MB184 |
1935 KGV Silver Jubilee 6d slate and purple. Lower right corner block of four showing vignette plate '4' in margin. Superb unmounted. Scarce. SG 14 |
£55 |
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AM1113 |
1938 KGVI 1d scarlet with ‘Tower’ flaw. Very fine fiscally used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘16/8/49’. Scarce. SG 19a |
£125 |
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MB183 |
1949 UPU. Set of four values in lower marginal blocks of four, showing imprint in margins. Superb unmounted. SG 38-41 |
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AM1044 |
Revenue c1891 Cape of Good Hope 1d bright green on yellow revenue stamp handstamped ‘BASUTOLAND.’ diagonally. Small marginal thins, otherwise fine mint. Scarce. T&M 2.1
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£250 |
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AM1043 |
Revenue c1891 Cape of Good Hope 2/6 olive-bistre revenue stamp handstamped ‘BASUTOLAND.’ diagonally. Fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘20/7/95’ and initialled. Very rare. T&M unlisted |
£325 |
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AM1045 |
Revenue c1893 Cape of Good Hope 1d bright green on yellow revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland.’ Clean diagonal crease otherwise very fine and fresh mint. Scarce. T&M 3.1
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£75 |
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AM1047 |
Revenue c1893 Cape of Good Hope 1d bright green on yellow revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland.’ Light gum creasing otherwise very fine and fresh mint. Scarce. T&M 3.1
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£110 |
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AM1046 |
Revenue c1893 Cape of Good Hope 1d bright green on yellow revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland.’ Unobtrusive horizontal crease otherwise fine used with manuscript cancellation, apparently dated ‘11/92’. T&M 3.1
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£75 |
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AM1061 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 1d dull reddish purple and bright scarlet revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Small gum wrinkle otherwise very fine fresh mint, appears unmounted. T&M 7.1
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£20 |
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AM1062 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 1d dull reddish purple and bright scarlet revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Hinge remnants otherwise very fine fresh mint. T&M 7.1
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£15 |
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AM1042 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 1d dull reddish purple and bright scarlet revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ BLOCK OF 32 (4x8) comprising a large part of a right hand pane with margins at right and base (less below one stamp). Faults commensurate with a multiple of this age and size include wrinkles or creasing and a few gum light stains. Otherwise fine mint with the majority unmounted. A remarkable survivor for a Cape revenue, let alone one overprinted for Basutoland. T&M 7.1
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AM1063 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 3d dull reddish purple and pale orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine fresh mint. T&M 7.2
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£65 |
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AM1116 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 3d dull reddish purple and pale orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine fresh mint. T&M 7.2
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£65 |
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AM1069 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 3d dull reddish purple and pale orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘27/1/04’. T&M 7.2
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£55 |
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AM1115 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 3d dull reddish purple and pale orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Horizontal pair superb used with STANDARD BANK OF S.A. LTD. / JUN 13 1910 / MASERU oval datestamp struck in violet. T&M 7.2
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£110 |
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AM1064 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 6d dull reddish purple and reddish lilac revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ A few light gum creases otherwise fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 7.3 |
£55 |
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AM1065 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 6d dull reddish purple and reddish lilac revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ A vertical crease not apparent from the front otherwise very fine mint with hinge remnants. T&M 7.3
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£45 |
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AM1117 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 6d dull reddish purple and reddish lilac revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine and fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 7.3
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£65 |
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AM1070 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 6d dull reddish purple and reddish lilac revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine used with MASERU oval datestamp (28 MAY 1907). T&M 7.3
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£55 |
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AM1066 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 1/- dull reddish purple and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Vertical crease not apparent from the front otherwise very fine mint with hinge remnants. T&M 7.4
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£55 |
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AM1118 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 1/- dull reddish purple and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine and fresh mint with hinge remnants. T&M 7.4
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£75 |
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AM1067 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 2/- dull reddish purple and orange-brown revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. Rare. T&M 7.5
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not recorded this duty in mint condition. |
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AM1071 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 2/- dull reddish purple and orange-brown revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Corner faults, otherwise fine used with MASERU oval datestamp. Scarce. T&M 7.5
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AM1068 |
Revenue c1901 Cape of Good Hope 3/- dull reddish purple and green revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. Very scarce. T&M 7.6
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AM1049 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope 3d dull reddish purple and pale orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Showing constant variety ‘Damaged right top of ‘T’’. Diagonal corner crease otherwise fine used with manuscript cancellation dated ‘18/2/02’. T&M 8.1 var
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded this variety on the 3d duty.
