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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1258

Rhodesia
1896 Matabele Rebellion Provisionals
3d. on 5/- orange-yellow, showing forged overprint and variety inverted 'r' in 'three'. The B.P.A. Certificate which accompanies states the stamp "has been cleaned to remove a pen cancellation and bears a forged surcharge; .". A useful reference item. B.P.A. (pink) Certificate (1979)F

Note: This example is one of three examples which came from the Gerald Simpson collection sold at Sotheby's in 1982. Simpson had bought them from the forgery collection of a deceased London dealer. He was aware of their defective status and submitted them so that it would be on record that they were forgeries.

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£300

Starting price
£240