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Auction: 21021 - The 'Blanic' Collection of Nyasaland and Rhodesia
Lot: 76

Nyasaland
1898 "one/penny" on 3/- Provisional
There was a temporary shortage of 1d. stamps for internal postage early in 1898 due to the loss of a shipment of stamps which left Chinde on 25 January. As an interim measure 33,600 examples of the 3/- were overprinted locally "one penny". A total of 33,420 stamps were sold; nevertheless examples are very rare on cover. Many examples are found with pink fibres on reverse - the sheets being interleaved with pink blotting paper.
Varieties
A strip of three, [37-39], the centre stamp with variety "pnney" for "penny", cancelled by favour with "fort anderson/b.c.a." c.d.s. for 1 January 1899, fine. Very rare. S.G. 53a, £7,500+. Photo

provenance:
Dr. Graeme McFarlane, September 1989

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2000