40	BSAC 690 CORK Cancel - Potatoe shape On ½d Perforation 13½ £20	BSAC 691 CORK Cancel - Potatoe shape 1d Perforation 13½ £20	BSAC 692 CORK Cancel - Irregular Shape On SG 136 – Used at ? Only example seen SOLD

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BSAC 700 ANTELOPE MINE 11 FEB 1921 Type 13 £10	BSAC 701 ARCTURUS P.O. 29 NOV 1919 Type 13x £20	BSAC 702 BALLA BALLA 26 JUN 1917 Type 13.1 £20	BSAC 703 BATTLEFIELDS (‘MINE’ excised) 4 MAY 19 - Type 12z £15	BSAC 710 CHIPINGA 27 NOV 1915 Type 13x.1 £15

BSAC 704 BEATRICE MINE 2 AUG 1920 - Type 13 £25	BSAC 715 ELDORADO MINE 8 JAN 1916 Type 13x £15	BSAC 718 FIGTREE 15 JUN 1921 Type 13 £10	BSAC 721 GLENDALE STN 25 AUG 20 - Type 13s Scarce £25	BSAC 728 HEADLANDS 21 DEC 19 - Type 7w £10

BSAC 729 HEANY 17 AUG 1923 - Type 13x £10	BSAC 727 GWANDA 12 JUN 23 - Type 13sw £15	BSAC 730 HUNTERS ROAD MAR 1920 - Type 13 £15	BSAC 731 INORO Type 13 Scarce £20	BSAC 732 INYANGA 9 APR 1921 Type 13x On SG 272a £25

BSAC 735 LALAPANZI 29 JUN 1919 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 736 LONELY MINE FEB 1921 Type 13.1 - (Two Items) £10	BSAC 737 MACHEKE 5 DEC 17 - Type 13sx £10	BSAC 740 MAKWIRO 29 MAR 1917 - Type 13 £10	BSAC 742 MARANDELLAS 10 MAY 1917 - Type 13.1 SOLD

BSAC 744 MASHABA 29 DEC 1922 - Type 13 £10	BSAC 746 MATOPOS 26 FEB 23 - Type 12x £20	BSAC 748 MAZOE 23 OCT 1915 & 8 FEB 1916 Type 13.1 £15	BSAC 753 MOUNT SELINDA 31 MY 22 - Type 6 £15	BSAC 756 NORTON 23 MAR 1915 Type 13.1 £10

BSAC 755 MOUNT SELINDA 20 NO 22 - Type 6 - On SG 300 £40	BSAC 761 PAULINGTON 17 MAR 192? Type 13 £15	BSAC 764 QUEENS MINE 10 JAN 1919 - Type 13 £10	BSAC 765 RUSAPE 2 OCT 1916 Type 13x £10	BSAC 766 SELUKWE 26 AUG 1915 - Type 13.1 £10

BSAC 759 ODZI 5 FEB 17 - Type 7w £20	BSAC 763 PENHALONGA 19 SEP 21 - Type 12w £15	BSAC 767 SELUKWE 27 APR 1921 Type 13.1 On SG 272a £20	BSAC 768 SELUKWE 3 SEP 22 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 769 SHABANI 3 SEP 22 - Type 13s.1 £10

BSAC 770 SINOIA 1 SEP 1917 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 771 SINOIA - 8 APR 1920 Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 778 TPO UP MAY 1914 1st Period - Type 13 Scarce £30	BSAC 779 TPO UP 11 JAN 1921 2nd Period Type 13 Rare £50	BSAC 782 UMSWESWE Type 13x Scarce £15

BSAC 783 UMVUMA 25 JUL 1917 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 784 VICTORIA 24 MAR 1914 Type 13.1 2½ mm lettering £10	BSAC 786 VICTORIA FALLS 1 NOV 1921 - Type 13.1 £10	BSAC 788 WANKIES 27 AUG 1918 - Type 13x.1 £15	BSAC 789 WEST NICHOLSON 2 NOV 1914 - Type 13x £25

	BSAC 795 Barred Diamond A Type 2 Used at Salisbury £15		BSAC 796 Barred Diamond A Type 2 Used at Salisbury £15