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AM1050 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope 6d dull reddish purple and reddish lilac revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Showing constant variety ‘Narrow top right leg of ‘N’’. A few stained perforations and a corner crease, otherwise fine used with oval bank datestamp (Maseru, Dec 01). T&M 8.2 var
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded the 6d duty in used condition nor any varieties on this duty.
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AM1051 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope 2/- dull reddish purple and orange-brown revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ With unlisted variety, ‘S’ appearing inverted. Usual gum creasing, otherwise fine and fresh mint. T&M 8.3 var
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£225 |
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AM1048 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope 2/6 olive-bistre revenue stamp with ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Usual light gum creasing otherwise very fine and fresh mint. Scarce. T&M 8.4
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£225 |
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AM1052 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope 5/- dull reddish purple and black revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Usual gum creasing, otherwise very fine and fresh mint. Rare, this being the first example we have handled. T&M 8.6
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AM1053 |
Revenue c1902 Cape of Good Hope revenue 7/6 dull reddish purple and yellow-olive overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Showing constant variety ‘Damaged centre to ‘N’’. Very fine fresh mint. Rare, this being the first example we have handled. T&M 8.7 var
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded this variety on the 7/6 duty.
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AM1072 |
Revenue c1909 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1d dull reddish lilac and carmine-red revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine unused (without gum). T&M 12.1
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£45 |
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AM1073 |
Revenue c1909 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1d dull reddish lilac carmine-red revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Fine used with part oval bank datestamp. T&M 12.1
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£45 |
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AM1074 |
Revenue c1909 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 6d dull reddish lilac and reddish purple revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Some stained perforations at right otherwise fine mint with hinge remnants. Scarce. T&M 12.2
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£75 |
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AM1075 |
Revenue c1909 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1/- dull reddish lilac and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine fresh mint with hinge remnants. Rare. T&M 12.3
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£150 |
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AM1076 |
Revenue c1909 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1/- dull reddish lilac and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Fine used with large oval datestamp (NOV 1909). T&M 12.3 |
£75 |
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AM1077 |
Revenue c1912 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1d dull reddish lilac and carmine-red revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine used with large circular cancellation. T&M 13.1
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£45 |
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AM1078 |
Revenue c1912 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 6d dull reddish lilac and reddish purple revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Some hinge thinning otherwise fine used with light oval datestamp (MAY 1913). T&M 13.2 |
£35 |
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AM1119 |
Revenue c1912 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1/- dull reddish lilac and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Fine used with large oval datestamp (NOV 1909). T&M 13.3
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£75 |
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AM1079 |
Revenue c1912 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 1/- dull reddish lilac and bright blue revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Diagonal crease, otherwise fine used with large oval datestamp (APR 2 1916). T&M 13.3
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£55 |
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AM1080 |
Revenue c1912 Cape of Good Hope KEVII 3/- dull reddish lilac and blue-green revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Fine used with oval datestamp (7 JAN 1913). T&M 13.5 |
£110 |
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AM1081 |
Revenue c1918 Union of SA KGV £1 deep ultramarine and sepia revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Very fine used with oval cancellation. Scarce. T&M 15.6
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£150 |
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AM1082 |
Revenue c1918 Union of SA KGV £5 green and dull purple revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND.’ Fine used with part oval datestamp (1926) struck in magenta. Rare. T&M 15.7
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£225 |
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AM1092 |
Revenue c1922 Union of South Africa KGV 2/- brown-purple and dull yellowish green revenue stamp overprinted with ‘Basutoland / Revenue Only.’ (2mm spacing, T&M list as 1.5mm). Very fine used with oval datestamp (1926). Scarce. T&M 18.3
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£150 |
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AM1093 |
Revenue c1922 Union of South Africa KGV £1 deep green and scarlet revenue stamp overprinted with ‘Basutoland / Revenue Only.’ (2mm spacing, T&M list as 1.5mm). Very fine used with oval datestamp Rare. T&M 18.4 |
£150 |
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AM1083 |
Revenue c1928 Union of SA KGV 1d rose-red postage and revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Very fine used with oval datestamp (4 JUN 1923). Scarce. T&M 20.1
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AM1094 |
Revenue c1926 Union of South Africa 1d black and carmine ‘ship’ (Typographed printing) postage and revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ on an English inscribed stamp. Very fine used, tied to small piece by large oval bank datestamp (NOV 1931). T&M 20.2 |
£65 |
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AM1084 |
Revenue c1926 Union of South Africa 1d black and carmine ‘ship’ (Typographed printing) postage and revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Horizontal pair (English + Afrikaans) fine used with bank cancellation. Very rare. T&M 20.2pr
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded a pair of this printing.
