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Auction: 21020 - Rhodesia 1910-13 Double Head Issue: The Cottonwood Collection Robert M Gibbs Trustee
Lot: 23

(x) Issued Stamps
Perforated 14
Halfpenny
First Day Cover
1910 (11 Nov.) Smart and Copleys "Victoria Falls from Livingstone Island" picture postcard from Bulawayo to Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, bearing ½d. green twice neatly cancelled by double-ring datestamp with date clearly visible, and additionally tied by arrival datestamp (16.11). Photo

An exceptionally rare first day usage for this issue with only two cards and one cover recorded. The cover bearing a ½d. and 1d. pair is offered as lot 50

provenance:
Gunnar Strehmel, June 1994
Alan Uria, July 2012

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£950