Swa one

SWA 1927 set, this one pound overprint must be one of the most undervalued stamps, the CV should be much higher as only 6000 stamps has been overprinted, obtain it now while you have the opportunity, view scans as it form part of the description.     

SWA FDC #9 WITH VARIETY MISSING YELLOW COLOUR TOP IS NORMAL AND BOTTOM IS VARIETY-BOTH AS ONE LOT -VERY SCARCE

ONE CARD SIGNED BY HARRY OPPENHEIMER - VERY SCARE AS HE SELDOM SIGNED ANYTHING THREE CARDS SIGNED BY A DYCK OF THE LUDERITZ MUSEUM ONLY 25 SETS SIGNED

Buy SWA 1931 set of 7 single SPECIMENS - THE ONLY SET. MNH (one MM) with Eichele certificate. See Below. for R18,000.00

Please note that there are one with 3 pins and two with 2 pins, The one with 3 pins will be send first when bought      

THIS IS A GEM AND REALLY SCARCE THERE WERE ONLY 300 OF THESE FDCs MADE. THIS ONE IS NUMBERED 95.    

SEE BELOW - THE FIRST 3 SPECIAL POST OFFICE EXHIBITION POSTCARDS WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL, NUMBERED AS FOLLOWS: 1. NO LETTERS OR NUMBERING IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER 2. THE SECOND IS NUMBERED PBY 14 3. THE THIRD IS NUMBERED PBY 14A (THIS IS WHAT IS ON OFFER HERE) REFER TO THE LAST SENTENCE IN THE EXTRACT IMMEDIATELY ABOVE. THE REMAINDERS OF THE POSTCARDS NUMBERED PBY 14A WERE USED AT THE WINDHOEK EXHIBITION IN 1937. HERE YOU HAVE A SET OF 3, ONE IN EACH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (AFRIKAANS, GERMAN AND ENGLISH). THE ENGLISH POSTCARD IS SPECIAL. IT IS ADDRESSED TO "L A WYNDHAM, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN." IT IS POSTMARKED WITH THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT CANCELLATION ON 17 MAY 1937.

SACC 92 One Pound Superb U/M.-- (very undercatalogued- 6000 overprinted)--a good investment.

This very scarce control plate pair is from the John Sussex Collection. From the upper right corner of the sheet, unmounted mint (hinged in margin), yellowish gum as usual with some marginal gum creasing, and with B.P.A. Certificate (2012) as per scans below.        

This very scarce control plate pair is from the John Sussex Collection. From the lower left corner of the sheet, unmounted mint as per scans below.          

SWA 1961 - 1/2c Of Def, Vertical Pair, with variety.....perf into design horizontally on one stamp (bottom) SG No. 179, very good unmounted & sold as per scan.   

Buy 1923 SWA 1/2d horisontal gutter pairs with vertical gutter on one side MNH (some loose perfs) SACC 1 for R1,650.00

Here on auction we have a rather scarce olive green early SAAF Flight Engineer used survival vest as typically worn by the Allo gunship crew during the SWA/ Angola bushwar in good used condition (PLEASE note that some stitching on the velcro tabs at the rear has come loose - easy to re-stitich and repair and the one front pocket stitching is also loose - see detail pics)  and; Here we see an Allo 3 gunship flight engineer inthe SWA/ Angola bushwar period wearing this exact same type of survival vest: Besides the loose stitching (all very easily repaired) this is an excellent example of a dd 1977 made vest; Please see the attached pics for further confirmation of the item, it's actual condition and any other aspects of interest. ASK for Postage quotes/ indicate prefferred method before completing check-out! Postage options locally are Postnet or SAPO (only for places WITHOUT a Postnet branch nearby) or international vis DHL (small items Postnet on this item at R100 flat-rate anywhere in SA counter-to-counter! You are more than welcome to COMBINE items for shipping purposes to save on shipping (Local and International buyers) Foreign bidders most welcome, BUT please use BoB voucher or BoB bucks for payment - NO PAYPAL UNLESS BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT (returning ciustomers only)! Parcels WILL ONLY be dispatched on Friday afternoons or Saturday mornings regardless off WHEN a buyer may have paid or the auction closed. I will only forward tracking numbers and any other relevant details after FULL payment has been recieved. Good luck and happy bidding!!!  