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B to Z Collection BSAC 798 B to Z collection of Postmarks, including scarce & rare marks (41 items - Retail value over £800) £600 BATTLEFIELDS MINE BEMBESI BINDURA BUSH TICK ELDORADO MINE GADZEMA GATOOMA GOLDEN KOPJE GOLDEN VALLEY GWANDA GWELO HARTLEY JUMBO MINE KIMBERLEY REEFS LONELY MINE MACHEKE MARANDELLAS MATOPOS MAZOE MELSETTER MOUNT DARWIN ODZI PAULINGTON PEGGY MINE PENHALONGA PLUMTREE QUEENS MINE RUSAPE SELUKWE S.C. SELUKWE D.C. SHAMVA SHANGANI TPO UP UMBOE UMSWESWE UMVUMA VICTORIA S.C. VICTORIA D.C. WANKIES WEST NICHOLSON ZIMBABWE BSAC 798 B to Z collection of Postmarks, including scarce & rare marks (41 items- Retail value over £800) £600

This Section Includes Used Postal Stationery with Rare Cancellations BONC 2, Sibali Skeleton & Umboe Postal History includes 1896 Matabele Rebellion, Boer War & WWI Covers from Crocodile Pools, Kalene Hill,  Scroll Down for Used Postal Stationery Postal History Mint Postal Stationery Covers from Mwomboshi Tati excised used at Francis Town Postcard from Chisergwe, Manzim’nyama Victoria FLS skeleton, This Page also includes Mint Postal Stationery

Postal Stationery Used (H&G = Higgins and Gage) May 1900 Salisbury Agricultural show BSAC 800 1d Card H&G 5 Used locally cancelled KOPJE SALISBURY MY 22 00 Printed on the reverse a notification of a General Show Committee meeting to be held at the Magistrate’s Court House £40 1896 Matabele Rebellion 1902 Rare Hoyte Type 6 Cancel BSAC 802 H&G 11 1d Postcard to Switzerland Cancelled by rare Type 6 double circle NORTH WESTERN RHODESIA LIVINGSTONE FE 24 02 BULAWAYO transit & VERRIERES 21 IV 02 arrival cancels A 55 day transit £300 BSAC 801 - H&G 5 1d Postcard Used locally - Cancelled BULAWAYO SP 7 96 Addressed to John Ingram Watchmaker & Jeweller £125 Barred Diamond Proving Cover Post & Reply Card BSAC 803 - Three Halfpence card H&G 6 to South Africa with Superb Barred diamond I plus single circle KOPJE AP 11 99 alongside Salisbury transit & KINGWILLIAMS TOWN AP 19 99 arrival backstamp A lovely proving cover £150 BSAC 804 1d + 1d Post & Reply Card H&G 12 from SALISBURY 28 JUN 04 to Germany with 18.7.04 arrival cancel SOLD 1905 Rare Use of a BONC 2 BSAC 805 - H&G 11 1d Small Arms card with extremely rare BONC 2 - Used at KALOMO? Sent on 15 January 1905 from Senanga on the Zambesi river South-East of Lealui to Switzerland. By runner to Kalomo Then by rail to Livingstone, using a cable to cross the Gorge over the Falls Further by rail to Bulawayo and received a 14 FEB 05 transit strike & finally BREVINE 13 III 05 arrival cancel Note - Only one other BONC 2 is known on an item sent from Nanzela, on the Nkala - Kalomo runner route and it is for this reason that it is believed that BONC 2 was either applied at Kalomo or at Livingstone £3000 BSAC 806 - H&G 11 1d Post card from the Standard Bank - Selukwe to South Africa Cancelled Single circle SELUKWE FE 22 03 - Transit back stamps BULAWAYO 23 FEB and Transvaal TPO UP 1 MAR 03 £125 BSAC 807 - H&G 11 1d Post card to Germany cancelled by Rare UMBOE 4 APR 12 Sinioa & Salisbury 4th & 5th April transits £475 Single Circle VICTORIA MASHONALAND ½d Admiral Card - TO PAY 1 - Tax Mark BSAC 812 ½d Arms card H&G 13 to South Africa with single circle VICTORIA MASHONALAND JY 11 05, with additional cancel alongside, with PIETERSBURG 18 JUL 05 arrival £75 BSAC 814 ½d with Waterlow Imprint at foot H&G 14a to UK posted SALISBURY 30 NOV 20, underpaid by ½d with circular TO PAY 1 (Early Rhodesian Tax Mark) and 10c inserted in manuscript £125 Unsealed Paper Rate to Germany Single Circle WANKIES BSAC 816 ½d Arms envelope H&G 1 to Germany sent at unsealed rate and endorsed Papers only cancelled triple circle PENHALONGA 2 JUL 10 £60 BSAC 818 1d Arms envelope H&G 2b, Posted to H.W. Garbutt Cancelled S.C. WANKIES NO 2 7 with BULAWAYO 3 NOV 07 arrival backstamp £80 1d Admiral Stationery Envelope 1911 Only known strike of a Sibali skeleton BSAC 819 1d Admiral card 124:97 with embossing under flap, H&G 5 variation to UK with additional 1d cancelled UMVUMA 29 OCT 21 £750 BSAC 820 - H&G 2b 1d Envelope with additional 1d Double Head to Bulawayo - Cancelled by extremely rare Skeleton SIBALI MY 11 with Bulawayo Station & Bulawayo 6 May backstamps - The only known example of this cancel £6000 1896 Matabele Rebellion BSAC 822 4 May 1896 - Last use seen of a 4d value SG 28, at Bulawayo, during the Rebellion - Before the arrival of the Overprinted CGH stamps on 22 May 1896 Registered Postal Stationery envelope to South Africa - Backstamped Mafeking MY 13 - Kimberley MY 14 - TPO DOWN MY 15 & Carnarvon MY 17 96 £325 1911 Newspaper Wrapper BSAC 825 H&G 1 Newspaper Wrapper ½d Arms Locally used with additional ½d Double head Stamp a little damaged Cancelled SALISBURY 6 SEP 11 £95

