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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1140

Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues 1864-1904 mint collection neatly mounted on album pages, 112 stamps including 1864-67 1d. (2), 4d. (4), 6d. (3) and 1/- (3) shades, 1868 4d. on 6d., 1871-76 1/2d. (2), 1d. (2), 4d. (2) and 5/-, 1874-76 1d. on 6d. and 1d. on 1/-, 1879 3d. on 4d., 1880 (Feb.) 3d. on 3d., 1880 (Aug.) "3" (both types) on 3d., 1881 3d., 1882-83 selection to 6d. and 5/- (B.P.A. Certificate, 2007), 1882 1/2d. on 3d., 1884-90 range to 5/- (2), 1891 2 1/2d. on 3d. with variety "1" with horizontal serif, 1893 1d. on 2d. with variety no stop, 1893-98 set to 5/- with shades and 1902-04 set; a few of the earlier stamps with only traces of gum though generally good to fine. Cat. £6,600+ Estimate £ 1,800-2,000

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£1,600