SWA 1927/30 2d VERTICAL PAIR, ALMOST INVISIBLE TRACE OF HINGING, VARIETY "DOUBLE OVERPRINT, ONE INVERTED" PFSA CERTIFICATE, SCARCE VARIETY. SACC (2017/18) CATALOGUE VALUE R17000 FOR MOUNTED MINT.

  One Man's Journey into Africa's Wars Jim Hooper's work needs little introduction. His words and photographic images have captured the heart, soul and desperation of Third World conflict for almost three decades. Author of the critically acclaimed Koevoet! Hooper is renowned for his brutal honesty. In this latest work, he takes a powerful and retrospective look at four of Africa's deadliest conflicts- SWA, Angola, Sierra Leone and Sudan. Stunning hardcover collection published 2013. 176 pages. Mint edition. Tracked postage is R80.00.

Pair of South West Africa used 1d King's head South Africa stamps (SWA SA3) - as per photo one very light red & one darker red       

NICE COLLECTION-DESCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS-SEE PHOTOS ABOVE AND BELOW-RSA,NAMIBIA AND SWA MAINLY 1 STANLEY GIBBONS PREPRINTED ALBUM FOR RSA-RSA ONLY-FILLED WITH USED SETS FROM 1961 IST DEF TO 1992-COMPRHENSIVE AND ALL VARIATIONS OF PAPER TYPES AND ISSUES IN THE 1ST DEF SEEMS FAIRLY COMPLETE,ODD STAMP MISSING HERE AND THERE,NEAT AND CLEAN,UP TO 1992 INCLUDES THE MINISHEETS ETC-ALL USED OR FEW CTO-THIS ALBUM ALONE WORTH A FEW HUNDERED RAND-ESPECIALLY THE 1ST DEF SETS ARE HANDY TO HAVE IN USED 1 FDC ALBUM- RSA ONLY-HAS COMPLETE FROM NO 2 TO NO 39,INCLUDES NO 9 AND HAS ODD EXTRA VARIATION,SHADES OR THE A ISSUES AS PER SACC-PLUS A HANDFUL OF THE 2ND SERIES FDC-THESE ARE ALL CLEAN FINE, 40 SETS MAXICARDS,FULL SETS,RSA,HOMELANDS,NAM AND SWA-SOME DUPLICATED APP 40 LARGE S TYPE FDC-SOME BETTER ONES HERE,RSA.NAM AND SWA ONLY-SEE PHOTOS APP 170 PLUS GOOD FDC-ALL RSA,SWA AND SOME NAMIBIA,SOMEBETTER ONES HERE,SEE PHOTOS-ALL FINE AND CLEAN APP 150 -200 BULLETINS,NOT COUNTED JUST ESTIMATE,CAN BE MORE OR A FEW LESS,NOT CHECKED,SOME EARLIER RSA ONES INCLUDED -ALL THIS AS ONE LOT-FINE AND CLEAN AND LOTS OF CV HERE-APPLE BOX FULL-POSTAGE R120 PLEASE.

BORDER WAR MILITARY MAIL 53 BATTALION = VPK 2 = GROOTFONTEIN = SWA. 19th March 1979   Censored = 2nd Lieutenant = South West Africa to Mr. R.G.A. Finch, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.   Cancelled address and marked in pen "Spain".   Condition:  Condition as seen, torn open on one side.   Sold as seen in the images. Images form part on the description.   + PLEASE READ THE SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TAB TERMS BEFORE PURCHASE + *** Please feel free to ask questions *** +++ Thank you for viewing our items +++  

