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Ormskirk Stamps	SOUTH WEST AFRICA

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1923 - 26 Kings Head Overprints
1926 - 30 Pictorial Overprints and Airs
1931 Definitives and Airs

1935 - 37 KGV Commemoratives
1941 - 44 War Issues
1937 - 52 KGVI Commemoratives
1953 - 1990 QEII Issues

Postage Dues
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Also a Selection of FDCs & Covers

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Basutoland Postal History

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Bechuanaland Postal History

S.A. Pre - Union

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South Africa - Booklets
Postage Dues - Officials

SG 2
(SACC 2j)
1d with Africa/Afrika above
South West/ Zuid-West
Cancelled
WINDHOEK
1 JAN 23
First Day!
£1250

South Africa Postal History

Republic of South Africa

German South West Africa

South West Africa QEII

Swaziland Stamps

Swaziland Postal History

Southern Africa Philately

Kings Head Overprints
Type	Overprint	Values
I	Zuid-West 14mm dull overprint	½d - £1
Ia	As above - Litho (shiny) overprint	½d - 2/6
II	Zuid-West 10mm	5/-, 10/-, £1
III	Zuidwest 14mm - Bold overprint	1d - £1

Kings Head Overprints
Type	Overprint	Values
IIIA	Zuidwest 14mm - Thinner overprint	½d - £1
IV	South West 16mm Zuidwest 12mm	2/6
VI	9½ Spacing - South West 16mm	½d - £1
VIa	9½ Spacing - South West 16½mm	½d - £1

SWA 1 - SG 1 - ½d Gutter block of 8
Block shaped ink flaw after ‘West’ UMM £80

SWA 2
SG 1
½d Control 5
UMM
£10

SWA 3 - SG 1 - ½d Block of 10 Block with high overprint
UMM £30

King’s Heads Setting I
Multiples and Varieties

SWA 4 - SG 2 - 1d in a gutter block of 8 with
Nick in Jubilee line UMM £80

SWA 5

SG 2
1d with
misplaced overprint
Mint
SOLD

	1923 King’s Heads Setting I (14mm) Zuid-West
SWA 6 - SG 2 (SACC 2j) Africa - Afrika at top Mint SOLD	1923 King’s Heads Setting I (14mm) Zuid-West	SG 4 3d Ultramarine Mint £7.50	SG 4 3d Ultramarine Used SOLD


SG 5 Mint £14	SG 5a Litho overprint Used £50	SG 6 Mint SOLD	SG 6 Used £35

Setting II (10mm) Zuidwest	Setting III Bold Letters

SG 14 UMM £700	SG 19 Used SOLD	SG 27 Mint £245

Setting IIIA Zuidwest Thin lettering - South West 14mm - Zuidwest 11mm long


SG 18 Used £10	SG 19 Used £10	SG 20 Mint £4.50	SG 20 Used SOLD

Setting VI (9½mm between) South West 16mm & Zuidwest 12mm long


SG 29 UMM £10	SG 29 Used £32	SG 30 UMM £6	SG 31 Mint £4


SG 31 Used £15	SG 32 Mint £4	SG 34 Mint £7	SG 35 Mint £6


SG 36 Shade 1/3 Deep Violet Mint £15	SG 36 Broken 'O' in SOUTH Mint £15	SG 40 £1 Green & red Mint £210

SWA 7
SG 29
½d Control No 7
UMM £15

SWA 8
SG 30
1d top marginal
gutter block of 4
With overprint misplaced to the left
UMM
£60

SWA 9
SG 32
3d Block of four
UMM £15

Setting VIa (9½mm between) South West 16½mm & Zuidwest 12mm long


SG 29 UMM £10	SG 30 UMM £6	SG 31 UMM £7


SG 32 Mint £4	SG 33 Mint £4.50	SG 35 Mint £6	SG 36 Mint £8


SG 37 Mint £30	SG 38 Mint £42	SG 39 Mint £65	SG 40a Mint £210


SWA 10 SG 35, 39 & 40a - Setting IVa In pairs - Handstamped SPECIMEN Mint £750

SWA 11
SG 29 - Type VIa
½d Interpanneau block of 8
from the centre of the sheet
folded horizontally in
the gutter margin
part perforations
strengthened with a hinge
and the odd light tone spot
Rare piece
Mint-UMM
£450

SWA 12 - SG 35
1/- Block - Type VIa
UMM £40

1926 - 1931 KGV Pictorials

1926 English Overprint on English stamp

SWA 15 - SG 41 - SACC 64a ½d with no dot over ‘i’ of ‘AFRIKA’ Used £25	SG 43 6d UMM £35	SG 43 6d Mint £17


