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Auction: 24028 - Stamps and Covers of British Africa
Lot: 1584

(x) Swaziland
1893 (27 Feb.) Van Gorcum envelope to Holland, bearing 1889-90 ½d. with black overprint, ½d. with carmine overprint, 1d. carmine and 2d. olive-bistre ( a few short perfs. at foot) with "Swazilan" variety, twice neatly cancelled by Bremersdorp squared-circle datestamps and with a further strike below, the reverse with Johannesburg, Cape Town (6.3) and Assen (27.3) datestamps. The 2d. variety a very rare stamp on cover which is franked at the correct rate of 4d. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). Photo

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£420