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Auction: 21021 - The 'Blanic' Collection of Nyasaland and Rhodesia
Lot: 99

Nyasaland
1898 Provisional "Cheque" Stamp Issue
Setting II, Imperforate with control number and letter, or letters in plain relief on reverse
1d. vermilion and deep ultramarine horizontal strip of five, each neatly cancelled by "fort johnston/b.c.a." on locally addressed and registered 1898 (17 May) envelope showing "R" in circle handstamp. A rare franking with very few of the registration handstamp recorded. S.G. 56. Photo

provenance:
Gerald Simpson, December 1982

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200

Starting price
£800