SWA 16 - SG 41 ½d Staggered & missing Perforations In margin UMM £25	SWA 17 - SG 41 ½d No dot on ‘i’ in ‘Africa’ UMM £20	SWA 18 - SG 43 Block with ‘Cloud’ flaw ex R20/11 Half UMM £60

6d Overprint pair on F.D.C.
SWA 19
SG 43
Marginal pair on envelope
Registered & Cancelled
WINDHOEK - 1 MAY 26
Pretoria 6 MAY Transit
Very Rare
£300

1926 Triangle - Wide Margins

SG 44A In Pair Mint £10	SWA 20 - SG 44B Block of four Half-UMM £10	SG 44B In Pair Mint £10

1927 English Overprint on Afrikaans stamp

SG 45
½d
UMM £3 or Mint £1.50

SG 46
1d
UMM £7 or Mint £3

SG 47
6d
UMM £13 or Mint £5.50

SWA 21 - SG 45
½d Cancelled WINDHOEK 30 MAY 27
£15

SWA 22- SG 47
6d Block of 4
Half UMM £20

1927 Triangle - Imperforate

1927 Triangle - Perforated 11½

Available
Mint £5

SG 48
Overprint in one line
Used £14

SWA 23 - SG 55 A & B
Matching corner marginal pairs
Used SOLD

SG 55Ba
Imperforate between
Mint £35

1927 London Pictorial Overprints

SG 49 - 2d
Mint £4.25

SG 50 - 3d
Mint £3.25

SG 51 - 1/-
Mint £11

SG 52 - 2/6
Mint £27

SG 53 - 5/-
Mint £52

SG 54 - 10/-
Mint £45

SG 49 to 54
Set of six values
Mint £125

1927 - 28 King’s Heads overprinted S.W.A.

SG 56 - 57
In pairs
Mint £130


SG 56 1/3 UMM £3 Mint £1	SG 56 - SACC 91a Overprint above value UMM £15	SG 56 - SACC 91a Overprint above value Mint £8	SG 57 £1 UMM £125	SG 57 £1 Mint £60	SG 57 £1 Used £120

	1927 Vertical Overprint SWA 24 - SG 50 3d Marginal block of four Used £45
	1927 10/- S.W.A. Overprint SWA 25 - SG 67 Imprint pair Mint £125

1927 - 30 S.W.A. Overprints

SG 58 - 67
Set of 10 neatly
Used on piece
£375


SWA 26 - SG 58a ½d Vertical pair - No Stop Used £50	SWA 27 - SG 58b ½d Control block Plate 2 UMM £10	SWA 29 - SG 60 2d Used block £45


SWA 30 - SG 58b & 59b ½d & 1d Blocks - Two items UMM £15	SWA 31 - SG 58 ½d Used blocks. Cancelled KALKFONTEIN, TSUMEB & WINDHOEK (Three items) £35


SWA 32 - SG 59 1d Used blocks. Cancelled OMARURU, SWAKOPMUND or WINDHOEK (3 items) £20			SWA 33 - SG 62 - 62a No Stop Variety on lower right stamp UMM £140	SWA 34 - SG 63 6d Used block WINDHOEK £25


SWA 35 - SG 58b ½d Overprint above value Used £11	SWA 36 - SG 59 1d Overprint shifted down Mint £10	SWA 37 - SG 59 - SACC 82d Overprint at left Used SOLD


SG 60 2d Used £6	SG 61 3d Used £21 - Mint £3.50	SWA 38 - SG 61b - SACC 84aa Perforation down - Overprint centred Used £60


SWA 39 - SG 61ba - SACC 84ab 3d Overprint centred - No Stop variety UMM £125	SG 62 4d Mint £8.50	SG 63 6d Used £21 - Mint £4.25


SG 64 1/- Mint £7	SG 65 2/6 Mint £30	SG 66 5/- Mint £45

1930 - 31 Rotogravure Printings

SG 68
½d Mint
£16

SG 69
1d Mint
£10

SG 69
1d Used
£19


SWA 40 SG 68 & 69 ½d & 1d Blocks UMM £50		SWA 41 - SG 68 ½d Variety ‘White patch’ in vignette ex R4/11 UMM £50

1930 Airs

				Larger S.W.A. Overprint SG 72 4d UMM £2.50 - Mint £1 SG 73 1/- UMM £4 - Mint £1.75
SG 70 4d UMM £10 - Mint £5	SG 71 1/- Mint £50	SG 70b 4d UMM £5 - Mint £2.50	SG 71b 1/- UMM £7 - Mint £3.50

