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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: 2221

Rhodesia
1910-13 Double Head Issue
Covers
3d. violet and ochre, Thick Ear used with 1898 2½d. (2) and 1913-19 Admiral ½d. (small fault at top), 2d. and 4d., all neatly cancelled and tied by Salisbury double-ring datestamp on 1918 (18 Mar.) envelope registered to Oakland, California, bearing black on pink registration label and with U.S. "registered" handstamp and numbers below the adhesives. Very rare and a most attractive five colour franking. The sole example of S.G. 137 on cover recorded by the owner. Photo

provenance:
'Cottonwood', Spink, June 2021

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240