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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2448

(x) Swaziland
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Embabaan
1897 (9 Dec.) envelope ex the Mrs. Head correspondence from Mbabane to Wimbledon, bearing 1896-97 2½d. dull blue and green neatly cancelled by a superb strike of the rare "embabaan" double-ring datestamp, the reverse with Pretoria (12.12) and arrival (date unclear) c.d.s. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). Illustrated on page 150 of "Swaziland Philately to 1968" by Peter van der Molen

provenance:
Peter van der Molen, May 2015

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£650

Starting price
£300