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Postal History, Postmarks
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AB4195 |
1932 (19th March), ‘Tamsen’ envelope sent registered to South Africa. Bearing blocks of four Cape ½d (x 2) and 2d rectangles, all stamps bearing FORGED overprints, one ½d block and the 2d block with overprints inverted, a variety not recorded on genuine stamps. Each block is cancelled with a neat central (genuine) MAHALAPYE (19 Mar) double circle datestamp with an additional strike on the reverse. Mahalapye registration cachet at lower left and Nylstroom (21 Mar) arrival backstamp. Scarce multiples.
Note: it is unclear if the sender, the eminent philatelist Emil Tamsen, was aware these overprints were forged.
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| £225 |
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