SWA 43

SG 70b - 71b
In Blocks of four
Used
£230

	SWA 44 - SG 70 - 70a ‘No Stop’ Variety on left stamp Marginal pair UMM £80
	SWA 45 - SG 70 - 70a ‘No Stop’ Variety on lower left stamp Marginal block of four UMM £100

SWA 46 - SG 73
4d op left marginal block of eight
UMM £20

FIRST FLIGHT - WINDHOEK to UPINGTON (Putzel AIR 10A)

SWA 47 - King’s Head 1d Stationery card H&G 8 with 4d Air SG 70
Cancelled AIR MAIL WINDHOEK - KIMBERLEY. LUGPOS 19.12.31
UPINGTON 20 DEC 31 arrival backstamp SOLD

SWA 48
SG 72 - 73
In Blocks of four
UMM
£30

SWA 49 - SG 72 - 73
In Blocks of four
4d with UHB V4 variety ex R12/9
Top left stamp

Upper edge of cloud thicker
UMM
£50

1931 Definitives - Perforation Up - Set of 12 values Mint £140

SG 74 ½d
Mint £2 - Used £1.75

SG 75 1d
Mint £2 - Used £1.75

SG 76 2d
Mint £1 - Used £6

SG 77 3d
Mint £1 - Used £3

SG 78 4d
Mint £1 - Used £5

SG 79 6d
Mint £1

SG 80 1/-
Mint £2.50 Used £12.50

SG 81 1/3
Mint £4 - Used £8

SG 82 2/6
Mint £19 - Used £17

SG 83 5/-
Used £25

SG 84 10/-
Mint £35 - Used £35

SG 85 20/-
Used £55


SWA 50 - SG 76 2d Used £12	SWA 51 - SG 79 6d Used £16	SWA 52 - SG 80 1/- Used £25	SWA 53 - SG 81 1/3 Used £16

SWA 54
SG 82
2/6
Used
£35

SWA 55
SG 86
1931 3d Air
Half UMM
£60

1931 Airs
SG 86 - 87
Mint £55

3d £20 - 10d £38

SG 86 - 87
Used £85

3d £25 - 10d £60

Mint

KGV Commemoratives - 1935 Silver Jubilee

SG 88 - 91
Mint £8

SG 88 - 91
Used £25

Used Five days
Prior to issue

SWA 56
SG 88 - 91
Set cancelled WINDHOEK
1 MAY 35
£75

First Day Use

SWA 57
SG 88 - 91
Sent registered airmail to Germany
with additional
4d to make up the rate.
Cancelled
OTJIWARONGO
6 MAY 35

19.5.5
Arrival backstamp
£60

Used on Cover	Commercial Use

SWA 58 - SG 88 - 91 By registered Airmail from SWAKOPMUND 1 NOV 35 to England £35	SWA 59 - To Canada with 1d Silver Jubilee pair USAKOS 1 JUN 35 Jansen AUG 3 arrival £25

1935 - 36 Memorial Fund


SG 92 - 95 Mint £15

Blocks of four

SWA 60
SG 92 - 95
In blocks
Half UMM
£50


SG 92 - 95 Used £40

Used on Cover

SWA 61
SG 92 – 95
Registered OHMS envelope
To South Africa
WINDHOEK 8 FEB 36
Transit DE AAR &
ROSMEAD &
JANSENVILLE
12 FEB arrival
£50

Comet Flaw	Overprint low	Overprint in Centre

SG 93a - 1d Variety Blurred SOUTH AFRICA& Comet flaw SWA 62 - Used £75	SWA 63 - SG 93 1d Overprint low Used £10	SWA 64 - SG 95 - SACC 122b Overprint in centre Mint £20	SWA 65 - SG 95 - SACC 122b Overprint in centre Used £40

Variety - Overprint Low

SWA 66 - SG 94
SACC 121b
2d Overprint low - Block of four
UMM
£40

SWA 67 - SG 94
SACC 121b
2d Overprint low - Pair
Used £15

1937 1½d Mail Train

Imprint block

SWA 68
SG 96
Imprint strip of 12
UMM
£140

SG 96
UMM £20
Mint £10

SG 96 - Used £3
SWA 69 - Block of four cancelled
STAMPRIETFONTEIN £8


SWA 70 Block of six cancelled SWAKOPMUND £10	SWA 72 - SG 96 - On Flown cover Windhoek 22 VIII 39 with LUANDA 22 AGO 1939 arrival backstamp £25

