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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2450

(x) Swaziland
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Embabaan
A group of three covers all bearing Transvaal King Edward VII stamps comprising 1903 (20 Feb.) envelope to the Cape bearing 1d. tied by "embabaan" double-ring datestamp with segmented inner circle (the earliest known use of this cancel), 1903 (4 May) cover to England bearing 1d. tied by double-ring cancel of the same type, also a small piece bearing 1d. tied by the canceller (12.6.03) and Registered 4d. envelope to Johannesburg bearing 1d. tied by "embabaan" single-circle datestamp and with further strikes alongside, fine, very few of these envelopes were used in Swaziland; The first and last covers both illustrated in "Swaziland Philately to 1968" by Peter van der Molen

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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£220