Postal History - 1896 Matabele Rebellion 1896 COGH Overprints - First Day of Issue 22 May On 22 May 1896 the first consignment of COGH overprints arrived at Bulawayo consisting of six values from ½d to 6d One Philatelic cover with all six values is known used on the first day (The Rhodesian Philatelist No 16 - April 1988) 1896 Commercial First Day of Issue BSAC 829 Envelope franked with 1d x 2 plus 2d Correct 4d Rate to South Africa Cancelled BULAWAYO MY 22 96 Backstamped DURBAN JU 4 96 Few age marks which do not detract from this major rarity £3000 Write up and illustration in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 36 - April 2015 1896 Rebellion - Posted in the Field 1896 Rebellion - Colourful franking BSAC 830 - Stampless Soldiers Letter to England - Posted in the ‘Field’ Endorsed Away from home - TATI 27 MAY 96 transit & Endorsed ‘1/- To pay’ Mafeking JU 2 transit plus T 60c handstamp - Carried on the S.S. Moor, left Cape Town 3.6.96, arrived Plymouth 20.6.96 A further UK 1/- Tax handstamp - Twickenham JU 27 96 arrival cancel This sort of mail during the 1896 Rebellion is rare £1750 BSAC 831 Envelope created by Eric Philpott with the full set of CGH overprints Cancelled BULAWAYO DE 16 96 with the barred diamond ‘B’ at foot Endorsed on the reverse in pencil This envelope was obtained from Mr Philpott’s brother in London July 97 £1750 Hostilities in Matabeleland ended on 22 October 1896 with the final disbandment of Col. Plumer’s column. In Mashonaland peace returned towards the end of December 1896 Boer War - Crocodile Pools Rare use of Rhodesian Stationery & Stamps in Bechuanaland Crocodile Pools on the line of rail south of Gaberones - Abandoned by the British on 24 October 1899 and occupied by Boer forces on the 25th. The Boers evacuated Crocodile Pools on the night of 24 February 1900 and the Imperial forces re-occupied the railway siding the following day From mid December 1899 to early January 1900 this canceller was used either at Mochudi or Gaberones. It was then used from March to May 1900 at the actual location of Crocodile Pools - Last recorded date 30 OCT 01 BSAC 835 1d Postal stationery card H&G 5 With an additional 1d Small Arms to Ireland Card written at Mochudi & cancelled CROCODILE POOLS 30 DEC 99 Transit Bulawayo 11 JAN 00 & Durban FE 3 1900 with Warrenpoint FE 26 arrival Redirected to London with FE 27 00 arrival £1750 The same correspondent posted an identical card to this one from MAHALAPYE SIDING on NO 20 99 that indicates he was travelling South He had left Bulawayo on Friday 11th November Boer War - An Officer’s letter from Crocodile Pools BSAC 836 Envelope with a 6d Large Arms addressed to The Belfast Yeomanry S. African Field Force Cancelled CROCODILE POOLS 20 APR 00 - Backstamped Bulawayo 23 APR transit & East London MY 16 00 arrival. Contains an interesting letter from Lt. E. Harland to his brother telling him of his adventures during their battles with the Boer forces during the Relief of Mafeking. Lt Harland was shot through the head whilst bending over his seriously wounded Commanding Officer on the day Mafeking was relieved A marvellous item of postal history £3000 This is by far the most interesting Crocodile Pools cover that I have