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£225 |
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AM1085 |
Revenue c1926 Union of South Africa 1d black and carmine ‘ship’ (Typographed printing) postage and revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Horizontal pair (Afrikaans + English) fine used with straight line cancellation. Very rare. T&M 20.2pr
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded a pair of this printing.
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AM1114 |
Revenue c1930 Union of South Africa 1d black and carmine ‘ship’ (Rotogravure printing) overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ on English stamp. Very fine mint. T&M 20.3
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£65 |
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AM1086 |
Revenue c1930 Union of South Africa 1d black and carmine ‘ship’ (Rotogravure printing) postage and revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Horizontal pair (English + Afrikaans) fine used with oval cancellation. Very rare. T&M 20.3pr
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) had not yet recorded a pair of this printing.
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£175 |
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AM1107 |
Revenue 1930 (June), part of a large (384x255mm) printed ‘Alliance Assurance Company, Limited’ insurance policy. Bearing a Union of South Africa KGV 1/- dull purple and deep reddish purple revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ in three lines (T&M 20.6), tied by a manuscript cancellation dated ?/6/30’. The document with numerous later amendments, one of which required the affixing of a Union of South Africa KGV 2/- small format revenue stamp, tied by a circular datestamp (11 March 1936). Some splitting and repairs, the adhesives are very fine.
Note: this is the stamp of record illustrated in Trotter & Midwood (2006)
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£150 |
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AM1095 |
Revenue c1931 Union of South Africa KGV 1/- slate-black and deep reddish violet small format revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Fine used with light oval datestamp. Rare. T&M unlisted.
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) only list the three-line overprint occurring on the KGV 1/- large format revenue as part of Series 20. Only the small format 6d revenue was previously recorded with this overprint.
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£225 |
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AM1096 |
Revenue c1931 Union of South Africa KGV 1/- slate-black and deep reddish violet small format revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland / Revenue / Only.’ Fine used with light oval datestamp. Rare. T&M unlisted.
Note: Trotter & Midwood (2006) only list the three-line overprint occurring on the KGV 1/- large format revenue as part of Series 20. Only the small format 6d revenue was previously recorded with this overprint.
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£225 |
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AM1097 |
Revenue c1933 KGV ‘crocodile’ £1 black. Perforation faults, otherwise fine used, apparently with a postal cancellation. T&M 22.1 |
£35 |
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AM1106 |
Revenue / Fiscal usage 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee 6d slate and purple. Two examples tied to small piece by neat ‘B. M. POLICE OFFICE’ oval datestamp (4 Aug 1935) struck in violet. Attractive. SG 14
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£45 |
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AM1100 |
Revenue 1947 (19th June), typewritten page headed ‘Mortgage Bond’ (folded at left and base to 177x252mm to fit album page). Bearing a combination of issues comprising KGV £1 black ‘crocodile’, Union of South Africa ‘bantam’ £5 orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘BASUTOLAND’ and a KGVI 10/- olive-green postage and revenue issue, totaling £6.10s in duty. All the adhesives are tied by large oval ‘REGISTRAR OF THE HIGH COURT’ datestamps (19 June). Very rare usage, this being the first time we have handled the £5 bantam which was used for the illustration in Trotter & Midwood. T&M 22.1, T&M 31.1, SG 28 |
£550 |
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AM1088 |
Revenue c1942 Union of South Africa 2/6 Native Tax revenue stamp overprinted and surcharged BASUTOLAND / REVENUE / 2/- and with two bars obliterating the original inscription and duty. An Afrikaans inscribed single fine used with light oval cancellation. Rare, this being the first example we have handled. T&M 26.1
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£125 |
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AM1089 |
Revenue c1959 Union of South Africa 2/6 Native Tax revenue stamp overprinted and surcharged 'BASUTOLAND / 10/- / REVENUE'. English inscribed stamp very fine used with manuscript cancellation. T&M 30.1
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£45 |
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AM1090 |
Revenue c1959 Union of South Africa 2/6 Native Tax revenue stamp overprinted and surcharged 'BASUTOLAND / 10/- / REVENUE'. Afrikaans inscribed stamp very fine used with manuscript cancellation. T&M 30.1
