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Auction: 21030 - The 'Greca' Collection of Southern African Postal History
Lot: 294

Swaziland
Postal Stationery
1892 (12 Dec.) Transvaal Vürtheim 1d. red card from Bremersdorp to Holland, uprated with 1889-92 ½d. grey with black overprint and ½d. grey with carmine overprint, both clearly tied by "bremersdorp/swaziel" squared-circle d.s. and with Assen arrival c.d.s. (9.1) below the adhesives. A clean and most attractve franking. The earliest recorded overseas use from Swaziland. Photo

Note: Prior to 1 December 1892 cards to overseas destinations had to be franked at the letter rate; from that date a much cheaper postcard rate applied.

provenance:
Peter van der Molen, May 2015

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200

Starting price
£800