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Auction: 26010 - Stamps of British Africa including the R. J. Looker collection of Rhodesia Double Heads and the ‘Protea’ collection of South Africa, Part II
Lot: 2042

(x) Cape of Good Hope
1900 Mafeking Siege
A used group on an album page (14) comprising Cape of Good Hope overprints 1d. on ½d. green (both types, both used on pieces) and 2d. on 1d. rose-red on piece, Bechuanaland Protectorate seriffed overprints with 1d. on ½d. vermilion, 3d. on 1d. lilac (2), 6d. on 2d. green and carmine (2), 6d. on 3d. purple on yellow, British Bechuanaland overprints with 6d. on 2d. lilac and 1/- on 4d. green and purple-brown and Bechuanaland Protectorate sans-serif overprints with 3d. on 1d. lilac, 6d on 2d. green and carmine and seriffed 1/- on 6d. purple on rose-red; generally fine and all with certificates (BPA or Sismondo) or Stanley Gibbons cards (13 Certificates in all). S.G. 1-3, 6-11, 12-14, £2,200+

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

Estimate
£400 to £600