| T2760 |
1878 Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ design. 6d olive-black. Upper marginal STRIP OF FIVE, imperforate between stamps and margin. Gum bend, hinge remnants and some reinforcing, otherwise fine mint. SG 137 |
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| T2758 |
1878 Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ design. 6d olive-black fine used with ‘4’ target-type cancellation of Klerksdorp struck in BLUE. Most unusual. SG 137 |
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| T2759 |
1885 Queen Victoria ‘Bourne Head’ design 6d black-brown surcharged ‘TWEE PENCE / Z.A.R.’ in red. Upper left corner example, perforated between stamp and margin at top and imperforate to margin at left. Unobtrusive 4mm tear at foot, otherwise fine used with PRETORIA / Z.A.R. (25 MY / 86) single circle datestamp showing ‘8’ of year inverted. SG 191
Note: in ‘The Transvaal’ (page 577) Yardley states the Bourne Head issue was “rarely perforated outside the marginal stamps”.
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| MT197 |
1905 KEVII 1d scarlet showing ERROR OF WATERMARK 'Cabled Anchor' of Cape of Good Hope. Unfresh, fine mint with full gum. RARE, unpriced in SG. SG 274b
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| NA594 |
1891 (17th November), incoming Natal QV ½d postal stationery card addressed to Johannesburg, uprated with an additional Natal QV ½d dull green adhesive (SG 97a), tied by a very fine CHARLESTOWN / NATAL (17 Nov) double circle datestamp. The reverse with printed heading ‘MANN & CO’ and list of destinations with rates of transport from Charlestown added in manuscript. With a very scarce LLANWARNE / Z.A.R (17 Nov) single circle transit and Johannesburg (19 Nov) arrival datestamps, both struck on the reverse. Very fine. An attractive and interesting card. |
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| T2754 |
1902 (11th June), mourning envelope addressed to England. Bearing Transvaal ½d green and 2½d dull blue and green overprinted ‘V.R.I.’ (SG 226, 229). The envelope was posted in the Cape and shows a CAPE TOWN (11 Jun) squared circle datestamp alongside and not cancelling the adhesives. The stamps were deemed invalid and marked as such with a blue circle below each. The envelope was then taxed and received an octagonal ‘T/10c’ and a ‘2D / I.S./E’ (British Inland Section) handstamp. With an Exeter (2? Jun) arrival struck on the front. Unusual |
£45 |
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