May 1937 - King George VI Coronation

SG 97 - 104
Set of eight
Used £5

SWA 73
Imprint blocks of four
UMM £40

First Day Covers

SWA 75
SG 97 - 104
On two envelopes
See above or on

SWA 76
One envelope
FDC
£12

1938 Voortrekker Centenary and Commemoration - SG 105 - 110

SG 105 - 108
Set of four
Mint £40

SG 105 - 108
Set of four
Used £100

SG 109 - 110
Set of two
UMM £25

SWA 77
Marginal Blocks
UMM £50

1939 250th Anniversary of Huguenot Landing - SG 111 - 113

SWA 79
Blocks of 4
UMM
£100

1939 Huguenots

SG 111 - 113 - Set of three
UMM £50
Used £30
SWA 78 - FDC £50

1941 - 43 Large Wars

SG 114 - 122
Set of nine values
UMM £40

Mint £20

		SG 116 1½d Used £2.75 SG 121 2d Used £1.25 SG 122 1/- Used £4
SG 114 ½d Green Used £4	SG 115 1d Carmine Used £2.50		SG 117 3d Blue Used £20


SG 118 4d Orange-brown Used £15	SG 118a 4d Red-brown Used £25	SG 119 6d Red-orange Used £6.25	SG 120 1/3 Olive-brown Used £16

1943 - 44 Bantam Wars

SG 123 - 130b
Set of eight values
UMM £20

Mint £10

Marginal Tags

SWA 80
SG 123 - 130
Most
UMM
£40


SG 123 ½d Blue-green Used £6.25	SG 123a ½d Greenish-blue Used £8.50	SG 124 1d Carmine-red Used £6	SG 124a 1d Bright-carmine Used £6

			SG 127 3d Blue Used £18 SG 129 4d Slate-green Used £16
SG 126 2d Violet Used £7.75	SG 126a 2d reddish-violet Used £6

SG 125 1½d Red-brown Used £1.25
SG 125 1½d Red-brown Used £1.25	SG 128 6d Red-orange Used £2	SG 130 1/- Small overprint Used £26	SG 130b 1/- Large overprint Used £4.25

3 December 1945 - Victory Issue

SWA 100 - Major Variety - Overprint Inverted SG 131a on Postcard
Cancelled GROOTFONTEIN 1 JUL 46 £700

1945 Victory Set of 3 UMM £1.50
Used £2

SWA 101 Set in Arrow blocks of four UMM £6
SWA 102 Set in blocks of four Used £5

SWA 103 3d with hypen variety 3 - D Ex R14/6
In marginal sheet No block of 8 UMM £15

SWA 104 - SG 131b 'Barbed Wire' Variety ex R9/6
UMM £15

17 February 1947 - Royal Visit

SWA 105 Plain First Day Cover Cancelled at WINDHOEK £5

1947 Royal Visit
Set of 3 UMM £1
Used £1

SWA 112 2d Marginal block of 4 with V shaped mark between King & Queen
Ex Cylinder 6912 - R5/1 UHB V1
UMM £10

SWA 114 SG 135a 2d Block of 4 with Bird on 2 of 2d
Ex Cylinder 6912 R10/6 UHB V3
UMM £10

SWA 117 3d Corner marginal block of 4 - Includes UHB V6
Masked Princess Ex R19/2
UMM £15

26 April 1948 - KGVI Royal Silver Wedding

SG 137 UMM 80p Used 50p
Block of 4 UMM £2

SWA 118
Illustrated FDC £10

SWA 119 Half Arrow block of 8 with variety UHB V2
Defective side Frame lines ex R14/5 UMM £10

SWA 120 Arrow block of twelve with variety UHB V6
Smudged line under ‘SILWER BRUILOF’ ex R20/5 UMM £10

1 October 1949 - 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union


Set of 3 UMM £2.00 Used £3	SWA 121 Set in Blocks of four UMM £5 SWA 122 ½d in a block of 16 Used £15	SWA 123 SG 140b 3d Lake in Africa Ex R2/19 Used £35

1 December 1949 - Inauguration of Voortrekker Monument

Three Values
1d, 1½d and 3d

The set on an envelope posted
WALVIS BAY 16 I 50

14 March 1952
Landing of Van Riebeeck

SG 144 - 148
UMM £1.25
Used £2.50

SWA 136
On Illustrated FDC £8

1952 Van Riebeeck

SWA 138
Cylinder Blocks of 4
UMM £15


	SWA 139 Cylinder - Gutter Blocks of 12 Pristine without folds - Varieties Include 1d V4 Ex R9/5 Mushroom on upper frame 2d V2 Ex R9/6 Spot above Mountain 4½d V6 Ex R5/13 Spot below 1952 Incredible rare set UMM £95