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£45 |
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AM1091 |
Revenue c1959 Union of South Africa 2/6 Native Tax revenue stamp overprinted and surcharged 'BASUTOLAND / 10/- / REVENUE'. Afrikaans inscribed stamp very fine used with manuscript cancellation. T&M 30.1
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£45 |
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AM1087 |
Revenue c1950 Union of South Africa KGVI 2/- light blue and orange revenue stamp overprinted ‘Basutoland’ on an Afrikaans inscribed stamp. A few irregular perforations otherwise fine used with part of a light oval cancellation. T&M 34.1
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£45 |
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AM1098 |
Revenue c1955 Embossed cheque stamp. 2d dull violet-blue with wording ‘BASUTOLAND / TWO / PENCE’ within oval. Very fine. T&M E1.1 |
£8 |
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AM1099 |
Revenue c1955 Embossed cheque stamp. 2d dull violet-blue with wording ‘BASUTOLAND / TWO / PENCE’ within oval. Very fine used on small part of a cheque showing the date ‘1959’. T&M E1.1
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£15 |
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AM1054 |
Revenue 1961 QEII ‘R1’ surcharge on £5 deep dull green and black. Lower left corner marginal example, very fine fresh mint with light hinge marks. T&M 37.1
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AM1055 |
Revenue 1961 QEII ‘R2’ surcharge on £1 bright scarlet and black. Lower left corner marginal example, hinged in margin only, the stamp is very fine unmounted mint. T&M 37.2
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AM1056 |
Revenue 1961 QEII ‘R10’ surcharge on £5 deep dull green and black. Upper right corner marginal example hinged in margin only, the stamp is very fine unmounted mint. T&M 37.3
Note: with light pencil annotation in the upper margin “673 copies overprinted” which seems unlikely.
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AM1057 |
Revenue 1961 QEII 10/- black and maroon, watermark multiple Script CA. Surcharged ‘R1’ and further overprinted ‘Revenue’. Faint trace of hinge mark, otherwise very fine mint. T&M 38.1 |
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AM1101 |
Revenue 1961 QEII R1 deep brown and deep dull green with watermark multiple Script CA. Very fine used with oval datestamp (15 OCT 1962). T&M 39.1
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AM1102 |
Revenue 1961 QEII R1 deep brown and deep dull green with watermark multiple Script CA. Very fine used with oval datestamp (15 OCT 1962). T&M 39.1
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£20 |
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AM1058 |
Revenue 1961 QEII R1 deep brown and deep dull green with watermark multiple Crown CA. Left marginal example very fine mint with faint trace of a hinge mark. T&M 39.1v1
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£55 |
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AM1103 |
Revenue 1961 R1 deep brown and deep dull green (watermark multiple Crown CA), fine used with oval datestamp (5 OCT 1966). Not recorded used by T&M. T&M 39.1v1
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£30 |
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AM1104 |
Revenue 1961 R1 deep brown and deep dull green (watermark multiple Crown CA), fine used with oval datestamp (5 OCT 1966). Not recorded used by T&M. T&M 39.1v1
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£30 |
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AM1059 |
Revenue 1963 QEII R2 bright scarlet and black with watermark multiple Script CA. Fine used with red machine cancellation. Scarce. T&M 39.2
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AM1105 |
Revenue 1961 R10 deep dull green and black (watermark multiple Script CA). Very fine used, tied to small piece by oval datestamp (16 DEC 1965). Rare, this being the first example we have handled. T&M 39.3
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AM1060 |
Revenue 1963 QEII R10 deep dull green and black with watermark multiple Script CA. Surcharged ‘R1’ and with obliterating bar. Very fine used. T&M 40.1
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AM1111 |
LESOTHO / Revenue 1977 redrawn issue with bolder figures of value and ‘REVENUE’ measuring 16mm instead of 18mm. Perf 14, with no visible watermark. Lithographed by John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. Complete set of 10 duties from 2c to R10 superb fresh unmounted mint. T&M LS 2.2-2.11
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£45 |
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AM1112 |
LESOTHO / Revenue 1977 redrawn issue with bolder figures of value and ‘REVENUE’ measuring 16mm instead of 18mm. Perf 14, with no visible watermark. Lithographed by John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. Complete set of 10 duties from 2c to R10 superb fresh unmounted mint each with right margin showing part of printer’s imprint. T&M LS 2.2-2.11
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£50 |
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