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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 285

Swaziland
1889-92 "swazieland" Overprint Issue
1889 (3 Nov.) double rate Tamsen envelope from Embekelweni to Waterberg, bearing ½d. black pairs (2) and 1d. carmine pair, one 1d. being R.1/10 showing lower half of "e" blocked, R.2/10 showing bar od "e" thinned, nearly resembling a "c", each cancelled by "embekelweni" oval rubber datestamp with a further strike at left, the reverse with Steynsdorp (5.11) and Pretoria (8.11) datestamps. A highly attractive franking and the earliest recorded Tamsen Swaziland cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1993). Photo

Note: It would appear that the post office canceller was not available on opening so early mail was postmarked with the oval telegraph cancellation.

provenance:
Peter van der Molen, May 2015

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2000