| O542 |
1883 3d ultramarine. BLOCK OF SIX (3x2) with interpanneau margin at right. Very fine unmounted mint. SG 51
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| O538 |
1896 ‘Halve Penny.’ surcharge on 3d ultramarine. Upper right corner marginal strip of three showing the variety ‘Without Bar’ due to a downward shift of the surcharge. Minute hinge thin on centre stamp otherwise very fine unmounted mint. SG 77 var
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£45 |
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| O535 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1890 (31st August), ½d orange postal stationery card cancelled with a neat ‘19’ in 16-bar oval with proving strike of REDDERSBURG (AU 31 90) single circle datestamp below, both struck in purple. Addressed to the Cape with ALIWAL NORTH (4 Sep) single circle transit struck at left, with Bloemfontein (1 Sep) transit and Lady Grey (3 Sep) arrival backstamps. Light unobtrusive horizontal crease and some indents, otherwise a fine proving card for Reddersburg with attractive coloured cancellations. |
£125 |
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| O536 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1896 (7th November), envelope addressed within the OFS bearing two examples of the ‘½d’ surcharge on 3d ultramarine (appear to be Types ‘c’ and ‘d’, SG 71, 72) tied by a neat Bloemfontein (7 NO) single circle datestamp. With Bethulie (NO 7) arrival backstamp. Part of reverse split and re-attached, otherwise a fine and very scarce example of commercial use of this issue on cover. |
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| O537 |
POSTAL HISTORY 1898 (20th March), envelope addressed to Basutoland bearing a single HALVE PENNY surcharge on 3d ultramarine (SG 77) tied by a ZASTRON (MR 20) single circle datestamp with a second strike at left. WIPENER (MR 20) transit and MAFETENG BASUTOLAND (MR 23) arrival backstamps. A rare example of this surcharge used alone on cover paying the ½d unsealed open-letter rate.
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| O539 |
REVENUE 1905 Watermark multiple Crown CA, KEVII £10 sepia and brown-purple on orange-red. Fine used with manuscript and boxed cachet cancellations. Barefoot 119
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£25 |
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| O540 |
REVENUE 1905 Watermark multiple Crown CA, KEVII £10 sepia and brown-purple on orange-red. Fine used with manuscript and oval cachet cancellations. Barefoot 119
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£25 |
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| O541 |
REVENUE / Postal Order 1898 (May), £1 printed in yellow-green and black with 3d commission stamp at left. With THABA ’NCHU (MY 26) single circle datestamp applied at issuing office and POST WISSEL KANTOOR / BLOEMFONTEIN (3 JU) single circle datestamp applied at office of payment. Folded vertically, and small stain, otherwise fine. |
£25 |
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