BECHUANALAND
Bechuanaland Protectorate Stamps
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE  -  1890 ½d VERMILION WITH TRIAL OVERPRINT 'Protectorate'
AB3096
1890 ½d vermilion with ‘Protectorate’ overprint 19mm long. Showing the variety OVERPRINT DOUBLE, the first being characteristically light and partially overlapped by a second heavier overprint above. A few light hinge marks, otherwise very fine fresh mint. Very rare. BPA certificate (1993) which states "variety double (SG 55a) and misplaced". SG 55a
£1,250