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Auction: 24116 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 1212

(x) Rhodesia
Postmarks and Cancellations
1910-13 Double Heads
Southern Rhodesia
A collection on stockcards all used in Bulawayo with a range of cancellations comprising single-circle with day month 1913 (6 Oct.) on 5d. lake-brown and olive, perf.15, B63 (rare); month day 1912 (22 June) on 6d. red-brown and mauve B64 (rare), 1911 large double-circle with date errors, including date error "0" followed by large and small blanks on 1d., B77 (unique); (23 May) with year "2" on 2/- black and dull blue (small corner split), B79 (rare); (5 Feb.) with yeardate "3" on 1d., B79A (rare); also double-circle with stars, 1911 (21 Mar.) on 3d. purple and yellow-ochre (one pulled perf.), B65 (rare); 1921-22 different types of the large double-circle with 1921 (27 July) on 2½d. dull blue, B104C (extremely rare) and 1922 (20 Mar.) on 2½d. chalky blue, B104D (extremely rare), Krag Machine; 1911 (3 Oct.) with blank after day on 1d., B111 (2 recorded), registered cancellations include 1911-12 a group of the scarce single-circle c.d.s. with 1911 (29 Sept.) day month on 5d. purple-brown and olive-green, a superb strike, B113 (very rare); month day with 1912 (22 June) on 1d. and on 5d. purple-brown and olive-yellow showing variety month inverted, B115 (the two recorded examples), 1913 skeleton c.d.s. with (2 Aug.) day month in jet-black viscous ink on 3d. purple and yellow-ochre, B117A (unique); month day variety month and year omitted, B122 (unique), 1923 (22 Oct.) double-circle c.d.s. on 2½d. dull blue, some short perfs. at top, very late use of a Double Head. B125 (2 recorded), generally fine, a useful and rare group. (15)

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