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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 287

Swaziland
1889-92 "swazieland" Overprint Issue
1890 (22 May) triple rate envelope from Embekelweni to Port Elizabeth, bearing ½d. grey-black strips of three (2), pairs (2) and singles (2) totalling the correct rate of 6d., all cancelled by barred numeral "718" with one strip additionally tied by despatch c.d.s., the reverse with Steynsdorp (25.3), Pretoria (28.3) and Port Elizabeth (1.4) datestamps. A spectacular franking. R.P.S. Certificate (1997). Photo

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe auction, March 1987
Spink auction, March 1997
Peter van der Molen, May 2015

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2000