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Auction: 21011 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIV - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 67

(x) Cape of Good Hope
Mafeking
1900 Seriffed Overprints
British Bechuanaland 1/- on 4d. green and purple-brown, variety surcharge double (Types 1 and 2), cancelled by 'mafeking/ c.g.h.' and tied to small piece. Rare and very fine with fewer than twenty examples known. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 11ab, £8,000

Note: This stamp and the variety were initially discussed by H. R. Holmes in the London Philatelist (Vol. 81, April 1972, No. 952), the variety is thought to be a result of trial surcharges; a copy of the article accompanies this lot.

provenance:
'Goodyear', Christie's Robson Lowe, June 1993

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£2400