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Auction: 24034 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1025

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Cape of Good Hope - Mafeking Siege
The Sans-Serif Overprint
Cover
1900 (28 Apr.) envelope ex the Godley correspondence to Exeter an redirected to Lynmouth, bearing Bechuanaland Protectorate 1s. on 6d. purple on rose-red (crease at lower right corner) neatly cancelled with a further strike alongside, part Exeter duplex (23.6) below, the reverse with Bulawayo (6.5 with "mei" Dutch spelling for month), Exeter (23.6) and Barnstaple (24.6) datestamps. Rare with few sans-serif printings recorded, particularly on non-philatelic frankings. Brandon Certificate (1980). S.G. 14. Photo

Note: Major Godley was advisor on postal matters in Mafeking.

provenance:
Harry Birkhead, March 2014

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

Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000