ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK / TRANSVAAL
Postage Stamps: 1882 2nd Republic to 1910
SECOND REPUBLIC
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1883 Celliers printings
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1885-93 'Vurtheim' Issue
T2218
Forgery
Fournier Forgery of the 1892 ‘Vurtheim’ £5 printed in deep green. Complete imperforate sheetlet (105x122mm) of 16 widely spaced impressions on thin ungummed paper. The reverse with small ‘FAC-SIMILÉ’ applied in diagonal rows in blue by the L’Union Philatélique de Genève in 1928. Scarce in this format.
£85