Auction #130 - Public Auction

12 (11) 1870 6d dull ultramarine Coat of Arms, Viljoen local printing, fine roulette 15½-16, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate

23 (25) 1872-74 1d black Coat of Arms, Borrius printing, fine roulette 15½-16 (very visible on left!), thin transparent paper, scarce, lrg OG, VF

26 (31) 1872 6d ultramarine Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, imperf, four large even margins, ex-Drysdall, unused, SUPERB

27 (32) 1872 1' yellow-green Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thinnish opaque paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, small faults, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, F-VF, with RPSL certificate

29 (34a) 1873-74 6d deep dull blue Coat of Arms, Borrius printing on thickish wove paper, fine roulette 15½ to 16, four huge margins, small faults, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate

33a (52a) 1875-76 1d orange-red Coat of Arms on very thin, hard transparent (perlure) paper, imperf, full to close margins, gum crease, ex-Drysdall, signed Schlesinger, OG, HR, F-VF app

36 var footnoted (46) 1875-77 1d orange-red Coat of Arms on very thin, soft opaque (semi-perlure) paper, fine roulette - 15½ to 16 (showing on all four sides!), very rare, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB

41a var (63b) 1876 6d pale blue Coat of Arms on stout hard-surfaced paper with smooth, nearly white, gum, imperf, four large margins, perfectly centered, ex-Drysdall, OG, VLH, SUPERB

59 var (98b) 1877 1d bright red Coat of Arms on stout hard-surfaced paper with smooth, nearly white, gum, overprinted "V.R. Transvaal" in black - VARIETY SG Type 5 overprint, imperf, four margins, slight hinge thin, very rare, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, VF app

82 (127) 1878 6d blue on blue Coat of Arms with "V.R. Transvaal" overprint SG Type 6, fine roulette, 15½-16 - showing on all four sides, perfectly centered, hinge thin, ex-Drysdall, OG, HR, XF app

110 (143b) 1879 1d on 6d black-brown Q Victoria provisional overprint VARIETY - SG Type 13 in red, this Type occurred only 9 times in the setting of 60, scarce, F-VF

221 (5) 1900 3d on 1d rose-red and green Coat of Arms, overprinted "V.R.I." in Lydenburg, tied by violet Army Post Office cds to an unposted 2d V.R.I. on 4d olive-green Registered envelope (unrecorded in Higgins & Gage), slight tone spots, very rare, otherwise, F-VF app