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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 1615A

(x) Swaziland
1889-92 "Swazieland" Overprint Issue
1893 (27 Feb.) van Gorcum envelope to Holland, bearing ½d. grey with black overprint, ½d. with carmine overprint, 1d. carmine and 2d. olive-bistre perf. 12½ with variety "Swazielan", [51], twice neatly cancelled by squared-circle datestamps and with a further strike below, the reverse with Johannesburg, Cape Town (6.3) and Assen 927.3) c.d.s.; the envelope a little truncated at top and with creases well clear of the adhesives. The 2d. variety a very rare stamp on cover which is franked at the correct 4d. rate. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). Photo

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000