Here we have on auction a REPRODUCTION new build Cuban Elm-leaf (Cuban) camo "kiko" camo cap (sewn from old stocks of Recce copy camo obtained with great effort and only available in small quantities). This kiko cap is one-size-fits-all and will easily fit someone with a hat size 57/58/59. The "kiko" camo cap was a favourite of the Portuguese and Insurgent (and other Freedom Fighters/ groups in the old Porra colonies of Angola and Mozambique) and was often encontered/ found during the SWA/ Angola bushwar period. These REPRO camo kiko caps are intended to be a comfortable everyday wear item, fold one up and keep handy in a side cargo pocket for "just-in-case"!  The single pic below shows other REPRO kikos available (on other simultanious BoB auctions) and serves as a comparison showing some of the bushwar popular camo patterns employed by the enemy (and copied by SA Special Forces/ Recces and other units eg. 32 Bn recce wing); Top -to-bottom - Libyan Rhubarb, FAPLA (Cuban) grey lizzard, East German (DDR) rice pattern/ falling rain, French llizzard (camo favoured by UNITA), Cuban (SF) elm leaf camo; Basically a handy, comfortable lekke camo cap! (I wear one almost daily and often wear it with the tail folded away until needed). Postage quotes supplied to the winning bidder and dependent on the persons location and preferred shipping/ postage method. Local shipping possible via Postnet on this item at R100 flat-rate anywhere in SA! You are welcome to combine shipping with other items offered here on BoB. Please note that Postnet parcels will only be dispatched on Weds or Fri and SAPO parcels ONLY on Sat (due to current work commitments and time restrictions to get to SAPO and the queues. Foreign bidders most welcome BUT please use BoB voucher or BoB bucks for payment! Happy bidding!!! "X-ray 007"                            

Here we have on auction a rarely seen available for sale current issue Mozambique Police (PRM) rice pattern camo long-sleeve shirt in good used condition AND in a X- LARGE size! This l/s shirt is approx a size X-L (fits me and I normally wear XL shirts - 44 inch chest) and is marked in the local size scale as a "size 9". The picture below shows a member of the Mozambique PRM police wearing the same rice pattern camo as is on auction here; Many Southern African nations adopted the rice pattern camo (East German/ Chinese origin and/ or copy) for use by their militaries/ police forces (Zambia and Moz still currently use this patt for police)/ para-military forces and the pattern was also extensively used by insurgents and terrorist groups throughout Southern Africa eg. ZIPRA/ ZANLA in Rhodesia, SWAPO/ PLAN in Angola/ SWA etc.  and subsequently the SA Special Forces (Recces) also made their own copy camo and psuedo uniforms in the pattern! Please see the pics for further detail and as a confirmation of the item and its condition as on auction. Please see the "INUPOL" label and size tag - which reads "size 9" (approx XL). and; These uniforms are extremely difficult to source and finding one in a X-large size is even MORE difficult! Please see my other auction currently running with matching XL size short sleeve and rice pattern PRM trousers! Please note that the 32 Battalion summer camo used as a background is not included in this auction. Postage quotes supplied at close of successful auction depending on the winning bidder and his/ her location! Paypal gladly accepted for foreign or overseas buyers! Happy bidding!!!                      

The climactic death-throes of Soviet Communism during the 1980's included a last-gasp attempt at strategic franchise expansion in Southern Africa. Channelled through Castro's Cuba, oil-rich Angolan armed forces (FAPLA) received billions of dollars of advanced weaponry including MiG 23 and Sukhoi fighter jets, SAM 8 missile systems and thousands of armoured vehicles. Their   intent - to eradicate the US-backed Angolan opposition (UNITA), then push southwards into South Africa's protectorate SWA/Namibia, ostensibly as liberators. 1985 saw the first large-scale mechanized offensive in Southern African history. Russian Generals planned and oversaw the offensive but without properly accounting for the tenacity of UNITA (supported by the South African Defence Forces - SADF) or the treacherous terrain typical in the rainy season. The '85 offensive floundered in the mud and FAPLA returned to their capital Luanda. The South Africans stood down, confident their 'covert' support for UNITA had demonstrated the folly of prosecuting war so far from home against Africa's military Superpower. The South Africans were mistaken. Fidel and FAPLA immediately redoubled their efforts, strengthening fifteen battalions with even more Soviet hardware while Russian and Cuban specialists oversaw troop training. As Cuban and Angola fighter pilots honed their skills over the skies of Northern Angola, David Mannall, a normal 17-year old kid completing High School, was preparing for two years of compulsory military service before beginning Tertiary education. Through a series of fateful twists he found himself leading soldiers in a number of full-scale armoured clashes including the largest and most decisive battle on African soil since World War II. This is the David and Goliath story that, due to seismic political changes in the region, has never been truthfully told. The author lifts the hatch on his story of how Charlie Squadron, comprising just twelve 90mm AFVs crewed by 36 national servicemen, as part of the elite 61 Mechanised Battalion, engaged and effectively annihilated the giant FAPLA 47th Armoured Brigade in one day - 3 October 1987. Their 90mm cannons were never designed as tank-killers but any assurances that it would never be used against heavy armour were left in the classroom during the three-month operation and never more starkly than the decisive 'Battle on The Lomba River'. The Communist-backed offensive died that day along with hundreds of opposition fighters. 47th Brigade survivors abandoned their remaining equipment, fleeing north across the Lomba, eventually joining the 59th Brigade in what became a full-scale retreat of over ten thousand soldiers to Cuito Cuanavale. The myth perpetuated by post-apartheid politicians goes something like this "The SADF force that destroyed 47th Brigade on 3 October numbered 6,000 men and that all the hard yards were run by the long suffering UNITA!" The inconvenient truth is that there were just 36 South African boys on the front-line that day, but it is also true to say they would never have achieved such a stunning victory without the support of many more. This is their story. Paperback, 192 pages First Published October 2014, Second Revised Edition May 2015        

