ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK / TRANSVAAL
Postage Stamps: 1869 1st Republic to 1882
FIRST REPUBLIC
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1878 Queen Victoria 'Bourne Head' Issue
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| T2588 |
1878-80 Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ design. An IMPERFORATE PLATE PROOF BLOCK OF 30 (5x6) of the 1d postage duty printed in black on thick white card, comprising the left half of a sheet with margins on three sides. An impressive and unique multiple, the right half of the sole sheet is believed to have been cut up in the 1960s. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Archives; Besançon collection (2019); David Underwood collection and beautifully written up on his display page.
Note: this multiple assisted Robson Lowe while preparing his plating monograph ‘Transvaal 1878-1880’ published in 1973.
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| £2,750 |
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