1923 - 1931 Postage Dues


SG D2 6d on Transvaal Mint £12	SG D4 3d on Union Mint £15	SG D7 1d on Union UMM £10 - Mint £5	SG D11 2d on Union UMM £20

	1923 Overprints D15 ½d Block of 4 Used £50
		D24 1½d Block of 4 UMM £15	D29 1½d Rare gutter block Plate 2 With variety broken ‘A’ in ‘POSTAGE’ ex R6/1 Light hinging on gutter, otherwise UMM £60


SG D17 1d on Union Mint £17	SG D25 5d on Transvaal UMM £4	SG D35a 2d on Union UMM £10	SG D35a 2d on Union Used £12

	Block of Eight SG D33 5d on Transvaal UMM £120
		SG D33 5d on Transvaal UMM £30	SG D37 3d on Union UMM £20

1928 DURBAN Philatelic Exhibition

(1) Stampless envelope with special Exhibition cancel
5 JUL 28 Windhoek 12 JUL arrival
Taxed with 1d Pair SG D39
£20

(2) Another stampless envelope with Exhibition cancel
2 JUL 28 Windhoek 7 JUL arrival
Taxed with ½d Pair SG D27
£35

1931
SG D47 - 51
Five values
UMM £25

Mint £12

			1931 SG D47 - 51 Five values Used £30
½d Used £5	1d Used £1	2d Used £2	1931 SG D47 - 51 Five values Used £30	3d Used £9	6d Used £18


1931 SG D47 - 51 Five values in blocks of four UMM £100

Incoming Airmail envelope
From Germany posted 3.12.54 to Gobabis
With 10 XII 54 arrival backstamp
Underpaid & Taxed 3d
Collected & paid with 1d strip of three D48
Cancelled
GOBABIS
17 DEC 54
£175

1931 Blocks of four Used

D47
½d £20

D50
3d £35

D51 6d £75

1927 - 1952 Officials

1929 Officials SG 05 - 08 Four values Mint £3.50 SG 06 1d UMM £2
	SG 06 1d Used £12	SG 07 2d Used £12	SG 08 6d Used £14

1929 in blocks of Eight

SG 05 & 06
½d & 1d
Mint £10


SG 05 ½d overprint shift to the left The ‘O’ of OFFICIAL in the margin Half UMM £10	SG 07 b & c 2d No stops after OFFICIAL/OFFISIEEL Mint £17	SG 07 2d Imprint block Mint £10	SG 08 6d Marginal block UMM £10

1939 Use of 2d on Cover

Envelope sent Registered to UK with
1929 2d Officials in a block of 4
The lower right stamp with variety
No stop after OFFISIEEL
SG 011 & 011b
4d Registration + 4d postage
Cancelled
WINDHOEK 3 FEB 39
Envelope has a vertical crease
£175


SG 011 1929 2d Imprint block Half UMM £10	SG 014 1d Imprint block Used £35	SG 015 2d marginal block Used £15

SG 013 ½d pair UMM £12	1931 Officials

	SG 014 1d pair Used £13	SG 013 - 016 Four values ½d to 6d Used £40 - Mint £10

Rare use of 1947 2d SG 021 on Cover

OHMS envelope sent to USA
With 1931 1d & 1947 2d Officials
SG 014 & 021
Cancelled
WINDHOEK 19 II 47
The only known commercial
Use of 021
£750

1938	1945 - 50	1951 - 52

SG 017 1½d pair Mint £15	SG 022 6d pair UMM £20	SG 025 1½d pair Used £22

Rare Commercial use on Cover

OHMS envelope with oval datestamp on reverse
DIRECTOR OF POSTS & TELEGRAPHS
GPO WINDHOEK 10-9-1948
Sent Registered to UK with ½d & 1d singles ½ plus
Two 1d pairs SG 018 & 019
(Rated x 15 on cover)
4d Registration + 1½d postage
Cancelled
WINDHOEK 11 IX 48
£450

1951 - 52 Set

SG 023 - 27
Set of 5
UMM £40

1957 Use of KGVI on Cover

Envelope sent by Registered Airmail to UK
Franked with 1/- SG 51 plus 1938 1½d pair & 6d single
SG 017 & 022
Cancelled
GROOTFONTEIN 9 IV 57
Correct rate 6d Registration + 1/3 Airmail
£175