 SG 57 (SACC 92) SWA Marginal One Pound  Pale Olive-green and red Superb U/M, and Superb gum ---very under catalogued-- a fine buy.             

The climactic death-throes of Soviet Communism during the 1980's included a last-gasp attempt at strategic franchise expansion in Southern Africa. Channelled through Castro's Cuba, oil-rich Angolan armed forces (FAPLA) received billions of dollars of advanced weaponry including MiG 23 and Sukhoi fighter jets, SAM 8 missile systems and thousands of armoured vehicles. Their   intent - to eradicate the US-backed Angolan opposition (UNITA), then push southwards into South Africa's protectorate SWA/Namibia, ostensibly as liberators. 1985 saw the first large-scale mechanized offensive in Southern African history. Russian Generals planned and oversaw the offensive but without properly accounting for the tenacity of UNITA (supported by the South African Defence Forces - SADF) or the treacherous terrain typical in the rainy season. The '85 offensive floundered in the mud and FAPLA returned to their capital Luanda. The South Africans stood down, confident their 'covert' support for UNITA had demonstrated the folly of prosecuting war so far from home against Africa's military Superpower. The South Africans were mistaken. Fidel and FAPLA immediately redoubled their efforts, strengthening fifteen battalions with even more Soviet hardware while Russian and Cuban specialists oversaw troop training. As Cuban and Angola fighter pilots honed their skills over the skies of Northern Angola, David Mannall, a normal 17-year old kid completing High School, was preparing for two years of compulsory military service before beginning Tertiary education. Through a series of fateful twists he found himself leading soldiers in a number of full-scale armoured clashes including the largest and most decisive battle on African soil since World War II. This is the David and Goliath story that, due to seismic political changes in the region, has never been truthfully told. The author lifts the hatch on his story of how Charlie Squadron, comprising just twelve 90mm AFVs crewed by 36 national servicemen, as part of the elite 61 Mechanised Battalion, engaged and effectively annihilated the giant FAPLA 47th Armoured Brigade in one day - 3 October 1987. Their 90mm cannons were never designed as tank-killers but any assurances that it would never be used against heavy armour were left in the classroom during the three-month operation and never more starkly than the decisive 'Battle on The Lomba River'. The Communist-backed offensive died that day along with hundreds of opposition fighters. 47th Brigade survivors abandoned their remaining equipment, fleeing north across the Lomba, eventually joining the 59th Brigade in what became a full-scale retreat of over ten thousand soldiers to Cuito Cuanavale. The myth perpetuated by post-apartheid politicians goes something like this "The SADF force that destroyed 47th Brigade on 3 October numbered 6,000 men and that all the hard yards were run by the long suffering UNITA!" The inconvenient truth is that there were just 36 South African boys on the front-line that day, but it is also true to say they would never have achieved such a stunning victory without the support of many more. This is their story. Paperback, 284 pages First Published October 2014, Second Revised Edition May 2015