encountered Boer War - The King’s Own Scottish Borders The King’s Own Scottish Borders (K.O.S.B's) had two battalions in S.A. during the Boer War - They were the 1st and 3rd Battalions. Consisting of 23 Officers and 425 other ranks - The 3rd Battalion arrived at Cape Town 29 March 1901 They left Vryburg 29th January 1901 for Bulawayo, arriving 2nd February 1901 and were stationed at Hillside Camp They departed for home on 20th May 1902 BSAC 837 Envelope with 2d Small Arms to England - Cancelled BULAWAYO 25 DEC1901 (Christmas Day) Endorsed - Frm major McKie 3 K.O.S.B’s Field Force South Africa £200 Boer War - Rhodesian Field Force BSAC 838 Envelope with Large Arms ½d x 2 from Capt Buss, a Surgeon in the Rhodesian Field Force - Sent to Harley street in London Cancelled with rare MANZIM’NYAMA 27 JUN 01 - A PTA in the Gwanda district Cancel recorded from 16.2.99 to 13.7.01 Manuscript ‘T’ to tax it as Underpaid & deleted, passed as a Soldier’s concessionary rate £2500 World War I Censor BSAC 839 Envelope to USA with 2½d Small Arms overprint Cancelled MOUNT SELINDA 10 JU 16 Circular PASSED CENSOR C1 In blue with a single circle MELSETTER S. RHODESIA 12 JU 16 transit backstamp £100 Order Form Word Doc General Post History Order Form PDF Kalene Hill on cover Admirals – Deep Rosine shade on cover BSAC 840 Envelope to Ottawa in Canada with correct 2½d Foreign rate - Cancelled KALENE HILL 15 OCT 1920 - A very rare cancel on cover taken by Runner Post to Broken Hill, with a LUSAKAS 5 NOV 1920 transit backstamp A three week period required for this part of its journey £700 BSAC 842 Cut down envelope to England with Admirals 1d x 4deep Rosine shade Cancelled MAZABUKA 15 APR 1917 Livingstone 17 APR Transit backstamp Item a little battered which does not detract SOLD A 7 Month Tour of South & Central Africa Posted Johannesburg 13 OCT 03 to Fort Jameson, transit Bulawayo 17 OCT & Salisbury 18 OCT Arrived Fort Jameson 3 NOV 18 Sent North via Abercorn 30 NOV Bismarckburg 5 DEC to Tabora 7 JAN 04 - Back South again via Dar-es-Salaam 2 FEB BSAC 845 To Beira 9 Feb & onto Salisbury 3 May - Received a boxed T - Tax mark & UNCLAIMED ADVERTISED handstamps Cancelled RETURNED LETTER BRANCH G.P.O. SALISBURY 3 MAY 04 Finally RLO JOHANNESBURG 11 MAY 04 Completing its seven month journey £450 Post Card to Gadzema BSAC 848 Post Card depicting Clifton-on-Sea Victoria Road and the Apostles mountains - Franked COGH KEVII ½d and cancelled CAPE TOWN NO 1 10 Only a few days before the official opening of the Union Parliament on 4 November 1910 GADZEMA 7 NOV 10 arrival £25 Chisergwe Via Matokos to England Postcard depicting General Cronje’s residence & guard during his Internment on St Helena - Card written by Billy on 8 July 1902 who remarked ‘...have not heard from either of you since I have been in this delightful place Chisurgwe...’ - Note the place name spelling BSAC 849 It took 5 days to reach MATOKOS cancelled there on 13 JUL 02, Salisbury 22 July transit On arrival England Redirected twice from Hornchurch to Willingham - then to Cromer in Norfolk This is the only known item from Chisergwe - See The Rhodesian Philatelist No 27 £650 VICTORIA FLS Skeleton cancel BSAC 850 Post Card depicting the Falls to Belgium with Double Head 1d Perforation 15 Cancelled with a late use of the Single circle Skeleton VICTORIA FLS JA 13 13 Rare item £375 Squared circle MWOMBOSHI on cover MWOMBOSHI was originally in North East Rhodesia - As part of Mr Stephenson’s Re-organisation of the Postal service. The Post office transferred to North Western Rhodesia on 1 October 1905 (Closed circa 1906-07) Lying some 30 miles South of Broken Hill and 10 miles downstream from the railway bridge Its location necessitated a 2½ hour oxcart service from the village to the rail siding BSAC 851 Envelope with Large Arms 4d to England An old rate as it was reduced to 2½d on 1.8.03 Cancelled with rare squared circle MWOMBOSHI 31 OC 05 With an additional strike at the left back stamped BULAWAYO 11 NOV 05 transit and CHISWICK DE 2 05 arrival Rare cover £1250 1897 ‘Tati’ Excised Dumb Canceller TATI single circle datestamp with MATABELELAND excised used at FRANCISTOWN - Bechuanaland When the line of rail to Bulawayo was completed it ran through Francistown, Bechuanaland but bypassed the settlement of Tati. Its post office is said to have been transferred to Francistown on 31 July 1897. Holmes in his book stated Francistown opened in early September 1897 (Correct date suggested as 30 June 1897) My own research was initially published in The Rhodesian Philatelist No1 (July 1993) and updated in Issue No 36 (April 2015) In the article I illustrated the last known use for a TATI Mashonaland - Cancel dated AU 15 7 (1897) and 13 examples of the excised cancels dated from AU 30 7 to AP 16 98 The earliest recorded single circle FRANCISTOWN S. AFRICA cancel is SP 6 97 the foregoing suggests that the name TATI was excised sometime between 16 & 29 August 1897 and that FRANCISTOWN received the TATI excised date stamp in that period. In my article I recorded the known covers cancelled with the TATI excised cancel, being two BSAC postal stationery cards and one envelope the item below is the 4th known cover BSAC 853 Envelope to South Africa with a BSAC 4d Large Arms cancelled TATI (excised) AU 30 7 (1897) Kimberley SP 3 97 arrival cancel. There is a pencil notation on the reverse N. HOOVERTransvaal Coal Trust Co. The date of this excised cancel is the earliest recorded for a TATI excised date stamp £4000 VICTORIA Pre 1900 6d Rate BSAC 854 Envelope to England with Large Arms 2d x 3 cancelled VICTORIA Blank at foot OC 30 99 Salisbury transit and Paddington DE 18 99 arrival a 49 day transit during the Boer War £125 Taxed Cover to France BSAC 855 Envelope posted from MONGU LEALUI 16 APR 14 to France LIVINGSTONE 1 MAY 14 transit Franked 2½d being the correct minimum Foreign rate Letter was more than likely overweight and received a small T in a triangle 30 Centimes Postage dues applied cancelled BSES PYRENEES 27 - 5 14 Envelope a bit battered, but an intersting cover to the Pyrennes on the France/Spanish border £250 Unused RAILWAY Luggage Labels BSAC 856 CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS Passenger’s Luggage to BULAWAYO buff label £25 Unused RAILWAY Luggage Labels - CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS BSAC 857 Passenger’s Luggage to SELUKWE pink label £35 BSAC 858 Passenger’s Luggage to VICTORIA FALLS pink label £45